BARWANI, an Indian State in the Bhopawar agency of Central India, in the Satpura mountains, south of the Narbada. Area, 1,178 sq.m. ; pop. (1931) 141 J I o. Many of the inhabitants are Bhils. The chief or rana, who has a salute of nine guns, is a rajput of the Sesodia clan, connected with the Udaipur family. Though the family lost most of its possessions during the Mah ratta invasion in the 18th century, it never became tributary to any Malwa chief. The small town of Barwani is near the left bank of the Narbada.