Barwani district has an area of 5,427 km² and a population 1,385,881 (2011 census). The district lies in the southwestern corner of Madhya Pradesh; the Narmada River forms its northern boundary. The Satpura Range lies to its south. The district is bordered by Maharashtra state to the south, Gujarat state to the west, Dhar District to the north and Khargone District to the east.
The district hosts industries like textile manufacturing, cotton ginning mill, oilseed processing, food processing, and small-scale agro-based enterprises, contributing to its economic development.[2]
Barwani district's agriculture is predominantly focused on crops like cotton, soybeans, wheat, and maize, owing to its fertile soil and favorable climate. This is one of the major cotton producing areas of the state.[3]
Divisions
The district is divided into two sub-divisions, Barwani and Sendhwa, which are further divided in to nine tahsils, Barwani, Sendhwa, Pansemal, Warla (Varla)[4]Niwali,[5][6]Thikri, Pati, Anjad and Rajpur, and seven developmental blocks, Barwani, Pati, Sendhawa, Pansemal, Niwali, Thikari and Rajpur. The four Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district are Pansemal [Pansemal Tehsil+Niwali Tehsil], Barwani [Barwani+Pati], Sendhwa [Sendhwa Tehsil] and Rajpur [Rajpur+Anjad+Thikari+Balsamud]. Barwani, Sendhawa, Pansemal and Rajpur assembly constituencies are part of Khargone Lok Sabha constituency. The district has 417 panchayats and 715 villages, 646 revenue and 69 forest. Out of these villages, 560 are inhabited and 16 are un-inhabited. The two municipalities in this district are Barwani and Sendhawa.[citation needed]
Sendhwa Tehsil is a centre for the cotton ginning industry. Other places of note include:
Anjad, a town that houses the Veereshwar Mahadev, Gayatri Temple and Nagari Mata temple, Balaji temple, Bhairav mandir is the famous religious places of the town along with many cotton factory which gives employee to the thousand of local people. Sanjay Cotton Fiber is the most famous and largest Cotton Factory of the region.[citation needed]
Bawangaja, an important Jain pilgrimage centre lying 6 km from Barwani town. The world's tallest statue of the first Jain TirthankaraAdinatha, is the pride of the town, which also contains as many as eleven 15th-century hindu temples. Kumbhakarna and Indrajeet were said to have attained Nirvana here.[7]
The ancient fort of Bhawar Garh (Borgarh) is located in the Satpuras, 16 km from Sendhawa.[citation needed]
Beejasan is a temple of Goddess Beejasani (Durga), located 20 km south of Sendhawa.[citation needed]
The ancient fort of Ramgarh (Ramgad) is located in the Satpuras, 17 km from Pansemal.[citation needed]
AncientBandhareshwarTemple and Jharna (Waterfall) is located in Bandhara Buzurg Village, 8 km from Pansemal.[citation needed]
Jalgone Fort and Tin Taal Bawadi (Well) is located in Jagone Village, 4 km from Pansemal.[citation needed]
According to the 2011 census Barwani District has a population of 1,385,881,[11] roughly equal to the nation of Eswatini[12] or the US state of Hawaii.[13] This gives it a ranking of 354th in India (out of a total of 640).[11] The district has a population density of 256 inhabitants per square kilometre (660/sq mi).[11] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 27.57%.[11] Barwani has a sex ratio of 982 females for every 1000 males,[11] and a literacy rate of 49.08%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.35% and 69.42% of the population respectively.[11]
Languages spoken include three mutually unintelligible Bareli languages: Palya, a Bhil language with approximately 10 000 speakers centred in Madhya Pradesh;[15]Pauri, with approximately 175 000 speakers, written in the Devanagari script;[16] and Rathwi, with approximately 64,000 speakers.[17] Other languages include Bhilali, with 11 50 000 speakers.[18]
Notable people
Bala Bachchan ( MLA) Rajpur And Home Minister in 2018 State Government of Madhya Pradesh
^M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bareli, Palya: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bareli, Pauri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bareli, Rathwi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhilali: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
