According to Census of India 2011, Ranchi had witness a growth in its population between 2001 to 2011. Current Population of Ranchi 2022 is over 20 million.

Population of Ranchi 2022

Ranchi is the most populated city in the state of Jharkhand, despite the fact that it is only the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is currently one of the most populous and rapidly expanding cities in Eastern India. After the capital city of Dhanbad, it is the second most populous city in the state of Jharkhand, according to the census completed in 2011.

Ranchi's District Population

One of the districts that make up the Indian state of Jharkhand, Ranchi, has a population of 3,253,151 residents as of 2022. (estimates as per aadhar uidai.gov.in Dec 2020 data). According to the census taken in India in 2011, the district of Ranchi has a total population of 2,914,253 people, with a male population of 1,494,937 and a female population of 1,419,316. The number of literate persons is 1,911,433, with 826,189 females and 1,085,244 males. People who live in Ranchi District rely on a wide variety of skills to make a living; the overall number of workers in the district is 1,142,867, with males accounting for 743,967 of those workers and women for 398,900. There are 208,011 people whose livelihoods depend on agriculture cultivation, with males cultivating 135,622 acres and women cultivating 72,389 acres. 103,770 persons work as labor on agricultural land, 60,822 of who are males and 42,948 of whom are women. The gender distribution in Ranchi District is 949 females for every 1000 males. The Ranchi District's next census will occur in 2022-2023.

The Population of Ranchi City in 2022 - 13 lakh (approx)

According to the preliminary results of the population count taken in 2011, Ranchi had a total population of 1,073,427 (10.73 lakh), while the city's anticipated population in 2022 is 13 lakh (1.3 million)

Ranchi Historical Population

According to the Census completed in 2011, Ranchi experienced a rise in its overall population of 26.72% between 2001 and 2011. The population is anticipated to increase by 20% between 2011 and 2021.

In 1901, just 26,000 people were living in Ranchi, but by 1951, that number had increased to 1 lakh. Upon the country's independence, Ranchi had a considerable influx of new residents, a trend that only quickened following the establishment of Jharkhand. Let's take a look at the population and how it changed as a percentage from the year 1901 to the year 2021.

Ranchi's Religion Population

With 64.31% of the population adhering to the religion, Hinduism is the dominant faith in Ranchi city. Islam is the city of Ranchi's second most practiced religion, with around 16.42% of the population adhering to it. Christianism is the second most popular religion in Ranchi city, followed by Jainism (0.22%), Sikhism (0.39%), and Buddhism (0.39%), respectively. Around 9.72% of respondents selected "Other Religion," while approximately 0.35% selected "No Particular Religion."

The provisional results from the 2011 Census of India put Ranchi's population at 1,073,427 (10.73 Lakhs), with the male population coming in at 5,58,872 and the female population coming in at 5,14,555. These numbers are broken down as follows:

Ranchi district density

According to the preliminary estimates made available by the census of India in 2011, the population density of the Ranchi district 2011 was 572 people per square kilometer. In 2001, the population density of the Ranchi district was recorded at 449 persons per square kilometer. The Ranchi district is responsible for administrating 5097 square kilometers of land.

LITERACY RATE

In Ranchi, the average literacy rate was 76.06 in 2011, which is an increase from the rate of 66.71 in 2001. When the data is broken down according to gender, the literacy rate for men was 84.26 while the literacy rate for women was 67.44. In the Ranchi District, the same values appeared in the census taken in 2001: 78.18 and 54.27. The total number of literate people in Ranchi District was 1,911,433, with males and females having respective literacy rates of 1,085,244 and 826,189. In the year 2001, 1,308,516 people were living in the Ranchi District.

SEX RATIO

In terms of the city of Ranchi's Sex Ratio, the ratio stood at 949 per 1000 male residents, which is higher than the figure from the 2001 census, which was 929. According to the most recent reports from the Census 2011 Directorate, India's national average gender ratio is 940. The child gender ratio in the 2011 census was 938 girls to 1000 boys, which is lower than the value of 960 girls to 1000 boys seen in the 2001 census data.

POPULATION OF CHILDREN

The enumeration process for the census also included collecting data on children aged 0 to 6 years old in every district, including Ranchi. There were a total of 401,214 children between 0 and 6, up from 389,107 in the previous census in 2001. There were a total of 401,214 people, with males making up 207,029 and females making up 194,185. The Child Sex Ratio in the 2011 Census was 938, significantly lower than the 960 recorded in the 2001 Census. Ranchi District had 13.77 percent of its population comprised children under six in 2011, down from 16.55 percent in 2001. Compared to the previous census of India, this showed a net change of -2.78 percent in the population.