Barwani is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The administrative head quarter of the district is at Barwani. District Barwani was formed on 25th May 1998. It was carved out of West-Nimar, Khargone district. Barwani is situated on the southern side of Madhya Pradesh as well as holy river Narmada. District is surrounded by Satpuda (in South) and Vindhyachal (in North) forest ranges. State of Maharashtra in South, Gujrat in far West, district Khargone on the East and district Dhar on the North form boundries of Barwani. District is triangular in shape with the highest point in West. Area of the district is 3665 sq. Km. with eastern boundary 363 Kms and southern 273 Kms.
Town Barwani was the capital of old Barwani State before 1948. This small State was spared by British, Moughals and Marathas because of its rocky tarrain and less productive soil. The Rana dynasty ruled the state throught the history. The history of this dynasty goes back to 13th century. Town Barwani was also know as Badnagar and Siddha Nagar. The place is also famous for Chool Giri, Jain pilgrimage centre of Bawangaja.
District Barwani has 2 Sub Divisions - Barwani & Sendhawa, 6 Tahsils - Barwani, Sendhawa, Pansemal, Niwali, Thikari and Rajpur, 7 Developmental Blocks - Barwani, Pati, Sendhawa, Pansemal, Niwali, Thikari and Rajpur. There are 4 assembly constotuencies - Anjad, Barwani, Sendhawa & Rajpur. First two are in Dhar parliamentary constituency and rest two are in Khargone parliamentary constituency.
District has 417 panchayats and 646 villages - 576 revenue & 70 forest. Out of these villages, 560 are inhabitate and 16 are un-inhabitate. There are 2 Nagar Palikas - Barwani, sendhawa and 4 Nagar Panchayats - Pansemal, Khetiya, Rajpur, Anjad in the district.
Places of Interest
Anjad:, a town near Barwani, is an important commercial place. Veereshwar Mahadev and Nagari Mata temples are here.
Bawangaja (Chool Giri): is an important Jain pilgrimage centre. It is 6 Kms from district headquarter Barwani. There are 11 temples on the hill and they belong to 15th century. It has world's tallest statue of Lonr Adinathji. Jain saints Kumbhakarna and Indrajeet were said to attain Nirvaan from this place only.
Barwani: also known as Siddh Nagar, the headquarter of the district is another important town of the district. It is famous commercially as well as its old monuments.
Bhawar Garh: is located on Satpuda ranges which is 16 Kms from Sendhawa. Ancient fort of Bhawar Garh or Borgarh is the main attraction.
Beejasan: is situated on the Agra-Mumbai national highway, 20 Kms from Sendhawa towards Maharashtra. It is famous for the temple of Godess Beejasani (Durga).
