District of Chhattisgarh

Surguja District Population 2026

Q: What is the population of Surguja district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈10,11,000 (10.11 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Surguja's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Chhattisgarh projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 8,45,008.

Q: What was the population of Surguja district in Census 2011?

8,45,008: 4,26,913 males and 4,18,095 females, of whom 1,36,702 lived in towns and 7,08,306 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 10.11 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

10,11,000 1.01 million 1 March 2026

Surguja district's population is estimated at ≈10.11 lakh (10,11,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Chhattisgarh projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 8,45,008 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

Surguja district

Census 2011: 8,45,008
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →: ≈ 10.11 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011: 1,36,702

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011: 7,08,306

Key figures

Population 2026: ≈ 10.11 lakh 10,11,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011: 8.45 lakh 8,45,008 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density: ≈ 161per km² 2011
Sex ratio: 979 Chhattisgarh: 991
Child sex ratio (0–6): 962 Chhattisgarh: 969
Literacy rate: 61.0% Male 69.8% · Female 52.0%
Urban share: 16.2% Chhattisgarh: 23.2%
Growth 2001–11: +19.7% Chhattisgarh: +22.6%
Area: ≈ 5,264km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households: 1.9 lakh 4.5 people per household
Villages: 571 Census 2011
Towns: 3 Census 2011

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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.

Reconstructed
Estimate

11 L 2026

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Year	Population
1991	5,66,423
2001	7,06,151
2011	8,45,008
2016 *	9,06,000
2021 *	9,62,000
2026 *	10,11,000
2031 *	10,52,000
2036 *	10,87,000

* Estimate

How Surguja'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 Surguja's 2011 population was spread
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1	Ambikapur	2,79,717	33.1%	958	71.1%	43.3%
2	Lundra	1,19,800	14.2%	982	53.4%	0.0%
3	Lakhanpur(part)	1,17,211	13.9%	990	55.0%	5.3%
4	Sitapur	96,131	11.4%	1009	62.7%	9.7%
5	Udaypur	78,918	9.3%	984	56.7%	0.0%
6	Mainpat	76,573	9.1%	978	47.1%	0.0%
7	Batouli	70,244	8.3%	1002	58.3%	0.0%
8	Surajpur(part)	6,414	0.8%	942	74.9%	0.0%

Largest towns in Surguja (Census 2011)

Ambikapur 1,21,071
Sitapur 9,361
Lakhanpur 6,270

How people in Surguja worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

41.8%

Agricultural labourers

40.2%

Household industry

1.1%

Other work

16.9%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 49.2%.

Age structure of Surguja

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 →

MenWomen

80+
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4

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Age	Men	Women
0-4	46,793	45,539
5-9	53,121	50,743
10-14	51,225	49,442
15-19	41,135	39,066
20-24	36,519	37,927
25-29	32,763	31,863
30-34	27,804	28,564
35-39	27,686	27,248
40-44	24,260	23,666
45-49	21,795	20,183
50-54	16,680	14,909
55-59	12,669	13,088
60-64	12,587	13,119
65-69	9,002	9,384
70-74	6,484	6,095
75-79	2,541	2,889
80+	3,890	3,807

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 Surguja

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 40 languages recorded. 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 →

Hindi 83.7%
Kurukh/Oraon 13.1%
Odia 0.9%
Bengali 0.9%
Urdu 0.8%
Punjabi 0.1%
Tibetan 0.1%
Korwa 0.1%
All other languages 0.3%

Largest mother tongues

Surgujia65.1%
Kurukh/Oraon13.1%
Hindi11.8%
Bhojpuri2.7%
Sadan/Sadri2.4%
Chhattisgarhi0.9%
Odia0.9%
Bengali0.9%

Housing and amenities in Surguja

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 59.2%

Chhattisgarh 75.1%
Tap water 9.2%

Chhattisgarh 20.7%
Water source within premises 15.4%

Chhattisgarh 19.0%
Toilet within premises 38.0%

Chhattisgarh 24.6%
Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 61.5%

Chhattisgarh 74.0%
Bathing area within premises 15.7%

Chhattisgarh 20.2%
Closed drainage 5.5%

Chhattisgarh 5.3%
Cooking with LPG/PNG 9.1%

Chhattisgarh 11.2%
Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 90.0%

Chhattisgarh 85.4%

What households own

Mobile phone 24.9%

Chhattisgarh 29.1%
Television 19.5%

Chhattisgarh 31.3%
Scooter or motorcycle 13.3%

Chhattisgarh 15.6%
Computer or laptop 4.4%

Chhattisgarh 4.7%
Car, jeep or van 2.2%

Chhattisgarh 2.3%
Use banking services 52.7%

Chhattisgarh 48.8%
None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 33.2%

Chhattisgarh 27.1%

The home itself

Own their home 93.5%

Chhattisgarh 90.2%
Rent their home 4.7%

Chhattisgarh 6.5%
Permanent (pucca) house 10.4%

Chhattisgarh 30.7%
House in good condition 54.1%

Chhattisgarh 46.6%
Concrete roof 6.9%

Chhattisgarh 16.6%
Cement or tiled floor 10.4%

Chhattisgarh 19.4%
One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 41.8%

Chhattisgarh 36.8%

Chhattisgarh

What the numbers say

Surguja district held 3.3% of Chhattisgarh's population in 2011, 11th of 33 districts.
Literacy is 61.0%, 9.3 points below the Chhattisgarh average of 70.3%.
The gender gap in literacy is wide: 69.8% of men but only 52.0% of women could read and write in 2011.
The sex ratio of 979 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 991.
16.2% 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, ≈10.11 lakh, implies growth of about 20% since 2011; it is tied to the official Chhattisgarh projection.
Its largest town, Ambikapur, had 1.21 lakh people in 2011, 14.3% of the district.

How this district was formed

Surguja covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

Surguja (2011) 100.0% of this district
35.8% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Chhattisgarh →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

Phase I: houselisting

Done (1 May 2026 – 30 May 2026)
Phase II: counting people

February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)
Results

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

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

Population by religion in Surguja (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011 on today’s boundaries; approximate, because some 2011 units were split between districts and are apportioned by population. How this is made →

Population by religion in Surguja (Census 2011)
Religion	Persons	Share	Chhattisgarh
Hindu	≈ 7,49,800	88.7%	93.2%
Muslim	≈ 25,900	3.1%	2.0%
Christian	≈ 64,100	7.6%	1.9%
Sikh	≈ 1,300	0.2%	0.3%
Buddhist	≈ 1,100	0.1%	0.3%
Jain	≈ 300	0.0%	0.2%
Other religions and persuasions	≈ 1,800	0.2%	1.9%
Religion not stated	≈ 500	0.1%	0.1%
Total	8,45,008	100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Surguja district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈10,11,000 (10.11 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Surguja's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Chhattisgarh projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 8,45,008.

What was the population of Surguja district in Census 2011?

8,45,008: 4,26,913 males and 4,18,095 females, of whom 1,36,702 lived in towns and 7,08,306 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 Surguja?

Literacy was 61.0% in 2011 (men 69.8%, women 52.0%). The sex ratio was 979 females per 1,000 males, and 962 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Surguja district?

Ambikapur, with 1,21,071 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Surguja district?

On today's boundaries the district contains 571 Census 2011 villages and 3 towns.

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Sources and method

Data updated: 4 October 2026 · Report a correction