Demography

Chapter 2
Demography

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 Demography
1. Introduction
y Maximum of ST population (3.92 lakhs) reside in
Gender-wise population Bhadradri Kothagudem and the least in Jogulamba
Telangana is a landlocked state situated on the south-central y Male and Female population in state in 2011 are 1.73 Gadwal (0.09 lakhs) districts.
stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. and 1.76 Crores respectively..
It currently has 33 administrative districts. Telangana boasts y The share of females and males in the total population of Literacy
a rich and diverse cultural, geographical, and demographic the state is 49.7% and 50.3% respectively. y The State’s total literacy rate stands at 66.5%.
landscape. This diversity is a reflection of the state's historical, y The sex ratio (the number of females per thousand y 2.06 Crores (> 6 years of age) in the state are literate
social, and geographical dynamics. males)of the state is 988. of which 0.89 Crores are females and 1.17 Crores are
Demography refers to the statistical study of human y The sex ratio among the districts varies from 950 to 1046 males.
populations – their size, composition and distribution across with a median value of 996. Rangareddy, with a sex ratio y The literacy rate among females and males respectively
space – and the process through which population change. of 950, has the lowest sex ratio where as Nirmal, with a is 58.0% and 75.0%.
Knowledge on the demographic patterns of the state provides sex ratio of 1046, ranks highest among the districts in y Four districts have a literacy rate above 70%, namely
insights to the Government to develop effective programmes terms of the sex ratio. Hyderabad at 83.2%, Medchal-Malkajgiri at 82.5%,
and policies. It also helps the Government design strategic Hanumakonda at 74.2%, and Rangareddy at 71.9%.
and targeted policy interventions to address the persistent
Urban and Rural Population y Six districts have male literacy rate above 75%,
challenges faced by the vulnerable social groups in the state. namely Medchal -Malkajgiri at 87.4%, Hyderabad at
y The urban and rural population of state are 1.36 (38.9%)
and 2.13 (61.1%) Crores respectively. 87%, Hanumakonda at 82.7%, Rangareddy at 78.9%,
Key Highlights y Hyderabad and Medchal-Malkajgiri are the most Karimnagar at 77.9%, and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri at 75.5%

urbanised districts in the state, with 100% and 91.5% y The district with the lowest male literacy rate is
Total Population of their populations residing in urban areas respectively. Jogulamba Gadwal at 60%
y The total population of state as of 2011 was 3.50 Crores. y Two districts have female literacy rate above 75%,
y Mulugu has the highest share of rural population at
This was nearly 2.89% of the population of India in 2011. namely Hyderabad at 79.3%, and Medchal-Malkajgiri at
96.1% followed by Narayanpet at 92.6%.
It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most 77.3%
populated state in India. Social Groups y Two districts with the lowest female literacy rate are
y Hyderabad is the most populous district with 39.43 lakhs y The total SC and ST populations of state are 54.09 Narayanpet at 39.7%, and Jogulamba Gadwal at 39.5%
and Mulugu is the least populous district with 2.94 lakhs (15.5%) lakhs and 31.77 (9.1%) lakhs respectively.
residents. y Mancherial has the highest share of SC population with Child Sex Ratio
y Projected population of the state as per the National 24.7%, followed by Jayashankar with 22.1%. y There are 38,99,166 children (0-6 years) in the state of
Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & y The districts with the least share of SCs are Hyderabad which 18,81,231 are females and 20,17,935 are males.
Family Welfare, Government of India, the population of and Medchal-Malkajgiri at 6.3% and 9.4% respectively. y The child sex ratio (0-6 years) in the state is 932.
Telangana in the years 2021 and 2031 would be 3.77 y Maximum of SC population (3.34 lakhs) reside in y The child sex ratio (CSR) among the districts varies from
Crores and 3.92 Crores respectively. This is 2.77% and Rangareddy and the least in Mulugu (0.46 lakhs) districts.
903 to 971 with a median value of 934.
2.66% of the total population of the country in 2021 and y Mahabubabad has the highest share of ST population
y Wanaparthy& Mahabubabad with a CSR of 903, has the
2031 respectively. (37.8%) followed by Bhadradri Kothagudem (36.7%).
lowest child sex ratio in the state, whereas Mulugu, with
y The state’s share in the national population is estimated y The districts with the least share of STs reside in
to decrease by 0.23 percentage points between 2011 Hyderabad and Karimnagar with 1.2% and 1.3% a CSR of 971, has the highest child sex ratio in the state.

and 2031. respectively

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Population Density Total Geographical Population
Density
0-6
Child
Total
S.No District Population Area (Sq. Km) Households
(Per Sq.Km) Population
1 Mulugu 2,94,671 4,126.83 71 29,144 78,239
Population Density
(Per Sq.Km) 2 Kumuram Bheem 5,15,812 4,491.28 115 66,206 1,20,420
3 Nagarkurnool 8,52,483 6,395.95 133 1,06,125 1,96,261
71 to 100
4 Jayashankar 4,16,763 2,984.96 140 38,707 1,11,383
Adilabad
101 to 200 5 Bhadradri Kothagudem 10,69,261 7,015.69 152 1,07,326 2,79,190
Kumuram Bheem 201 to 300 6 Adilabad 7,08,972 3,971.31 179 87,292 1,56,683
301 to 2,000 7 Nirmal 7,09,418 3,731.35 190 82,769 1,65,763
Nirmal
2,001 to 18,161 8 Mancherial 8,07,037 3,908.04 207 73,725 2,06,983
Mancherial
9 Mahabubabad 7,74,549 3,579.46 216 81,082 1,95,889
Jagtial
Nizamabad 10 Nalgonda 16,18,416 7,222.78 224 1,81,996 4,01,728
Peddapalli 11 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 7,70,833 3,425.70 225 79,603 1,88,520
Rajanna Jayashankar 12 Jogulamba Gadwal 6,09,990 2,583.53 236 83,728 1,32,261
Kamareddy Sircilla Karimnagar 13 Narayanpet 5,62,148 2,378.32 236 76,977 1,10,877
Mulugu
14 Jangaon 5,34,991 2,115.72 253 52,085 1,31,395
Siddipet Hanumakonda 15 Vikarabad 9,46,109 3,612.47 262 1,17,548 1,94,956
Medak
Warangal 16 Kamareddy 9,74,227 3,708.09 263 1,11,966 2,22,513
Bhadradri 5,87,041 2,169.96 271
Sangareddy Jangaon 17 Wanaparthy 73,711 1,23,544
Kothagudem
18 Medak 7,66,153 2,771.53 276 93,713 1,68,677
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad
19 Siddipet 10,12,065 3,639.02 279 1,03,852 2,38,049
Yadadri
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri 20 Rajanna Sircilla 5,52,037 1,896.52 291 48,751 1,38,992
Vikarabad 10,99,560 3,578.69 307
Khammam 21 Suryapet 1,10,136 2,85,691
Rangareddy
22 Khammam 14,01,639 4,481.17 313 1,39,614 3,82,929
Suryapet
23 Mahabubnagar 9,05,660 2,751.03 329 1,16,758 1,89,631
Nalgonda 24 Sangareddy 15,27,301 4,451.05 343 1,94,835 3,29,208
Mahabubnagar
25 Jagtial 9,88,913 2,856.61 346 93,571 2,53,619
Narayanpet 26 7,91,836 2,184.30 363 66,513 2,09,677
Total Population Peddapalli
Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool 3,50,03,674 27 Nizamabad 15,71,022 4,181.06 376 1,69,621 3,69,031
28 Warangal 7,37,148 1,784.80 413 71,084 1,87,525
Geographical Area (Sq. Km)
Jogulamba 29 Karimnagar 10,05,711 2,140.34 470 89,079 2,58,485
1,12,077.02
Gadwal 24,26,243 5,008.89 484
30 Rangareddy 2,97,841 5,59,150
Population Density (Per Sq.Km) 31 Hanumakonda 10,62,247 1,653.58 641 96,968 2,69,180
312 32 Medchal-Malkajgiri 24,60,095 1,059.86 2,321 2,87,714 5,98,112
33 Hyderabad 39,43,323 217.13 18,161 4,69,126 8,49,051
Source: Population Census - Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)
Geographical Areas - Telangana State Remote Sensing Applications Centre (TRAC) Total 3,50,03,674.0 1,12,077.0 312 38,99,166 83,03,612

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Rural Population Total Rural % of Rural Urban % of Urban
S.No District Population Population Population Population Population

1 Hyderabad 39,43,323 0.0 39,43,323 100.0

% of Rural Population
2 Medchal-Malkajgiri 24,60,095 2,09,828 8.5 22,50,267 91.5
to Total Poplulation
3 Rangareddy 24,26,243 10,26,113 42.3 14,00,130 57.7
0.1 to 30 4 Hanumakonda 10,62,247 4,98,618 46.9 5,63,629 53.1
Adilabad Mancherial
30.1 to 60 5 8,07,037 4,53,190 56.2 3,53,847 43.8
Kumuram Bheem 6 Peddapalli 7,91,836 4,87,823 61.6 3,04,013 38.4
60.1 to 80
7 Sangareddy 15,27,301 9,97,336 65.3 5,29,965 34.7
Nirmal
80.1 to 90
8 Bhadradri Kothagudem 10,69,261 7,30,178 68.3 3,39,083 31.7
Mancherial 90.1 to 96.1 Warangal
9 7,37,148 5,10,057 69.2 2,27,091 30.8
Jagtial 10 Karimnagar 10,05,711 6,96,727 69.3 3,08,984 30.7
Nizamabad
11 Nizamabad 15,71,022 11,06,272 70.4 4,64,750 29.6
Peddapalli
Jayashankar 12 Mahabubnagar 9,05,660 6,39,209 70.6 2,66,451 29.4
Rajanna
Kamareddy Sircilla Karimnagar 13 Adilabad 7,08,972 5,41,226 76.3 1,67,746 23.7
Mulugu 14 Nalgonda 16,18,416 12,50,113 77.2 3,68,303 22.8
Hanumakonda 15 Khammam 14,01,639 10,84,811 77.4 3,16,828 22.6
Siddipet
Medak 16 Jagtial 9,88,913 7,67,577 77.6 2,21,336 22.4
Warangal
Bhadradri 17 Nirmal 7,09,418 5,57,736 78.6 1,51,682 21.4
Sangareddy Jangaon Kothagudem
18 Rajanna Sircilla 5,52,037 4,35,145 78.8 1,16,892 21.2
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad Kumuram Bheem
19 5,15,812 4,28,828 83.1 86,984 16.9
Yadadri
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri 20 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 7,70,833 6,47,668 84.0 1,23,165 16.0
Vikarabad Khammam 21 Wanaparthy 5,87,041 4,94,753 84.3 92,288 15.7
Rangareddy
22 Suryapet 10,99,560 9,28,521 84.4 1,71,039 15.6
Suryapet Siddipet
23 10,12,065 8,73,013 86.3 1,39,052 13.7
Mahabubnagar
Nalgonda 24 Jangaon 5,34,991 4,63,634 86.7 71,357 13.3
25 Vikarabad 9,46,109 8,21,140 86.8 1,24,969 13.2
Narayanpet 26 Kamareddy 9,74,227 8,50,605 87.3 1,23,622 12.7
Wanaparthy 27 Jogulamba Gadwal 6,09,990 5,46,813 89.6 63,177 10.4
Nagarkurnool
28 Nagarkurnool 8,52,445 7,64,653 89.7 87,830 10.3
Rural Population
29 Jayashankar 4,16,763 3,74,376 89.8 42,387 10.2
Jogulamba 61.1%
Gadwal 30 Mahabubabad 7,74,549 6,98,173 90.1 76,376 9.9
Urban Population 2,13,95,009
31 Medak 7,66,153 7,07,299 92.3 58,854 7.7
38.9%
32 Narayanpet 5,62,148 5,20,396 92.6 41,752 7.4
1,36,08,665
33 Mulugu 2,94,671 2,83,178 96.1 11,493 3.9

Total Population Total 3,50,03,674 2,13,95,009 61.1 1,36,08,665 38.9

Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011) 3,50,03,674

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Literacy Rate Population Total Literacy
Male
Literacy
Female
Literacy
S.No District >6Years Literates Rate (%) Rate (%) Rate (%)
1 Jogulamba Gadwal 5,26,262 2,62,455 49.9 60.0 39.5
2 Narayanpet 4,85,171 2,42,156 49.9 60.3 39.7
Literacy Rate (%)
3 Nagarkurnool 7,46,358 4,06,408 54.5 64.9 43.7
49.9 to 50 4 Wanaparthy 5,13,330 2,85,082 55.5 45.1
Adilabad 65.6
50.1 to 60 5 Medak 6,72,440 3,77,351 56.1 67.5 45.1
Kumuram Bheem
60.1 to 65 6 Kamareddy 8,62,261 4,87,046 56.5 67.3 46.1
65.1 to 75 7 Kumuram Bheem 4,49,606 2,55,002 56.7 66.0 47.5
Nirmal
75.1 to 83.2 8 Mahabubabad 6,93,467 3,96,198 57.1 66.5 47.8
Mancherial
9 Nirmal 6,26,649 3,61,998 57.8 69.0 47.1
Jagtial 10 Vikarabad 8,28,561 4,78,717 57.8 67.5 48.2
Nizamabad
Peddapalli 11 Jayashankar 3,78,056 2,22,932 59.0 68.7 49.3
Jayashankar 12 Jagtial 8,95,342 5,39,288 60.2 70.6 50.4
Rajanna
Sircilla 13 Mahabubnagar 7,88,902 4,82,209 61.1 70.8 51.4
Kamareddy Karimnagar
Mulugu 14 Jangaon 4,82,906 2,97,489 61.6 71.4 51.9
15 Siddipet 9,08,213 5,59,573 61.6 72.3 51.1
Siddipet Hanumakonda
Medak 16 Mulugu 2,65,527 1,65,315 62.3 71.9 52.8
Warangal
Bhadradri 17 Rajanna Sircilla 5,03,286 3,15,611 62.7 73.5 52.2
Sangareddy Jangaon Kothagudem 18 Adilabad 6,21,680 3,94,491 63.5 53.4
73.5
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad 19 Nalgonda 14,36,420 9,15,742 63.8 73.9 53.5
Yadadri 20 Sangareddy 13,32,466 8,54,106 64.1 73.0 54.9
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri
21 Suryapet 9,89,424 6,34,313 64.1 73.4 54.9
Vikarabad Khammam
Rangareddy 22 Nizamabad 14,01,401 9,00,436 64.3 74.1 54.9
23 Mancherial 7,33,312 4,71,856 64.3 73.0 55.6
Suryapet
24 Warangal 6,66,064 4,29,972 64.6 74.7 55.4
Nalgonda
Mahabubnagar 25 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 6,91,230 4,50,964 65.2 75.5 54.8
26 Peddapalli 7,25,323 4,75,709 65.6 73.7 57.4
Narayanpet 27 Khammam 12,62,025 8,32,320 66.0 58.3
73.7
Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool 28 Bhadradri Kothagudem 9,61,935 6,38,699 66.4 73.6 59.3
Total Literates 29 Karimnagar 9,16,632 6,33,980 69.2 77.9 60.4
Jogulamba 66.5% 30 Rangareddy 21,28,402 15,29,945 71.9 78.9 64.6
Gadwal 2,06,96,778 31 Hanumakonda 9,65,279 7,15,558 74.1 82.6 65.7
32 Medchal-Malkajgiri 21,72,381 17,91,702 82.5 87.4 77.3
Population 33 Hyderabad 34,74,197 28,92,155 83.2 87.0 79.3
9 > 6Years
Total 3,11,04,508 2,06,96,778 66.5 75.0 58.0
3,11,04,508
Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)

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Sex Ratio Male Female Sex Male Child
Female
Child Child Sex
S.No District Population Population Ratio Population Population Ratio

1 Rangareddy 12,43,967 11,82,276 950 1,54,762 1,43,079 925

Females per
1,000 Males 2 Hyderabad 20,18,575 19,24,748 954 2,45,127 2,23,999 914
3 Medchal-Malkajgiri 12,56,883 12,03,212 957 1,48,754 1,38,960 934
950 to 960 4 Wanaparthy 2,99,646 2,87,395 959 38,803 34,908 903
961 to 980 5 Sangareddy 7,77,067 7,50,234 965 99,642 95,193 955
981 to 1,000 6 Nagarkurnool 4,33,173 4,19,310 968 55,529 50,596 909
Adilabad 1,001 to 1,030 7 Jogulamba Gadwal 3,09,274 3,00,716 972 43,304 40,424 933
1,031 to 1,046 8 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 3,90,492 3,80,341 974 41,418 38,185 922
Kumuram Bheem
9 Mancherial 4,08,272 3,98,765 977 38,578 35,147 911
10 Nalgonda 8,18,306 8,00,110 978 94,926 87,070 917
Nirmal
Mancherial 11 Mahabubnagar 4,55,534 4,50,126 988 60,378 56,380 934
12 Adilabad 3,56,407 3,52,565 989 45,198 42,094 931
Jagtial
Nizamabad 13 Peddapalli 3,97,585 3,94,251 992 34,614 31,899 922
Peddapalli 14 Karimnagar 5,04,620 5,01,091 993 46,124 42,955 931
Rajanna Jayashankar 15 Warangal 3,69,551 3,67,597 995 37,191 33,893 911
Kamareddy Sircilla Karimnagar Suryapet 5,48,586 56,922 53,214 935
16 5,50,974 996
Mulugu
17 Mahabubabad 3,88,058 3,86,491 996 42,610 38,472 903
Siddipet Hanumakonda 18 Hanumakonda 5,32,065 5,30,182 997 50,194 46,774 932
Medak
Warangal 19 Jangaon 2,67,875 2,67,116 997 26,914 25,171 935
Bhadradri
Sangareddy Jangaon Kothagudem 20 Kumuram Bheem 2,58,197 2,57,615 998 34,053 32,153 944
Mahabubabad 21 Vikarabad 4,73,021 4,73,088 1000 60,446 57,102 945
Medchal-Malkajigiri
Yadadri 22 Jayashankar 2,07,998 2,08,765 1004 20,234 18,473 913
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri
23 Khammam 6,99,124 7,02,515 1005 71,760 67,854 946
Vikarabad Khammam
Rangareddy 24 Siddipet 5,07,924 5,04,141 1008 53,194 50,658 952
Suryapet 25 Bhadradri Kothagudem 5,32,390 5,36,871 1008 54,650 52,676 964
26 Narayanpet 2,79,896 2,82,252 1008 39,501 37,476 949
Nalgonda
Mahabubnagar 27 Rajanna Sircilla 2,74,109 2,77,928 1014 25,099 23,652 942
28 Mulugu 1,46,205 1,48,466 1015 14,788 14,356 971
Narayanpet
Male Population 29 Medak 3,78,019 3,88,134 1027 48,167 45,546 946
Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool 1,76,11,633 30 Kamareddy 4,79,192 4,95,035 1033 57,678 54,288 941
31 Jagtial 4,85,819 5,03,094 1036 48,048 45,523 947
Jogulamba Female Population
32 Nizamabad 7,68,477 8,02,545 1044 86,867 82,754 953
Gadwal 1,73,92,041
33 Nirmal 3,46,721 3,62,697 1046 42,462 40,307 949

Sex Ratio 988 Total 1,76,11,633 1,73,92,041 988 20,17,935 18,81,231 932

Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)

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Scheduled Castes - Population Total SC % of SC SC Male SC Female SC Sex
S.No District Population Population Population Population Population Ratio

1 Hyderabad 39,43,323 2,47,927 6.3 1,24,313 1,23,614 994

% of SC Population 2 Medchal-Malkajgiri 24,60,095 2,31,874 9.4 1,17,137 1,14,737 980
to Total Poplulation 3 Bhadradri Kothagudem 10,69,261 1,43,482 13.4 71,281 72,201 1013
4 Mahabubabad 7,74,549 1,04,508 13.5 51,961 52,547 1011
6.3 to 10
5 Mahabubnagar 9,05,660 1,23,635 13.7 61,095 62,540 1024
10.1 to 14 968
6 Rangareddy 24,26,243 3,34,337 13.8 1,69,868 1,64,469
14.1 to 18 7 Nizamabad 15,71,022 2,17,267 13.8 1,04,403 1,12,864 1081
Adilabad 18.1 to 22 8 Adilabad 7,08,972 99,422 14.0 49,242 50,180 1019
Kumuram 22.1 to 24.7 9 Nirmal 7,09,418 1,08,085 15.2 51,678 56,407 1092
10 Warangal 7,37,148 1,16,195 15.8 58,062 58,133 1001
Bheem
Nirmal 11 Mulugu 2,94,671 46,473 15.8 23,490 22,983 978
Mancherial 12 Kamareddy 9,74,227 1,53,678 15.8 74,332 79,346 1067
Jagtial 13 Kumuram Bheem 5,15,812 81,596 15.8 41,132 40,464 984
Nizamabad 14 Wanaparthy 5,87,041 94,408 16.1 47,779 46,629 976
Peddapalli 1043
15 Narayanpet 5,62,148 90,832 16.2 44,452 46,380
Jayashankar
Rajanna 16 Medak 7,66,153 1,27,512 16.6 61,449 66,063 1075
Kamareddy Sircilla Karimnagar
17 Jagtial 9,88,913 1,65,534 16.7 80,722 84,812 1051
Mulugu
18 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 7,70,833 1,36,108 17.7 68,958 67,150 974
Siddipet Hanumakonda
Medak 19 Nalgonda 16,18,416 2,92,951 18.1 1,45,964 1,46,987 1007
Warangal 988
Bhadradri 20 Sangareddy 15,27,301 2,77,053 18.1 1,39,383 1,37,670
Sangareddy Jangaon 5,52,037 1,02,110 50,290 51,820 1030
Kothagudem 21 Rajanna Sircilla 18.5
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad 22 Siddipet 10,12,065 1,87,508 18.5 93,100 94,408 1014
Yadadri 23 Karimnagar 10,05,711 1,86,648 18.6 93,792 92,856 990
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri
24 Suryapet 10,99,560 2,08,326 18.9 1,03,437 1,04,889 1014
Vikarabad Khammam
Rangareddy 25 Vikarabad 9,46,109 1,82,728 19.3 89,921 92,807 1032
Suryapet 26 Peddapalli 7,91,836 1,53,917 19.4 76,843 77,074 1003
27 Hanumakonda 10,62,247 2,08,419 19.6 1,03,404 1,05,015 1016
Nalgonda
Mahabubnagar 956
28 Jogulamba Gadwal 6,09,990 1,20,639 19.8 61,673 58,966
29 Khammam 14,01,639 2,79,319 19.9 1,38,820 1,40,499 1012
Narayanpet
SC Population 30 Jangaon 5,34,991 1,12,256 21.0 56,347 55,909 992
Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool
15.5% 31 Nagarkurnool 8,52,483 1,82,543 21.4 92,185 90,358 980
54,08,800 32 Jayashankar 4,16,763 92,017 22.1 45,822 46,195 1008
Jogulamba
Gadwal 33 Mancherial 8,07,037 1,99,493 24.7 1,00,792 98,701 979
Total Population
Total 3,50,03,674 54,08,800 15.5 26,93,127 27,15,673 1008
3,50,03,674

Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)

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Scheduled Tribes - Population S.No
Total ST
District Population Population
% of ST
Population
ST Male
Population
ST Female
Population
ST Sex
Ratio
% of ST Population to 1 Hyderabad 39,43,323 48,937 1.2 25,556 23,381 915
Total Poplulation
2 Karimnagar 10,05,711 12,779 1.3 6,485 6,294 971
1.2 to 4 3 Jogulamba Gadwal 6,09,990 9,376 1.5 4,728 4,648 983
4.1 to 8 4 Peddapalli 7,91,836 14,945 1.9 7,520 7,425 987
8.1 to 15 5 Medchal-Malkajgiri 24,60,095 55,656 2.3 28,585 27,071 947
15.1 to 30 6 Jagtial 9,88,913 23,351 2.4 11,562 11,789 1020
7 Siddipet 10,12,065 25,010 2.5 12,630 12,380 980
30.1 to 37.8
Adilabad 8 Hanumakonda 10,62,247 31,746 3.0 16,318 15,428 945
Kumuram Bheem 9 Rajanna Sircilla 5,52,037 22,990 4.2 11,342 11,648 1027
10 Narayanpet 5,62,148 28,943 5.1 14,646 14,297 976
Nirmal 11 Sangareddy 15,27,301 86,410 5.7 44,782 41,628 930
Mancherial 12 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 7,70,833 43,756 5.7 22,671 21,085 930
Jagtial 13 Rangareddy 24,26,243 1,38,298 5.7 72,320 65,978 912
Nizamabad Nizamabad 15,71,022 1,07,035 6.8 52,738 54,297 1030
14
Peddapalli
15 Mancherial 8,07,037 56,969 7.1 28,883 28,086 972
Rajanna Jayashankar
Sircilla 16 Wanaparthy 5,87,041 48,578 8.3 24,803 23,775 959
Kamareddy Karimnagar
Mulugu 17 Kamareddy 9,74,227 81,956 8.4 40,970 40,986 1000
Hanumakonda 18 Jayashankar 4,16,763 37,192 8.9 18,877 18,315 970
Siddipet
Medak 19 Medak 7,66,153 72,900 9.5 36,854 36,046 978
Warangal
Bhadradri 20 Vikarabad 9,46,109 97,387 10.3 49,434 47,953 970
Sangareddy Jangaon Kothagudem
21 Mahabubnagar 9,05,660 1,00,424 11.1 51,252 49,172 959
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad 40,806 1026
22 Nirmal 7,09,418 80,576 11.4 39,770
Yadadri
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri 23 Jangaon 5,34,991 62,224 11.6 31,570 30,654 971
Vikarabad Khammam 24 Nagarkurnool 8,52,483 1,04,364 12.2 54,035 50,329 931
Rangareddy
25 Suryapet 10,99,560 1,41,271 12.8 71,933 69,338 964
Suryapet
26 Nalgonda 16,18,416 2,09,252 12.9 1,09,272 99,980 915
Nalgonda 27 Khammam 14,01,639 1,99,342 14.2 99,808 99,534 997
Mahabubnagar
28 Warangal 7,37,148 1,06,860 14.5 54,857 52,003 948
Narayanpet 5,15,812 1,33,627 25.9 65,866 67,761 1029
29 Kumuram Bheem
Wanaparthy ST Population 30 Mulugu 2,94,671 86,352 29.3 42,146 44,206 1049
Nagarkurnool
9.1%
31 Adilabad 7,08,972 2,24,622 31.7 1,12,953 1,11,669 989
31,77,940
Jogulamba 32 Bhadradri Kothagudem 10,69,261 3,92,034 36.7 1,94,351 1,97,683 1017
Gadwal
Total Population 33 Mahabubabad 7,74,549 2,92,778 37.8 1,48,139 1,44,639 976
3,50,03,674 Total 3,50,03,674 31,77,940 9.1 16,07,656 15,70,284 977

Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)

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Main Workers Total Main % of Main Non % of Non Marginal % of Margin-
S.No District Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers Workers al Workers
% of Main Workers 1 Kumuram Bheem 2,53,001 1,80,989 71.5 2,62,811 51.0 72,012 28.5
to Total Workers
2 Mancherial 3,44,785 2,57,651 74.7 4,62,252 57.3 87,134 25.3
71.5 to 76
3 Hyderabad 14,13,297 10,96,081 77.6 25,30,026 64.2 3,17,216 22.4
76.1 to 82 4 Peddapalli 3,43,320 2,73,538 79.7 4,48,516 56.6 69,782 20.3
82.1 to 85 5 Kamareddy 4,95,049 3,97,199 80.2 49.2 97,850 19.8
4,79,178
85.1 to 88 6 Jangaon 2,70,772 2,18,504 80.7 2,64,219 49.4 52,268 19.3
88.1 to 92.2 7 Sangareddy 6,87,892 5,55,200 80.7 8,39,409 55.0 1,32,692 19.3
Adilabad
8 Narayanpet 2,95,125 2,39,232 81.1 2,67,023 47.5 55,893 18.9
Kumuram Bheem 9 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 3,74,074 3,05,883 81.8 3,96,759 51.5 68,191 18.2
10 Vikarabad 4,80,176 3,95,757 82.4 4,65,933 49.2 84,419 17.6
Nirmal
Mancherial
11 Medak 3,85,206 3,18,075 82.6 3,80,947 49.7 67,131 17.4
12 Mulugu 1,62,818 1,35,437 83.2 1,31,853 44.7 27,381 16.8
Jagtial
Nizamabad 13 Medchal-Malkajgiri 9,64,732 8,06,363 83.6 14,95,363 60.8 1,58,369 16.4
Peddapalli 14 Mahabubabad 4,07,484 3,40,803 83.6 3,67,065 47.4 66,681 16.4
Rajanna Jayashankar
15 Bhadradri Kothagudem 5,17,111 4,33,981 83.9 5,52,150 51.6 83,130 16.1
Kamareddy Sircilla Karimnagar
Mulugu 16 Karimnagar 4,63,920 3,90,385 84.1 5,41,791 53.9 73,535 15.9
17 Rangareddy 10,22,641 8,65,358 84.6 14,03,602 57.9 1,57,283 15.4
Siddipet Hanumakonda
Medak 18 Warangal 3,62,407 3,07,442 84.8 3,74,741 50.8 54,965 15.2
Warangal
Bhadradri 19 Rajanna Sircilla 2,98,663 2,53,918 85.0 2,53,374 45.9 44,745 15.0
Sangareddy Jangaon Kothagudem
20 Jayashankar 2,21,031 1,88,328 85.2 1,95,732 47.0 32,703 14.8
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad
21 Adilabad 3,49,121 2,97,999 85.4 3,59,851 50.8 51,122 14.6
Yadadri
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri 22 Nalgonda 8,06,091 6,91,772 85.8 8,12,325 50.2 1,14,319 14.2
Vikarabad Khammam 23 7,62,566 6,56,342 86.1 51.5 1,06,224 13.9
Rangareddy
Nizamabad 8,08,456
24 Hanumakonda 4,53,845 3,91,164 86.2 6,08,402 57.3 62,681 13.8
Suryapet
25 Mahabubnagar 4,34,908 3,77,782 86.9 4,70,752 52.0 57,126 13.1
Mahabubnagar Nalgonda
26 Siddipet 5,09,563 4,45,547 87.2 5,02,502 49.6 64,806 12.8
27 Nirmal 3,76,760 3,29,821 87.5 3,32,658 46.9 46,939 12.5
Narayanpet
Main Workers 28 Nagarkurnool 4,51,573 3,95,423 87.6 4,00,910 47.0 56,150 12.4
Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool 84.0% 29 Jagtial 5,38,330 4,74,481 88.1 4,50,583 45.6 63,849 11.9
1,37,19,879 30 Suryapet 5,61,528 4,95,764 88.3 5,38,032 48.9 65,764 11.7
Jogulamba
Gadwal Total Workers 31 Wanaparthy 3,01,338 2,68,006 88.9 2,85,703 48.7 33,332 11.1
1,63,41,942 32 Khammam 7,04,729 6,33,945 90.0 6,96,910 49.7 70,784 10.0
Total Non Workers 33 Jogulamba Gadwal 3,28,086 3,02,499 92.2 2,81,904 46.2 25,587 7.8

1,86,61,732 Total 1,63,41,942 1,37,19,879 84.0 1,86,61,732 53.3 26,22,063 16.0

Note: 1. Main workers are persons engaged in any economically gainful activity for 183 days or more in a year. 2. Non-worker is a person who is not engaged in any
gainful activity. 3.Marginal Worker is a person who works in any economic activity for less than 183 days (or six months) in a year.
Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)
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Cultivators Total Total % of Total Agricultural
% of
Agricultural
S.No District Workers Cultivators Cultivators Labourers Labourers
% of Total Cultivators 1 Hyderabad 14,13,297 28,308 2.0 23,029 1.6
to Total Workers
2 Medchal-Malkajgiri 9,64,732 26,675 2.8 44,980 4.7
2.0 to 10 3 Mancherial 3,44,785 45,831 13.3 1,48,377 43.0
10.1 to 15 4 Peddapalli 3,43,320 45,594 13.3 1,58,843 46.3
Adilabad 15.1 to 25 5 Hanumakonda 4,53,845 62,040 13.6 1,61,987 35.7
25.1 to 34 6 Khammam 7,04,729 95,769 13.6 4,14,250 58.8
Kumuram Bheem
34.1 to 36.2 7 Sangareddy 6,87,892 1,09,726 16.0 2,98,611 43.4
8 Rangareddy 10,22,641 1,65,705 16.2 2,13,624 20.9
Nirmal
Mancherial 9 Karimnagar 4,63,920 78,516 16.9 1,86,363 40.2
10 Bhadradri Kothagudem 5,17,111 89,435 17.3 2,62,753 50.8
Jagtial
Nizamabad 11 Suryapet 5,61,528 98,773 17.6 3,15,838 56.2
Peddapalli 12 Yadadri Bhuvanagiri 3,74,074 67,500 18.0 1,57,672 42.1
Rajanna Jayashankar 13 Nizamabad 7,62,566 1,44,090 18.9 2,31,941 30.4
Kamareddy Sircilla Karimnagar Nalgonda 8,06,091 1,58,951 19.7 3,89,621 48.3
14
Mulugu
15 Jagtial 5,38,330 1,11,866 20.8 1,78,654 33.2
Siddipet Hanumakonda 16 Wanaparthy 3,01,338 62,545 20.8 1,47,250 48.9
Medak
Warangal 17 Mulugu 1,62,818 35,561 21.8 1,05,511 64.8
Bhadradri
Sangareddy Jangaon Kothagudem 18 Warangal 3,62,407 80,658 22.3 1,59,416 44.0
19 Rajanna Sircilla 2,98,663 66,751 22.3 1,01,737 34.1
Medchal-Malkajigiri Mahabubabad
Yadadri 20 Mahabubnagar 4,34,908 96,949 22.3 1,67,858 38.6
Hyderabad Bhuvanagiri
21 Jayashankar 2,21,031 51,785 23.4 1,30,897 59.2
Vikarabad Khammam
Rangareddy 22 Jogulamba Gadwal 3,28,086 85,048 25.9 1,83,459 55.9
23 Kamareddy 4,95,049 1,33,330 26.9 2,13,988 43.2
Suryapet
24 Narayanpet 2,95,125 80,654 27.3 1,39,997 47.4
Nalgonda
Mahabubnagar 25 Nirmal 3,76,760 1,03,498 27.5 1,17,204 31.1
26 Jangaon 2,70,772 80,477 29.7 1,20,447 44.5
Narayanpet
27 Mahabubabad 4,07,484 1,22,597 30.1 2,04,458 50.2
Wanaparthy Nagarkurnool Total Cultivators 28 Siddipet 5,09,563 1,56,467 30.7 1,72,665 33.7
19.3% 29 Medak 3,85,206 1,29,391 33.6 1,62,442 42.2
Jogulamba 31,51,389 30 Nagarkurnool 4,51,573 1,52,929 33.9 1,87,493 41.5
Gadwal
Total Workers 31 Kumuram Bheem 2,53,001 88,045 34.8 99,667 39.4
1,63,41,942 32 Vikarabad 4,80,176 1,69,562 35.3 1,95,455 40.7
33 Adilabad 3,49,121 1,26,363 36.2 1,19,664 34.3
Total 1,63,41,942 31,51,389 19.3 59,15,151 36.2
Note: Cultivator is a person who is engaged as employer or worker in cultivation of certain crops on land owned by him or
held by him for payment in money, kind or share. Cultivators include supervision or directions of cultivation.
Source: Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India (2011)

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Projected Population By Age and Gender, 2011 to 2036
Change Change Change
Total population ('000) between Male population ('000) between Female population ('000) between
2021 and 2021 and 2021 and
2036 (%) 2036 (%)
Age group 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2036 (%) 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2036

0-1 years 579 546 527 478 432 394 -25.2 298 288 276 249 223 203 -26.4 280 258 251 229 209 191 -23.9

0-4 years 2,859 2,697 2,605 2,361 2,136 1,947 -25.3 1,473 1,424 1,366 1,228 1,102 1,004 -26.5 1,385 1,273 1,239 1,134 1,035 943 -23.9

5-9 years 3,154 2,841 2,681 2,590 2,348 2,125 -20.7 1,625 1,464 1,416 1,358 1,220 1,095 -22.7 1,530 1,377 1,265 1,233 1,128 1,029 -18.7

10-14 years 3,451 3,144 2,831 2,672 2,582 2,340 -17.3 1,775 1,619 1,458 1,411 1,353 1,216 -16.6 1,676 1,525 1,373 1,261 1,229 1,124 -18.1

15-19 years 3,488 3,430 3,124 2,813 2,655 2,566 -17.9 1,782 1,765 1,610 1,450 1,403 1,346 -16.4 1,706 1,665 1,514 1,363 1,252 1,220 -19.4

20-24 years 3,424 3,451 3,394 3,091 2,783 2,626 -22.6 1,714 1,766 1,750 1,596 1,438 1,391 -20.5 1,710 1,685 1,644 1,495 1,345 1,236 -24.8

25-29 years 3,228 3,387 3,416 3,361 3,062 2,757 -19.3 1,596 1,694 1,747 1,731 1,579 1,423 -18.5 1,632 1,693 1,669 1,630 1,482 1,334 -20.1

30-34 years 2,894 3,190 3,350 3,380 3,328 3,033 -9.5 1,440 1,572 1,671 1,724 1,710 1,561 -6.6 1,454 1,617 1,679 1,656 1,618 1,472 -12.3

35-39 years 2,574 2,852 3,148 3,309 3,342 3,292 4.6 1,297 1,411 1,544 1,643 1,697 1,685 9.1 1,277 1,441 1,604 1,666 1,644 1,607 0.2

40-44 years 2,204 2,526 2,804 3,099 3,261 3,297 17.6 1,129 1,264 1,378 1,511 1,610 1,666 20.9 1,075 1,262 1,426 1,588 1,651 1,630 14.3

45-49 years 1,806 2,151 2,471 2,748 3,042 3,204 29.7 928 1,093 1,227 1,342 1,473 1,573 28.2 878 1,058 1,244 1,407 1,568 1,631 31.1

50-54 years 1,452 1,742 2,082 2,398 2,672 2,962 42.3 726 886 1,048 1,180 1,293 1,423 35.8 726 857 1,034 1,218 1,379 1,539 48.8

55-59 years 1,240 1,377 1,659 1,989 2,298 2,568 54.8 591 679 834 990 1,119 1,230 47.5 649 697 825 999 1,179 1,338 62.2

60-64 years 1,122 1,142 1,277 1,547 1,864 2,164 69.5 525 536 621 768 917 1,041 67.6 596 607 655 779 948 1,123 71.5

65-69 years 881 987 1,018 1,147 1,401 1,700 67.0 422 453 469 550 685 824 75.7 459 534 548 598 716 877 60.0

70-74 years 661 729 833 871 992 1,224 46.9 320 341 375 393 466 586 56.3 340 387 458 477 526 637 39.1

75-79 years 353 496 562 657 697 805 43.2 174 235 257 287 306 367 42.8 179 261 305 369 391 438 43.6

80+ years 213 321 470 603 743 856 82.1 94 144 207 256 303 340 64.3 119 177 263 346 440 515 95.8

Total 35,004 36,462 37,725 38,636 39,207 39,467 4.6 17,612 18,346 18,978 19,417 19,675 19,772 4.2 17,392 18,116 18,747 19,219 19,532 19,696 5.1

Source: National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI

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 Demography
Indian States Population (2011 Census) State Population 2011 Geographical Population Projected Population
Census (Lakhs) Area (Km2) Density 2021 (Lakhs)
Uttar Pradesh 1,998.1 2,40,928 829 2,309.1
Maharashtra 1,123.7 3,07,713 365 1,244.4
Bihar 1,041.0 94,163 1,106 1,230.8
West Bengal 912.8 88,752 1,028 981.3
Madhya Pradesh 726.3 3,08,252 236 845.2
Tamil Nadu 721.5 1,30,058 555 764.0
Rajasthan 685.5 3,42,239 200 792.8
Karnataka 611.0 1,91,791 319 668.5
Gujarat 604.4 1,96,024 308 697.9
Andhra Pradesh 495.8 1,62,975 304 527.9
Odisha 419.7 1,55,707 270 457.0
Telangana 350.0 1,12,077 312 377.3
Kerala 334.1 38,863 860 354.9
Jharkhand 329.9 79,716 414 384.7
Assam 312.1 78,438 398 350.4
Punjab 277.4 50,362 551 303.4
Chhattisgarh 255.5 1,35,192 189 294.9
Haryana 253.5 44,212 573 294.8
New Delhi 167.9 1,484 11,313 205.7
J & K (UT) 122.7 42,241 290 134.1
Uttarakhand 100.9 53,483 189 114.0
Himachal Pradesh 68.7 55,673 123 73.9
Tripura 36.7 10,491 350 40.7
Meghalaya 29.7 22,429 132 32.9
Manipur 28.6 22,327 128 31.7
Nagaland 19.8 16,579 119 21.9
Goa 14.6 3,702 394 15.6
Arunachal Pradesh 13.8 83,743 17 15.3
Puducherry 12.5 479 2,605 15.7
Mizoram 11.0 21,081 52 12.2
Chandigarh 10.6 114 9,263 12.1
Sikkim 6.1 7,096 86 6.8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 5.9 603 973 10.8
and Daman Diu
A & N Islands 3.8 8,249 46 4.0
Ladakh 2.7 59,146 5 3.0
Lakshadweep 0.6 32 2,000 0.7
Source: National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI
India 12,108.6 32,87,263 382 14,394.1

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