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NAGPUR DISTRICT Demographic features

Population (2001 Census) 40,51,444 Males 20,95,489 Females 19,55,955 According to the 1991 census, the demographic features observed in Nagpur district are as follows : Total number of households Total population Total Male Population Total Female Population Sex Ratio Urban Population Rural Population Percentage of Urban population to total population Population density Literacy Rate Male Literacy rate Female Literacy rate Religious Communities Population Census data of 1971, 1981, 1991 Languages Religious Communities Hindus Jains Christians Christian Organizations Muslims Religion Rituals and Ceremonies Hindus Muslim Christians Marriage and Morals Hindus Christians Feasts and Festivals Hindus Muslims Houses and Housing Dress Ornaments Diet 6,55,000 32,87,000 17,10,000 15,77,000 922 20,31,000 12,56,000 61.78 %

332 per sq.km 73.64 % 81.79 % 64.74 % Jains: Jains, according to the Census of 1961, numbered 7,522 (m,3,873;f. 3,649) in the district, 6,340 (m. 3,258; f.3.082) in the urban area and 1,182 (m.615; f; 567) in the rural one. In 1951 they numbered 3,977 (m. 2,010; f. 1,967) in Nagpur city. Their population in the district in 195, 1941. 1931 and 1921 was 5,216 (m. 2,618; f.2,598), 3,916 (m.2,104; f. 1,812), 3,621 (m. 1,827; f. 1,794 and 2,732 (m. 1,378; f. 1,354), respectively. According to the old District Gazetteer, the number of Jains had decreased from 3,141 in 1801 the community has increased by about 181.2 per cent in the district. In 1931, the community was returned as consisting of 938 (m, 493; f. 445 ) as Hindus and 2,683 (m 1,334; f. 1,349 ) as Jains, 1921 owing to representation made by the

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Jain associations of Bombay and Calcutta instructions for a sect-wise enumeration of the community were given, and accordingly it was returned as consisting of 635 (m. 318; f. 317) Digambars, 65 (m. 39; f. 26) Svetambars and three females of Terapanthi in the district; 2,030 (m. 1,022; f. 1,008) were returned as unspecified.

The Jains are divided into two principal sects, the Digambars and Svetambars. The Digambars are the more numerous and stricter sect, but their proportion is not so high in Nagpur as in the rest of the province. The principal tenet of the Jains is to avoid the destruction of all animal, including insect life; but the Hindu Banias who are practically all Vaisnavas, observe almost the same tenderness for animal life as the Jains. The Jains are distinguished by their separate temples and methods of worship, and they do not recognize the authority of the Vedas nor revere the Lingam of Siva. In other respects they closely resemble of Hindus. Brahmans are often employed at their weddings, they revere the cow, worship sometimes in Hindu temples, go on pilgrimages t o tjleh Hindu sacrted places, and follow the Hindu law of inheritance. In Nagpur the Jains are fnearly all Marvadi Banias and are engaged in trade and banking. Consequently they are much wealthier than other castes. The former hostility between Jain and Hindu has nearly vanished. They take food together but many not intermarry in a large way. Like Banias and other trading communities the Jains are still tardy to give English education to their children. The most orthodox among them are almost unaffected by the modern tendency towards the abolition of caste restrictions. Although widow remarriage is not permissible among them, reformers have now sprung up who advocate such marriages. A few such marriages which have been preformed were countenanced by many in the community. POPULATION BY RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES DISTRICT NAGPUR 1961 Urban Males Females 57,973 54,856 6,744 6,265 304,661 269,049 3,258 3,082 15 28 41,047 35,762 2,106 1,773 487 353 86 73 2 24 56 416,401 371,299 Rural Males 61,084 358 299,839 615 5,750 86 28 367,760 Females 0,199 322 290,698 567 5,505 43 13 357,347

Buddhists Christians Hindus Jains Jews Muslims Sikha Zoroastrians Tribals Non-Tribals Religion not Stated Total

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