Manawar

Manawar is located at 22°14′N 75°05′E / 22.23°N 75.08°E / 22.23; 75.08.^[2] It has an average elevation of 180 metres (590 feet). It lies in Narmada Valley.^[3]

Nearest Railway station and airport is Indore which is 129 km from Manawar. National Highway 3 is 50 km from Manawar.

^{[needs update]} As of the 2011 Census of India,^[4] Manawar had a population of 30,393. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Manawar has an average literacy rate of 63%, lower than the national average of 74.04%:^[5] male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 58.7%. In Manawar, 13.5% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Some of the religious places in Manawar are Rajendra Suri Jain Dadawadi, Gayatri Mandir, Shri Jageshwar Mandir, Shri Banknath Mahadev Mandir, Shri Mangla Devi Mandir, Shri Parshvanath Jain Mandir, Shri Manta Ganesh Mandir and Shri Balipurwale Baba Mandir.

The Ashram of famous saint Shri Balipurwale Babaji, is located in Balipur, Tehsil-Manawar.

Manawar is known as the "Business City" of Dhar district due to its trading activities.

Manawar area is mainly connected with agricultural based economy, mainly wheat, gram, maize, cottonseed and pulse crops are grown here. Minerals are also found in abundance here, limestone mining and cement factories operate here.^[6]

The main businesses in town are Jewelry, Cloth, steel utensils, Cotton Mills, Cement factories, Tile factories, Torch accumulator and torch factories, cement pipes, stone crushing, electric poles and a cement barricade factory.^[7]

Surrounded by around 60 villages, business is mainly dependent on agriculture. Crops grown in the area include soybean, cotton, wheat and red chilli. It is known as the "Business City" of Dhar district.^{[citation needed]} Festivals like Diwali, Dussehra, Raksha Bandhan, Eid, Holi, Guru Saptami are celebrated in the area. Man Dam Garden is used as a local picnic spot.^{[citation needed]}