District of Gujarat

Amreli District Population 2026

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

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈17,26,000 (17.26 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Amreli's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Gujarat projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 15,15,789.

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

15,15,789: 7,71,836 males and 7,43,953 females, of whom 3,86,635 lived in towns and 11,29,154 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 17.26 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

17,26,000 1.73 million 1 March 2026

Amreli district's population is estimated at ≈17.26 lakh (17,26,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Gujarat projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 15,15,789 on the district’s present boundaries.

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

Which number do you mean?

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

District

Amreli district

Census 2011: 15,15,789
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →: ≈ 17.26 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011: 3,86,635

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011: 11,29,154

Key figures

Population 2026: ≈ 17.26 lakh 17,26,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011: 15.16 lakh 15,15,789 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density: ≈ 205per km² 2011
Sex ratio: 964 Gujarat: 919
Child sex ratio (0–6): 885 Gujarat: 890
Literacy rate: 74.3% Male 82.2% · Female 66.1%
Urban share: 25.5% Gujarat: 42.6%
Growth 2001–11: +8.6% Gujarat: +19.3%
Area: ≈ 7,395km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households: 2.95 lakh 5.1 people per household
Villages: 616 Census 2011
Towns: 10 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

18 L 2026

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Year	Population
1991	13,09,495
2001	13,95,183
2011	15,15,789
2016 *	15,95,000
2021 *	16,67,000
2026 *	17,26,000
2031 *	17,70,000
2036 *	18,00,000

* Estimate

How Amreli'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 Amreli's 2011 population was spread
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1	Amreli	2,41,279	15.9%	963	83.7%	48.9%
2	Savar Kundla(part)	2,33,483	15.4%	962	73.3%	33.6%
3	Rajula	1,75,693	11.6%	964	69.2%	21.9%
4	Babra	1,40,521	9.3%	954	71.4%	18.0%
5	Dhari	1,39,807	9.2%	961	75.6%	12.0%
6	Lathi	1,32,914	8.8%	965	76.4%	28.4%
7	Jafrabad	1,08,002	7.1%	955	60.6%	25.2%
8	Kunkavav Vadia	99,794	6.6%	979	76.8%	0.0%
9	Khambha	93,431	6.2%	979	69.2%	0.0%
10	Bagasara	83,054	5.5%	956	78.5%	41.6%
11	Lilia	60,423	4.0%	980	73.7%	17.1%
12	Visavadar(part)	7,388	0.5%	984	72.3%	0.0%

Largest towns in Amreli (Census 2011)

Amreli 1,17,967
Savarkundla 78,354
Rajula 38,489
Bagasara 34,521
Jafrabad 27,167
Babra 25,270
Lathi 21,173
Chalala 16,721
Damnagar 16,614
Lilia CT 10,359

How people in Amreli worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

35.4%

Agricultural labourers

31.9%

Household industry

0.9%

Other work

31.8%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 43.4%.

Age structure of Amreli

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	63,471	56,759
5-9	73,338	64,188
10-14	83,595	75,557
15-19	83,469	81,302
20-24	69,811	71,518
25-29	58,511	55,742
30-34	54,195	52,781
35-39	53,072	49,650
40-44	49,406	47,740
45-49	42,983	40,591
50-54	36,236	32,816
55-59	26,676	27,648
60-64	24,730	24,826
65-69	17,121	19,763
70-74	15,077	16,442
75-79	7,222	9,050
80+	10,107	14,858

Children (0–14): 27.6%; Gujarat 29.0%
Working age (15–59): 61.9%; Gujarat 63.1%
Older people (60+): 10.5%; Gujarat 8.0%
Median age: 26.4years; Gujarat 26.0
Dependency ratio: 53.5; children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64; Gujarat 51.7

Languages spoken in Amreli

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 22 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 →

Gujarati 99.0%
Hindi 0.7%
Marathi 0.1%
Sindhi 0.1%
Bengali 0.0%
Maithili 0.0%
Urdu 0.0%
Telugu 0.0%
All other languages 0.1%

Largest mother tongues

Gujarati99.0%
Hindi0.7%
Marathi0.1%
Sindhi0.1%
Rajasthani0.0%
Bengali0.0%
Marwari0.0%
Maithili0.0%

Housing and amenities in Amreli

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 93.0%

Gujarat 90.4%
Tap water 68.4%

Gujarat 69.1%
Water source within premises 65.3%

Gujarat 64.1%
Toilet within premises 59.1%

Gujarat 57.4%
Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 39.3%

Gujarat 40.3%
Bathing area within premises 68.6%

Gujarat 67.5%
Closed drainage 14.2%

Gujarat 37.4%
Cooking with LPG/PNG 27.5%

Gujarat 38.4%
Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 66.0%

Gujarat 52.1%

What households own

Mobile phone 72.5%

Gujarat 65.7%
Television 56.1%

Gujarat 53.8%
Scooter or motorcycle 39.0%

Gujarat 34.2%
Computer or laptop 4.3%

Gujarat 8.9%
Car, jeep or van 3.5%

Gujarat 6.1%
Use banking services 63.5%

Gujarat 57.9%
None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 14.4%

Gujarat 18.7%

The home itself

Own their home 90.5%

Gujarat 83.9%
Rent their home 7.3%

Gujarat 13.6%
Permanent (pucca) house 77.4%

Gujarat 75.2%
House in good condition 70.8%

Gujarat 67.3%
Concrete roof 41.5%

Gujarat 44.0%
Cement or tiled floor 62.3%

Gujarat 63.8%
One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 38.6%

Gujarat 44.4%

Gujarat

What the numbers say

Amreli district held 2.5% of Gujarat's population in 2011, 17th of 34 districts.
Literacy is 74.3%, 3.8 points below the Gujarat average of 78.0%.
The gender gap in literacy is wide: 82.2% of men but only 66.1% of women could read and write in 2011.
The sex ratio of 964 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 919.
The child sex ratio was just 885 girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6, among the more skewed in India (national: 918).
25.5% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Gujarat as a whole (42.6%).
The population grew 8.6% in 2001–11, slower than Gujarat's 19.3% (on today’s boundaries).
Our 2026 estimate, ≈17.26 lakh, implies growth of about 14% since 2011; it is tied to the official Gujarat projection.
Its largest town, Amreli, had 1.18 lakh people in 2011, 7.8% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

Amreli (2011) 99.5% of this district
99.6% of the 2011 district
Junagadh (2011) 0.5% of this district
0.3% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Gujarat →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

Phase I: houselisting

Done (20 April 2026 – 19 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 Amreli, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Amreli (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 Amreli (Census 2011)
Religion	Persons	Share	Gujarat
Hindu	≈ 14,12,300	93.2%	88.6%
Muslim	≈ 98,900	6.5%	9.7%
Christian	≈ 900	0.1%	0.5%
Sikh	≈ 400	0.0%	0.1%
Buddhist	≈ 200	0.0%	0.1%
Jain	≈ 2,000	0.1%	1.0%
Other religions and persuasions	≈ 0	0.0%	0.0%
Religion not stated	≈ 1,000	0.1%	0.1%
Total	15,15,789	100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Amreli district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈17,26,000 (17.26 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Amreli's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Gujarat projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 15,15,789.

What was the population of Amreli district in Census 2011?

15,15,789: 7,71,836 males and 7,43,953 females, of whom 3,86,635 lived in towns and 11,29,154 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 Amreli?

Literacy was 74.3% in 2011 (men 82.2%, women 66.1%). The sex ratio was 964 females per 1,000 males, and 885 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Amreli district?

Amreli, with 1,17,967 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Amreli district?

On today's boundaries the district contains 616 Census 2011 villages and 10 towns.

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Sources and method

Data updated: 4 October 2026 · Report a correction