District of Gujarat

Patan District Population 2026

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

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈15,78,000 (15.78 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Patan's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Gujarat projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 13,39,952.

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

13,39,952: 6,92,463 males and 6,47,489 females, of whom 2,81,081 lived in towns and 10,58,871 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 15.78 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

15,78,000 1.58 million 1 March 2026

Patan district's population is estimated at ≈15.78 lakh (15,78,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Gujarat projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 13,39,952 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

Patan district

Census 2011: 13,39,952
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →: ≈ 15.78 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011: 2,81,081

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011: 10,58,871

Key figures

Population 2026: ≈ 15.78 lakh 15,78,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011: 13.4 lakh 13,39,952 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density: ≈ 232per km² 2011
Sex ratio: 935 Gujarat: 919
Child sex ratio (0–6): 890 Gujarat: 890
Literacy rate: 72.3% Male 82.9% · Female 61.0%
Urban share: 21.0% Gujarat: 42.6%
Growth 2001–11: +13.6% Gujarat: +19.3%
Area: ≈ 5,771km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households: 2.67 lakh 5.0 people per household
Villages: 515 Census 2011
Towns: 6 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

17 L 2026

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Year	Population
1991	10,33,103
2001	11,79,380
2011	13,39,952
2016 *	14,26,000
2021 *	15,07,000
2026 *	15,78,000
2031 *	16,37,000
2036 *	16,83,000

* Estimate

How Patan'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 Patan's 2011 population was spread
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1	Patan(part)	4,45,698	33.3%	927	76.2%	30.0%
2	Sidhpur	2,13,087	15.9%	944	81.1%	33.6%
3	Sami	1,82,805	13.6%	944	64.3%	0.0%
4	Radhanpur	1,44,266	10.8%	947	64.2%	27.4%
5	Chanasma	1,30,743	9.8%	930	81.5%	12.2%
6	Santalpur	1,28,791	9.6%	930	58.3%	0.0%
7	Harij	94,562	7.1%	930	66.4%	21.4%

Largest towns in Patan (Census 2011)

Patan 1,33,737
Sidhpur 61,867
Radhanpur 39,558
Harij 20,253
Chanasma 15,932
Kakoshi CT 9,734

How people in Patan worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

24.7%

Agricultural labourers

40.8%

Household industry

1.2%

Other work

33.4%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 41.3%.

Age structure of Patan

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	67,134	60,837
5-9	76,234	66,037
10-14	79,212	67,689
15-19	72,001	62,978
20-24	63,764	59,918
25-29	56,351	51,989
30-34	50,790	48,502
35-39	46,498	43,115
40-44	41,940	40,256
45-49	35,200	34,120
50-54	29,874	27,758
55-59	21,334	22,560
60-64	18,926	20,315
65-69	12,440	14,927
70-74	10,153	12,535
75-79	4,318	5,790
80+	4,880	7,056

Children (0–14): 31.2%; Gujarat 29.0%
Working age (15–59): 60.5%; Gujarat 63.1%
Older people (60+): 8.3%; Gujarat 8.0%
Median age: 24.7years; Gujarat 26.0
Dependency ratio: 57.7; children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64; Gujarat 51.7

Languages spoken in Patan

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 30 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 98.4%
Hindi 1.2%
Sindhi 0.4%
Urdu 0.1%
Marathi 0.0%
Punjabi 0.0%
Bengali 0.0%
Tamil 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

Gujarati98.4%
Hindi1.1%
Sindhi0.3%
Urdu0.1%
Kachchhi0.0%
Marwari0.0%
Rajasthani0.0%
Marathi0.0%

Housing and amenities in Patan

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 83.0%

Gujarat 90.4%
Tap water 86.7%

Gujarat 69.1%
Water source within premises 67.9%

Gujarat 64.1%
Toilet within premises 46.1%

Gujarat 57.4%
Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 52.2%

Gujarat 40.3%
Bathing area within premises 58.7%

Gujarat 67.5%
Closed drainage 28.7%

Gujarat 37.4%
Cooking with LPG/PNG 24.7%

Gujarat 38.4%
Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 70.5%

Gujarat 52.1%

What households own

Mobile phone 62.8%

Gujarat 65.7%
Television 40.2%

Gujarat 53.8%
Scooter or motorcycle 15.4%

Gujarat 34.2%
Computer or laptop 4.8%

Gujarat 8.9%
Car, jeep or van 2.9%

Gujarat 6.1%
Use banking services 52.5%

Gujarat 57.9%
None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 24.8%

Gujarat 18.7%

The home itself

Own their home 91.1%

Gujarat 83.9%
Rent their home 7.1%

Gujarat 13.6%
Permanent (pucca) house 75.6%

Gujarat 75.2%
House in good condition 62.0%

Gujarat 67.3%
Concrete roof 26.8%

Gujarat 44.0%
Cement or tiled floor 58.9%

Gujarat 63.8%
One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 58.5%

Gujarat 44.4%

Gujarat

What the numbers say

Patan district held 2.2% of Gujarat's population in 2011, 21st of 34 districts.
Literacy is 72.3%, 5.7 points below the Gujarat average of 78.0%.
The gender gap in literacy is wide: 82.9% of men but only 61.0% of women could read and write in 2011.
The sex ratio of 935 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 919.
The child sex ratio was just 890 girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6, among the more skewed in India (national: 918).
21.0% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Gujarat as a whole (42.6%).
The population grew 13.6% in 2001–11, slower than Gujarat's 19.3% (on today’s boundaries).
Our 2026 estimate, ≈15.78 lakh, implies growth of about 18% since 2011; it is tied to the official Gujarat projection.
Its largest town, Patan, had 1.34 lakh people in 2011, 10.0% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

Patan (2011) 100.0% of this district
99.7% 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 Patan, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Patan (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 Patan (Census 2011)
Religion	Persons	Share	Gujarat
Hindu	≈ 11,91,300	88.9%	88.6%
Muslim	≈ 1,42,400	10.6%	9.7%
Christian	≈ 900	0.1%	0.5%
Sikh	≈ 300	0.0%	0.1%
Buddhist	≈ 100	0.0%	0.1%
Jain	≈ 3,600	0.3%	1.0%
Other religions and persuasions	≈ 100	0.0%	0.0%
Religion not stated	≈ 1,200	0.1%	0.1%
Total	13,39,952	100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Patan district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈15,78,000 (15.78 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Patan's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Gujarat projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 13,39,952.

What was the population of Patan district in Census 2011?

13,39,952: 6,92,463 males and 6,47,489 females, of whom 2,81,081 lived in towns and 10,58,871 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 Patan?

Literacy was 72.3% in 2011 (men 82.9%, women 61.0%). The sex ratio was 935 females per 1,000 males, and 890 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Patan district?

Patan, with 1,33,737 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Patan district?

On today's boundaries the district contains 515 Census 2011 villages and 6 towns.

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Sources and method

Data updated: 4 October 2026 · Report a correction