Ranchi District Population, Jharkhand - Census India 2011

Ranchi is one of district of Jharkhand in India. There are 18 Taluks, 1,311 villages and 15 towns in Ranchi district.

As per the Census India 2011, Ranchi district has 569,444 households, population of 2,914,253 of which 1,494,937 are males and 1,419,316 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 401,214 which is 13.77% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Ranchi district is around 949 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Ranchi district is 65.59% out of which 72.59% males are literate and 58.21% females are literate. The total area of Ranchi is 5,097 sq.km with population density of 572 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 56.86% of population lives in Urban area and 43.14% lives in Rural area. There are 5.25% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 35.76% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Ranchi district.

Ranchi Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	2,914,253	100%
Hindu	1,612,239	55.32%
Other religions and persuasions	677,445	23.25%
Muslim	410,759	14.09%
Christian	193,974	6.66%
Religion not stated	11,345	0.39%
Sikh	4,826	0.17%
Jain	2,733	0.09%
Buddhist	932	0.03%

Ranchi 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)	281	4,816
Number of households	243,209	326,235
Total Population	1,257,335	1,656,918
Population (%)	52.05%	49.27%
Male Population	654,409	840,528
Female Population	602,926	816,390
Sex Ratio	921	971
Literacy (%)	76.19%	57.54%

List of Taluks in Ranchi

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Ranchi district, Jharkhand

Ranchi Population Facts

Number of Households	569,444
Population	2,914,253
Male Population	1,494,937 (51.3%)
Female Population	1,419,316 (48.7%)
Children Population	401,214
Area	5,097 km2
Population density/km2	572
Sex-ratio	949
Literacy	65.59%
Male Literacy	72.59%
Female Literacy	58.21%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	35.76%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	5.25%