11-684: Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station is located in Khaperkheda Town Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra . The power plant is one of the oldest coal based power plants of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company . The coal for the power plant is sourced from Saoner and Dumri Khurd mines of Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) .Mainly coal transport through the Indian Railways. Now coal India has opened many mines in nearby areas and these mines are also providing coal to
22-495: A literacy rate of 89.52%. 68.31% of the population live in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 18.65% and 9.40% of the population respectively. Languages in Nagpur district (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 70.11% of the population spoke Marathi , 17.71% Hindi , 4.20% Urdu , 1.39% Chhattisgarhi , 1.09% Gondi and 0.97% Sindhi as their first language. The current District Collector
33-564: A cheap transport service in and around the district, reaching out to even the most remote areas of the district. Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Sonegaon, Nagpur, is a domestic and international airport, which connects Nagpur to Mumbai, Delhi, Sharjah, Dubai and Muscat via Doha . Ramtek (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Ramtek is one of twelve constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in
44-578: Is Abhishek Krishna. Nagpur district is made up of the following administrative bodies: Due to its central location in India, the Nagpur Railway Station is an important railway junction . It is a transit terminal for trains that connect the country lengthwise and breadthwise, especially trains connecting India's major metropolises, Mumbai to Howrah - Kolkata , Delhi and Jammu to Chennai , Hyderabad , Bangalore and Kanyakumari in
55-470: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nagpur district Nagpur district (Marathi pronunciation: [naːɡpuːɾ] ) is a district in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state in central India . The city of Nagpur is the district administrative centre. The district is part of Nagpur Division . Nagpur district is bounded by Bhandara district on the east, Chandrapur district on
66-549: Is divided into 14 talukas : Ramtek , Umred , Kalameshwar , Katol , Kamptee , Kuhi , Narkhed , Nagpur , Nagpur Rural , Parseoni , Bhiwapur , Mouda , Savner and Hingna . Nagpur district has 12 Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Nagpur South West , Nagpur South , Nagpur East , Nagpur Central , Nagpur West , Nagpur North , Katol , Savner , Hingna , Umred , Kamthi and Ramtek . The first six constituencies are part of Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency and rest are part of Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency . According to
77-501: The 2011 census Nagpur district had a population of 4,653,570, roughly equal to the nation of Ireland or the US state of South Carolina . This gives it a ranking of 29th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 470 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,200/sq mi) . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.39%. Nagpur has a sex ratio of 948 females for every 1000 males, and
88-468: The Central Provinces . In 1903 it became part of the Central Provinces and Berar . In 1950 Nagpur district was created as became part of the newly formed Madhya Pradesh state and Nagpur became its capital. In 1956, after a reorganisation of Indian states , Nagpur district was incorporated into Bombay state . On 1 May 1960, it became a district of Maharashtra state. Nagpur district
99-494: The South, as well as western cities such as Pune and Ahmedabad . Nagpur is also a major road junction as India's two major national highways , Kanyakumari - Varanasi ( NH 7 ) and Hajira -Kolkata ( NH 6 ), pass through the city. Highway number 69 connects Nagpur to Obaidullaganj near Bhopal . Nagpur is at the junction of Asian HigLanka and AH46 connecting Kharagpur to Dhule . The MSRTC buses run
110-420: The power plant, specially to the new power plant which is of 500 MW. Source of water for the power plant is from Pench reservoir through a pond of Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS) . Since the new power plant has begun operations, locals have reported increase in dust leading to many health conditions. This is due to low quality equipment used in the power plant This article about an Indian power station
121-461: The southeast, Wardha district on the southwest, Amravati district on the northwest and Chhindwara district and Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh state on the north. In 1853, after the death of Raghoji III , the princely state of Nagpur was annexed by the British and the territory occupied by the present district became part of the then Nagpur Province . In 1861, it was merged with
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