Nagpur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Nagpur Metropolitan Region. The Nagpur city is located in Maharashtra state of India.
The current estimate population of Nagpur city in 2025 is
3,517,000
, while Nagpur metro population is estimated at
3,653,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Nagpur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Nagpur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Nagpur city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Nagpur in 2011 is 2,405,665. Although Nagpur city has population of 2,405,665; its urban / metropolitan population is 2,497,870.
Nagpur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Nagpur city are 1,984,123 of which 1,036,097 are males while 948,026 are females. Average literacy rate of Nagpur city is 91.92 percent of which male and female literacy was 94.44 and 89.31 percent.
The sex ratio of Nagpur city is 963 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 926 per 1000 boys.
Nagpur Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Nagpur city numbers 179,952 in which population of 859,487 resides. This is around 35.73% of total population of Nagpur city.
Nagpur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Nagpur city with 69.46 % followers.
Buddhism is second most popular religion in Nagpur city with 15.57 % following it.
In Nagpur city, Islam is followed by 11.95 %, Christianity by 1.15 %, Jainism by 0.90 % and Sikhism by 0.68 %. Around 0.10 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.20 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.