After the merger of the princely state of Barwani with Union of India in 1948 CE, it became a part of Khargone District of the newly formed Madhya Bharat state. Barwani district was created on 25 May 1998, when it was separated from Khargone District.
The district is divided into two sub-divisions, Barwani and Sendhwa, which are further divided into nine tahsils, Barwani, Sendhwa, Pansemal, WarlaNiwali, 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 , Barwani , Sendhwa and Rajpur . Barwani, Sendhawa, Pansemal and Rajpur assembly constituencies are part of Khargone Lok Sabha constituency. 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. Sendhwa Tehsil is a center for the cotton ginning industry. Other places of note include:
Anjad, a town that houses the Veereshwar Mahadev, Gayatri Temple and Nagari Mata temples, Balaji tempal, Bherav mandir is the famous religious place 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.
Bawangaja, an important Jain pilgrimage center 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.
The ancient fort of Bhawar Garh is located in the Satpuras, 16 km from Sendhawa.
Beejasan is a temple of Goddess Beejasani, located 20 km south of Sendhawa.
The ancient fort of Ramgarh is located in the Satpuras, 17 km from Pansemal.
AncientBandhareshwarTemple and Jharna is located in Bandhara Buzurg Village, 8 km from Pansemal.
Jalgone Fort and Tin Taal Bawadi is located in Jagone Village, 4 km from Pansemal.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Barwani District has a population of 1,385,881, roughly equal to the nation of Swaziland or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 354th in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 27.57%. Barwani has a sex ratio of 982 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 49.08%.
