The population of the tahsil was 268,479 in 1881,294,262 in 1819, and 117 in 1901, showing increments during the two census periods of 96 and 063 per cent. The density per square mile is 340, but excluding the large towns the rural density is only 139. The towns of the tahsil are Nagpur (127,734), Kamptee (38,888),Saoner (58210) and Kalmeshwar (5340). The tahsil also has five large villages with a population of over 2000 and nine with a population of between 1000 and 2000. Excluding Nagpur and Kamptee and their dependencies the tahsil is comprised of 559 revenue mahals, of which 417 are inhabited villages and 142 uninhabited.

The soils of the Nagpur tahsil are distinctly above the District average. They are comprised of 2.2 per cent. kali, 70.4 morand, 22.5 khardi, 4.5 bardi and retari, and 0.1 per cent. kachhar. Of its total area of  508,000 acres, 401,000 were occupied at settlement, and of these, 331,000 were under cultivation, the occupied area had increased 9 per cent since the previous settlement.