Punjab Population - Census India 2011

Punjab is one of state in India with population of 27,743,338. There are 22 districts, 77 Tehsils, 12,581 villages and 236 towns in Punjab.

As per the Census India 2011, Punjab has 5,513,071 households, population of 27,743,338 of which 14,639,465 are males and 13,103,873 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 3,076,219 which is 11.09% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Punjab state is around 895 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Punjab state is 67.43% out of which 71.29% males are literate and 63.12% females are literate. The total area of Punjab is 50,362 sq.km with population density of 551 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 62.52% of population lives in Urban area and 37.48% lives in Rural area. There are 31.94% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Punjab.

Punjab Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	27,743,338	100%
Sikh	16,004,754	57.69%
Hindu	10,678,138	38.49%
Muslim	535,489	1.93%
Christian	348,230	1.26%
Religion not stated	87,564	0.32%
Jain	45,040	0.16%
Buddhist	33,237	0.12%
Other religions and persuasions	10,886	0.04%

Punjab 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)	2,515	47,847
Number of households	2,154,958	3,358,113
Total Population	10,399,146	17,344,192
Population (%)	53.33%	47.57%
Male Population	5,545,989	9,093,476
Female Population	4,853,157	8,250,716
Sex Ratio	875	907
Literacy (%)	74.14%	63.41%

List of Districts in Punjab

Check out complete list of all districts in Punjab

Punjab Population Facts

Number of Households	5,513,071
Population	27,743,338
Male Population	14,639,465 (52.77%)
Female Population	13,103,873 (47.23%)
Children Population	3,076,219
Area	50,362 km2
Population density/km2	551
Sex-ratio	895
Literacy	67.43%
Male Literacy	71.29%
Female Literacy	63.12%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	0
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	31.94%