Mowad

Mowad
Mowad
city
	Mowad Location in Maharashtra, India
	Coordinates: 21°28′03″N 78°26′53″E / 21.4674471°N 78.4479618°ECoordinates: 21°28′03″N 78°26′53″E / 21.4674471°N 78.4479618°E
Country	India
State	Maharashtra
District	Nagpur
Government
• Type	Municipal Council
• Body	Mowad Municipal Council
Population (2011)
• Total	8,732
Languages
• Official	Marathi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

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

Demographics[edit]

As of 2001^[update], Mowad had a population of 8732. 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]

Flooding[edit]

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

References[edit]

↑ "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.
↑ Maharatna, Arup (1992). The demography of Indian famines: a historical perspective. United Kingdom: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. ISBN 9780195637113.
↑ Rai, Arpan (30 August 2020). ""Watch: IAF rescues elderly man from flooded Madhya Pradesh village"". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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[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] Maharatna, Arup (1992). The demography of Indian famines: a historical perspective. United Kingdom: ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. ISBN 9780195637113.

[3] Rai, Arpan (30 August 2020). ""Watch: IAF rescues elderly man from flooded Madhya Pradesh village"". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

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