Telangana Population 2024

March 8, 2024 by Babji

Telangana is the southern state in India, bordered by Andhra Pradesh to the south, Karnataka to the west, Maharashtra to the north and west, Chhattisgarh to the east. Telangana is the newly formed state carved out from Andhra Pradesh in 2014. 'Telinga', 'Telungalu', 'Tenugulu' means people of Telugu speaking, gradually called as Telangana. Telangana population in 2024 is estimated to be 39.1 million (3.91 Crores), By Aug 2023, Telangana population is projected to be 3.8 Crores as per Unique Identification Aadhar India, updated Jan 2024. As per NFHS 2019-2021 report, Total Fertility Rate of Telangana State is 1.8 children per women compared to 1.9 in 2016. Hyderabad is the state capital of Telangana.

Gathering of telugu people for bathukamma

Image Source: Telangana people gathering for Bathukamma

The census in 2011 was conducted in the joint state of Andhra pradesh, 84.58 million was recorded for the telugu speaking states of Telangana and Andhra. 35 million is from Telangana, 35,286,757 in 2011. Telangana population will be 35286757 by 2021 in the next census. Telangana was seperated from Andhra Pradesh 10 districts including Hyderabad City. 23 new districts were created on which lead to total of 33 districts in Telangana. Below is the Telangana district wise population as per Census 2011 and 2020 projection.

slno	Name	Headquarters	Area in sq.km.	Population (2011)	Total Mandals	Density per sq km
1	Adilabad	Adilabad	4,153	7,08,972	18	171
2	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Kothagudem	7,483	10,69,261	23	143
3	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	217	39,43,323	16	18172
4	Jagitial	Jagitial	2,419	9,85,417	18	407
5	Jangaon	Jangaon	2,188	5,66,376	13	259
6	Jayashankar Bhupalapally	Bhupalpalle	6,175	7,11,434	20	115
7	Jogulamba Gadwal	Gadwal	2,928	6,09,990	12	208
8	Kamareddy	Kamareddy	3,652	9,72,625	22	266
9	Karimnagar	Karimnagar	2,128	10,05,711	16	473
10	Khammam	Khammam	4,361	14,01,639	21	321
11	Kumarambheem Asifabad	Asifabad	4,878	5,15,812	15	106
12	Mahabubabad	Mahabubabad	2,877	7,74,549	16	269
13	Mahabubnagar	Mahabubnagar	5,285	14,86,777	26	281
14	Mancherial district	Mancherial	4,016	8,07,037	18	201
15	Medak	Medak	2,786	7,67,428	20	275
16	Medchal-Malkajgiri	Shamirpet	1,084	24,40,073	14	2251
17	Mulugu	Mulugu	3,881	2,94,671	9	124
18	Nagarkurnool	Nagarkurnool	6,545	8,93,308	22	142
19	Narayanpet	Narayanpet			11
20	Nalgonda	Nalgonda	7,122	16,18,416	31	227
21	Nirmal	Nirmal	3,845	7,09,418	19	185
22	Nizamabad	Nizamabad	4,288	15,71,022	27	366
23	Peddapalli	Peddapalli	2,236	7,95,332	14	356
24	Rajanna Sircilla	Sircilla	2,019	5,52,037	13	273
25	Ranga Reddy	Shamshabad	5,031	24,46,265	27	486
26	Sangareddy	Sangareddy	4,403	15,27,628	26	347
27	Siddipet	Siddipet	3,632	10,12,065	22	279
28	Suryapet	Suryapet	3,607	10,99,560	23	305
29	Vikarabad	Vikarabad	3,386	9,27,140	18	274
30	Wanaparthy	Wanaparthy	2,152	5,77,758	14	268
31	Warangal Rural	Warangal	2,175	7,18,537	15	330
32	Warangal Urban	Warangal	1,309	10,80,858	11	826
33	Yadadri Bhuvanagiri	Bhongir	3,092	7,39,448	16	239

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC consists of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation plus 10 municipalities and 8 panchayats in Ranga Reddy district(Shamshabad, Satamarai, Jallapalli, Mamdipalli, Mankhal, Sardanagar and Ravirala), 2 municipalities in Medak district(Patencheru and Ramachandrapuram). At present GHMC - Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation spreads to 5 districts(Rangareddy district, Sangareddy district, Medak district, Hyderabad district and Medchal-Malkajgiri district). The Greater Hydreabad population in 2019 is estimated to be around 10 million population. Source: A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901

Population Pyramid

Telangana population pyramid illustrates the below graph, with the wide base suggests growing population, with a narrow base indicates declining birth rates.

Source: 2011 Census: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Telangana Population by Religion

As per the 2014 Telangana state survey, Telangana population religion wise, 85% of the population follow Hinduism, 12.6% are Muslim population, 1.3% are Christians and Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists represent a total of 1%. The Sikh people are 30,340 which is 0.04% whereas the Jains are 26,690 which constitutes 0.075%. Telangana has 30 million Hindu population and 4.4 million Muslim population, GHMC has the largest Muslim population whereas Khammam has the lowest population of the Muslims in Telangana state. Christians are 447,124, The largest concentration of the Christians is in Hyderabad and their least population is in Adilabad district. Source: Details of Religion In Main Table C-1- 2011 (India & States/UTs)

Ethnic groups of Telangana

1. Gond-Kolam Region - the tribal areas of Adilabad district.
2. Khond-Savara Region - Tribal areas of Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam.
3. Chenchu Region - Tribal areas of Mahboobnagar and Nalgonda districts.
4. The Konda Reddis are inhabiting on either side of Godavari banks from Bhadrachalam area of Khammam district.
2011 census of Telangana Tribes and their population.

Tribes	Population as per Census 2011
Andh, Sadhu Andh	12,882
Bagata	850
Bhil	535
Chenchu	16,912
Gadabas, Bodo Gadaba, Gutob Gadaba, Kallayi Gadaba, Parangi Gadaba, Kathera Gadaba, Kapu Gadaba	283
Gond, Naikpod, Rajgond, Koitur	297,910
Generic Tribes etc.	160,839
Hill Reddis	256
Jatapus	180
Kammara	5,251
Kattunayakan	93
Kolam, Kolawar	44,805
Konda Dhoras, Kubi	580
Konda Kapus	2,571
Kondareddis	16,810
Kondhs, Kodi, Kodhu, Desaya Kondhs, Dongria Kondhs, Kuttiya Kondhs, Tikiria Kondhs, Yenity Kondhs, Kuvinga	912
Kotia, Bentho Oriya, Bartika, Dulia, Holva, Sanrona, Sidhopaiko	374
Koya, Doli Koya, Gutta Koya, Kammara Koya, Musara Koya, Oddi Koya, Pattidi Koya, Rajah, Rasha Koya, Lingadhari Koya (ordinary), Kottu Koya, Bhine Koya, Rajkoya	486,391
Kulia	290
Malis	49
Manna Dhora	4,393
Mukha Dhora, Nooka Dhora	63
Nakkala, Kurvikaran	1,149
Nayaks (in the Agency tracts)	6,366
Pardhan	24,776
Porja, Parangiperja	357
Reddi Dhoras	50
Rona, Rena	72
Savaras, Kapu Savaras, Maliya Savaras, Khutto Savaras	1,811
Sugalis, Lambadis, Banjara	2,046,117
Thoti (in Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal districts)	4,811
Yenadis, Chella Yenadi, Kappala Yenadi, Manchi Yenadi, Reddi Yenadi	4,062
Yerukulas, Koracha, Dabba Yerukula, Kunchapuri Yerukula, Uppu Yerukula	144,128

Literacy rate in Telangana

The lowest literacy rate is 49.87% in Jogulamba Gadwal and the highest literacy district is Hyderabad with 83.25%.

slno	Name	Literacy %	Sex Ratio
1	Adilabad	63.46	978
2	Bhadradri Kothagudem	66.4	1008
3	Hyderabad	83.25	954
4	Jagitial	60.26	1036
5	Jangaon	61.44	997
6	Jayashankar Bhupalapally	60.33	1009
7	Jogulamba Gadwal	49.87	972
8	Kamareddy	56.51	1033
9	Karimnagar	69.16	993
10	Khammam	65.95	1005
11	Kumarambheem Asifabad	56.72	998
12	Mahabubabad	57.13	996
13	Mahabubnagar	56.78	995
14	Mancherial	64.35	977
15	Medak	56.12	1027
16	Medchal-Malkajgiri	82.49	957
17	Mulugu	70.38	968
18	Nagarkurnool	56.78	995
19	Narayanpet	56.78	995
20	Nalgonda	63.75	978
21	Nirmal	57.77	1046
22	Nizamabad	64.25	1044
23	Peddapalli	65.52	992
24	Rajanna Sircilla	62.71	1014
25	Ranga Reddy	71.95	950
26	Sangareddy	64.08	965
27	Siddipet	61.61	1008
28	Suryapet	64.11	996
29	Vikarabad	57.91	1001
30	Wanaparthy	55.67	960
31	Warangal Rural	61.26	994
32	Warangal Urban	76.17	997
33	Yadadri Bhuvanagiri	65.53	973

Languages spoken in Telangana

Telugu is the widely spoken language in Telangana, also it is the official language of Telangana and Urdu is the second official language of the state. 77% of the total population of Telangana speak Telugu, 12% speak Urdu, and 13% speak other languages. Before 1948, Urdu was the official language of Telangana. Source: 2011 Census: Language and Mother Tongue

Telangana Population projection

Telangana population in 2022 is estimated to be 37.90 million (3.79 Crores), population in 2021 is estimated to be 37.72 million (3.77 Crores), According to UID, in 2020 is estimated to be 39.1 million (3.91 Crores), and population in 2023 is estimated to be 38.2 million.