Rural and Urban Population: About 47.93 per cent of the population of the district lived in villages and about 52.06 per cent in towns. The actual distribution of the population is summarised in table below: -

TABLE No. 3

DISTRIBUTION OF RURAL AND URBAN POPULATION, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1961.

 (1)

Persons
(2)

Males
(3)

Females
(4)

Total

1,512,807

784,161

728,646

Rural

725,107

367,760

357,347

Urban

787,700

416,401

317,299

 

The district has five tahsils, viz., Ramtek, Katol, Nagpur, Umrer and Saoner. The following table shows the rural and urban population of each tahsil as enumerated in the census of 1961:-

TABLE No. 4

POPULATION BY TAHSIL (URBAN AND RURAL), NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1961

Tahsil (1)

Population

Persons

Males

Females

Total(2)

Rural(3)

Urban(4)

Total(5)

Rural6)

Urban(7)

Total(8)

Rural(9)

Urban (10)

Katol

167,850

136,986

30,864

86,256

70,158

16,098

81,594

66,828

14,766

Saoner

149,172

117,078

32,094

76,218

59,697

19,521

72,954

57,381

15,573

Ramtek

175,153

163,395

11,758

89,177

83,080

6,037

86,036

80,315

5,721

Nagpur

828,455

138,153

690,302

435,700

69,732

365,968

392,755

68,621

324,334

Umrer

192,177

169,495

22,682

96,870

85,093

11,777

95,307

84,402

10,905

Total

1,512,807

725,107

787,700

784,161

367,760

416,401

728,646

357,347

371,299

 

Area, population and density of the five tahsils as well as of the municipal towns in Nagpur district as enumerated in the census of 1961 are as shown in Table No.5.

TABLE No.5

TAHSIL AND TOWNWISE AREA, POPULATION AND DENSITY, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1961.

Tahsil and Town


(1)

Area in sq. kilometeres

(2)

Total population

(3)

Males


(4)

Females


(5)

Density
(per sq. kilometre)
(6)

Katol Tahsil

1,590.02 (614.00)

167,850

86,256

81,594

105 (273)

Movad Municipality

13.00 (5.02)

5,841

2,973

2,868

449 (1,164)

Narkhed Mun.

14.69 (5.67)

10,442

5,489

4,953

711 (1,842)

Katol Municipality

16.89 (6.52)

14,581

7,636

6,945

863 (2,236)

Saoner Tahsil

1,406.04 (543.00)

149,172

76,218

72,954

106 (275)

Khapa Municipality

5.70 (2.20)

9,536

4,873

4,663

1,674 (4,335)

Saoner Municipality

12.46 (4018)

10,186

5,331

4,855

1,095 (2,118)

Mohpa Municipality

4.87 (1.88)

5,647

2,920

2,727

1,160 (3,004)

Kalameshwar Mun.

11.81 (4.56)

6,725

3,397

3,328

569 (1,475)

Ramtek Tahsil

2,323.02 (897.00)

175,153

89,117

86,036

72 (195)

Ramtek Municipality

5.87 (2.23)

11,758

6,037

5,721

2,036 (5,273)

Nagpur Tahsil

2,100.5 (811.00)

8,28,455

435,700

392,755

395 (1,022)

Nagpur Mun. Corp.

217.56 (84.00)

6,43,659

341,654

302,005

2,959 (7,663)

Kamptee Mun.

6.06 (2.34)

40,859

21,139

19,720

6,742 (17,461)

Kamptee Canton.

14.97 (5.78)

5,784

3,175

2,609

387 (1,001)

Umrer Tahsil

2,509.7 (969.00)

192,177

96,870

95,307

76 (198)

Umrer Municipality

10.44 (4.03)

22,682

11,777

10,905

2,173 (5,628)

Figures in brackets under columns (2) and (6) show area in Square miles and Density per square mile respectively.

The district has, according to 1961 Census, 1,665 inhabited places of which 12 are towns and 1,653 villages. Besides, there are 244 uninhabited villages.

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