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• North Latitude – 210.07; East longitude – 790.07

• Height above mean sea level – 312.42 mtrs.

• Location - It is practically at geographical center of India, in fact the zero milestone of India is in this city. All major highways NH-7 ( Varanasi - Kanyakumari ) & NH-6 (Mumbai - Sambalpur - Calcutta) amd major railways trunk route (Mumbai, Chennai, Howrah * Delhi) pass through the city. Important Central & State Government offices and institutions are located in Nagpur. Industrial Development is existing along the fringe areas like Kamptee, Hingna, Wadi, Khapri, Butibori and Kalmeshwar.

• Maximum, Average & Minimum Rain fall are 1993 mm, 1205 mm and 606 mm respectively.

• Nagpur’s Municipal Limits encompass 217.56 Square Kms of land areas.

• Nagpur is 837 kms. From Mumbai, 1094 Kms south of Delhi, 1092 kms north of Chennai and 1140 kms west of Calcutta.

The town is dominated by the British fort built in 1818 on the twin hills of Sitabuldi in the centre of the city. It overlooks the civil lines on the west, the city proper on the east and north,and the suburb of Sitabuldi (Burdi) to the south. Northwest of the civil lines is the Gorewara reservoir with a dam 2,350 ft long. There are several fine old reservoirs (tanks) notably Shukrawari (Jumma) Talao, Ambazari and Telankhedi, and many parks in and around the city.

The surrounding region is an undulating plateau rising northward to the Satpura Range, from 889 to 2,142 feet (271 to 653 m) high and is drained by the Kanhan and Pench rivers in the center, the Wardha in the west, and the Wainganga in the east. Both these rivers later merge as tributaries into the Godavari river. The soil is fertile black (cotton) in the west and the north and alluvial in the east. The average annual rainfall is 45 inches, with more rain in the east than in the west. In the west, the hills are forested. In the northeast are the hills of Ramtek.

CLIMATE

• Humidity 70% to 20%
• Elevation 274.5 mtrs to 652.70 mtrs
• Forest Cover is 28% i.e. 2818 sq. kmrs
• (for Nagpur District)
• Nagpur generally has a dry tropical weather

CLIMATE : The climate of Nagpur follows a typical seasonal monsoon weather pattern. The peak temperatures are usually reached in May/June and can be as high as 48^oC. The onset of monsoon is usually from July and the season extends up to September, with monsoon peaking during July and August. After monsoons, the average temperature varies between 27^oC and approx 6 to 7^oC right through December and January.

Average Temperature and Rainfall in Nagpur

The climate of Nagpur follows a typical seasonal monsoon weather pattern. The peak temperatures are usually reached in May/June and can be as high as 48^oC. The onset of monsoon is usually from July and the season extends up to September, with monsoon peaking during July and August. After monsoons, the average temperature varies between 27^oC and approx 6 to 7^oC right through December and January.
 

Wind Speed

• Wind blows with maximum ( 22 Km / Hrs or higher) in the month of February and on set of monsoon season i.e. in end of May and first week of June. This is due to generating low pressure area in this region.

• Rest of time wind speed is below 5 to 7 Km./Hrs.

• A maximum wind speed of 114 km/hr was recorded on 22nd May, 1970.

Nagpur offers a lot options as far as tourist places is concerned. The scenic beauty teemed with beautiful forts and temples make Nagpur one of the most attractive travel destination. 

Ambazari Lake
The Ambazari lake is situated 6-km west of Nagpur. It is the largest and the most beautiful lake in the city. This place is very well managed and preserved by the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. The lake also has a garden located just beside it and is a model garden. It was established in 1958 on an area of 20 acres of land.

The musical fountain, various electric rides and amusement games make this garden an ideal place to travel and children to enjoy. The garden also offers boating facilities and good walking trails as an enjoying outdoor activity. 

 
Nagpur Specialty
The Oranges of Nagpur are famous throughout the world for their superior quality. These Oranges are arranged in a "Mondha". It is an arrangement unique to Nagpur markets. The Nagpur Oranges are cultivated in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The orange is cultivated in 80000 hectares area in Vidarbha with a total production of nearly 5 lakh tons. A major part of the Oranges produced here is exported to the other countries of the world. Thus, contributing to the growth of the country's economy. 

 

Sitabuldi Fort 
The Sitabuldi fort is an important landmark of Nagpur, located on top of a hill, right in the center of the city. This fort was built by a British officer in the year 1857. It is one of the oldest attractions of the city. One can view this park from the twin hills of Sitabuldi. 

The fort now houses the office of the Territorial Army, and is open to the public on National holidays. 

 
Tekdi Ganapathi Temple
This temple is one of the most ancient and popular temples of Nagpur. It is located near the railway station. The temple is called Tekdi Ganapati as it is constructed on a hill and in Marathi Language a hill is called as a "Tekdi". It is believed to be approximately 250 years old. Earlier, the temple was not more than a tin shaded temple but later it was constructed as one of the most respected temple. The construction of Ganesh temple was started in 1978 and completed in 1984. 

 

Tadoba National Park
The Tadoba National Park is a small park, sprawled over an area of 120 sq. kms at an altitude of 200 m. It is located 100-km south of Nagpur and 45-kms north of the district headquarter. 

Taboda is also known as "The Jewel of Vidarbha". It is one of the oldest parks in Maharashtra and is also a Project Tiger reserve since 1993. The area around Tadoba was once highly populated by the Gond tribals. The park is named after their local deity 'Taru', who, according to a legend, was killed in a fight with a tiger. He is still worshiped by the local villagers as the deity of 'Tadoba'. 

Shri Vyankatesh Temple
This temple is located on Dharaskar Road in Itwari, Nagpur. The idea of building a Vyankatesh Temple here was given by respected chief venerable Swamiji Shri Dharacharyaji. The construction of the temple was started in 1963 and completed in 1968. 

The statue of the God Vyankatesh is extremely beautiful, made of black stone and adorned with beautiful gold ornaments. There are three festival statues located below the main idol and all three of them are purely made of gold by the skilled artist from Chennai. The main idol of God Vyankatesh had been brought from South India.

¤ Excursions 

Nagpur extends its beauty and glory to the neighboring places also. These places are as lovely as the city of Nagpur itself.

Totladoh
Totladoh is situated about 75-km from Nagpur and is an ideal spot for picnic. There is a Dam over here, which is a major attraction of this place.

Ambakhori
Another important travel excursion destination is Ambakhori situated around 80-km from Nagpur. This place is at its best in the winter season. Water falls and forests are the main attractions of this scenic spot. 

Pench 
The Pench National Park is situated on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. This place is famous for its rich flora and fauna. It was named after the river that flows nearby and was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1983.

Located around 70-km from Nagpur, this park is the 25th Tiger Reserve in the country. It owns a wide variety of wildlife apart from the ferocious Tigers. The total area under the Pench Tiger Reserve comes to about 758-km, out of which a core area of 299-sq-km is the National Park and a buffer area of 464 kms .

Waki Woods
The Waki woods are located just 30-km away from Nagpur on Saoner Road near Waki Dargha. It is considered as an ideal place for those interested in trekking. The resort present here, offers bird watching and a wide range of activities like boating, archery, riding.

Sewagram 
Sewagram is an important village in Wardha district, situated around 88-km from Nagpur. This place was earlier called Shegaon but when Gandhi made it headquarter for his social service work, its name was changed to Sewagram. A Gandhi Ashram and Gyan Mandir is also located here. 

Ramtek
Ramtek is one of the important pilgrim centers of Maharashtra located about 57-km from Nagpur. There is a temple dedicated to Lord Rama, Sita and Laxman, situated on the top of the hill. This land has been mentioned as Ramgiri, in "Meghdootam", which is written by great Sanskrit poet Kalidas. 

Navegoan National Park
The Navegaon National Park is located in Navegoan. Spread over an area of 135-sq-km, there is a beautiful lake with crystal clear water. This lake stretches over an area of 11 sq. kms. set in the midst of hill ranges. The watchtowers located at strategic locations enable the visitors to catch a glance of varied wildlife of this national park. It consists of a Deer Park, an aviary and three beautifully landscaped gardens.

MIHAN - Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur: MIHAN, a project one of its kind in the heart of India. Spread over an area of 4025 Hectares. The Multi-modal International Hub Airport at Nagpur, would not only play a major role in the development of Vidarbha region but will benefit the state and the country as a whole. MIHAN is an Ideal business hub, centrally located and easily accessible to all the metro cities of India. A final destination for all your business related needs, supported by excellent infrastructure, easy and fast procedural systems and continuous support and service through one window operation. 

• IT centre. 

• Health City. 

• Captive Power Plant. 

• Value added industries. 

• Manufacturing industries. 

• 100% Export oriented units. 

• Road terminal with warehouses and other facilities. 

• Rail Terminal with container depot.

Railways
Being situated at the centre of the country, Nagpur is a very important roadways and railway junction and a transit for almost all the trains that connect the country lengthwise and breadthwise, especially trains connecting India's four major metropolises (Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkota) located in the four corners of the country. The main railway station in Nagpur city is the Nagpur Railway Station, while the much smaller Ajni, Itwari, Kalamna, Kamptee, and Khapri are the other railway stations in the city's vicinity.

Roads
In addition, Nagpur is a major junction for roadways as India's two major national highways (Kanyakumari-Varanasi (no. 7) and Howra-Dhule (no. 6)) pass through the city. Moreover, Nagpur city has come in the national spotlight recenty for its good roads, which were developed as part of the upgradation and renewal works under Integrated Road Development Project (IRDP), spearheaded by the erstwhile Commissioner of the Corporation Dr. T Chandrashekhar. In another notable development, the Inland Container Depot at Nagpur run by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) has been the fastest growing inland port in the country in recent years.

Air
The masterplan for the MIHAN complex on the outskirts of Nagpur city.
Due to the city's central location, Nagpur's Air Traffic Control (ATR) is the busiest in India, with more than 300 international flights flying over the city every day in 2004. Domestic airlines such as Indian Airlines, Jet Airways, and Air Deccan connect Nagpur with major cities like Mumbai (5 flights daily), Delhi (2 flights daily), Hyderabad (1 flight daily and 1, 4 times a week), and Kolkata (1 flight thrice a week and another twice a week). In October 2005, Nagpur's erstwhile Sonegaon Airport was declared an international airport and was renamed Dr. Ambedkar International Airport. Initial flights between Nagpur and Sharjah were launched by Air Arabia with the intention of tapping the strong demand for international travel within Central India. In April 2006 Indian Airlines connected Nagpur and Bangkok with a non-stop twice weekly service. Likewise, Qatar Airways has announced that it will start a thrice-weekly service from Nagpur to Doha shortly.
Nagpur is set to be a prominent destination on India's aviation map as the country's first ever Multi-modal International Cargo Hub (MIHAN) was completed on the outskirts of the city in 2006. MIHAN is expected to contribute significantly to the development of the city as well as the economically backward Vidarbha region. Another major impetus to the aviation industry in Nagpur is Boeing's decision to set up a $ 185 million maintenance base in the city in 2006.

Metropolitan
Despite its high population and its commercial importance, Nagpur has a poor public transport system. Buses, which are directly operated by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation, number 173 for the entire rural and urban area (according to the Hitavada, Sept., 2006). Such a small number of buses results in unreliable services. Six-sitter auto-rikshaws, which were becoming popular as a cheap mode of transport, were banned from plying on city roads by a high court order in 2006, leaving only the expensive 3 sitter auto-rikshaws available as a means of public transport. The proposed integrated bus and monorail project that is to be implemented in the next five to six years could potentially improve the situation.

How to Reach

• ROAD LINKS : The district is well connected by roads with all industrial centres of the Country. National Highways passing through Nagpur are Bombay Calcutta NH-6 & Kanyakumari Varanasi NH-7.
   

• The length of the roads in the Nagpur district is as under :

  • National Highways 231 km

  • Major State Highway 130km

  • State Highways 700 km

  • Major District Roads 718 km

  • Other District Roads 1042 km

  • Village and Other Roads 2980 km
     

• RAIL LINKS : Electrified broad gauge railway track connects Nagpur to all four major metros. The length of broad gauge railwayline is 270 kms and that of narrow gauge railway line is 136 kms. Destinations connected included Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Kolhapur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jammu, Amritsar, Lucknow, Varanasi, Bhubaneshwar, Trivendrum, Cochin, Gorakhpur, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Mangalore, Patna, Indore.
   

• AIR ROUTES : The Sonegaon Airport is 7.5 kilometers south of Nagpur City. It is connected to Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Raipur.

The Nagpur industries have played a major role in providing economic stability to the city of Nagpur. As a matter of fact, the government had decided to put a huge sum of money estimated to be around 5000 crores into the development and growth of the industrial infrastructure of Nagpur. This giant step aimed towards the betterment of the industries in Nagpur was taken three years back, in 2004. 

The Buriboti industrial area serves to be one of the major venues where a large number of Nagpur industries have been put up. In fact, the Buriboti region is considered to be the largest in entire Asia in terms of area. The major industries of Nagpur and their products are mentioned below:- 
 

LARGE INDUSTRIAL SETUP IN AND AROUND NAGPUR CITY SR.NO Large industries  Setup or Proposed Location of industry Type of Industry 1. Indorama Synthetics (p) Ltd. Butibori PFY Spinning 2.  ACC Nihon Casting Ltd. " Alloy Steel Casting 3.  ACC Refractory Ltd.            " Refractory. 4.  KEC International Ltd. " Transmission Tower. 5.  Industrial Oxygen Ltd. " Industrial Gases. 6.  Premier Irrigation Equipment Industries Ltd. " Irrigation Systems. 7.  Voltas Ltd. " Washing Machine. 8.  Woolworth (I) Ltd. " Woolen Yarn. 9.  Fabworth (I) Ltd. " Process House. 10.  S.S.P. Pvt Ltd. " Industrial Dryers. 11.  Maharashtra Organo " LPG Bottling 12.  Uniworth Power Ltd. " Power Plant 13.  Abhishek Steel Ltd. " Rerolling Mill. 14.  Texprint Overseas Ltd. " Woolen Yarn. 15.  Munis Forge Ltd. " Forging. 16.  Morarji Mills Ltd. " Texturising. 17.  SKG Refrigerators " Refactory. 18.  Nagpur Engineering " Casting Co.Ltd 19.  Ferrow Alloyes Corporation Ltd " Alloys 20.  Bajaj Dhatu Udyog Ltd. M.I.D.C. Hingna, Dist. Nagpur Steel Plant. 21. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd " Tractor. 22. Central Cables. " Electrical Cables. 23. Sharda Ispat Ltd. " Rolling Mills. 24.  VIP Industries. " Laguage. 25. Nippon Denro Ispat Ltd KALMESHWAR Industrial area Cold Rolled Sheet