After the British conquest of the region in 1818, Pachmarhi became a hill-station and sanatorium for British troops in the Central Provinces of India. The population in 1901 was 3020, rising to double that number in the hot summer months. Pachmarhi also served as the summer capital.
Pachmarhi is still a popular tourist retreat; its elevation offers some relief from the summer heat, and the lush forests of the Satpuras, with their streams and waterfalls, are picturesque and home to much wildlife. Pachmarhi lies within the Pachmarhi Biosphere Preserve, created in 1999 to link two forest reserves and Satpura National Park into a larger wildlife conservation area.
Pachmarhi is a tourist retreat; its elevation and the forests of the Satpuras, with their streams and waterfalls, are picturesque and home to much wildlife.
Pachmarhi also has a lot of cave paintings in the forests, some of which have been dated to be as much as 10000 years old.