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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018|History=Ghoradongari started as a railway station on the main railway line joining New Delhi with Madras(now Chennai). It was a large trading post for the teak wood and charcoal extracted from the nearby forests and shipped via rail to all parts of northern half of India.

This industry mostly collapsed after the nationalization of teak extraction in the late 1960's.

Most of the economy of Ghoradongri since the time has been connected to it being transit point to the city of Sarni where Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board (MPEB), the state owned power company has built a large coal-fired power plant.}}
{{Unreferenced|date=May 2007}}
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| name = Ghoradongri
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| settlement_type = Town
| image_skyline = Ghoradongri_Railway_station.jpg
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| image_caption = Ghoradongri Railway Station
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22|7|22|N|78|0|9|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Betul District]]
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| established_date = 19/04/1902
| founder = Adivasi
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| parts_type = [[Taluka]]s
| parts = Ghoradongri
| government_type = Tahsildar
| governing_body = Tahsil
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 56
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 460443
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 07146
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#MP.E2.80.94Madhya Pradesh|MP 48]]-
| blank1_name_sec1 = Ghoradongri
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| blank1_name_sec2 = Betul
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Climatic regions of India|sub tropical]] <small>([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])</small>
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'''Ghoradhongri''' is a town located about 40 km from [[Betul District|Betul City]],

[[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. It has a population of about 13,000. This town is connected with [[Sarni, Madhya Pradesh, India|Sarni]], [[Betul, Madhya Pradesh|Betul]], [[Itarsi]] via road. The [[Ghoradongri railway station|railway]] station is connected to two main railway stations- Itarsi Junction (in Madhya Pradesh) and [[Nagpur]] (in [[Maharashtra]]). Most people come here by rail because of Sarni, 18 km away which has an MPEB Thermal [[power plant]] and WCL - [[coal mine]]s located in [[Pathakhera]], about 15 km away. The major occupations for residents are working in coal mines and in the local [[thermal power plant]].

[[Category:Cities and towns in Betul district]]
[[Category:Mining communities in India]]
[[Category:Mining in Madhya Pradesh]]

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