District of Maharashtra

Nagpur: 46.5 lakh people, one story

People
46,53,570
Area
9,892 km²
Literacy
88.39%
Sex ratio
951
#1 in MaharashtraHomes with electricity (2011): 70.1 % of households. Rank 1 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in MaharashtraLiteracy rate: 88.39%. Rank 3 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in MaharashtraFemale literacy: 84.51%. Rank 3 of 35 districts.See the numbers →Big number46.5 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 470 to every km².See the numbers →

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NagpurMaharashtra

The history, places and schemes of Nagpur are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Nagpur in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population46.5 lakh#5/35 in Maharashtra
Area9,892 km²#14/35 in Maharashtra
Population density470 per km²#6/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 365
Sex ratio951 females per 1000 males#13/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 929
Child sex ratio (0–6)931 girls per 1000 boys#9/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 894
Literacy rate88.39%#3/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 82.34
Female literacy84.51%#3/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 75.87
Urban population68.3%#4/35 in Maharashtra▲ state 45.2

People & society

88.4% can read. 951 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
92.188.4
Female literacy
84.575.9
Scheduled Castes
18.611.8
Scheduled Tribes
9.49.4
Living in towns
68.345.2

Gender literacy gap: 7.6 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 75.0%
  • Muslim 8.4%
  • Christian 0.7%
  • Sikh 0.4%
  • Buddhist 14.4%
  • Jain 0.5%
  • Other / not stated 0.5%

    Sectors at a glance

    34 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    18.7 lakh workers, 40.2% of all people

    This district
    Maharashtra
    • Cultivators 11.1%
    • Farm labourers 22.7%
    • Household industry 2.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 63.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 70% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      70.159.6
      Latrine at home
      57.637.7
      Tap water
      58.148.2
      LPG / PNG
      45.830.8
      Phone
      55.049.0
      Television
      55.740.3
      Bicycle
      44.121.6
      Two-wheeler
      32.617.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.