Rewa District is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city Rewa is the district headquarters. Rewa is also known as land of white tigers. Rewa is formerly the capital of the princely state of Rewa and former state of Vindhya Pradesh in central India. It is an important city in the North Eastern part of Madhya Pradesh bordering Allahabad, Mirzapur and Banda Districts of Uttar Pradesh and Satna and Sidhi Districts of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative center of Rewa District and Rewa Division. The City lies about 420 kilometers northeast of state capital Bhopal and 130 kilometers south of the city of Allahabad. Rewa derives its name from another name for Narmada River.

The Huzur, Sirmour and Mauganj tahsils lie between the Kaimur on the south and the Binjh pahar on the north and form what is known as Rewa plateau or uprihar. To the north lies the Teonther tahsils whish is quite different with regard to its physical and other features from the plateau tahsils. Rewa is basically a plateau and from the south to the north its height decreases. In the south the height of Kaimur Rang is more than 450 meters, whereas the height of alluvral plain of Teonthor is just 100 meters. In the district, dissected hills, ravines, plain, plateau, scarp, water-fall and alluvial plain can be seen. The rain-water of the district is flown out by the two assisting rivers of the Ganges, the Tons or Tamas and the Son. Bichiya River flows through the heart of Rewa city. Significant waterfalls on the Tamsa or Tons and its tributaries, as they come down from the Rewa Plateau, are: Chachai Falls on the Bihad River, a tributary of the Tamsa, the Keoti Falls on the Mahana River, a tributary of the Tamsa, Odda Falls on the Odda River, a tributary of the Belah River, which is itself a tributary of the Tamsa, and Purwa Falls on the Tamsa or Tons.
 
Rewa History

The district derives its name from Rewa town, the district headquarters, which is another name for Narmada River. The district with present boundary came into existence in 1950 after the promulgation of the Provinces and states order 1950. Prior to August 1947 the district along with the Raghurajnagar tahsil of the erstwhile Rewa state correspended to the north Rewa district of that state. The territones now included in the district were held by the imperial Maurya dynasty which ruled in the 3rd century B.C. In the advent of the Kalchurls from the 9th to the end of 12th century. The Baghela king driven eastwards by Ulugh Khan , brother of the emperor Alauddin in the 13th century appeared in this Baghela kings till the abdication of the Crown by the last successor of the dynasty, Martand Singh.after the country became independent, the Rewa ruler accede to the Union of India. The present Rewa district came into existence in 1950.

Rewa Tourism

Deorkothar - It is known for its Buddhist stupas. The Deur Kothar stupa may have been established by the Maurya king Asoka in the 3rd century BCE. In the ancient times, the site was located on the Dakshinapatha running east-west from Patliputra to Pratishthana in Maharashtra through Central India.

Tourist places in Rewa
Rewa Fort in city
Rewa Fort Museum
Venkat Bhawan and Shiva temple
Rani Talab Temple
Govindgarh Lake and Fort,
Chachai Water Falls, Near Sirmour
Purva Water Fall
Keonti Water Falls, Near Lalgaon
Big statue of God shiva called "Bhairom BaBa"