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District of Telangana

Ranga Reddy District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 27.38 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

27,38,000 2.74 million 1 March 2026

Ranga Reddy district's population is estimated at ≈27.38 lakh (27,38,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Telangana projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 21,36,945 on the district’s present boundaries.

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

Which number do you mean?

The district, the city and the metro area are three different areas. Pick the one you mean.

City

Hyderabad (municipal limits)

Census 2011
67,31,790
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 77.9 lakh

Metro area (UA)

Hyderabad urban agglomeration

Census 2011
76,77,018
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 88.8 lakh

District

Ranga Reddy district

Census 2011
21,36,945
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 27.38 lakh

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 27.38 lakh 27,38,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
21.37 lakh 21,36,945 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 418per km² 2011
Sex ratio
954 Telangana: 987
Child sex ratio (0–6)
925 Telangana: 932
Literacy rate
70.5% Male 77.8% · Female 62.8%
Urban share
52.0% Telangana: 38.8%
Growth 2001–11
+39.9% Telangana: +13.6%
Area
≈ 5,107km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
4.89 lakh 4.4 people per household
Villages
497 Census 2011
Towns
14 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.

Ranga Reddy: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
31 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
199111,53,017
200115,27,795
201121,36,945
2016 *23,43,000
2021 *25,47,000
2026 *27,38,000
2031 *29,16,000
2036 *30,78,000

* Estimate

How Ranga Reddy'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 Ranga Reddy's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Saroornagar5,49,00425.7%95682.0%100.0%
2 Rajendranagar3,07,17514.4%96175.4%92.0%
3 Hayathnagar2,27,19510.6%95280.0%77.3%
4 Farooqnagar1,12,6335.3%96467.3%40.6%
5 Shamshabad87,8374.1%94366.7%40.0%
6 Ibrahimpatnam74,0063.5%95466.8%16.7%
7 Shankarpalle65,4283.1%97162.9%0.0%
8 Kothur65,2413.1%91962.4%16.1%
9 Maheswaram65,1253.0%92761.3%0.0%
10 Amangal62,0342.9%92656.6%0.0%
11 Kondurg60,5182.8%98252.0%0.0%
12 Chevella58,1662.7%96862.9%0.0%
13 Moinabad56,2052.6%93662.1%0.0%
14 Kandukur54,5872.6%94459.0%0.0%
15 Talakondapalle52,8352.5%95552.7%0.0%
16 Shabad51,3342.4%96460.2%0.0%
17 Yacharam49,4092.3%94358.9%0.0%
18 Madgul49,1332.3%96254.0%0.0%
19 Manchal46,4882.2%94758.5%0.0%
20 Keshampet42,5922.0%96156.8%0.0%

Largest towns in Ranga Reddy (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Ranga Reddy (Census 2011)
  1. GHMC 8,71,070
  2. Farooqnagar CT 45,675
  3. Shamshabad CT 32,583
  4. Meerpet CT 32,013
  5. Jillalguda CT 27,461
  6. Badangpet CT 15,913
  7. Turkayamjal CT 15,689
  8. Kothapet CT 12,740
  9. Bandlaguda CT 12,734
  10. Ibrahimpatnam CT 12,349

How people in Ranga Reddy worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

18.1%

Agricultural labourers

23.2%

Household industry

2.6%

Other work

56.0%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 42.5%.

Age structure of Ranga Reddy

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 Ranga Reddy
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
0-493,79287,471
5-91,00,62294,581
10-141,04,72699,301
15-191,01,35894,145
20-241,03,4251,08,217
25-291,06,0791,13,243
30-3493,64086,652
35-3984,97080,169
40-4468,18058,472
45-4955,37450,410
50-5441,91539,295
55-5931,32832,732
60-6431,89832,196
65-6919,88419,801
70-7413,72813,481
75-795,9966,370
80+7,5569,558
Children (0–14)
27.8%
Telangana 27.0%
Working age (15–59)
64.6%
Telangana 63.5%
Older people (60+)
7.7%
Telangana 9.4%
Median age
26.3years
Telangana 26.7
Dependency ratio
47.9
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Telangana 49.0

Languages spoken in Ranga Reddy

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 41 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 Ranga Reddy
  1. Telugu 78.0%
  2. Urdu 12.0%
  3. Hindi 7.7%
  4. Marathi 0.8%
  5. Kannada 0.4%
  6. Tamil 0.3%
  7. Odia 0.2%
  8. Gujarati 0.2%
  9. All other languages 0.4%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Telugu78.0%
  2. Urdu12.0%
  3. Lamani/Lambadi5.3%
  4. Hindi2.2%
  5. Marathi0.8%
  6. Kannada0.4%
  7. Odia0.2%
  8. Tamil0.2%

Housing and amenities in Ranga Reddy

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 94.8%

    Telangana 92.1%

  • Tap water 84.7%

    Telangana 73.2%

  • Water source within premises 62.1%

    Telangana 53.1%

  • Toilet within premises 73.9%

    Telangana 52.2%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 25.1%

    Telangana 46.6%

  • Bathing area within premises 83.9%

    Telangana 68.5%

  • Closed drainage 51.0%

    Telangana 27.9%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 52.1%

    Telangana 36.7%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 38.1%

    Telangana 56.2%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 78.5%

    Telangana 68.1%

  • Television 70.8%

    Telangana 58.4%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 34.4%

    Telangana 21.9%

  • Computer or laptop 20.5%

    Telangana 12.1%

  • Car, jeep or van 10.0%

    Telangana 5.4%

  • Use banking services 58.2%

    Telangana 53.8%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 9.4%

    Telangana 16.7%

The home itself

  • Own their home 67.5%

    Telangana 77.9%

  • Rent their home 30.6%

    Telangana 20.3%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 80.6%

    Telangana 71.9%

  • House in good condition 74.3%

    Telangana 67.7%

  • Concrete roof 56.1%

    Telangana 43.3%

  • Cement or tiled floor 32.9%

    Telangana 26.2%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 30.7%

    Telangana 36.9%

Telangana

What the numbers say

  • Ranga Reddy district held 6.1% of Telangana's population in 2011, 3rd of 33 districts.
  • Literacy is 70.5%, 4.0 points above the Telangana average of 66.5%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 77.8% of men but only 62.8% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • The sex ratio of 954 females per 1,000 males is lower than the state's 987.
  • 52.0% of residents lived in towns in 2011, more urban than Telangana as a whole (38.8%).
  • The population grew 39.9% in 2001–11, faster than Telangana's 13.6% (on today’s boundaries).
  • Our 2026 estimate, ≈27.38 lakh, implies growth of about 28% since 2011; it is tied to the official Telangana projection.
  • It covers parts of 2 districts as they were in 2011 (Rangareddy, Mahbubnagar); its 2011 figures are rebuilt from 497 village and 14 town records.
  • Its largest town, GHMC, had 8.71 lakh people in 2011, 40.8% of the district.

How this district was formed

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

  • Rangareddy (2011) 79.2% of this district
    31.9% of the 2011 district
  • Mahbubnagar (2011) 20.8% of this district
    11.0% 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 Ranga Reddy, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Ranga Reddy (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 Ranga Reddy (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTelangana
Hindu ≈ 18,10,800 84.7% 85.0%
Muslim ≈ 2,72,600 12.8% 12.8%
Christian ≈ 34,500 1.6% 1.3%
Sikh ≈ 2,900 0.1% 0.1%
Buddhist ≈ 500 0.0% 0.1%
Jain ≈ 800 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 400 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 14,500 0.7% 0.7%
Total21,36,945100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Ranga Reddy district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈27,38,000 (27.38 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Ranga Reddy's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 21,36,945.

What was the population of Ranga Reddy district in Census 2011?
21,36,945: 10,93,628 males and 10,43,317 females, of whom 11,10,832 lived in towns and 10,26,113 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 Ranga Reddy?
Literacy was 70.5% in 2011 (men 77.8%, women 62.8%). The sex ratio was 954 females per 1,000 males, and 925 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Ranga Reddy district?
GHMC, with 8,71,070 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Ranga Reddy district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 497 Census 2011 villages and 14 towns.

⤓ Download Telangana district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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