Bangalore District Population, Karnataka - Census India 2011

Bangalore is one of district of Karnataka in India. There are 5 Taluks, 588 villages and 20 towns in Bangalore district.

As per the Census India 2011, Bangalore district has 2,393,845 households, population of 9,621,551 of which 5,022,661 are males and 4,598,890 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 1,052,837 which is 10.94% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Bangalore district is around 916 compared to 973 which is average of Karnataka state. The literacy rate of Bangalore district is 78.08% out of which 81.19% males are literate and 74.68% females are literate. The total area of Bangalore is 2,196 sq.km with population density of 4,381 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 9.06% of population lives in Urban area and 90.94% lives in Rural area. There are 12.46% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1.98% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Bangalore district.

Bangalore Religion Population

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total9,621,551100%
Hindu7,725,07080.29%
Muslim1,248,29412.97%
Christian504,8635.25%
Jain83,0900.86%
Religion not stated40,9510.43%
Sikh13,2540.14%
Buddhist5,5310.06%
Other religions and persuasions4980.01%

Bangalore Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)8051,391
Number of households2,180,638213,207
Total Population8,749,944871,607
Population (%)52.1%46.74%
Male Population4,558,405464,256
Female Population4,191,539407,351
Sex Ratio920877
Literacy (%)78.97%69.17%

List of Taluks in Bangalore

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Bangalore district, Karnataka
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Anekal517,575530977835
Bangalore North352,420486725895
Bangalore South205,274341601879
Bangalore East102,607129792911

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Bangalore Population Facts

Number of Households2,393,845
Population9,621,551
Male Population5,022,661 (52.2%)
Female Population4,598,890 (47.8%)
Children Population1,052,837
Area2,196 km2
Population density/km24,381
Sex-ratio916
Literacy78.08%
Male Literacy81.19%
Female Literacy74.68%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %1.98%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %12.46%

Map of Bangalore, Karnataka