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District of Rajasthan

Bharatpur District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 17.99 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

17,99,000 1.8 million 1 March 2026

Bharatpur district's population is estimated at ≈17.99 lakh (17,99,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Rajasthan projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 14,75,707 on the district’s present boundaries.

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

Which number do you mean?

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

District

Bharatpur district

Census 2011
14,75,707
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 17.99 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
3,62,948

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
11,12,759

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 17.99 lakh 17,99,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
14.76 lakh 14,75,707 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 538per km² 2011
Sex ratio
869 Rajasthan: 928
Child sex ratio (0–6)
850 Rajasthan: 888
Literacy rate
73.3% Male 86.5% · Female 58.2%
Urban share
24.6% Rajasthan: 24.9%
Growth 2001–11
+21.4% Rajasthan: +21.3%
Area
≈ 2,745km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
2.52 lakh 5.8 people per household
Villages
828 Census 2011
Towns
6 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.

Bharatpur: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
19 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19919,55,865
200112,16,033
201114,75,707
2016 *15,98,000
2021 *17,06,000
2026 *17,99,000
2031 *18,75,000
2036 *19,46,000

* Estimate

How Bharatpur'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 Bharatpur's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Bharatpur4,53,01530.7%88378.0%55.8%
2 Weir2,80,09219.0%87770.5%14.0%
3 Bayana2,69,51218.3%84168.9%16.5%
4 Rupbas2,57,95217.5%86571.9%0.0%
5 Nadbai2,15,13614.6%87374.2%12.3%

Largest towns in Bharatpur (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Bharatpur (Census 2011)
  1. Bharatpur 2,52,838
  2. Bayana 38,502
  3. Nadbai 26,411
  4. Bhusawar 19,946
  5. Weir 19,385
  6. Bayana CT 5,866

How people in Bharatpur worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

42.4%

Agricultural labourers

23.4%

Household industry

2.3%

Other work

31.9%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 41.1%.

Age structure of Bharatpur

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 Bharatpur
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
0-492,99581,052
5-998,85385,921
10-141,03,19687,617
15-1990,79773,654
20-2475,48263,212
25-2957,70950,467
30-3448,19145,790
35-3945,30342,011
40-4439,19435,084
45-4931,60629,197
50-5426,36522,583
55-5919,14718,771
60-6418,16717,776
65-6912,50413,126
70-7410,4549,917
75-794,8004,965
80+6,1645,844
Children (0–14)
37.4%
Rajasthan 34.7%
Working age (15–59)
55.5%
Rajasthan 57.8%
Older people (60+)
7.1%
Rajasthan 7.5%
Median age
20.7years
Rajasthan 22.4
Dependency ratio
72.6
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Rajasthan 65.7

Languages spoken in Bharatpur

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 29 languages recorded. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Languages spoken in Bharatpur
  1. Hindi 99.4%
  2. Punjabi 0.4%
  3. Sindhi 0.1%
  4. Urdu 0.0%
  5. Gujarati 0.0%
  6. Others 0.0%
  7. Bhili/Bhilodi 0.0%
  8. Bengali 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Hindi71.5%
  2. Brajbhasha27.6%
  3. Punjabi0.3%
  4. Banjari0.2%
  5. Bagri0.1%
  6. Haryanvi0.1%
  7. Sindhi0.1%
  8. Urdu0.0%

Housing and amenities in Bharatpur

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 70.2%

    Rajasthan 67.1%

  • Tap water 30.2%

    Rajasthan 40.7%

  • Water source within premises 30.0%

    Rajasthan 35.2%

  • Toilet within premises 24.5%

    Rajasthan 35.1%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 74.8%

    Rajasthan 64.2%

  • Bathing area within premises 46.5%

    Rajasthan 55.7%

  • Closed drainage 4.8%

    Rajasthan 10.8%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 18.5%

    Rajasthan 22.9%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 80.9%

    Rajasthan 75.6%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 67.9%

    Rajasthan 68.2%

  • Television 41.9%

    Rajasthan 37.7%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 23.8%

    Rajasthan 24.2%

  • Computer or laptop 6.9%

    Rajasthan 7.0%

  • Car, jeep or van 2.8%

    Rajasthan 4.7%

  • Use banking services 64.1%

    Rajasthan 68.0%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 18.2%

    Rajasthan 21.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 96.4%

    Rajasthan 93.2%

  • Rent their home 2.8%

    Rajasthan 5.4%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 84.5%

    Rajasthan 71.5%

  • House in good condition 43.3%

    Rajasthan 51.0%

  • Concrete roof 4.9%

    Rajasthan 11.2%

  • Cement or tiled floor 41.9%

    Rajasthan 44.5%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 43.5%

    Rajasthan 38.2%

Rajasthan

What the numbers say

  • Bharatpur district held 2.2% of Rajasthan's population in 2011, 21st of 41 districts.
  • Literacy is 73.3%, 7.2 points above the Rajasthan average of 66.1%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 86.5% of men but only 58.2% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 869 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 928.
  • The child sex ratio was just 850 girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6, among the more skewed in India (national: 918).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈17.99 lakh, implies growth of about 22% since 2011; it is tied to the official Rajasthan projection.
  • Its largest town, Bharatpur, had 2.53 lakh people in 2011, 17.1% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

  • Bharatpur (2011) 100.0% of this district
    57.9% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Rajasthan →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (16 May 2026 – 14 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 Bharatpur, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Bharatpur (Census 2011)

Official figures as published by the Office of the Registrar General. Shown without commentary. Reconstructed Census 2011, added up on today’s boundaries from village, town or sub-district records. How this is made →

Population by religion in Bharatpur (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareRajasthan
Hindu ≈ 14,34,800 97.2% 88.5%
Muslim ≈ 29,100 2.0% 9.1%
Christian ≈ 700 0.0% 0.1%
Sikh ≈ 5,700 0.4% 1.3%
Buddhist ≈ 500 0.0% 0.0%
Jain ≈ 3,100 0.2% 0.9%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 0 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 1,800 0.1% 0.1%
Total14,75,707100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Bharatpur district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈17,99,000 (17.99 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Bharatpur's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Rajasthan projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 14,75,707.

What was the population of Bharatpur district in Census 2011?
14,75,707: 7,89,391 males and 6,86,316 females, of whom 3,62,948 lived in towns and 11,12,759 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 Bharatpur?
Literacy was 73.3% in 2011 (men 86.5%, women 58.2%). The sex ratio was 869 females per 1,000 males, and 850 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Bharatpur district?
Bharatpur, with 2,52,838 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Bharatpur district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 828 Census 2011 villages and 6 towns.

⤓ Download Rajasthan district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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