Uttar Pradesh Census 2011 – Population, Sex Ratio & Literacy Data

Quick Overview of Uttar Pradesh State (2021/2025 Projection)

• Estimated Population (2025): 231,502,578–246,270,000 (23.15–24.63 Crore)
• 2011 Census Population: 199,812,341 (19.98 Crore)
• Estimated Male Population (2025): 121,078,754–124,700,000
• Estimated Female Population (2025): 110,423,824–119,600,000
• Area: 240,928 km²
• Density (2025): 829/km²
• Districts: 71
• Main Language: Hindi, Urdu
• Capital and Largest City: Lucknow
• ISOCODE: UP

Historic Population & Decadal Trends

Census Year	Population	Variation	Variation %	Male	Female
1901	4.66 Cr	–	–	2.41 Cr	2.26 Cr
1911	4.60 Cr	-6.35 Lac	-1.36	2.40 Cr	2.20 Cr
1921	4.46 Cr	-14.56 Lac	-3.16	2.33 Cr	2.12 Cr
1931	4.75 Cr	29.22 Lac	6.56	2.49 Cr	2.25 Cr
1941	5.39 Cr	64.42 Lac	13.57	2.83 Cr	2.57 Cr
1951	6.03 Cr	63.53 Lac	11.78	3.16 Cr	2.87 Cr
1961	7.01 Cr	98.70 Lac	16.38	3.68 Cr	3.34 Cr
1971	8.38 Cr	1.37 Cr	19.54	4.47 Cr	3.91 Cr
1981	10.51 Cr	2.13 Cr	25.39	5.59 Cr	4.93 Cr
1991	13.21 Cr	2.69 Cr	25.61	7.04 Cr	6.17 Cr
2001	16.62 Cr	3.41 Cr	25.85	8.76 Cr	7.86 Cr
2011	19.98 Cr	3.36 Cr	20.23	10.45 Cr	9.53 Cr

Year	Estimated Population	Total Growth Since 2011	Annual Growth
2025	23,95,86,401	19.91%	↑
2030	24,88,40,465	24.54%	0.91%
2036	25,73,64,470	28.8%	0.69%

Uttar Pradesh District-wise Population Table (2011 and 2025)

S.No.	District	2011 Census Population	2025 Estimate (Projection)
1	Agra	4,418,797	5,119,591
2	Aligarh	3,673,889	4,256,557
3	Ambedkar Nagar	2,397,888	2,778,990
4	Amethi	2,050,133	2,380,153
5	Amroha	1,840,221	2,136,326
6	Auraiya	1,379,545	1,601,507
7	Ayodhya (Faizabad)	2,470,996	2,870,019
8	Azamgarh	4,613,913	5,365,813
9	Badaun	3,127,621	3,636,666
10	Baghpat	1,303,048	1,515,000
11	Bahraich	3,487,731	4,062,305
12	Ballia	3,239,774	3,776,604
13	Balrampur	2,148,665	2,507,120
14	Banda	1,799,410	2,098,356
15	Barabanki	3,260,699	3,791,387
16	Bareilly	4,448,359	5,174,182
17	Basti	2,464,464	2,868,917
18	Bijnor	3,682,713	4,287,717
19	Bulandshahr	3,499,171	4,070,913
20	Chandauli	1,952,756	2,272,421
21	Chitrakoot	991,730	1,154,759
22	Deoria	3,100,946	3,602,083
23	Etah	1,774,480	2,060,672
24	Etawah	1,581,810	1,838,509
25	Farrukhabad	1,885,204	2,193,885
26	Fatehpur	2,632,733	3,107,851
27	Firozabad	2,498,156	2,949,833
28	Gautam Buddha Nagar	1,648,115	1,948,747
29	Ghaziabad	3,343,334	3,950,150
30	Ghazipur	3,620,268	4,214,411
31	Gonda	3,433,919	3,999,214
32	Gorakhpur	4,440,895	5,164,043
33	Hamirpur	1,104,285	1,284,100
34	Hapur	1,338,311	1,556,287
35	Hardoi	4,092,845	4,762,622
36	Hathras	1,564,708	1,818,474
37	Jalaun	1,689,974	1,964,918
38	Jaunpur	4,494,204	5,233,222
39	Jhansi	1,998,603	2,324,373
40	Kannauj	1,656,616	1,926,822
41	Kanpur Dehat	1,796,184	2,088,850
42	Kanpur Nagar	4,581,268	5,326,211
43	Kasganj	1,436,719	1,670,498
44	Kaushambi	1,599,596	1,860,866
45	Kushinagar	4,021,243	4,673,810
46	Lakhimpur Kheri	3,564,544	4,142,856
47	Lalitpur	1,221,592	1,421,515
48	Lucknow	4,589,838	5,338,833
49	Maharajganj	2,684,703	3,120,591
50	Mahoba	875,958	1,017,704
51	Mainpuri	1,868,529	2,173,181
52	Mathura	2,547,184	2,984,220
53	Mau	2,205,968	2,563,853
54	Meerut	3,443,689	4,069,648
55	Mirzapur	2,496,970	2,902,257
56	Moradabad	3,126,507	3,632,867
57	Muzaffarnagar	2,869,934	3,335,287
58	Pilibhit	2,031,007	2,355,081
59	Pratapgarh	3,209,141	3,721,705
60	Prayagraj (Allahabad)	5,954,391	6,898,757
61	Rae Bareli	2,903,507	3,362,053
62	Rampur	2,335,819	2,704,775
63	Saharanpur	3,466,382	4,034,610
64	Sant Kabir Nagar	2,199,774	2,560,727
65	Bhadohi	1,715,183	1,994,225
66	Sambhal	1,578,213	1,835,881
67	Shahjahanpur	3,006,538	3,498,127
68	Shamli	1,273,578	1,480,050
69	Shravasti	1,117,361	1,297,175
70	Siddharthnagar	2,559,297	2,974,773
71	Sitapur	4,483,992	5,215,022
72	Sonbhadra	1,862,559	2,166,120
73	Sultanpur	2,249,036	2,609,891
74	Unnao	3,108,367	3,619,607
75	Varanasi	3,676,841	4,272,697

Uttar Pradesh Cities Over 1 Lakh Population (2011 Census)

S.No.	City Name	District	Population (2011)
1	Kanpur	Kanpur	2,817,105
2	Lucknow	Lucknow	2,767,348
3	Ghaziabad	Ghaziabad	1,729,000
4	Agra	Agra	1,585,704
5	Meerut	Meerut	1,226,709
6	Varanasi	Varanasi	1,201,815
7	Prayagraj (Allahabad)	Prayagraj	1,112,544
8	Bareilly	Bareilly	913,668
9	Aligarh	Aligarh	909,559
10	Moradabad	Moradabad	889,810
11	Saharanpur	Saharanpur	703,345
12	Gorakhpur	Gorakhpur	692,519
13	Noida	Gautam Buddha Nagar	642,381
14	Firozabad	Firozabad	603,797
15	Jhansi	Jhansi	549,391
16	Muzaffarnagar	Muzaffarnagar	494,792
17	Mathura-Vrindavan	Mathura	454,937
18	Budaun	Budaun	366,001
19	Rampur	Rampur	359,062
20	Shahjahanpur	Shahjahanpur	356,103
21	Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh	Farrukhabad	318,540
22	Ayodhya	Ayodhya	290,799
23	Maunath Bhanjan (Mau)	Mau	279,060
24	Hapur	Hapur	262,801
25	Etawah	Etawah	256,790
26	Mirzapur-Vindhyachal	Mirzapur	245,817
27	Bulandshahr	Bulandshahr	235,310
28	Sambhal	Sambhal	221,334
29	Amroha	Amroha	198,471
30	Hardoi	Hardoi	197,046
31	Fatehpur	Fatehpur	193,801
32	Raebareli	Raebareli	191,625
33	Orai	Jalaun	190,625
34	Sitapur	Sitapur	188,230
35	Bahraich	Bahraich	186,241
36	Modinagar	Ghaziabad	182,811
37	Unnao	Unnao	178,681
38	Jaunpur	Jaunpur	168,128
39	Lakhimpur	Lakhimpur Kheri	164,925
40	Hathras	Hathras	161,289
41	Banda	Banda	160,432
42	Pilibhit	Pilibhit	160,146
43	Barabanki	Barabanki	154,692
44	Khurja	Bulandshahr	142,636
45	Gonda	Gonda	138,929
46	Mainpuri	Mainpuri	133,078
47	Lalitpur	Lalitpur	133,041
48	Etah	Etah	131,023
49	Deoria	Deoria	129,570
50	Ghazipur	Ghazipur	121,136
51	Sultanpur	Sultanpur	116,211
52	Azamgarh	Azamgarh	116,165
53	Bijnor	Bijnor	115,381
54	Sahaswan	Budaun	114,921
55	Basti	Basti	114,651
56	Chandausi	Sambhal	114,254
57	Akbarpur	Ambedkar Nagar	111,594
58	Ballia	Ballia	111,287
59	Tanda	Ambedkar Nagar	109,539
60	Greater Noida	Gautam Budh Nagar	107,676
61	Shikohabad	Firozabad	107,300
62	Shamli	Shamli	147,233
63	Awagarh	Etah	102,106
64	Kasganj	Kasganj	101,241

Religion-wise Population Distribution

Religion	2011 Count	%	2025 Estimate
Hindu	159,312,654	79.73%	184,579,641
Muslim	38,483,967	19.26%	44,587,524
Sikh	643,500	0.32%	745,559
Christian	356,448	0.18%	412,981
Jain	213,267	0.11%	247,091
Buddhist	206,285	0.1%	239,002
Not Stated	582,622	0.29%	675,026
Others	13,598	0.01%	15,755

Sex Ratio

• Overall Sex Ratio (2011): 912–913 females per 1000 males
• Child Sex Ratio: 902–903
• Urban Sex Ratio: 894–895
• Rural Sex Ratio: 918

Religion	Sex Ratio
Hindu	907
Muslim	938
Sikh	885
Religion not stated	894

Literacy Rate

• Total Literacy Rate: 67.68%
• Male Literacy Rate: 77.26–77.28%
• Female Literacy Rate: 57.18–57.20%
• Urban Literacy Rate: 75.14%
• Rural Literacy Rate: 65.46%

Category	Avg Literacy Rate	Male	Female
Total Population	67.68	77.28	57.18
Urban Area	75.14	80.45	69.22
Rural Area	65.46	76.33	53.65

Religion	Avg Literacy Rate	Male	Female
Hindu	69.68	79.73	58.61
Muslim	58.76	66.42	50.59
Sikh	79.35	84.91	73.15
Religion not stated	70.01	78.37	60.84

SC/ST Population

• Scheduled Castes (SC): 41,357,608 (20.7%); SC Sex Ratio: 908
• Scheduled Tribes (ST): 1,134,273 (0.57%); ST Sex Ratio: 952

Socio-Economic and Household Facts

• Total Households: 33,448,035
• Total Towns: 915
• Total Villages: 106,774
• Ownership Trend: 94.70% owned; 4.11% rented
• Couples in Single Family: 64.03%
• Banking/Finance Access: 72.02%
• Families Owning Car: 3.8%; two-wheelers: 19.61%
• Internet Penetration (2011): 1.85%
• Growing insurance interest with literacy

Urban vs Rural Population

• Urban Population: 44,495,063 (22.27%)
• Rural Population: 155,317,278 (77.73%)
• Urban Literacy Rate: 75.14%
• Rural Literacy Rate: 65.46%
• Urban Sex Ratio: 894–895
• Rural Sex Ratio: 918

Child & Slum Population

• Child Population (0-6): 30,791,331 (15.41%)
• Child Sex Ratio: 902–903
• Slum Population: 6,239,965 (3.12%)
• Slum Households: 1,066,363
• Slum Sex Ratio: 892

Workforce (Worker Profile)

• Total Workers: 65,814,715 (32.94% overall)
• Male Workers: 49,846,762
• Female Workers: 15,967,953

District Highlights

Description	District	2011	2025 Est.
Most Populous	Allahabad	5,954,391	6,898,757
Least Populous	Mahoba	875,958	1,014,885
Highest Literacy Rate	Gautam Buddha Nagar	80.12%	—
Lowest Literacy Rate	Shravasti	46.74%	—
Highest Sex Ratio	Jaunpur	1,024	—
Lowest Sex Ratio	Gautam Buddha Nagar	851	—
Highest Density	Ghaziabad	3,967	—
Lowest Density	Lalitpur	242	—

Uttar Pradesh Metropolitan Regions (2011)

Region	Population	Male	Female
Kanpur	2,920,496	1,572,334	1,348,162
Lucknow	2,902,920	1,509,451	1,393,469
Ghaziabad	2,375,820	1,263,392	1,112,428
Agra	1,760,285	939,875	820,410
Varanasi	1,423,711	754,310	669,401
Meerut	1,420,902	752,893	668,009
Allahabad	1,212,395	654,487	557,908
Bareilly	985,752	521,980	463,772
Aligarh	911,223	481,207	430,016
Gorakhpur	694,889	365,405	329,484

Key Takeaways - Uttar Pradesh Population Growth

• Transitioned from 4.66 Cr (1901) to 19.98 Cr (2011)
• Highest decadal growth: 25.85% (2001)
• Urban population rising but majority still rural (77.73%)
• Projected to reach nearly 25.74 Cr by 2036
• Major diversity in density, literacy, and sex ratios across districts