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District of Chhattisgarh

Balrampur-Ramanujganj District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 8.74 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

8,74,000 874,000 1 March 2026

Balrampur-Ramanujganj district's population is estimated at ≈8.74 lakh (8,74,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Chhattisgarh projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 7,30,491 on the district’s present boundaries.

Estimate: method M1, constrained to the RGI projection for Chhattisgarh. Census: ORGI.

Which number do you mean?

District totals include villages. Here is how the 2011 population splits between towns and villages.

District

Balrampur-Ramanujganj district

Census 2011
7,30,491
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 8.74 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
34,683

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
6,95,808

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 8.74 lakh 8,74,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
7.3 lakh 7,30,491 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 141per km² 2011
Sex ratio
973 Chhattisgarh: 991
Child sex ratio (0–6)
964 Chhattisgarh: 969
Literacy rate
58.0% Male 67.8% · Female 47.9%
Urban share
4.8% Chhattisgarh: 23.2%
Growth 2001–11
+19.7% Chhattisgarh: +22.6%
Area
≈ 5,171km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
1.6 lakh 4.6 people per household
Villages
637 Census 2011
Towns
5 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries (parts of earlier districts apportioned by their 2011 population), then our estimate to 2036.

Balrampur-Ramanujganj: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
9.4 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19914,89,661
20016,10,452
20117,30,491
2016 *7,83,000
2021 *8,32,000
2026 *8,74,000
2031 *9,09,000
2036 *9,40,000

* Estimate

How Balrampur-Ramanujganj's 2011 population was spread

Sub-districts (tehsils, talukas, mandals or blocks) as they were in Census 2011. “Part” means only some of it now lies in this district.

How Balrampur-Ramanujganj's 2011 population was spread
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1 Ramanujganj1,68,06623.0%96359.6%7.1%
2 Wadrafnagar1,60,97422.0%96759.6%3.8%
3 Balrampur1,10,40915.1%96757.5%4.0%
4 Samri(kusmi)1,09,93215.0%97657.3%6.8%
5 Rajpur1,09,02214.9%99655.2%4.4%
6 Shankargarh72,0889.9%97956.6%0.0%

Largest towns in Balrampur-Ramanujganj (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Balrampur-Ramanujganj (Census 2011)
  1. Ramanujganj 11,893
  2. Kusmi 7,448
  3. Wadrafnagar 6,048
  4. Rajpur 4,838
  5. Balrampur 4,456

How people in Balrampur-Ramanujganj worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

37.1%

Agricultural labourers

52.1%

Household industry

1.2%

Other work

9.6%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 49.3%.

Age structure of Balrampur-Ramanujganj

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011, approx. Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Age structure of Balrampur-Ramanujganj
MenWomen
  1. 80+
  2. 75-79
  3. 70-74
  4. 65-69
  5. 60-64
  6. 55-59
  7. 50-54
  8. 45-49
  9. 40-44
  10. 35-39
  11. 30-34
  12. 25-29
  13. 20-24
  14. 15-19
  15. 10-14
  16. 5-9
  17. 0-4
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AgeMenWomen
0-440,45139,368
5-945,92243,867
10-1444,28342,742
15-1935,56033,772
20-2431,57032,787
25-2928,32327,545
30-3424,03624,693
35-3923,93423,555
40-4420,97320,458
45-4918,84117,448
50-5414,41912,889
55-5910,95211,314
60-6410,88111,341
65-697,7828,112
70-745,6055,269
75-792,1962,498
80+3,3633,291
Children (0–14)
35.2%
Chhattisgarh 32.1%
Working age (15–59)
56.6%
Chhattisgarh 60.1%
Older people (60+)
8.3%
Chhattisgarh 7.9%
Median age
23.0years
Chhattisgarh 24.1
Dependency ratio
67.7
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Chhattisgarh 58.7

Languages spoken in Balrampur-Ramanujganj

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 39 languages recorded. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Balrampur-Ramanujganj
  1. Hindi 86.7%
  2. Kurukh/Oraon 7.3%
  3. Korwa 1.8%
  4. Gondi 1.6%
  5. Bengali 1.4%
  6. Urdu 0.7%
  7. Gujarati 0.2%
  8. Odia 0.1%
  9. All other languages 0.2%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Surgujia44.1%
  2. Sadan/Sadri26.8%
  3. Kurukh/Oraon10.6%
  4. Hindi8.1%
  5. Bhojpuri3.2%
  6. Koraku1.5%
  7. Bengali1.4%
  8. Chhattisgarhi0.8%

Housing and amenities in Balrampur-Ramanujganj

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 31.0%

    Chhattisgarh 75.1%

  • Tap water 4.5%

    Chhattisgarh 20.7%

  • Water source within premises 11.5%

    Chhattisgarh 19.0%

  • Toilet within premises 25.2%

    Chhattisgarh 24.6%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 74.6%

    Chhattisgarh 74.0%

  • Bathing area within premises 7.0%

    Chhattisgarh 20.2%

  • Closed drainage 1.4%

    Chhattisgarh 5.3%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 1.6%

    Chhattisgarh 11.2%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 98.2%

    Chhattisgarh 85.4%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 17.7%

    Chhattisgarh 29.1%

  • Television 7.8%

    Chhattisgarh 31.3%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 6.6%

    Chhattisgarh 15.6%

  • Computer or laptop 2.8%

    Chhattisgarh 4.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 0.8%

    Chhattisgarh 2.3%

  • Use banking services 59.5%

    Chhattisgarh 48.8%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 46.6%

    Chhattisgarh 27.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 96.8%

    Chhattisgarh 90.2%

  • Rent their home 2.0%

    Chhattisgarh 6.5%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 3.2%

    Chhattisgarh 30.7%

  • House in good condition 48.2%

    Chhattisgarh 46.6%

  • Concrete roof 1.5%

    Chhattisgarh 16.6%

  • Cement or tiled floor 2.9%

    Chhattisgarh 19.4%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 29.1%

    Chhattisgarh 36.8%

Chhattisgarh

What the numbers say

  • Balrampur-Ramanujganj district held 2.9% of Chhattisgarh's population in 2011, 19th of 33 districts.
  • Literacy is 58.0%, 12.3 points below the Chhattisgarh average of 70.3%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 67.8% of men but only 47.9% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 973 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 991.
  • 4.8% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Chhattisgarh as a whole (23.2%).
  • The population grew 19.7% in 2001–11, slower than Chhattisgarh's 22.6% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈8.74 lakh, implies growth of about 20% since 2011; it is tied to the official Chhattisgarh projection.

How this district was formed

Balrampur-Ramanujganj covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

  • Surguja (2011) 100.0% of this district
    31.0% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Chhattisgarh →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (1 May 2026 – 30 May 2026)

  2. Phase II: counting people

    February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)

  3. Results

    Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Balrampur-Ramanujganj, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Balrampur-Ramanujganj (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Population by religion in Balrampur-Ramanujganj (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareChhattisgarh
Hindu ≈ 6,34,200 86.8% 93.2%
Muslim ≈ 33,600 4.6% 2.0%
Christian ≈ 24,900 3.4% 1.9%
Sikh ≈ 100 0.0% 0.3%
Buddhist ≈ 0 0.0% 0.3%
Jain ≈ 100 0.0% 0.2%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 36,600 5.0% 1.9%
Religion not stated ≈ 1,000 0.1% 0.1%
Total7,30,491100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Balrampur-Ramanujganj district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈8,74,000 (8.74 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Balrampur-Ramanujganj's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Chhattisgarh projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 7,30,491.

What was the population of Balrampur-Ramanujganj district in Census 2011?
7,30,491: 3,70,256 males and 3,60,235 females, of whom 34,683 lived in towns and 6,95,808 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Balrampur-Ramanujganj?
Literacy was 58.0% in 2011 (men 67.8%, women 47.9%). The sex ratio was 973 females per 1,000 males, and 964 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district?
Ramanujganj, with 11,893 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Balrampur-Ramanujganj district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 637 Census 2011 villages and 5 towns.

⤓ Download Chhattisgarh district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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