Mhowgaon

Mhowgaon (ⁱ//) is a Nagar Panchayat under Sub Division Mhow in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Pin code of Mhowgaon is 453441. Mhowgaon is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. Mhowgaon Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 6,373 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Mhowgaon had a population of 30,012. Males constitute 52.61% (from 54% in 2001) of the population and females 47.39% (from 46% in 2001).Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 3996 which is 13.31% of total population of Mhowgaon (NP). In Mhowgaon Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 900 against state average of 931. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Mhowgaon is around 877 compared to Madhya Pradesh state average of 918. Literacy rate of Mhowgaon city is 87.40% higher than state average of 69.32%. Mhowgaon has an average literacy rate of 69.32%, slightly lower than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 91.75%, and female literacy is 82.58%. In Mhowgaon, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Out of total population, 9,571 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 8,267 were males while 1,304 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 9571 working population, 90.42% were engaged in Main Work while 9.58% of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work. Hinduism is the major religion in Mhowgaon with 93.59% in which schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.49% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.05% of total population in Mhowgaon (NP).