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Nowgam Population - Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir

Nowgam is a medium size village located in Shopian Tehsil of Shupiyan district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 224 families residing. The Nowgam village has population of 1387 of which 712 are males while 675 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nowgam village population of children with age 0-6 is 177 which makes up 12.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nowgam village is 948 which is higher than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Nowgam as per census is 1034, 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 62.98 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nowgam Male literacy stands at 71.68 % while female literacy rate was 53.68 %.

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 224 - -
Population 1,387 712 675
Child (0-6) 177 87 90
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.98 % 71.68 % 53.68 %
Total Workers 460 353 107
Main Worker 340 - -
Marginal Worker 120 34 86

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Nowgam village out of total population, 460 were engaged in work activities. 73.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 460 workers engaged in Main Work, 196 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.