Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
Backwardness : 21
Sex Ratio Rank : 422 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : C (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 426 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 564 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD
Brief About Barwani District
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 dynesty ruled the state throught the history. The
history of this dynesty 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 384 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.
Collector : 07290 222712 / 222713