Rau
Rau Location of Rau in Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates	22°38′5″N 75°48′41″E / 22.63472°N 75.81139°E / 22.63472; 75.81139
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District(s)	Indore
Population	20,845 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Rau is a town and a nagar panchayat in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Contents 1 Location 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 Connectivity 5 Administration 6 Education and Research 7 Notes

[edit] Location

Rau is situated on National Highway 3 (NH3), Mumbai Agra Road (popularly known as A.B. Road) between Mhow & Indore city near Rangwasa village. It is Equidistant from Indore as well as MHOW i.e. 11KM. Off late it is one of the hot spots of Real Estate around Indore with many Educational Institutions opening up and construction of 4 Laned concrete Indore Bypass. The road connecting Pithampur (An industrial area of Indore region) to Indore, branches out from Rau, towards Pithampur from NH3 and is one of the first toll road in the country.

[edit] Geography

Rau is situated at an altitude of about 530 meters above MSL. Climate is sub tropical which is typical in this part of country. Summers are hot and dry followed by monsoon months, with approximate 32-35 inches of rainfall followed by mild winters in the months of Dec-Jan.

Summer daytime temperature can reach 45 °C with 20-25% humidity. Winter night temperature can fall to 5-6 °C with 20-25% humidity. Annual Railfall is about 32-35 inches (800mm)

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census^[1], Rau had a population of 20,845. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Rau has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 54%. In Rau, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Connectivity

ROAD

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Rau is situated on National Hoghway 3 (NH3) and has got frequent intracity connection with Indore-Mhow-Pithampur through an extensive network of city buses, both private and run by Indore city transport limited.

TRAIN

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Rau is situated on Longest functioning Metergauge rail line in India from Ratlam to Akola. There are regular passenger train services throughout the day connecting Rau with Indore, Ratlam, MHOW, Khandwa, Akola, Ujjain. This rail line is being converted into a Standard Broad gauge under Project Unigauge of Indian Railways. There is very less freight traffic on this section.

Nearest broadgauge railway station is at Indore (INDB), 11 KM away. Indore is one of the major terminus and has regular daily connections to almost all major towns in the country.

AIR

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The nearest airport is at Indore (Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport) which is approximately 13 km away. Indore airport has daily multiple flights across various national carriers, connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Bangalore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Raipur, Jaipur.

[edit] Administration

Rau comes under Indore Parliamentary constituency and is a separate seat for State Assembley, sending its own MLA.

It comes under jurisdiction of Indore Collector, an IAS officer and Senior Superintendent of Police, an IPS Officer.

[edit] Education and Research

Indian Institute of Management Indore is situated in Rau. Rau also has many Engineering Colleges and Management Colleges attached to Devi Ahilya University, Indore.

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, dealing with research in Laser & Nuclear science (CAT) is also in Rau.

[edit] Notes