Aurad Shahajani

Geography

Aurad Shahajani is situated 636 metres above mean sea level, on the Balaghat plateau, near the Maharashtra–Karnataka state boundary. It receives its drinking water from the nearby Terna River, Terna joins to Manjra river here at this village and then named Wanjara by the name of Wanjarkheda (a village at the other bank of river in Karnatka state) which suffered from environmental degradation and silting in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Mahavidyalaya and some other villagers tried successfully to wide shape of river. Temperature: Annual temperatures in range from , with the most comfortable time to visit in the winter; Aurad Shahajani is October to February. The highest temperature ever recorded was . The lowest recorded temperature was . In the cold season the district is sometimes affected by cold waves in association with the eastward passage of western disturbances across north India, when the minimum temperature may drop down to about . Rainfall: Most of the rainfall occurs in the monsoon season from June to September. Rainfall varies from 9.0 to 693 mm/month. Average annual rainfall is 725 mm.

Most-observed species

• Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  109
• Ashy Prinia

  Prinia socialis Sykes, 1832 · Aves
  100
• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  95
• Saxicoloides fulicatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

  Saxicoloides fulicatus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  78
• Red-wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  77
• White-throated Kingfisher

  Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  75
• Brahminy Starling

  Sturnia pagodarum (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  68
• Green Bee-eater

  Merops orientalis Latham, 1801 · Aves
  61

Most recent

• M 4 — 2011-09-19
  11 km NW of Umarga, India
• M 3.6 — 2007-09-06
  21 km S of Ausa, India