The district is highly drought-prone and degraded waste lands form the matrix of Jhabua.

The men have for ages adorned "Teer-Kamthi", the bow and arrow, which has been their symbol of chivalry and self-defence.

In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Jhabua one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

[2] According to the 2011 census Jhabua District has a population of 1,025,048,[5] roughly equal to the nation of Cyprus[6] or the US state of Montana.

[5] As per the 2001 census Jhabua district (considering the separation of Alirajpur) had a total population of 784,286, out of which 396,141 were males and 388,145 were females.

[1] Before the separation of Alirajpur, Jhabua district had a sex ratio of 990 and density of population stood at 206 / km2.

[8] Jhabua is a predominantly Adivasi district, and suffers from high rates of illiteracy and poverty.

A small village of 320 people in 1971, Deojhiri is 8 km north-east of Jhabua on the Ahmedabad-Indore State Highway No.22.