Surat District Population, Gujarat - Census India 2011

Surat is one of district of Gujarat in India. There are 10 Talukas, 713 villages and 23 towns in Surat district.

As per the Census India 2011, Surat district has 1,333,200 households, population of 6,081,322 of which 3,402,224 are males and 2,679,098 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 736,286 which is 12.11% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Surat district is around 787 compared to 919 which is average of Gujarat state. The literacy rate of Surat district is 75.17% out of which 78.99% males are literate and 70.32% females are literate. The total area of Surat is 4,549 sq.km with population density of 1,337 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 20.26% of population lives in Urban area and 79.74% lives in Rural area. There are 2.6% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 14.09% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Surat district.

Surat Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	6,081,322	100%
Hindu	5,260,193	86.5%
Muslim	660,772	10.87%
Jain	112,835	1.86%
Christian	21,052	0.35%
Buddhist	12,902	0.21%
Sikh	5,703	0.09%
Religion not stated	3,945	0.06%
Other religions and persuasions	3,920	0.06%

Surat Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	509	4,040
Number of households	1,063,520	269,680
Total Population	4,849,213	1,232,109
Population (%)	56.96%	48.05%
Male Population	2,762,164	640,060
Female Population	2,087,049	592,049
Sex Ratio	756	925
Literacy (%)	76.94%	68.21%

List of Talukas in Surat

Check out complete list of all Talukas of Surat district, Gujarat

Surat Population Facts

Number of Households	1,333,200
Population	6,081,322
Male Population	3,402,224 (55.95%)
Female Population	2,679,098 (44.05%)
Children Population	736,286
Area	4,549 km2
Population density/km2	1,337
Sex-ratio	787
Literacy	75.17%
Male Literacy	78.99%
Female Literacy	70.32%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	14.09%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	2.6%