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District of Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 20.1 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

20,10,000 2.01 million 1 March 2026

Balaghat district's population is estimated at ≈20.1 lakh (20,10,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Madhya Pradesh projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 17,01,698.

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

Which number do you mean?

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

District

Balaghat district

Census 2011
17,01,698
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 20.1 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
2,44,816

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
14,56,882

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 20.1 lakh 20,10,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
17.02 lakh 17,01,698 Census 2011 Final count, Census of India 2011 (ORGI) How this is made →
Density
184per km² 2011
Sex ratio
1021 Madhya Pradesh: 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)
967 Madhya Pradesh: 918
Literacy rate
77.1% Male 85.4% · Female 69.0%
Urban share
14.4% Madhya Pradesh: 27.6%
Growth 2001–11
+13.6% Madhya Pradesh: +20.4%
Area
9,229km² Census 2011
Households
3.92 lakh 4.3 people per household
Villages
1,384 Census 2011
Towns
13 Census 2011

Where it ranks

Population over time

Census counts on 2011 boundaries, then our estimate to 2036.

Balaghat: Population over time
  • Census
  • Estimate
21 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19516,93,379
19618,06,702
19719,77,583
198111,47,810
199113,65,870
200114,97,968
201117,01,698
2016 *18,20,000
2021 *19,23,000
2026 *20,10,000
2031 *20,77,000
2036 *21,27,000

* Estimate

How Balaghat'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 Balaghat's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Baihar2,84,35216.7%102768.0%17.9%
2 Balaghat2,69,35215.8%101582.3%40.8%
3 Lanji1,87,62411.0%101178.0%7.2%
4 Waraseoni1,76,29110.4%101980.0%15.6%
5 Kirnapur1,75,89010.3%101977.3%3.5%
6 Lalbarra1,70,96010.0%101578.9%3.2%
7 Khairlanji1,47,2088.7%102779.0%0.0%
8 Paraswada1,08,0266.3%103674.6%6.3%
9 Katangi1,02,5946.0%102878.9%15.7%
10 Tirodi79,4014.7%101675.3%10.6%

Largest towns in Balaghat (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Balaghat (Census 2011)
  1. Balaghat 84,261
  2. Malajkhand 34,176
  3. Waraseoni 27,494
  4. Baihar 16,650
  5. Katangi 16,146
  6. Lanji 13,558
  7. Bharveli CT 10,357
  8. Kosmi CT 8,970
  9. Tirodi CT 8,451
  10. Ukwa CT 6,768

How people in Balaghat worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

28.9%

Agricultural labourers

51.5%

Household industry

2.2%

Other work

17.5%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 52.5%.

Age structure of Balaghat

Population in five-year age groups, Census 2011. Men on the left, women on the right. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Age structure of Balaghat
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
› Show the numbers as a table
AgeMenWomen
0-475,93073,526
5-983,48281,699
10-1490,34988,579
15-1988,33489,986
20-2479,36582,564
25-2968,79067,169
30-3460,07962,774
35-3959,34560,701
40-4456,97357,385
45-4948,56047,788
50-5437,97638,212
55-5929,70530,540
60-6424,79530,060
65-6916,93721,572
70-7411,55714,528
75-794,6665,750
80+4,5785,923
Children (0–14)
29.0%
Madhya Pradesh 33.5%
Working age (15–59)
62.7%
Madhya Pradesh 58.6%
Older people (60+)
8.3%
Madhya Pradesh 7.9%
Median age
25.6years
Madhya Pradesh 23.4
Dependency ratio
51.7
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Madhya Pradesh 63.0

Languages spoken in Balaghat

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 42 languages recorded. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Balaghat
  1. Hindi 71.4%
  2. Marathi 16.4%
  3. Gondi 10.6%
  4. Urdu 0.3%
  5. Sindhi 0.2%
  6. Gujarati 0.2%
  7. Khandeshi 0.2%
  8. Others 0.2%
  9. All other languages 0.5%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Hindi40.9%
  2. Marathi15.8%
  3. Pawari/Powari9.6%
  4. Gondi9.4%
  5. Chhattisgarhi5.3%
  6. Lodhi5.2%
  7. Kalari1.2%
  8. Khari Boli0.4%

Housing and amenities in Balaghat

Share of households, Houselisting Census 2011. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Basic services

  • Electricity for lighting 70.5%

    Madhya Pradesh 67.3%

  • Tap water 9.7%

    Madhya Pradesh 23.6%

  • Water source within premises 22.1%

    Madhya Pradesh 24.1%

  • Toilet within premises 18.6%

    Madhya Pradesh 29.1%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 81.1%

    Madhya Pradesh 69.7%

  • Bathing area within premises 45.3%

    Madhya Pradesh 47.5%

  • Closed drainage 2.3%

    Madhya Pradesh 10.0%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 6.9%

    Madhya Pradesh 18.4%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 91.3%

    Madhya Pradesh 79.4%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 23.7%

    Madhya Pradesh 43.8%

  • Television 20.9%

    Madhya Pradesh 32.4%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 11.7%

    Madhya Pradesh 19.0%

  • Computer or laptop 3.3%

    Madhya Pradesh 6.0%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.0%

    Madhya Pradesh 2.7%

  • Use banking services 38.5%

    Madhya Pradesh 46.7%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 27.0%

    Madhya Pradesh 32.5%

The home itself

  • Own their home 93.1%

    Madhya Pradesh 90.8%

  • Rent their home 4.2%

    Madhya Pradesh 6.8%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 13.8%

    Madhya Pradesh 44.4%

  • House in good condition 57.8%

    Madhya Pradesh 52.4%

  • Concrete roof 8.2%

    Madhya Pradesh 17.0%

  • Cement or tiled floor 10.0%

    Madhya Pradesh 24.9%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 40.5%

    Madhya Pradesh 42.0%

Madhya Pradesh

What the numbers say

  • Balaghat district held 2.3% of Madhya Pradesh's population in 2011, 15th of 55 districts.
  • Literacy is 77.1%, 7.8 points above the Madhya Pradesh average of 69.3%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 85.4% of men but only 69.0% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 1021 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 931.
  • 14.4% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Madhya Pradesh as a whole (27.6%).
  • The population grew 13.6% in 2001–11, slower than Madhya Pradesh's 20.4%.
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈20.1 lakh, implies growth of about 18% since 2011; it is tied to the official Madhya Pradesh projection.
  • Its largest town, Balaghat, had 84.3 thousand people in 2011, 5.0% of the district.

Compare with

All districts of Madhya Pradesh →

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 Balaghat, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Balaghat (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Census 2011 Census 2011, as published. How this is made →

Population by religion in Balaghat (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareMadhya Pradesh
Hindu 15,19,384 89.3% 90.9%
Muslim 38,542 2.3% 6.6%
Christian 5,295 0.3% 0.3%
Sikh 1,050 0.1% 0.2%
Buddhist 72,162 4.2% 0.3%
Jain 4,778 0.3% 0.8%
Other religions and persuasions 58,064 3.4% 0.8%
Religion not stated 2,423 0.1% 0.1%
Total17,01,698100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Balaghat district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈20,10,000 (20.1 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Balaghat's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Madhya Pradesh projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 17,01,698.

What was the population of Balaghat district in Census 2011?
17,01,698: 8,42,178 males and 8,59,520 females, of whom 2,44,816 lived in towns and 14,56,882 in villages.

What is the literacy rate and sex ratio of Balaghat?
Literacy was 77.1% in 2011 (men 85.4%, women 69.0%). The sex ratio was 1021 females per 1,000 males, and 967 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Balaghat district?
Balaghat, with 84,261 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Balaghat district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 1,384 Census 2011 villages and 13 towns.

⤓ Download Madhya Pradesh district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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