Morar Cantonment
Cantonment town
Map of Morar CD block
Morar Cantonment Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Morar Cantonment Morar Cantonment (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 26°12′56″N 78°14′27″E / 26.21556°N 78.24083°E / 26.21556; 78.24083
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Area
• Total	59 km2 (23 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	48,464
• Rank	193
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP

Morar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Gwalior district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is part of an urban agglomeration together with neighbouring Gwalior. Adv. Rakesh Singh Chauhan is the longest-serving former chairman and vice-president of Cantonment Board Morar.

Morar is also a community development block, which has its headquarters at Gwalior.^[2] As of 2011, the block's population is 177,921, in 33,511 households.^[2]

^{[needs update]} As of the 2011 Census of India,^[1] Morar Cantonment had a population of 48,464. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Morar Cantonment has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the state average of 69%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 69%. In Morar 13% of the population are children up to 6 years of age.

Morar Cantonment forms one constituency, Gwalior Rural, in the state legislative assembly, the "Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha".

Morar Cantonment is home to several units of the Indian Army. There are a number of static and mobile units housed within its confines.

Morar block has 176 rural villages, listed below:^[2]

• John Sparks (1873–1920), cricketer and Royal Navy officer

• Morar Cantonment at Directorate General Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

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