About Pithampur

Pithampur is a town in the Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Governed by Nagar Nigam, it is a well-known industrial estate referred to as the 'Detroit of India'. Pithampur is located at a distance of about 22km from Indore via Rau and is 8kilometres from Mhow, which is another suburb of Indore. Pithampur has an average elevation of about 550 meters above MSL. Pithampur has a typical sub-tropical climate. Three 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 40C on more than one occasion. Average summer temperature may go as high as 3639 C (100.4 F) but humidity is very low. Winters are moderate and usually dry. Lower temperatures can go as low as 14C-16C on some nights. Usually the temperature ranges between 26C-30C during winters. Rains are due to southwest monsoons. The typical monsoon season goes from June 15 till mid-September, contributing 32-35...