North Latitude – 210.07; East longitude – 790.07
Height above mean sea level – 312.42 meters.
Nagpur is 837 kms. From Mumbai, 1094 Kms south of Delhi, 1092 kms north of Chennai and 1140 kms west of Calcutta. |
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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 - Sambhalpur - Calcutta) and 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. |
ROAD LINK :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 230 km
Major State Highway 129 km
State Highways 699 km
Major District Roads 717 km
Other District Roads 1043 km
Village and Other Roads 2974 km
RAIL LINKS : Electrified broad gauge railway track connects Nagpur to all four major metros. The length of broad gauge railwayline is 266.06 kms and that of narrow gauge railway line is 134.32 kms. Destinations connected included Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Kolhapur, Pune, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jammu, Amritsar, Lucknow, Varanasi, Bhubhaneshwar, Trivendrum, Cochin, Gorakhpur, Visakhapatnam, Bangalore, Mangalore, Patna, Indore.
AIR ROUTES : The Airport is 8 kilometers south of Nagpur City. It is connected to all the major cities like Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi Hyderabad, Pune, Bhubhaneshwar, Raipur.
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