NAGPUR

ABOUT NAGPUR
Nagpur is the largest city in central India and the winter capital of
the state of Maharashtra. It is a fast growing metropolis and is the
third most populous city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune,
and also one of the country's most industrialized cities. Nagpur is
the 13th most populous city and 13th largest urban
agglomeration in India. Nagpur is also called the "Tiger Capital of
India" as it connects many tiger reserves in India to the world. It is
among the important cities for the Information Technology sector in
MaharashtraNagpur has been identified as the best city in India by
topping the liveability, greenery, public transport, and health
care indices. Nagpur has the best literacy rate,93.13%,among cities
with more than 20 lacs population in India. It is famous for
the Nagpur Orange and is known as the "Orange City" for being a
major trade center of oranges cultivated in the region.
 ITS TOPONYMY
The etymology of Nagpur is uncertain. One theory is
that the city is named after the Nag river, which flows
through the city. The river itself has been named after
its serpentine course; the word for "serpent" in
Marathi being "Nag". B. R. Ambedkar claimed that
both the city and the river are named after "Nag
people", who were an ancient non-Aryan Buddhist
group and the ancestors of Dalits. The word "pur"
means "city" in many Indian languages. During British
rule, the name of the city was spelt and pronounced
"Nagpore".
 ITS GEOGRAPHY
Nagpur is located at the exact centre of the Indian peninsula. The city has
a Zero Mile stone locating the geographical center of India, which was used
by the British to measure all distances within the Indian-subcontinent.
The city lies on the Deccan plateau of the Indian Peninsula and has a mean
altitude of 310.5 meters above sea level. The underlying rock strata are
covered with alluvial deposits resulting from the flood plain of the Kanhan
River. In some places these give rise to granular sandy soil. In low-lying
areas, which are poorly drained, the soil is alluvial clay with poor
permeability characteristics. In the eastern part of the city,
crystalline metamorphic rocks such as gneiss, schist and granites are found,
while in the northern part yellowish sand stones and clays of the
lower Gondwana formations are found. Nagpur is known for its greenery
and was adjudged the cleanest and second greenest in India
after Chandigarh in 2010. Recently, the government of India selected Nagpur
as a model city for the National Clean Air Mission by allocating 25 crores for
the plan. This project will be handled by Nagpur's own National
Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI).
 ITS CLIIMATE
Nagpur has tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen
climate classification) with dry conditions prevailing
for most of the year. It receives an annual rainfall of
1,205 mm (47.44 inches) from monsoon rains during
June to September. The highest recorded daily
rainfall was 304 mm on 14 July 1994.[31] Summers
are extremely hot, lasting from March to June, with
May being the hottest month. Winter lasts from
November to January, during which temperatures
can drop below 10 °C (50 °F). The highest recorded
temperature in the city was 47.9°C on May 22, 2013,
while the lowest was 3.9 °C.
 ITS MILITARY
Nagpur is an important city for the Indian armed forces. Maintenance
Command of Indian Air Force has its current headquarter at Vayusena
Nagar in Nagpur. It houses Mi-8 Helicopters and the IAF carriers IL-76 and
handles the maintenance, repair, and operations of all aircraft, helicopters
and other equipment.
The Ordnance factory and staff college of ordnance factory ambajhari and
National Academy of Defence Production for Group A officer of ordnance
factories are in the western part of the city. The 'raison d'être' for
Kamptee, the military cantonment, is still
operational. Kamptee Cantonment houses the Officers Training Academy
for National Cadets Corps, which is the only one of its kind. It is also the
home of one of the oldest and most respected regiments in the Indian
Army, the Brigade of the Guards. Guards are the only group in the Indian
Army which have won two PVC (Param Veer Chakra), the highest gallantry
awarded to soldiers for war time operations.
 ITS DEMOGRAPHICS
As of the 2011 census, Nagpur municipality had a
population of 2,405,421 and the urban agglomeration had
a population of 2,523,911. The municipality had a sex
ratio of 961 females per 1,000 males and 9.9% of the
population were under six years old. Effective literacy was
93.13%; male literacy was 96.16% and female literacy was
89.99%.
Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Jainism are four major
religions in Nagpur with a following of 66.0%, 20.0%,
11.0% and 1.5% of the population respectively. Others are
1.5%. 52.5% of Nagpur's population is in the 15–59 years
age category. Around 11% of the population is under 6
years of age.
 ITS ECONOMY
Nagpur is an emerging metropolis. In 2004, it was ranked the fastest growing city
in India in terms of the number of households with an annual income of Rs 1
crore (10 million) or more. Nagpur has been the main center of commerce in
the Vidarbha region since its early days and is an important trading location.
Though, Nagpur's economic importance gradually declined relative
to Mumbai and Pune after the merging of Vidarbha into
the Maharashtra because of a period of neglect by the state government, the city
has recovered its economy later. During the slowdown, state and central
government offices were a major source of employment.
Nagpur's economy has recovered from past slowdowns and the city has
attracted Rupees 5,000 crore in investment in 2004. It was ranked the 11th most
competitive city in the country by the Institute for Competitiveness in its 2012
report. The city is important for the banking sector as it hosts the regional office
of Reserve Bank of India, which was opened on 10 September 1956. The Reserve
Bank of India has two branches in Nagpur in which one of it houses India's entire
gold assets. Sitabuldi market in central Nagpur, known as the Heart of the city, is
the major commercial market area.
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