Demographics & Statistics

Demography of Rajasthan

Rajasthan has a total population of 68,548,437 people, according to the 2011 Indian Census. The population increased by 21.2 percent from 56.5 million in 2001. Males outnumbered females in 2011, with a gender ratio of 0.928 females for every one male. In Rajasthan in 2011, 45.57 percent of workers were cultivators, 17.53 percent were farm labourers, and 2.41 percent worked in the household industry. In terms of religion, Hindus account for 88.49 percent of the population in Rajasthan. Muslims make up 9.07 percent of the population, Sikhs 1.27 percent, and Jains 0.91 percent. Rajasthan's literacy rate was 67.06 percent (80.51 percent male and 52.66 percent female). While Rajasthan's literacy rate is lower than the national average of 74.04 percent, and its female literacy rate is the lowest in the world, the state has been lauded for its efforts and accomplishments in increasing literacy rates. The literacy rate in Rajasthan's rural areas is 76.16 percent for males and 45.8 percent for females.

State Population over the Decades

Population of Districts

SC-ST POPULATION

Urban-Rural Population

Male-female population

Male-Female Urban-Rural Population Division