Gogawan is a village in
Khargone district
Khargone district, formerly known as West Nimar district, is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The district lies in the Nimar region, and is part of the Indore Division. Khargone city is the headquarters of this district wh ...
in the state of
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital city, capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar, and Rewa, India, Rewa being the othe ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
. This village is situated on the banks of the Weda River. Gogawan had a population of 18,000. The town is surrounded by hundreds of very small villages and so is the main market area for those villages. On every Tuesday people from all these villages come to purchase their weekly required materials, whereas on Sunday most of the shops remain closed.
Demographics
As of the
2011 Census of India,
males constitute 50.86% of the population, females average 49.14%. Gogawan has an average literacy rate of 78.83%. This is higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 85.91%, and female literacy is 71.63%.
Education
Gogawan does not have any colleges but there are some schools in town.
Higher secondary schools
* Government Boys Higher Secondary School
* Government Girls Higher Secondary School
High schools
* Bapna Public School, Gogawa
Other schools
* The First Step Public School
* Shanti Shiksha Niketan School
* Devanshu Public School
* Nizamiya Public School
* Sandipani Public School
* St. Umar Convent School
* Gurukul Public School
* Priyadarshini Public School
*Sanjari public school (Director- Mohammad idris
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Villages in Gogawan block
References
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Khargone district