Khandwa is one of the oldest districts of M.P., situated in the south-west of M.P. between 21.5o & 22.25o north latitude and 75.57o & 77.13o east longitude. Khandwa (Distt.) is bounded by Betul, Khargone, Harda & Dewas districts of Madhya Pradesh And Jalgaon, Buldhana & Amarawati districts of Maharashtra State. Khandwa (city) is main junction of Central Railway on Delhi-Mumbai route.

It is in the upper northern part of Deccan Plateau of south India. The district lies on the uplands between the valleys of two major rivers the "Narmada" and the "Tapti" flowing parallel to each other from east to west. District has 06 development blocks, out of which 01 has prediminence of tribal population. Burhanpur is the bifurcated district from Khandwa District on 15th August 2003. Earlier it waa a part of Khandwa District. Khandwa at present has only 7 blocks and Burhanpur has 2 block's namely Burhanpur and Khaknar. 79.93% of the total population leaves in the rural area, out of which 32.74% living below poverty line. Main occupation in rural area is agriculture and labour inadequate employment opportunities mark the rural employment scenario very pathetic Migration for labour in search of livelyhood is a major problem in the rural areas of the district.

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