Petlawad is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in the Jhabua district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, formerly the Central Provinces.

Important crops are tomato , wheat, maize, soybean, groundnut, and garlic.

Petlawad is famous for its Adivasi (ethnic and tribal) traditions, owing to its location in the Jhabua district.

Petlawad was selected for a residential-colony for the Mahi River dam project.

Bamnia railway station is situated 48 km (30 mi) from Ratlam Junction on Ratlam-Godhra section of Western Railways.Not many trains stop at Raoti stations except for few long distance and local trains.