Demographic of Gujarat

The total population of Gujarat as at 0:00 hours of 1st March 2001 stood at 50,596,992 as per the provisional results of the Census of India 2001.

This population includes the estimated population of entire Kachchh district, Morvi, Maliya-Miyana and Wankaner talukas of Rajkot district and Jodiya taluka of Jamnagar district where the population enumeration of Census of India, 2001 could not be conducted due to natural calamity.

In terms of population it holds the tenth position among the States and Union territories in the country. This has registered a growth rate of 22.48% when compared to national average of 21.34% during the decade 1991-2001.

The sex ratio (i.e., the number of females per thousand males) of population in the State has come down from 934 in the previous census to 921 in the present census. The literacy rate in the State has shown improvement. This has increased to 69.97% when compared to 61.57% ten years back at the 1991 Census.