Nowgam, Mawar Kalamabad
Nowgam is a village located in the Qalamabad Tehsil of Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir. The village falls in Mawar Kalamabad block and comes under Nowgam A Halqa Panchayat. It belongs to Baramulla parliament constituency and Langate assembly constituency.
As on December 2024, the current population of Nowgam is 5.5 thousands out of which 3.7 thousands are males and rest 1.8 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 488 females per 1000 males. There are around 770 teenagers in Nowgam. It has literacy rate of 60% which means around 3.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 36 people belonging to scheduled caste and 120 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 616 households in Nowgam, which means every family has 9 members on average. The village has working population of 2.6 thousands. The pincode of Nowgam is 193302 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Langate Sub Post office
- Kalamchakla Branch Post office
- Kralgund Branch Post office
- Nowgam Branch Post office
- Pohrupeth Branch Post office
Schools
Nowgam has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.