Nowshehra (MC) is a City and Municipal Committee located in Nowshehra Tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu & Kashmir. Nowshehra city has 1283 housholds and town is divided into 7 wards. Nowshehra city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.
As per the Census India 2011, Nowshehra city has population of 10408 of which 7729 are males and 2679 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 651 which is 6.25% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Nowshehra city is around
347 compared to
889 which is average of Jammu & Kashmir state. The literacy rate of Nowshehra city is 88.5% out of which 92.56% males are literate and 76.78% females are literate. There are 8.14% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 2.91% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Nowshehra city.
Nowshehra Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 10408 | 100% |
Hindu | 7857 | 75.49% |
Sikh | 1564 | 15.03% |
Muslim | 893 | 8.58% |
Christian | 84 | 0.81% |
Religion not stated | 6 | 0.06% |
Buddhist | 2 | 0.02% |
Jain | 2 | 0.02% |
Other religions and persuasions | 0 | 0% |
List of Wards in Nowshehra
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