Geographic Center of the Country

Geographic centre of the country in Karaundi –
Geographically, Karaundi village of Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district has its own importance. The village with a population of about 200 is considered to be the geographical centre point of India. The Tropic of Cancer, which passes through eight states of India, passes through this village. This village, located in the hills of the Vindhyachal mountain range, is also called the heart of the country due to this specialty. This place has also been included in the tourist mega circuit for its development. This place was discovered by students in 1956 under the leadership of SP Chakraborty, the founder principal of Engineering College Jabalpur, and after that it got a place as the geographical centre point of the country. In the year 1987, the then Prime Minister Late Shri Chandrashekhar reached Karaundi and the same year a memorial started being built here, whose construction was completed in the same year. Seeing the importance of this place, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi established Maharishi University at some distance from here in 1995. Students from all over the country come here to study Vedas.