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District of Telangana

Warangal District Population 2026

Population · 1 March 2026

≈ 6.22 lakh Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection 1 March 2026 How this is made →

6,22,000 622,000 1 March 2026

Warangal district's population is estimated at ≈6.22 lakh (6,22,000) on 1 March 2026. This is our estimate, tied to the official Telangana projection; Census 2011, the last count, recorded 5,85,132 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

Warangal (municipal limits)

Census 2011
6,15,998
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 6.5 lakh

Metro area (UA)

Warangal urban agglomeration

Census 2011
7,53,438
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 8 lakh

District

Warangal district

Census 2011
5,85,132
2026 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
≈ 6.22 lakh

Key figures

Population 2026
≈ 6.22 lakh 6,22,000 Estimate Our estimate, method M1, constrained to the official state projection How this is made →
Census 2011
5.85 lakh 5,85,132 Reconstructed Census figures re-added on today’s boundaries How this is made →
Density
≈ 225per km² 2011
Sex ratio
992 Telangana: 987
Child sex ratio (0–6)
905 Telangana: 932
Literacy rate
61.4% Male 71.8% · Female 51.0%
Urban share
12.8% Telangana: 38.8%
Growth 2001–11
+8.2% Telangana: +13.6%
Area
≈ 2,600km² approx., from 2011 sub-district areas
Households
1.52 lakh 3.9 people per household
Villages
173 Census 2011
Towns
5 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.

Warangal: Population over time
  • Reconstructed
  • Estimate
6.2 L 2026
› Show the numbers as a table
YearPopulation
19914,69,567
20015,40,726
20115,85,132
2016 *6,03,000
2021 *6,16,000
2026 *6,22,000
2031 *6,23,000
2036 *6,18,000

* Estimate

How Warangal'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 Warangal's 2011 population was spread
#
1 Narsampet67,23911.5%98469.0%46.0%
2 Geesugonda63,78310.9%100766.8%38.6%
3 Raiparthy56,1899.6%101655.8%0.0%
4 Sangam53,1609.1%98961.8%0.0%
5 Chennaraopet53,0139.1%98256.1%0.0%
6 Nekkonda49,2918.4%98058.0%0.0%
7 Wardhannapet(part)48,5548.3%98561.8%0.0%
8 Parvathagiri47,6398.1%98856.9%0.0%
9 Duggondi42,0507.2%100559.5%0.0%
10 Nallabelly37,5036.4%98259.1%0.0%
11 Hanamkonda(part)34,5255.9%99272.9%56.5%
12 Khanapur32,1865.5%99557.1%0.0%

Largest towns in Warangal (Census 2011)

Largest towns in Warangal (Census 2011)
  1. Narsampet CT 30,963
  2. Enumamula CT 13,183
  3. Gorrekunta CT 13,159
  4. Warangal 11,451
  5. Mamnoor CT 6,319

How people in Warangal worked (Census 2011)

Cultivators

26.3%

Agricultural labourers

50.7%

Household industry

1.7%

Other work

21.2%

Share of all workers, main and marginal. Work participation: 51.9%.

Age structure of Warangal

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 Warangal
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
0-419,81918,311
5-925,07523,437
10-1432,07230,178
15-1930,17728,310
20-2427,78727,262
25-2925,75726,981
30-3421,92322,453
35-3921,95323,023
40-4418,87017,554
45-4915,75415,299
50-5412,27412,199
55-599,02411,543
60-6411,01413,238
65-698,1338,804
70-746,5165,960
75-792,7142,695
80+3,0523,591
Children (0–14)
25.5%
Telangana 27.0%
Working age (15–59)
63.2%
Telangana 63.5%
Older people (60+)
11.3%
Telangana 9.4%
Median age
27.7years
Telangana 26.7
Dependency ratio
48.5
children and 65+ per 100 aged 15–64
Telangana 49.0

Languages spoken in Warangal

Share of people by mother tongue, grouped into languages as the Census does. 29 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 →

Languages spoken in Warangal
  1. Telugu 80.1%
  2. Hindi 15.6%
  3. Urdu 3.2%
  4. Marathi 0.6%
  5. Tamil 0.3%
  6. Malayalam 0.0%
  7. Gondi 0.0%
  8. Gujarati 0.0%

Largest mother tongues

  1. Telugu80.1%
  2. Lamani/Lambadi11.2%
  3. Banjari4.0%
  4. Urdu3.2%
  5. Are0.4%
  6. Hindi0.4%
  7. Yerukala/Yerukula0.3%
  8. Marathi0.2%

Housing and amenities in Warangal

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 93.0%

    Telangana 92.1%

  • Tap water 66.7%

    Telangana 73.2%

  • Water source within premises 50.8%

    Telangana 53.1%

  • Toilet within premises 37.5%

    Telangana 52.2%

  • Open defecation (no latrine) (Lower is better for this one.) 61.5%

    Telangana 46.6%

  • Bathing area within premises 51.6%

    Telangana 68.5%

  • Closed drainage 5.5%

    Telangana 27.9%

  • Cooking with LPG/PNG 18.4%

    Telangana 36.7%

  • Cooking with wood, crop waste or dung (Lower is better for this one.) 78.9%

    Telangana 56.2%

What households own

  • Mobile phone 55.7%

    Telangana 68.1%

  • Television 47.6%

    Telangana 58.4%

  • Scooter or motorcycle 11.9%

    Telangana 21.9%

  • Computer or laptop 4.6%

    Telangana 12.1%

  • Car, jeep or van 1.0%

    Telangana 5.4%

  • Use banking services 43.8%

    Telangana 53.8%

  • None of the listed assets (Lower is better for this one.) 22.5%

    Telangana 16.7%

The home itself

  • Own their home 90.9%

    Telangana 77.9%

  • Rent their home 8.0%

    Telangana 20.3%

  • Permanent (pucca) house 65.2%

    Telangana 71.9%

  • House in good condition 55.1%

    Telangana 67.7%

  • Concrete roof 32.1%

    Telangana 43.3%

  • Cement or tiled floor 10.0%

    Telangana 26.2%

  • One room or less (Lower is better for this one.) 40.1%

    Telangana 36.9%

Telangana

What the numbers say

  • Warangal district held 1.7% of Telangana's population in 2011, 27th of 33 districts.
  • Literacy is 61.4%, 5.1 points below the Telangana average of 66.5%.
  • The gender gap in literacy is wide: 71.8% of men but only 51.0% of women could read and write in 2011.
  • 12.8% 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, ≈6.22 lakh, implies growth of about 6% since 2011; it is tied to the official Telangana projection.

How this district was formed

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

  • Warangal (2011) 100.0% of this district
    16.7% 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 Warangal, they will appear on this page, at this address. Census 2027 explained →

Population by religion in Warangal (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 Warangal (Census 2011)
ReligionPersonsShareTelangana
Hindu ≈ 5,54,900 94.8% 85.0%
Muslim ≈ 23,700 4.0% 12.8%
Christian ≈ 4,900 0.8% 1.3%
Sikh ≈ 100 0.0% 0.1%
Buddhist ≈ 0 0.0% 0.1%
Jain ≈ 0 0.0% 0.1%
Other religions and persuasions ≈ 0 0.0% 0.0%
Religion not stated ≈ 1,400 0.2% 0.7%
Total5,85,132100%

Frequently asked questions

What is the population of Warangal district in 2026?
Our estimate for 1 March 2026 is ≈6,22,000 (6.22 lakh). It is not an official figure: it applies Warangal's 2001–2011 trend, damped, to the official Telangana projection (method M1). Census 2011 counted 5,85,132.

What was the population of Warangal district in Census 2011?
5,85,132: 2,93,712 males and 2,91,420 females, of whom 75,075 lived in towns and 5,10,057 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 Warangal?
Literacy was 61.4% in 2011 (men 71.8%, women 51.0%). The sex ratio was 992 females per 1,000 males, and 905 among children aged 0–6.

Which is the largest town in Warangal district?
Narsampet, with 30,963 people in Census 2011.

How many villages and towns are in Warangal district?
On today's boundaries the district contains 173 Census 2011 villages and 5 towns.

⤓ Download Telangana district data (CSV)

Sources and method

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