A recently created tehsil in Gondia district, the town is small but very important in that part of the state and one of the major trade centers for paddy and "tendupatta".

It was among noted educational centers and had a high school and college even during India's pre independence days.

The town contributed wholeheartedly to India's independence struggle and is the hometown of many freedom fighters.

The place is surrounded by the noted national parks of Navegaon bandh and Nagzira.

It connected by (India) National Highway 753 It's a new Taluka in the newly formed Gondia District of Maharashtra.