Mowad
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
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| subdivision_name2 = Nagpur
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Mowad is a town and a municipal council in Nagpur district of Maharashtra, India. The town is located on the Wardha River.
Demographics
{{As of|2011}}, Mowad had a population of 8777. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Mowad has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. The literacy rate is 79% for males and 68% for female. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.{{Cite web|date=2001|title=Table - 3 : Population, population in the age group 0-6 and literates by sex - Cities/Towns (in alphabetic order): 2001|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=June 16, 2004|access-date=October 3, 2021|website=Census of India}}
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! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Male ! rowspan="2" |Female ! rowspan="2" |Total Population ! rowspan="2" |Change ! colspan="8" |Religion (%) |
| Hindu
!Muslim !Christian !Sikhs !Buddhist !Jain !Other religions and persuasions !Religion not stated |
|---|
| 2001[https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/21494/download/24626/PC01_C01_27.xls Census India 2001].
| style="text-align:right;" |4489 | style="text-align:right;" |4248 | style="text-align:right;" |8737 | style="text-align:center;" | - | style="text-align:right;" |85.647 | style="text-align:right;" |9.809 | style="text-align:right;" |0.023 | style="text-align:right;" |0.011 | style="text-align:right;" |3.777 | style="text-align:right;" |0.011 | style="text-align:right;" |0.698 | style="text-align:right;" |0.023 |
| 2011[https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS Census India 2011].
| style="text-align:right;" |4444 | style="text-align:right;" |4333 | style="text-align:right;" |8777 | style="text-align:right;" |0.458 | style="text-align:right;" |85.884 | style="text-align:right;" |10.721 | style="text-align:right;" |0.000 | style="text-align:right;" |0.046 | style="text-align:right;" |3.350 | style="text-align:right;" |0.000 | style="text-align:right;" |0.000 | style="text-align:right;" |0.000 |
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Flooding
The Wardha River has flooded four times since 1950, in 1959, 1962, 1979 and 1991. The floods of 1962 and 1991 were the worst, causing heavy loss of life, property, crops and infrastructure.{{Cite book|last=Maharatna|first=Arup|title=The demography of Indian famines: a historical perspective|year=1992|isbn=9780195637113|location=United Kingdom}} After the devastating flood of July 1991, all the houses in Mowad were shifted to safer sites. It is now a much more well planned town.{{Cite news|last=Rai|first=Arpan|date=August 30, 2020|title="Watch: IAF rescues elderly man from flooded Madhya Pradesh village"|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/watch-iaf-rescues-elderly-man-from-flooded-madhya-pradesh-village/story-HQHjwvaFwoS90bdwg5IxFI.html|access-date=October 3, 2021}}