Nowgam, Verinag
Nowgam is a village located in the Shahbad Bala Tehsil of Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Verinag block and comes under Nowgam A Halqa Panchayat. It belongs to Anantnag parliament constituency and Dooru assembly constituency.
As on May 2024, the current population of Nowgam is 6.4 thousands out of which 3.3 thousands are males and rest 3.1 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 928 females per 1000 males. There are around 1.4 thousands teenagers in Nowgam. It has literacy rate of 52% which means around 3.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 20 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 821 households in Nowgam, which means every family has 8 members on average. The village has working population of 2 thousands. The pincode of Nowgam is 192212 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Verinaag Sub Post office
- Nowgam Branch Post office
- Qanmar Branch Post office
- Sadinare Branch Post office
- Lower Mundah Branch Post office
Schools
Nowgam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.