Keolari is a town and a tehsil in Seoni district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.

It is now a Nagar Parishad The city has the typical hot and dry temperate of the Great Indian Plateau.

Keolari is hot during summers with temperatures up to 44 degree Celsius but the winters are quite comfortable.

From the July to September months bring heavy rains with the onset of the South Western monsoon.

Keolari is a railway station on the narrow gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) line between Jabalpur to the north and Gondia / Balaghat to the south.

Narrow gauge line also branches to Nainpur Mandla in the east and to Nagpur via Chhindwara.

Between Mandla and Keolari is a small village "Chirai Dongri", from where there is access to Kanha Kislee, a well-known national park.

[citation needed] Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio, vodafone and BSNL are the cellular service providers in Keolari.