Nagpur Division was created in 1861, when the Central Provinces administrative division of British India was created by merging the Nagpur Province and the Saugor and Nerbudda Territories.

[2] After Indian Independence, The Central Provinces and Berar (Nagpur and Amravati divisions) became the new state of Madhya Pradesh.

The Indian states were reorganised along linguistic lines in 1956, and on 1 November, Nagpur and Amravati divisions were transferred to Bombay State, while Balaghat District remained in Madhya Pradesh.

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 80.14% of the population of Nagpur Division followed Hinduism, 12.70% Buddhism, 5.19% Islam, 0.47% Christianity and the remaining 1.50% of the population followed other religions or stated no religion.

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