Nainpur

Nainpur lies south of Mandla in the wooded highlands of central India, between the Chakor and Thanwar rivers. The country belonged to the wider domain of the Gond kings of Garha-Mandla, whose seat eventually moved to the upper Narmada valley. Forested hills and river valleys surround the town, while the Maikal uplands rise farther east. Gond and Baiga communities have long inhabited this part of the central Indian highlands.