Kangra District Population, Himachal Pradesh - Census India 2011

Kangra is one of district of Himachal Pradesh in India. There are 21 Tehsils, 3,869 villages and 10 towns in Kangra district.

As per the Census India 2011, Kangra district has 338,887 households, population of 1,510,075 of which 750,591 are males and 759,484 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 164,607 which is 10.9% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Kangra district is around 1012 compared to 972 which is average of Himachal Pradesh state. The literacy rate of Kangra district is 76.33% out of which 80.8% males are literate and 71.92% females are literate. The total area of Kangra is 5,739 sq.km with population density of 263 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 94.29% of population lives in Urban area and 5.71% lives in Rural area. There are 21.15% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 5.6% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Kangra district.

Kangra Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,510,075	100%
Hindu	1,461,140	96.76%
Muslim	19,797	1.31%
Buddhist	14,511	0.96%
Sikh	8,929	0.59%
Christian	3,023	0.2%
Religion not stated	2,273	0.15%
Other religions and persuasions	208	0.01%
Jain	194	0.01%

Kangra 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)	48	5,691
Number of households	20,508	318,379
Total Population	86,281	1,423,794
Population (%)	52.42%	50.46%
Male Population	45,226	705,365
Female Population	41,055	718,429
Sex Ratio	908	1019
Literacy (%)	81.36%	76.03%

List of Tehsils in Kangra

Check out complete list of all Tehsils of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh

Kangra Population Facts

Number of Households	338,887
Population	1,510,075
Male Population	750,591 (49.71%)
Female Population	759,484 (50.29%)
Children Population	164,607
Area	5,739 km2
Population density/km2	263
Sex-ratio	1012
Literacy	76.33%
Male Literacy	80.8%
Female Literacy	71.92%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	5.6%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	21.15%