Barwani is a town and a municipality in Barwani district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The town is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River, and is the administrative headquarters of Barwani District. It has served as the capital of the former princely state of Barwani. It can be reached by road only. Bawangaja, a Jain pilgrimage place, is 8 km from Barwani.
Barwani district is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India. The administrative headquarters of the district is at Barwani. 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.
Transportation infrastructure
Barwani has good connectivity via roads.
Barwani at night
Railways
Barwani has no direct railway connectivity. The Western Railway (Ratlam Mandal) has a reservation counter in Barwani (Ambedker Park on Rajghat Road). The nearest railway station is situated at Indore. Another nearer railway station is Khandwa on the Central Railway, which is 180 km from Barwani via State highway No 26.
Roads
Barwani is well connected to other parts of Madhya Pradesh and India with national and state highways. The city is connected to the Agra-Bombay national highway no.3 by Khandwa-Baroda interstate highway no.26 at the distance of 45 km at Julwaniya. There are bus services to and from all of the major and minor cities near Barwani, including Indore, Khandwa, Ujjain, Dewas, Dhar, Ratlam, Khargone, Harda, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Vadodara.
Culture
Main festivals
All major festivals Holi, Raksha Bandhan, Ganesh Utsav, Navratri, Dussehra, Deepavali, Muharram, Gudi Padwa, gangore, Bhaidooj, Eid, Christmas, Nagpanchmi are celebrated with equal enthusiasm. Barwani is famous for jhakis (झाकी) during Ganesh Utsav and Tajiye during the Muharram. it is the major village of festivel, people of Barwani are so religious that they enjoy each and every festival with same level of energy.
Temples
Ganesh Mandir (Jambu Gali)
Shree Sanwariya Mandir
Vaishno Devi Mandir
Hanuman Mandir (Near Segaon)
Kalika Mata Mandir
Mahalaxmi Mandir
Santoshi Mata Mandir
Ram-Krishna Mandir
Moti Mata Mandir
Shani and Sai Mandir
Satyanarayan Mandir
Gayatri Mandir
Shri Siddhanath Mahadev Mandir
Ramkulleshwar Mandir
Shani Mandir
Bhilat Mandir
Sawaria Seth Mandir
Hanuman Mandir Segaon Tekri
Hanuman mandir nawal pura
Bhilat baba mandir choti kasarawad road
Entertainment
Cinema Halls
Mahendra
Laxmi
Places of interest
Bawangaja (Jain Mandir)
Bandhan (Water Fall)
Rajghat (Narmada River)
Gwalbeda (Jain Mandir)
Dhobdiya Talab (DRP Line)
Health care
Barwani is prominent in Nimar and Malwa regions for its health care facilities with its district hospital and many other private hospitals.
Barwani District Hospital
Mahamartunjaya Hospital
Asha Gram Trust
Saraswati Eye Hospital
Samraddhi Child Care Hospital
Sai Hospital
New Sai Baba Healthcare Hospital
GMH
New Sai Hospital
Barwani District Hospital is one of the oldest hospitals in Madhya Pradesh.
Education
Colleges
shaheed bhagat singh institute of information technology, barwani 07290-222140 (BCA,DCA,PGDCA) aff. to makhanlal university, bhopal
Balaji Institute of Technology, Kerwa(Kuwan)
Govt. Polytechnic College, Barwani
Nimar Institute of IT Barwani
Aadinath Institute of Information Technology & Management, Barwani
S.B.N. Government P.G. College, Barwani
Government Girls College, Barwani
Career Institute
Narmada IIT Barwani
Rajkumar Khandelwal Institute of Information Technology, Barwani
Schools
Divya Sanskar Academy, Barwani
J.M.S. school Barwani
Bal Jagat Higher Secondary School Barwani
Kendriya Vidyalaya Barwani
GURUKUL PUBLIC SCHOOL BARWANI (English Medium)
E.M.R.S. BARWANI
Panjataniyah English Medium Higher Secondary School
Career School Of Sanskar English Medium (Career group) Barwani
Vaishnavi Vidya Vihar Higher Secondary School
Paramount Academy barawani (CBSE)
Harsukh Digamber Jain Higher Secondary School
School of Excellence (Higher secondary)
Gov. Boys Higher Secondary School No.2
Gov. Girls Higher Secondary School
Saraswati Shishu/vidhya Mandir
Rotary Higher Secondary School
Barwani Public School
St. Mary's High Secondary School
St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School
Knowledge-Rain High school
Puspkunj Vidhya Mandir
Rajkumar Khendalwal Memorial Higher Secondary school
Saket International School Barwani road Anjad
K.V. Barwani [central school]
Gov.boys Middle School
Crescent Public School
Gov.Boys High School
Narmada convent higher secondary school
Gov.Girls College Barwani
mahatma gandhi memo high school barwani
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barwani
