- Barwani District
Barwani district is one of the districts of
Madhya Pradesh state ofIndia . The administrative head quarter of the district is atBarwani .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
Narmada River forms its northern boundary. TheSatpura Range lies to its south. The district is bordered byMaharashtra state to the south,Gujarat state to the west,Dhar district to the north andKhargone 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
May 25 ,1998 , when it was separated from West Nimar (Khargone) district.Divisions
The District consists 2 sub-divisions,
Barwani andSendhawa which are further divided into 6 tahsils, Barwani, Sendhawa,Pansemal ,Niwali ,Thikari andRajpur 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.
Sendhawa is a center of thecotton ginning industry. Other places of note include:
*Anjad, a town that houses the Veereshwar Mahadev and Nagari Mata temples.
*Bawangaja , an importantJain pilgrimage center lying 6 km from Barwani town. The world's tallest statue of the JainTirthankara (saint)Ajitnathji , is the pride of the town, which also contains as many as eleven15th-century hindu temples.Kumbhakarna andIndrajeet were said to have attainedNirvana here.
*The ancient fort of Bhawar Garh (Borgarh) is located in the Satpuras, 16 km from Sendhawa.
*Beejasan is a temple of Goddess Beejasani (Durga ), located 20 km south of Sendhawa.External links
* [http://barwani.nic.in Barwani district official website]
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