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District of Telangana

Jagitial District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 10.51 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

10,51,000 1.05 million 1 March 2026

Jagitial district's population is estimated at ≈10.51 lakh (10,51,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Telangana projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 9,88,913 on the district’s present boundaries.

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

Which number do you mean?

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

District

Jagitial district

Census 2011
9,88,913
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 10.51 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011
2,21,336

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011
7,67,577

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 10.51 lakh 10,51,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
9.89 lakh 9,88,913 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 308per km² 2011
Sex ratio
1036 Telangana: 987
Child sex ratio (0–6)
947 Telangana: 932
Literacy rate
60.2% Male 70.6% · Female 50.4%
Urban share
22.4% Telangana: 38.8%
Growth 2001–11
+8.2% Telangana: +13.6%
Area
≈ 3,212km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
2.55 lakh 3.9 people per household
Villages
289 Census 2011
Towns
3 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.

Jagitial: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
10 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19917,95,444
20019,14,423
20119,88,913
2016 *10,19,000
2021 *10,40,000
2026 *10,51,000
2031 *10,52,000
2036 *10,43,000

* Estimate

How Jagitial'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 Jagitial's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Jagtial1,69,06417.1%101568.8%61.5%
2 Koratla1,08,34611.0%101768.6%61.4%
3 Metpalle86,6928.8%102167.4%58.7%
4 Dharmapuri78,3657.9%104755.7%0.0%
5 Raikal63,9076.5%105257.6%0.0%
6 Mallapur53,8705.4%106654.6%0.0%
7 Ibrahimpatnam52,7595.3%106356.8%0.0%
8 Velgatoor51,7195.2%100354.8%0.0%
9 Medipalle51,2095.2%102756.5%0.0%
10 Pegadapalle47,9814.9%101355.1%0.0%
11 Mallial47,3734.8%104958.8%0.0%
12 Sarangapur45,0064.6%105449.7%0.0%
13 Gollapalle44,9514.5%104153.8%0.0%
14 Kathlapur43,9864.4%110554.1%0.0%
15 Kodimial43,6854.4%104557.6%0.0%

Largest towns in Jagitial (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Jagitial (Census 2011)
  1. Jagtial 1,03,930
  2. Koratla 66,504
  3. Metpalle 50,902

How people in Jagitial worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

20.8%

Agricultural labourers

33.2%

Household industry

16.7%

Other work

29.3%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 54.4%.

Age structure of Jagitial

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 Jagitial
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
0-430,93729,005
5-938,46136,178
10-1449,65147,517
15-1948,69247,482
20-2447,32646,483
25-2942,62043,748
30-3436,25537,663
35-3936,62239,573
40-4432,97131,626
45-4928,14627,330
50-5422,17821,266
55-5916,05619,029
60-6418,48022,488
65-6913,13714,853
70-7411,15510,879
75-794,6574,909
80+5,2396,450
Children (0–14)
23.9%
Telangana 27.0%
Working age (15–59)
64.5%
Telangana 63.5%
Older people (60+)
11.6%
Telangana 9.4%
Median age
28.6years
Telangana 26.7
Dependency ratio
45.5
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Telangana 49.0

Languages spoken in Jagitial

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 23 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 Jagitial
  1. Telugu 90.9%
  2. Urdu 7.1%
  3. Hindi 1.2%
  4. Gondi 0.2%
  5. Marathi 0.2%
  6. Tamil 0.1%
  7. Gujarati 0.0%
  8. Others 0.0%
  9. All other languages 0.1%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Telugu90.9%
  2. Urdu7.1%
  3. Lamani/Lambadi0.9%
  4. Hindi0.3%
  5. Gondi0.2%
  6. Marathi0.2%
  7. Yerukala/Yerukula0.1%
  8. Tamil0.0%

Housing and amenities in Jagitial

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 94.9%

    Telangana 92.1%

  • Tap water 58.6%

    Telangana 73.2%

  • Water source within premises 64.8%

    Telangana 53.1%

  • Toilet within premises 39.0%

    Telangana 52.2%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 59.8%

    Telangana 46.6%

  • Bathing area within premises 68.2%

    Telangana 68.5%

  • Closed drainage 15.3%

    Telangana 27.9%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 36.3%

    Telangana 36.7%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 58.6%

    Telangana 56.2%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 69.0%

    Telangana 68.1%

  • Television 59.7%

    Telangana 58.4%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 18.8%

    Telangana 21.9%

  • Computer or laptop 3.7%

    Telangana 12.1%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.1%

    Telangana 5.4%

  • Use banking services 52.1%

    Telangana 53.8%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 16.7%

    Telangana 16.7%

The home itself

  • Own their home 85.7%

    Telangana 77.9%

  • Rent their home 13.3%

    Telangana 20.3%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 67.7%

    Telangana 71.9%

  • House in good condition 65.3%

    Telangana 67.7%

  • Concrete roof 37.3%

    Telangana 43.3%

  • Cement or tiled floor 27.4%

    Telangana 26.2%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 38.0%

    Telangana 36.9%

Telangana

What the numbers say

  • Jagitial district held 2.8% of Telangana's population in 2011, 13th of 33 districts.
  • Literacy is 60.2%, 6.3 points below the Telangana average of 66.5%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 70.6% of men but only 50.4% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 1036 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 987.
  • 22.4% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more rural than Telangana as a whole (38.8%).
  • The population grew 8.2% in 2001–11, slower than Telangana's 13.6% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈10.51 lakh, implies growth of about 6% since 2011; it is tied to the official Telangana projection.
  • Its largest town, Jagtial, had 1.04 lakh people in 2011, 10.5% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

  • Karimnagar (2011) 100.0% of this district
    26.2% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Telangana →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

  1. Phase I: houselisting

    Done (11 May 2026 – 9 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 Jagitial, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Jagitial (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 Jagitial (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTelangana
Hindu ≈ 9,05,600 91.6% 85.0%
Muslim ≈ 77,000 7.8% 12.8%
Christian ≈ 4,500 0.5% 1.3%
Sikh ≈ 400 0.0% 0.1%
Buddhist ≈ 100 0.0% 0.1%
Jain ≈ 100 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 0 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 1,300 0.1% 0.7%
Total9,88,913100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Jagitial district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈10,51,000 (10.51 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Jagitial's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 9,88,913.

What was the population of Jagitial district in Census 2011?
9,88,913: 4,85,819 males and 5,03,094 females, of whom 2,21,336 lived in towns and 7,67,577 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 Jagitial?
Literacy was 60.2% in 2011 (men 70.6%, women 50.4%). The sex ratio was 1036 females per 1,000 males, and 947 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Jagitial district?
Jagtial, with 1,03,930 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Jagitial district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 289 Census 2011 villages and 3 towns.

⤓ Download Telangana district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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