Gogawan
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Gogawan
गोगावा | |
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Village | |
  Gogawan Location in Madhya Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 21°55′N 75°42′E / 21.91°N 75.7°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Madhya Pradesh |
| District | Khargone |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 18,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| • Regional | Hindi and Nimadi dialect of Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 07287 |
Gogawan is a village in Khargone district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. 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.
[needs update] As of the 2011 Census of India,[1] 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%.