page_title: Mhowgaon
section_title: Literacy
hierarchical_section_title: Mhowgaon / Literacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Change-in-literacy-rate-2001-to-2011-mhowgaon1
context_page_description: Mhowgaon is a Nagar Panchayat under Sub Division Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in Indore district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.Total geographical area of Mhowgaon nagar panchayat is 13.5 km² and it is the smallest city by area in the sub district. Population density of the city is 2309 persons per km2. Mhowgaon is divided into 15 wards for which elections are held every 5 years, among them Mhowgaon Ward No 02 is the most populous ward with population of 3440 and Mhowgaon Ward No 15 is the least populous ward with population of 957. Mhowgaon Nagar Panchayat has total administration over 6,373 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Panchayat limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
  Nearest railway station is Mhow Cantt which is 6 km far from here. Mhow is the sub district headquarters and the distance from the city is 4 km. District headquarters of the city is Indore which is 29 km away. Bhopal is the state headquarters of the city and is 221 km from here. Pin code of Mhowgaon is 453441.
context_section_description: Literacy rate of Mhowgaon city is 87.40% higher than both, state average of 69.32% and the national average of 74.04%. More than 26 thousand people in the city are literate, among them around 14.5 thousand are male and around 11.6 thousand are female, male literacy is 91.75%, and female literacy is 82.58%. In Mhowgaon, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. Overall literacy rate in the city has increased by 5%. Male literacy has gone up by 2% and female literacy rate has gone up by 11%.
caption: Change-in-literacy-rate-2001-to-2011-mhowgaon
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