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Nowgam Population - Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir

Nowgam is a medium size village located in Marwah Tehsil of Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 80 families residing. The Nowgam village has population of 415 of which 199 are males while 216 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowgam village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 17.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowgam village is 1085 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowgam as per census is 1028, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Nowgam village has lower literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Nowgam village was 66.37 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nowgam Male literacy stands at 83.44 % while female literacy rate was 50.84 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nowgam village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Nowgam village.

Nowgam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 80 - -
Population 415 199 216
Child (0-6) 73 36 37
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.37 % 83.44 % 50.84 %
Total Workers 205 104 101
Main Worker 107 - -
Marginal Worker 98 5 93

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Nowgam village of Kishtwar district.

Work Profile

In Nowgam village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 52.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.