Barman is a town on the banks of the Narmada River in the Narsinghpur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Its origin is the Brahman Ghat on the nearby Narmada river, where Brahmin caste people performed their religious rituals.

The junction of the Narmada and Warahi rivers at Brahman is a sacred place and a large fair is held here in January.

A number of temples have been constructed at Barmhan, and fine flights of steps leading up from the Narmada on the northern bank.The large temple on the southern bank of the river is called Rani Durgavati's, as it is supposed to have been built by the famous queen of the Gond-Rajput dynasty of Mandla.

At the top of the steps on the northern bank is a great gateway called the Hathi Darwaza, as elephants can pass through it.

The island contains a copper mine which was formerly worked by the Nerbudda Coal and Iron Company,but was abandoned as unprofitable.

The merchandise brought to Barmhan in 1864 was estimated by the Deputy Commissioner to be worth more than 6 lakhs of rupees, of which more than half found a sale.