Mowad

Mowad is a town and a municipal council in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, India. The town is located on the Wardha River.

Mowad
city
Mowad Location in Maharashtra, India
Coordinates: 21.4674471°N 78.4479618°E / 21.4674471; 78.4479618
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Mowad Municipal Council
Area
• Total	450 km2 (170 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,732
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Demographics

As of 2011^[update], Mowad had a population of 8777. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mowad has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. The literacy rate is 79% for males and 68% for female. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[1]

Year	Male	Female	Total Population	Change	Religion (%)
					Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikhs	Buddhist	Jain	Other religions and persuasions	Religion not stated
2001[2]	4489	4248	8737	-	85.647	9.809	0.023	0.011	3.777	0.011	0.698	0.023
2011[3]	4444	4333	8777	0.458	85.884	10.721	0.000	0.046	3.350	0.000	0.000	0.000

Flooding

The Wardha River has flooded four times since 1950, in 1959, 1962, 1979 and 1991. The floods of 1962 and 1991 were the worst, causing heavy loss of life, property, crops and infrastructure.^[4] After the devastating flood of July 1991, all the houses in Mowad were shifted to safer sites. It is now a much more well planned town.^[5]

References

1. "Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001". Census of India. 2001. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
2. Census India 2001.
3. Census India 2011.
4. Maharatna, Arup (1992). The demography of Indian famines: a historical perspective. United Kingdom. ISBN 9780195637113.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
5. Rai, Arpan (30 August 2020). ""Watch: IAF rescues elderly man from flooded Madhya Pradesh village"". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 October 2021.