Seoni redirects here, for a town in Shimla District see Seoni, Himachal Pradesh. Seoni (pron. Siv-nee) is a city and a municipality in Seoni district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Rudyard Kipling used the forests in the vicinity of Seoni, or as he spells it, Seeonee, as the setting for the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book (18941895), although the area is not an actual rainforest. Seoni is located at 2205N 7932E / 22.08N 79.53E / 22.08; 79.53. It has an average elevation of 611metres (2004feet). The city is 2,043ft. above sea-level, half-way between Nagpur and Jabalpur. As of 2004, the city had a population of 101,953. It was founded in 1774, and contains large public gardens, a market place and a tank. It has 37% forest cover. The Seoni district is located in the southern part of Madhya Pradesh. Geographically it is located between latitudes 21035' and 22058' N and longitudes 79012' and 80018' E and extends over an area of 8758km. It...
