The Tawa River is a tributary of the Narmada River of Central India.
Course
The Tawa is the Narmada's largest tributary, at . It rises in the Satpura Range of Betul and flowing north and west, joins the Narmada at the village of Bandra Bhan in Hoshangabad District. Machna River and Denwa River is major Tributary of Tawa River.
Dam
In 1958, construction began on Tawa Dam, which was completed in 1978 in Tawa Nagar to create Tawa Reservoir in southern Hoshangabad District. Forty-four villages were submerged by the reservoir.