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District of Rajasthan

Nagaur District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 20.23 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

20,23,000 2.02 million 1 March 2026

Nagaur district's population is estimated at ≈20.23 lakh (20,23,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Rajasthan projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 16,81,906 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

Nagaur district

Census 2011
16,81,906
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 20.23 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
2,77,381

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
14,04,525

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 20.23 lakh 20,23,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
16.82 lakh 16,81,906 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 181per km² 2011
Sex ratio
946 Rajasthan: 928
Child sex ratio (0–6)
897 Rajasthan: 888
Literacy rate
60.5% Male 75.3% · Female 45.0%
Urban share
16.5% Rajasthan: 24.9%
Growth 2001–11
+19.2% Rajasthan: +21.3%
Area
≈ 9,318km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
3.03 lakh 5.6 people per household
Villages
831 Census 2011
Towns
10 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.

Nagaur: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
22 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
199110,90,583
200114,11,049
201116,81,906
2016 *18,13,000
2021 *19,27,000
2026 *20,23,000
2031 *20,98,000
2036 *21,68,000

* Estimate

How Nagaur'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 Nagaur's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Nagaur5,24,92631.2%94562.3%34.4%
2 Merta3,88,92923.1%94461.8%20.7%
3 Degana3,06,10318.2%96859.1%5.4%
4 Jayal2,69,02416.0%94258.8%0.0%
5 Kheenvsar1,92,92411.5%92858.0%0.0%

Largest towns in Nagaur (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Nagaur (Census 2011)
  1. Nagaur 1,05,218
  2. Merta City 46,070
  3. Basni Belima CT 29,187
  4. Kuchera 23,468
  5. Gothan CT 17,700
  6. Merta Road CT 16,905
  7. Mundwa 16,871
  8. Goredi Chancha CT 10,655
  9. Jhagarwas CT 5,728
  10. Chenar Village CT 5,579

How people in Nagaur worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

57.5%

Agricultural labourers

20.6%

Household industry

2.0%

Other work

19.9%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 46.2%.

Age structure of Nagaur

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 Nagaur
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
0-492,25083,253
5-91,05,42494,468
10-141,11,4371,02,101
15-1997,81787,554
20-2482,92775,367
25-2966,01963,243
30-3456,23257,040
35-3952,25251,808
40-4446,56144,572
45-4937,78137,218
50-5432,59228,779
55-5922,02023,321
60-6421,45121,784
65-6913,70216,506
70-7412,03914,523
75-795,4967,362
80+5,99610,092
Children (0–14)
35.0%
Rajasthan 34.7%
Working age (15–59)
57.3%
Rajasthan 57.8%
Older people (60+)
7.7%
Rajasthan 7.5%
Median age
22.1years
Rajasthan 22.4
Dependency ratio
67.0
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Rajasthan 65.7

Languages spoken in Nagaur

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 30 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 Nagaur
  1. Hindi 98.8%
  2. Urdu 1.0%
  3. Lahnda 0.1%
  4. Bengali 0.0%
  5. English 0.0%
  6. Sindhi 0.0%
  7. Malayalam 0.0%
  8. Marathi 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Rajasthani84.4%
  2. Marwari12.5%
  3. Hindi1.9%
  4. Urdu1.0%
  5. Hindi Multani0.1%
  6. Bengali0.0%
  7. English0.0%
  8. Dhundhari0.0%

Housing and amenities in Nagaur

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 52.7%

    Rajasthan 67.1%

  • Tap water 31.2%

    Rajasthan 40.7%

  • Water source within premises 21.6%

    Rajasthan 35.2%

  • Toilet within premises 28.8%

    Rajasthan 35.1%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 70.6%

    Rajasthan 64.2%

  • Bathing area within premises 64.9%

    Rajasthan 55.7%

  • Closed drainage 3.3%

    Rajasthan 10.8%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 13.1%

    Rajasthan 22.9%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 86.1%

    Rajasthan 75.6%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 75.4%

    Rajasthan 68.2%

  • Television 26.0%

    Rajasthan 37.7%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 18.1%

    Rajasthan 24.2%

  • Computer or laptop 6.3%

    Rajasthan 7.0%

  • Car, jeep or van 4.5%

    Rajasthan 4.7%

  • Use banking services 61.6%

    Rajasthan 68.0%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 17.7%

    Rajasthan 21.1%

The home itself

  • Own their home 96.2%

    Rajasthan 93.2%

  • Rent their home 2.7%

    Rajasthan 5.4%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 85.3%

    Rajasthan 71.5%

  • House in good condition 48.2%

    Rajasthan 51.0%

  • Concrete roof 3.9%

    Rajasthan 11.2%

  • Cement or tiled floor 71.5%

    Rajasthan 44.5%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 38.7%

    Rajasthan 38.2%

Rajasthan

What the numbers say

  • Nagaur district held 2.5% of Rajasthan's population in 2011, 16th of 41 districts.
  • Literacy is 60.5%, 5.6 points below the Rajasthan average of 66.1%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 75.3% of men but only 45.0% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 946 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 928.
  • The child sex ratio was just 897 girls per 1,000 boys aged 0–6, among the more skewed in India (national: 918).
  • 16.5% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Rajasthan as a whole (24.9%).
  • The population grew 19.2% in 2001–11, slower than Rajasthan's 21.3% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈20.23 lakh, implies growth of about 20% since 2011; it is tied to the official Rajasthan projection.
  • Its largest town, Nagaur, had 1.05 lakh people in 2011, 6.3% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

  • Nagaur (2011) 100.0% of this district
    50.8% 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 Nagaur, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Nagaur (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 Nagaur (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareRajasthan
Hindu ≈ 14,87,000 88.4% 88.5%
Muslim ≈ 1,86,000 11.1% 9.1%
Christian ≈ 900 0.1% 0.1%
Sikh ≈ 200 0.0% 1.3%
Buddhist ≈ 100 0.0% 0.0%
Jain ≈ 5,800 0.3% 0.9%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 0 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 2,000 0.1% 0.1%
Total16,81,906100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Nagaur district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈20,23,000 (20.23 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Nagaur's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Rajasthan projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 16,81,906.

What was the population of Nagaur district in Census 2011?
16,81,906: 8,64,107 males and 8,17,799 females, of whom 2,77,381 lived in towns and 14,04,525 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 Nagaur?
Literacy was 60.5% in 2011 (men 75.3%, women 45.0%). The sex ratio was 946 females per 1,000 males, and 897 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Nagaur district?
Nagaur, with 1,05,218 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Nagaur district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 831 Census 2011 villages and 10 towns.

⤓ Download Rajasthan district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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