| Niwari district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Madhya Pradesh |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Coor Pinpoint: | Niwari, Madhya PradeshNiwari |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Madhya Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sagar Division |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Niwari |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | Niwari, Orchha, Prithvipur, Proposed Tehsil Tarichar kalan |
| Area Total Km2: | 1170 |
| Population Total: | 404,807 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Leader Title: | District Magistrate |
| Leader Name: | Mr. Narendra Kumar Suryavanshi IAS |
| Leader Title1: | Lok Sabha constituencies |
| Leader Name1: | Tikamgarh (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Leader Title2: | Vidhan Sabha constituencies |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Registration Plate: | MP 36 |
Niwari district is one of the 52 districts of the Madhya Pradesh state in India. Niwari is administrative headquarter of Niwari district.
This district was formed on 1 October 2018. It was formerly part of Tikamgarh district.[1] [2] Niwari is the smallest district of Madhya Pradesh.
Niwari has 3 tehsils: Prithvipur, Niwari and Orchha.
It became the 52nd district of the state. Under this district, 56 Panchayats of Prithvipur Tehsil, 54 Panchayats of Niwari, 17 Panchayats of Orchha were included. Thus a total of 127 gram panchayats have been included here. It is the smallest district of Madhya Pradesh in terms of both population and area.
The Betwa River passes through this district, on the banks of this river Orchha town was established by ancient Kings of Bundelkhand. National Highway 39 and National Highway 44 and National Highway 539 passes through Niwari.[3]
At the time of the 2011 census, Niwari district had a population of 404,807, of which 79,218 (19.57%) lived in urban areas. Niwari had a sex ratio of 897 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 99,441 (24.57%) and 18,244 (4.51%) of the population respectively.[4]
Niwari district has 396,427 (97.93%) Hindus and 6,279 (1.55%) Muslims.
At the time of the 2011 census, 60.23% of the population spoke Bundeli and 39.51% Hindi as their first language.[5]
Lakshmi Mandir Orchha
Raja Ram Mandir Orchha
Niwari do not have any airport. The nearest airport is Khajuraho Airport (HJR). It is around 123 KM from Niwari.
Niwari railway station is in the North Central Railway zone.Its Railway code is NEW.
Niwari is well connected with the Roads. State Highway and National Highway passes from the city. Buses from other cities comes to the Niwari city.