Demographics of Telangana

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Telangana state is the 12th most populous state in India, with a population of 35,003,674 as per 2011 Census, with a population density of 312 per km2. The state has male and female population of 17,611,633 and 17,392,041 respectively with sex ratio (Females per 1000 Males) standing at 988. Decadal Growth Rate (2001-2011) Rate is 13.58%. [1]

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General statistics

Data pulled from Socio Economic Outlook of Telangana 2023. [2]

Population of Telangana State from 1961 to 2011 (in Nos.)

Year196119711981199120012011
Telangana 1,27,11,7851,58,17,8952,01,81,0852,60,89,0743,09,87,2713,50,03,674
India 43,92,34,77154,81,59,65268,33,29,09784,64,21,0391,02,86,10,3281,21,08,54,977

Percentage of Urban Population to total Population from 1961 to 2011

Year196119711981199120012011
Telangana 19.2720.9925.2730.1831.7938.88
India 17.9717.9819.5122.8725.4931.15

Religion

Religion in Telangana
Religion2001 [3] %2011 [lower-alpha 1] [4] %
Hinduism 26,630,94985.9529,764,20585.03
Islam 3,853,21312.434,461,56612.75
Christianity 384,3731.24445,1981.27
Buddhism 29,6280.1032,5530.09
Sikhism 23,8210.0830,3400.09
Jainism 19,9590.0626,6900.08
Other3,0820.004,9750.01
Not stated42,2460.14238,1470.68
Total30,987,27110035,003,674100

Religion in urban areas

Religious Population Percentage for major cities of Telangana State, India.

CityPopulation [4] Hindus %Muslims %Christians %Others† %
Adilabad 117,16759.3735.590.834.21
Hyderabad 6,993,26264.9330.132.762.18
Karimnagar 289,82177.1020.711.300.89
Khammam 196,28381.5915.982.000.43
Mahbubnagar 190,40063.7533.721.880.65
Nalgonda 154,32678.6319.261.740.37
Nizamabad 311,15259.7738.011.131.09
Ramagundam 242,97988.609.681.220.50
Suryapet 106,80586.2810.472.071.18
Warangal 704,57083.4114.391.650.55

† includes Buddhist, Sikhs etc.

Source: Cities with population of 1 Lakh and Above

Languages

Languages of Telangana (2011) [5]

   Telugu (75.51%)
   Urdu (12.32%)
   Lambadi (5.55%)
   Marathi (1.77%)
   Hindi (1.52%)
  Others (3.33%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 75.51% of the population in present-day Telangana [lower-alpha 2] spoke 75.51% Telugu, 12.17% Urdu, 5.55% Lambadi, 1.77% Marathi and 1.52% Hindi as their first language. [5]

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References

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  1. Area which became present-day Telangana excluding mandals transferred to Andhra Pradesh. Figures for Burgampadu mandal were calculated by assuming proportion of religion in transferred area is the same as in rural areas of the whole mandal.
  2. Area which became present-day Telangana excluding mandals transferred to Andhra Pradesh. Figures for Burgampadu mandal were calculated by assuming proportion of languages in transferred area is the same as in rural areas of the whole mandal.

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