District of Telangana

Rajanna Sircilla District Population 2026

Q: What is the population of Rajanna Sircilla district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈5,87,000 (5.87 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Rajanna Sircilla's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 5,52,037.

Q: What was the population of Rajanna Sircilla district in Census 2011?

5,52,037: 2,74,109 males and 2,77,928 females, of whom 1,16,892 lived in towns and 4,35,145 in villages. These figures are on the district’s current boundaries, rebuilt from Census 2011 village and town records.

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 5.87 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

5,87,000 587,000 1 March 2026

Rajanna Sircilla district's population is estimated at ≈5.87 lakh (5,87,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Telangana projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 5,52,037 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

Rajanna Sircilla district

Census 2011: 5,52,037
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →: ≈ 5.87 lakh

Urban population

Towns (urban)

Census 2011: 1,16,892

Rural

Villages (rural)

Census 2011: 4,35,145

Key figures

Population 2026: ≈ 5.87 lakh 5,87,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011: 5.52 lakh 5,52,037 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density: ≈ 303per km² 2011
Sex ratio: 1014 Telangana: 987
Child sex ratio (0–6): 942 Telangana: 932
Literacy rate: 62.7% Male 73.5% · Female 52.2%
Urban share: 21.2% Telangana: 38.8%
Growth 2001–11: +8.2% Telangana: +13.6%
Area: ≈ 1,820km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households: 1.39 lakh 4.0 people per household
Villages: 170 Census 2011
Towns: 2 Census 2011

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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.

Reconstructed
Estimate

5.8 L 2026

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Year	Population
1991	4,44,003
2001	5,10,423
2011	5,52,037
2016 *	5,69,000
2021 *	5,81,000
2026 *	5,87,000
2031 *	5,87,000
2036 *	5,82,000

* Estimate

How Rajanna Sircilla'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 Rajanna Sircilla's 2011 population was spread
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1	Sircilla	1,42,676	25.8%	1015	69.3%	58.3%
2	Vemulawada	80,475	14.6%	998	64.7%	41.9%
3	Yellareddipet	59,633	10.8%	1004	59.1%	0.0%
4	Ellanthakunta(part)	48,379	8.8%	1009	60.9%	0.0%
5	Gambhiraopet	46,878	8.5%	1033	61.3%	0.0%
6	Mustabad	44,217	8.0%	1006	57.6%	0.0%
7	Chandurthi	43,596	7.9%	1010	58.9%	0.0%
8	Konaraopeta	40,857	7.4%	1056	57.7%	0.0%
9	Boinpalle	39,240	7.1%	1005	62.1%	0.0%
10	Kammarpalle(part)	6,086	1.1%	1048	44.3%	0.0%

Largest towns in Rajanna Sircilla (Census 2011)

Sircilla 83,186
Vemulawada CT 33,706

How people in Rajanna Sircilla worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

22.3%

Agricultural labourers

34.1%

Household industry

15.6%

Other work

28.0%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 54.1%.

Age structure of Rajanna Sircilla

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 →

MenWomen

80+
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
15-19
10-14
5-9
0-4

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Age	Men	Women
0-4	17,318	16,240
5-9	21,511	20,239
10-14	27,733	26,542
15-19	27,180	26,503
20-24	26,405	25,954
25-29	23,790	24,432
30-34	20,240	21,031
35-39	20,443	22,083
40-44	18,394	17,644
45-49	15,696	15,244
50-54	12,363	11,868
55-59	8,950	10,619
60-64	10,306	12,546
65-69	7,320	8,284
70-74	6,207	6,067
75-79	2,590	2,736
80+	2,913	3,597

Children (0–14): 24.0%; 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 Rajanna Sircilla

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 16 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 →

Telugu 93.2%
Urdu 3.5%
Hindi 3.0%
Tamil 0.2%
Marathi 0.1%
Odia 0.0%
Punjabi 0.0%
Gujarati 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

Telugu93.1%
Urdu3.5%
Lamani/Lambadi2.4%
Hindi0.4%
Yerukala/Yerukula0.2%
Banjari0.1%
Marathi0.0%
Tamil0.0%

Housing and amenities in Rajanna Sircilla

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 96.5%

Telangana 92.1%
Tap water 82.4%

Telangana 73.2%
Water source within premises 61.7%

Telangana 53.1%
Toilet within premises 50.3%

Telangana 52.2%
Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 48.8%

Telangana 46.6%
Bathing area within premises 70.3%

Telangana 68.5%
Closed drainage 15.1%

Telangana 27.9%
Cooking with LPG/PNG 32.1%

Telangana 36.7%
Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 64.2%

Telangana 56.2%

What households own

Mobile phone 73.6%

Telangana 68.1%
Television 65.5%

Telangana 58.4%
Scooter or motorcycle 17.0%

Telangana 21.9%
Computer or laptop 3.7%

Telangana 12.1%
Car, jeep or van 1.1%

Telangana 5.4%
Use banking services 55.2%

Telangana 53.8%
None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 12.9%

Telangana 16.7%

The home itself

Own their home 87.7%

Telangana 77.9%
Rent their home 11.6%

Telangana 20.3%
Permanent (pucca) house 51.2%

Telangana 71.9%
House in good condition 64.9%

Telangana 67.7%
Concrete roof 23.1%

Telangana 43.3%
Cement or tiled floor 42.2%

Telangana 26.2%
One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 33.4%

Telangana 36.9%

Telangana

What the numbers say

Rajanna Sircilla district held 1.6% of Telangana's population in 2011, 29th of 33 districts.
Literacy is 62.7%, 3.8 points below the Telangana average of 66.5%.
The gender gap in literacy is wide: 73.5% of men but only 52.2% of women could read and write in 2011.
The sex ratio of 1014 females per 1,000 males is higher than the state's 987.
21.2% 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, ≈5.87 lakh, implies growth of about 6% since 2011; it is tied to the official Telangana projection.
Its largest town, Sircilla, had 83.2 thousand people in 2011, 15.1% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

Karimnagar (2011) 98.9% of this district
14.5% of the 2011 district
Nizamabad (2011) 1.1% of this district
0.2% of the 2011 district

Compare with

All districts of Telangana →

Census 2027 status

Results pending

Phase I: houselisting

Done (11 May 2026 – 9 June 2026)
Phase II: counting people

February 2027 (reference date 1 March 2027)
Results

Not yet released. In 2011, first figures came about a month after counting ended.

When the Registrar General publishes Census 2027 figures for Rajanna Sircilla, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Rajanna Sircilla (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 Rajanna Sircilla (Census 2011)
Religion	Persons	Share	Telangana
Hindu	≈ 5,22,800	94.7%	85.0%
Muslim	≈ 22,400	4.0%	12.8%
Christian	≈ 4,800	0.9%	1.3%
Sikh	≈ 100	0.0%	0.1%
Buddhist	≈ 100	0.0%	0.1%
Jain	≈ 0	0.0%	0.1%
Other religions and persuasions	≈ 0	0.0%	0.0%
Religion not stated	≈ 1,800	0.3%	0.7%
Total	5,52,037	100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Rajanna Sircilla district in 2026?

Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈5,87,000 (5.87 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Rajanna Sircilla's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 5,52,037.

What was the population of Rajanna Sircilla district in Census 2011?

5,52,037: 2,74,109 males and 2,77,928 females, of whom 1,16,892 lived in towns and 4,35,145 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 Rajanna Sircilla?

Literacy was 62.7% in 2011 (men 73.5%, women 52.2%). The sex ratio was 1014 females per 1,000 males, and 942 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Rajanna Sircilla district?

Sircilla, with 83,186 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Rajanna Sircilla district?

On today's boundaries the district contains 170 Census 2011 villages and 2 towns.

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Sources and method

Data updated: 4 October 2026 · Report a correction