Overview
Nowgong is a Municipality city in district of Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Nowgong city is divided into 20 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Nowgong Municipality has population of 40,580 of which 21,573 are males while 19,007 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 4971 which is 12.25 % of total population of Nowgong (M). In Nowgong Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 881 against state average of 931. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Nowgong is around 858 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Nowgong city is 87.03 % higher than state average of 69.32 %. In Nowgong, Male literacy is around 92.22 % while female literacy rate is 81.15 %.
Nowgong Municipality has total administration over 7,458 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Nowgong Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.05 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.54 % of total population in Nowgong (M).
Nowgong Work Profile
Out of total population, 12,003 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 9,988 were males while 2,015 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 12003 working population, 82.94 % were engaged in Main Work while 17.06 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.
Nowgong 2021 Population
The next census for Nowgong Population will be held in 2021. Right now all figures for 2021 are estimates only.