Gujarat Population - Census India 2011

Gujarat is one of state in India with population of 60,439,692. There are 26 districts, 225 Talukas, 18,225 villages and 385 towns in Gujarat.

As per the Census India 2011, Gujarat has 12,248,428 households, population of 60,439,692 of which 31,491,260 are males and 28,948,432 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 7,777,262 which is 12.87% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Gujarat state is around 919 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Gujarat state is 67.99% out of which 74.54% males are literate and 60.86% females are literate. The total area of Gujarat is 196,244 sq.km with population density of 308 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 57.4% of population lives in Urban area and 42.6% lives in Rural area. There are 6.74% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 14.75% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Gujarat.

Gujarat Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total60,439,692100%
Hindu53,533,98888.57%
Muslim5,846,7619.67%
Jain579,6540.96%
Christian316,1780.52%
Sikh58,2460.1%
Religion not stated57,9020.1%
Buddhist30,4830.05%
Other religions and persuasions16,4800.03%

Gujarat Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)7,404188,840
Number of households5,474,8706,773,558
Total Population25,745,08334,694,609
Population (%)53.18%48.7%
Male Population13,692,10117,799,159
Female Population12,052,98216,895,450
Sex Ratio880949
Literacy (%)76.41%61.74%

List of Districts in Gujarat

Check out complete list of all districts in Gujarat
DistrictPopulationArea (km2)Po. DensitySex-ratio
Ahmadabad7,214,2258,107890904
Surat6,081,3224,5491337787
Vadodara4,165,6267,546552934
Rajkot3,804,55811,198340927
Banas Kantha3,120,50610,743290938
Bhavnagar2,880,36510,034287933
Junagadh2,743,0828,831311953
Sabar Kantha2,428,5897,394328952
Panch Mahals2,390,7765,231457949
Kheda2,299,8853,953582940
Jamnagar2,160,11914,184152939
Dohad 2,127,0863,642584990
Anand 2,092,7453,204653925
Kachchh2,092,37145,67446908
Mahesana2,035,0644,401462926
Surendranagar1,756,26810,423168930
Valsad1,705,6783,008567922
Bharuch1,551,0196,509238925
Amreli1,514,1907,397205964
Gandhinagar1,391,7532,140650923
Patan 1,343,7345,792232935
Navsari 1,329,6722,246592961
Tapi807,0223,1392571007
Narmada590,2972,817210961
Porbandar 585,4492,316253950
The Dangs228,2911,7661291006

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Gujarat Population Facts

Number of Households12,248,428
Population60,439,692
Male Population31,491,260 (52.1%)
Female Population28,948,432 (47.9%)
Children Population7,777,262
Area196,244 km2
Population density/km2308
Sex-ratio919
Literacy67.99%
Male Literacy74.54%
Female Literacy60.86%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %14.75%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %6.74%

Map of Gujarat

Big Cities

Ahmadabad5,577,940
Surat4,467,797
Vadodara1,752,371
Vadodara1,752,371
Vadodara1,670,806
Vadodara1,670,806
Rajkot1,323,363
Rajkot1,323,363
Rajkot1,286,678
Rajkot1,286,678