Nowgam is a major village located in the Shangus tehsil in Anantnag district of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 11 km east of Anantnag and 74 km south of the Srinagar, the state capital..

Nowgam
Village
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Coordinates: 33.67°N 74.86°E / 33.67; 74.86
Country	India
Union Territory	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Anantnag
Tehsil	Shangus
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,682[1]
Languages
• Official	Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English[2][3]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	192201[4]

Demographics

The main language spoken in the village is Kashmiri, though Urdu and Hindi are also widely understood. The population of Nowgam is more than 5682 consisting of about 51.37% males and 48.63% females. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people living there. It is situated along the foothills of the north western Himalaya Mountains and is located close to the Khundroo Camp, which is among the largest military ammunition depots in North India. The literacy rate of the village is around above 85%, though there is a huge gender disparity between males and females. The name of the village comes from the fact that the village is bestowed with nine springs (or nine adjacent villages), so the name Nowgam. The village is dominated by Kashmiri Muslims, though small communities of Hindus and Sikhs are also found in the village.

See also

• Anantnag
• Achabal
• Shangus

References