Barwani district

Barwani district is one of the of   of. The administrative head quarter of the district is at.

Barwani District has an area of 3665 km² and a population 1,081,039 (2001 census). The district lies in the southwestern corner of Madhya Pradesh; the forms its northern boundary. The lies to its south. The district is bordered by state to the south,  state to the west,  district to the north and  district to the east.

History
After the merger of the princely state of Barwani with Union of India in 1948 CE, it became a part of West Nimar district of the newly formed Madhya Bharat state. Barwani district was created on, , when it was separated from West Nimar (Khargone) district.

Divisions
The District consists 2 sub-divisions, and  which are further divided into 6 tahsils, Barwani, Sendhawa,, ,  and  and 7 developmental blocks, Barwani, Pati, Sendhawa, Pansemal, Niwali, Thikari and Rajpur. The 4 Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district are Anjad, Barwani, Sendhawa and Rajpur. Anjad and Barwani are part of Dhar Lok Sabha constituency while Sendhawa and Rajpur are part of Khargone Lok Sabha constituency.

District has 417 panchayats and 646 villages,576 revenue and 70 forest. Out of these villages, 560 are inhabitated and 16 are un-inhabitated. There 2 Municipalities In this district are Barwani and Sendhawa.

is a center of the ginning industry. Other places of note include:
 * Anjad, a town that houses the Veereshwar Mahadev and Nagari Mata temples.
 * , an important pilgrimage center lying 6 km from Barwani town. The world's tallest statue of the Jain  (saint), is the pride of the town, which also contains as many as eleven   temples.  and  were said to have attained  here.
 * The ancient fort of Bhawar Garh (Borgarh) is located in the Satpuras, 16 km from Sendhawa.
 * Beejasan is a temple of Goddess Beejasani, located 20 km south of Sendhawa.