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District of Punjab

SAS Nagar (Mohali) District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 12.77 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

12,77,000 1.28 million 1 March 2026

SAS Nagar (Mohali) district's population is estimated at ≈12.77 lakh (12,77,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Punjab projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 10,09,080 on the district’s present boundaries.

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

Which number do you mean?

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

District

SAS Nagar (Mohali) district

Census 2011
10,09,080
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 12.77 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
5,44,611

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
4,64,469

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 12.77 lakh 12,77,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
10.09 lakh 10,09,080 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 888per km² 2011
Sex ratio
879 Punjab: 895
Child sex ratio (0–6)
841 Punjab: 846
Literacy rate
83.7% Male 87.8% · Female 79.1%
Urban share
54.0% Punjab: 37.5%
Growth 2001–11
+32.9% Punjab: +13.9%
Area
≈ 1,136km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
2.08 lakh 4.9 people per household
Villages
427 Census 2011
Towns
15 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.

SAS Nagar (Mohali): Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
14 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19915,58,518
20017,59,069
201110,09,080
2016 *11,01,000
2021 *11,91,000
2026 *12,77,000
2031 *13,59,000
2036 *14,37,000

* Estimate

How SAS Nagar (Mohali)'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 SAS Nagar (Mohali)'s 2011 population was spread
#
1 Dera Bassi3,40,49033.7%87382.0%50.3%
2 Kharar3,29,76332.7%87983.2%49.3%
3 SAS Nagar (Mohali)3,24,37532.1%88786.2%65.0%
4 Rajpura(part)14,4521.4%88777.5%0.0%

Largest towns in SAS Nagar (Mohali) (Census 2011)

Largest towns in SAS Nagar (Mohali) (Census 2011)
  1. S.A.S. Nagar 1,66,864
  2. Zirakpur 95,553
  3. Kharar 74,460
  4. Naya Gaon 50,869
  5. Kurali 31,060
  6. Dera Bassi 26,295
  7. Lalru CT 21,394
  8. Banur 18,775
  9. Balongi CT 15,982
  10. Bhankharpur CT 10,768

How people in SAS Nagar (Mohali) worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

11.6%

Agricultural labourers

6.3%

Household industry

3.8%

Other work

78.3%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 35.7%.

Age structure of SAS Nagar (Mohali)

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 SAS Nagar (Mohali)
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
0-444,17637,704
5-948,57638,935
10-1450,49438,848
15-1952,81341,179
20-2452,33047,250
25-2948,84447,672
30-3444,11242,046
35-3940,67337,393
40-4433,90231,182
45-4929,38626,710
50-5423,32620,907
55-5918,13817,148
60-6417,23617,193
65-6912,97310,895
70-749,0467,581
75-794,6534,006
80+5,8245,286
Children (0–14)
25.7%
Punjab 25.6%
Working age (15–59)
65.0%
Punjab 64.1%
Older people (60+)
9.4%
Punjab 10.3%
Median age
27.7years
Punjab 27.4
Dependency ratio
46.3
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Punjab 47.8

Languages spoken in SAS Nagar (Mohali)

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 39 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 →

Languages spoken in SAS Nagar (Mohali)
  1. Punjabi 74.9%
  2. Hindi 23.8%
  3. Nepali 0.2%
  4. Bengali 0.2%
  5. Urdu 0.2%
  6. Marathi 0.1%
  7. Malayalam 0.1%
  8. Maithili 0.1%
  9. All other languages 0.4%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Punjabi74.9%
  2. Hindi22.2%
  3. Bhojpuri0.5%
  4. Haryanvi0.4%
  5. Nepali0.2%
  6. Bengali0.2%
  7. Garhwali0.2%
  8. Urdu0.2%

Housing and amenities in SAS Nagar (Mohali)

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 97.3%

    Punjab 96.6%

  • Tap water 79.6%

    Punjab 51.0%

  • Water source within premises 86.8%

    Punjab 85.9%

  • Toilet within premises 79.3%

    Punjab 79.2%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 19.2%

    Punjab 19.5%

  • Bathing area within premises 91.8%

    Punjab 88.9%

  • Closed drainage 40.1%

    Punjab 27.8%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 66.7%

    Punjab 54.5%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 27.6%

    Punjab 40.3%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 80.6%

    Punjab 75.5%

  • Television 86.7%

    Punjab 82.6%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 57.0%

    Punjab 47.5%

  • Computer or laptop 25.6%

    Punjab 12.7%

  • Car, jeep or van 24.8%

    Punjab 13.1%

  • Use banking services 76.6%

    Punjab 65.2%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 2.5%

    Punjab 4.4%

The home itself

  • Own their home 77.9%

    Punjab 88.9%

  • Rent their home 19.0%

    Punjab 8.8%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 85.4%

    Punjab 88.3%

  • House in good condition 62.8%

    Punjab 49.9%

  • Concrete roof 72.4%

    Punjab 49.1%

  • Cement or tiled floor 59.0%

    Punjab 42.9%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 22.1%

    Punjab 24.1%

Punjab

What the numbers say

  • SAS Nagar (Mohali) district held 3.6% of Punjab's population in 2011, 11th of 23 districts.
  • Literacy is 83.7%, 7.9 points above the Punjab average of 75.8%.
  • The sex ratio of 879 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 895.
  • The child sex ratio was just 841 girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6, among the more skewed in India (national: 918).
  • 54.0% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more urban than Punjab as a whole (37.5%).
  • The population grew 32.9% in 2001–11, faster than Punjab's 13.9% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈12.77 lakh, implies growth of about 27% since 2011; it is tied to the official Punjab projection.
  • Its largest town, S.A.S. Nagar, had 1.67 lakh people in 2011, 16.5% of the district.

How this district was formed

SAS Nagar (Mohali) covers land that was part of these districts in Census 2011:

  • Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (2011) 98.6% of this district
    100.0% of the 2011 district
  • Patiala (2011) 1.4% of this district
    0.8% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Punjab →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (15 May 2026 – 13 June 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 SAS Nagar (Mohali), they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in SAS Nagar (Mohali) (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 SAS Nagar (Mohali) (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsSharePunjab
Hindu ≈ 4,82,400 47.8% 38.5%
Muslim ≈ 29,800 3.0% 1.9%
Christian ≈ 5,400 0.5% 1.3%
Sikh ≈ 4,86,900 48.3% 57.7%
Buddhist ≈ 300 0.0% 0.1%
Jain ≈ 1,300 0.1% 0.2%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 200 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 2,900 0.3% 0.3%
Total10,09,080100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of SAS Nagar (Mohali) district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈12,77,000 (12.77 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies SAS Nagar (Mohali)'s 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Punjab projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 10,09,080.

What was the population of SAS Nagar (Mohali) district in Census 2011?
10,09,080: 5,36,911 males and 4,72,169 females, of whom 5,44,611 lived in towns and 4,64,469 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 SAS Nagar (Mohali)?
Literacy was 83.7% in 2011 (men 87.8%, women 79.1%). The sex ratio was 879 females per 1,000 males, and 841 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in SAS Nagar (Mohali) district?
S.A.S. Nagar, with 1,66,864 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in SAS Nagar (Mohali) district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 427 Census 2011 villages and 15 towns.

⤓ Download Punjab district data (CSV)

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