Urban Population: Of the towns, when classified according to the population, Napur Municipal Corporation (pop. 643,659) belongs to class I; Kamptee Municipality (pop. 40,859) and Umrer Municipality 9pop. 22,682) to class III; Katol Municipality (pop. 14,581); Narkhed Municipality (pop. 10,442); Ramtek Municipality (pop. 11,758) and Saoner Municipality (pop. 10,186) to class IV; and the remaining five, namely, Khapa Municipality (pop. 9,536), Kalamesvar Municipality pop. 6,7,25), Movad Municipality (pop. 5,841), Kamptee Cantonment (pop. 6,725) and Mohpa Town (pop. 5,674)) to class V.
TABLE No. 6
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF TOWNS, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1961.
| Town with
population (1) |
No. of Towns (2) |
Population as
percentage with total of urban population (3) |
| Above 100,000 | 1 | 82.95 |
| 50,000 – 100,000 | Nil | Nil |
| 20,000 – 50,000 | 2 | 8.18 |
| 10,000 – 20,000 | 4 | 4.54 |
| 5,000 – 10,000 | 5 | 4.33 |
| Less than 5,000 | Nil | Nil |
| Total | 12 | 100.00 |
On an average the population per town in the district was about 65,641 which was much higher than the State average which was 41,965.
The growth of the urban population in the last sixty years is disclosed by the following figures obtained at successive censuses : -
TABLE No. 7
GROWTH OF URBAN POPULATION, NAGPUR DISTRICT.
| Census year (1) |
Urban
Population (2) |
Decade
variation (3) |
Percentage
Decade variation (4) |
Urban
population at percentage of the total population (5) |
| 1901 | 240,388 | - | - | 31.9 |
| 1911 | 194,903 | -45,485 | -18.9 | 24.07 |
| 1921 | 239,984 | +45,081 | +23.1 | 30.2 |
| 1931 | 323,345 | +83,361 | +34.7 | 34.4 |
| 1941 | 418,181 | +94,836 | +29.3 | 39.4 |
| 1951 | 577,650 | +159,468 | +38.1 | 46.9 |
| 1961 | 787,700 | +210,050 | +36.3 | 52.1 |
The rural population (725,107) which formed about 47.93 percent of the total population of the district was spread over 1,653 inhabited villages, 244 villages being uninhabited. In terms of population the village in the district has an average population of 382 persons. There were at the time four big villages with a population between 5,000 and 12,000; 34 villages has a population between 2,000 and 5,000; 403 villages has a population between 500 and 2,000 and 1,212 villages had a population of less than 500.
TABLE No.8
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF VILLAGES, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1961.
| Villages with
population (1) |
No. of
villages (2) |
Percentage of
total rural population (3) |
| Less than 500 | 1,212 | 36.75 |
| 500 – 2,000 | 403 | 45.66 |
| 2,000 – 5,000 | 34 | 14.33 |
| 5,000 and above | 4 | 3.26 |
| 1,635 | 100.00 |
Density: Nagpur district has a mean density of 152 per sq. Km. (395 persons per square mile) and as such is one of the most thickly populated districts of the Division. Excluding the thickly populated industrial and commercial city of Nagpur, the density over the test of the Nagpur district is fairly uniform. The general density of population of the district per sq. km. Is 75 (196 per sq. mile) for the rural area and 2,357 (6,104) for the urban area. Actually, in the Nagpur tahsil, excluding the urban area, the density is only 74 (192); while that for the Nagpur Town-Group it is 2,893 (7,494), for Nagpur (M. Corpn.) 2,959 (7,663), Kamptee (M.) 6,742 (17,461) and for Kamptee Cantonment 286 (1,001). The general density of population for the Katol tahsil is 106(273), 97 (230) for the rural and 863 (1,793) for the urban area; for Saoner tahsil the general density is 106(275), 99 (258) for the rural area and 818 93,118) for the urban one; Ramtek tahsil has 75 (195) as general density, 71 (183) for the rural and 2,034 95,273) for the urban area; and that of Umrer tahsil it is 77 (198) as general, 68 (175) as rural and 2,172 (5,628) as urban.
Immigration: The incidence of immigration in the district is worth considering. According to the census of 1951, our of the total population of 1,234.556 (m. 631.199;
¦ . 603,357) 1,014,071 persons 9m. 526.024; ¦ . 488.047) or 81.4 per cent were born in the district of enumeration, and the rest, i.e., 220,485 9m. 105,175; ¦ . 115.310) or 18.6 per cent were born outside the district but were enumerated within the district while the census was being taken. The whole population is distributed as follows according to birth-places : -TABLE No. 9
IMMIGRATION, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1951.
| Place of
birth (1) |
Persons (2) |
Males (3) |
Females (4) |
| Born in the district of enumeration | 1,014,071 | 526,024 | 488,047 |
| Born in other districts of the same natural division. | 67,507 | 28,496 | 39,011 |
| Born in other parts of the States | 84,014 | 35,458 | 48,556 |
| Born in adjacent States | 39,483 | 24,305 | 15,178 |
| Born in other parts of India | 13,592 | 8,518 | 5,074 |
| Born in countries beyond India – Pakistan | 15,253 | 8,021 | 7,232 |
| Born in other Territories beyond India | 636 | 377 | 259 |
| Total Population | 1,234,556 | 631,199 | 603,357 |
Immigration data according to 1961 Census is as follows : -
TABLE No. 10
IMMIGRATION, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1961.
(1) |
Persons (2) |
Males (3) |
Females (4) |
| Born in place of enumeration |
890,452 |
529,826 |
360,626 |
| Born elsewhere in the district of enumeration. |
323,822 |
110,945 |
212,877 |
| Born in other districts of Maharastra |
164,981 |
73,921 |
91,060 |
| Born in India beyond the State of Maharastra. |
114,275 |
59,112 |
55,163 |
| Born in Goa, Daman, Diu |
26 |
5 |
21 |
| Born in countries in Asia |
16,234 |
8,950 |
7,284 |
| Born in countries in Europe |
67 |
23 |
44 |
| Born in countries in Africa |
91 |
42 |
49 |
| Born in countries in America |
20 |
12 |
8 |
| Unclassifiable |
2,839 |
1,325 |
1,514 |
Of those born outside the Nagpur district 30.62 per cent were born in other districts of the same natural division; 38.10 per cent in other parts of the State; 17.91 in adjacent States; 6.16 in other parts of India; 6.92 born beyond India (i.e., in Pakistan) and 0.29 born in other territories beyond India.
An analysis of the immigrants into the Nagpur district shows that the largest number is contributed by the adjoining districts of Wardha 33,791 9m. 13,082;
¦ . 20,709), Bhandara 24,748 (m. 9,485; ¦ . 15,263), Chindvada 16,652 9m. 7,373; ¦ . 9,279) and Canda 10,999 9m. 4,336; ¦ . 6,663), The four districts of Berar have contributed comparatively smaller number of migrants into the Nagpur district. The figures are as follows : -Amravati 19,888 9 (m. 9,244;
¦ . 10,644), Yeotmal 6,376 (m. 3,000; ¦ . 3,376), Akola 5,297 (m. 1,955; ¦ . 3,342 ) and Buldhana 2,155 (m. 1,215; 940).The casual nature of this migration is obvious from the preponderance of women amongst the migrants.
"In the Nagpur district rapid industrialisation has attracted the migransts". The four districts of Berar have consributed a comparatively smaller number of migrants because "Bombay and Hyderabad receive migrants more freely from the areas east of Berar".
Persons of Foreign Birth: The total number of persons of foreign birth enumerated in the district in 1951 was 15,889 (m. 8,398;
¦ . 7,491) of whom 15,253 were from Pakistan including the displaced persons, the Pakistan naitonals and persons who had migrated before the partition of the country.Displaced Persons: The number of displaced persons in Nagpur district in 1951 was 14,994 (m. 7,802;
¦ . 7,192) of whom 1,937 (m. 1,002; ¦ . 935) were located in the rural areas and 13,057 (m. 6,800; ¦ . 6,257) in the urban areas. These, as found living in the towns of the district were: Nagpur City – 11,383; Kamptee – 940; Kamptee Cantonment – 321; Narkhed – 154; Umrer – 75; Saoner – 97; Mohpa – 36; Kalameswar – 15 and Ramtek – 36.The figures of arrival of these persons since 1946 till February 1951 were as follows: -
1946 – 24; 1947 – 5,874; 1948 – 7,530; 1949 – 1,309; 1950 – 229; February 1951 – 6
The livelihood pattern of these persons was as under: -
TABLE No. 11
DISPLACED PERSONS BY LIVELIHOOD CLASSES, NAGPUR DISTRICT, 1951.
| Livelihood
Classes (1) |
Males (2) |
Females (3) |
| Cultivators of owned land | 2 | 7 |
| Cultivators of unowned land | 8 | 5 |
| Agricultual labourers | 5 | 4 |
| Non-cultivating owners of land | - | 1 |
| Production other than cultivation | 915 | 847 |
| Commerce | 4,560 | 4,096 |
| Transport | 468 | 391 |
| Other services and miscellaneous sources | 1,844 | 1,841 |
| Total | 7,802 | 7,192 |
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