Chandigarh Population 2022 | Sex Ratio & Literacy rate 2023 - Census 2023

Census202228 Feb, 2023News

As per details from Census 2011, Chandigarh has a population of 10.55 Lakhs, an increase from the figure of 9.01 Lakh in the 2001 census. The total population of Chandigarh as per the latest census data is 1,055,450 of which males and females 580,663 and 474,787 respectively. In 2001, the total population was 900,635 which males being 506,938 while females were 393,697. The real population growth in this decade was 17.19 percent while in the previous decade, it was 40.33 percent. The population of Chandigarh formed 0.09 percent of India in 2011. In 2001, the figure was 0.09 percent. Chandigarh Literacy Rate 2023 The literacy rate in Chandigarh has seen an upward trend and is 86.05 percent as per the latest population census. Of that, male literacy is 89.99 percent while female literacy is 81.19 percent. In 2001, the literacy rate in Chandigarh stood at 81.94 percent of which males and females were 86.14 percent and 76.47 percent literate respectively.