Kanad

Kanad is a town and a nagar parishad in Agar Malwa district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It comes under Kanad Parishad. It belongs to Ujjain Division. It is situated along the Agar–Sarangpur SH-41 highway. It is located 18 km towards East from District headquarters Agar Malwa, 83 km from Ujjain, 186 km from State capital Bhopal.Pin code of Kanad is 465230 and the postal head office is Kanad. The telephone code is 07362.GeographyKanad is surrounded by Barod Tehsil towards the west, Nalkheda Tehsil towards the east, Susner Tehsil and Dag Tehsil towards the north.Agar Malwa, Nalkeda, Shajapur, Sarangpur are the nearby cities to Kanad.Kanad has moderate weather conditions. Kanad and its nearby area has large availability of water. Pachlana- 7 km in north from kanad. PNB in it.ClimateThree distinct seasons are observed: summer, monsoon and winter.Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot in April and May. The daytime temperatures can touch 42°C on more than one occasion. Average summer temperatures may go as high as 40°C but humidity is very low.Winters are moderate and usually dry. Lower temperatures can go as low as 4°C-6°C on some nights. Usually the temperature ranges between 8 and 26 °C during winters.Rains are due to southwest monsoons. The typical monsoon season goes from 15 June till mid-September, contributing 32–35 inches of annual rains. About 95% of rains occur during monsoon season.Kanad gets moderate rainfall of 20to during July–September due to the southwest monsoon.DemographicsIndia census, Kanad had a population of 8650. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kanad has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 48%. In Kanad, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.