Mhowgaon

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Mhowgaon
महूँगाव
Town
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Location in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Country  India
State Madhya Pradesh
Region Malwa
District Indore
Tehsil Mhow
Area
 • Total 13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation 572 m (1,877 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 30,012
 • Density 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 453441
Telephone code 07324
Vehicle registration MP-09-XX-XXXX
Spoken Languages Hindi
Sex ratio 0.900 are /[2]
Literacy Rate 87.38% (Male)
74.02% (Female)[2]
Climate Cwa / Aw (Köppen)
Precipitation 945 millimetres (37.2 in)
Avg. annual temperature 24.0 °C (75.2 °F)
Avg. summer temperature 31 °C (88 °F)
Avg. winter temperature 17 °C (63 °F)

Mhowgaon (Listeni//) is a Nagar Panchayat under Sub Division Mhow in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Pin code of Mhowgaon is 453441.[3] 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.[4]

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[5] 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).

Religions in Mhowgaon
Religion Percent
Hindus
  
93.59%
Muslims
  
5.14%
Christian
  
0.79%
Sikh
  
0.20%
Jains
  
0.13%
Buddhism
  
0.11%
Others†
  
0.04%
Distribution of religions

Colony divisions

As of 2011 It has many important colonies build up during present
1) Suman Colony
2) Annapurna colony
3) Hari Nagar
4) Shri nath
5) Khatipura
6) Bajrang mohalla
7) Bhagwati vihar
8) Tehsil Colony
9) Maruti nagar
10) Shanti Nagar
11) South Shanti Nagar
12) Shiv Nagar Colony
13) Bhagirath Colony
14) Shri Raam Nagar
15) Shri Raam Nagar (Aashiyana)
16) Kankar Pura
17) Gaikawad
18) Diamond Colony
19) Super City
20) Utkarsh Vihar
21) Madan Vihar
22) Sai City
23) Samriddhi Vihar
24) Goswami Residency

Climate

Mhowgaon has a borderline humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa) and tropical savanna climate (Aw). Three distinct seasons are observed: summer, monsoon and winter.

Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot in April and May. The daytime temperatures can touch 48 °C (118 °F) on more than one occasion. Average summer temperatures may go as high as 40 °C (104 °F) but humidity is very low.

Winters are moderate and usually dry. Lower temperatures can go as low as 2 °C (36 °F)-6 °C (43 °F) on some nights. Usually the temperature ranges between 8 to 26 °C during winters.

Rains are due to southwest monsoons. The typical monsoon season goes from 15 June till mid-September, contributing 32–35 inches of annual rains. 95% of rains occur during monsoon season.

Mhowgaon gets moderate rainfall of 185 to 360 millimetres (7.3 to 14.2 in) during July–September due to the southwest monsoon.

Climate data for Mhowgaon (1971–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 33.9
(93)
37.9
(100.2)
41.1
(106)
44.6
(112.3)
46.0
(114.8)
45.8
(114.4)
39.9
(103.8)
35.8
(96.4)
37.4
(99.3)
37.8
(100)
37.1
(98.8)
32.9
(91.2)
46.0
(114.8)
Average high °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7)
28.8
(83.8)
34.3
(93.7)
38.7
(101.7)
40.4
(104.7)
36.2
(97.2)
30.3
(86.5)
28.2
(82.8)
30.9
(87.6)
32.4
(90.3)
29.7
(85.5)
26.9
(80.4)
31.9
(89.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 18.2
(64.8)
20.2
(68.4)
25.3
(77.5)
30.0
(86)
32.4
(90.3)
30.1
(86.2)
26.5
(79.7)
25.1
(77.2)
26.0
(78.8)
25.3
(77.5)
21.8
(71.2)
18.8
(65.8)
25.0
(77)
Average low °C (°F) 9.8
(49.6)
11.4
(52.5)
16.2
(61.2)
21.2
(70.2)
24.4
(75.9)
24.1
(75.4)
22.6
(72.7)
21.9
(71.4)
21.1
(70)
18.1
(64.6)
12.2
(54)
10.6
(51.1)
17.9
(64.2)
Record low °C (°F) −1.1
(30)
−2.8
(27)
5.0
(41)
7.8
(46)
16.7
(62.1)
18.9
(66)
18.9
(66)
18.6
(65.5)
9.0
(48.2)
6.2
(43.2)
5.6
(42.1)
1.1
(34)
−2.8
(27)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4
(0.16)
3
(0.12)
1
(0.04)
3
(0.12)
11
(0.43)
136
(5.35)
279
(10.98)
360
(14.17)
185
(7.28)
52
(2.05)
21
(0.83)
7
(0.28)
1,062
(41.81)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 1.8 8.6 15.9 18.3 8.6 3.1 1.4 0.6 60.5
Average relative humidity (%) 46 36 25 23 33 58 79 85 73 50 44 48 50
Mean monthly sunshine hours 289.0 275.6 287.6 305.9 326.9 208.6 104.1 79.9 180.6 270.8 274.0 281.3 2,884.3
Source #1: NOAA[6]
Source #2: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)[7]

Banks in Mhowgaon

  • Bank of India
  • Narmada Jhabua Gramin Bank

References

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This page is updated by Pinkesh Sharma