Ghaziabad city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Ghaziabad Metropolitan Region. The Ghaziabad city is located in Uttar Pradesh state of India.
The current estimate population of Ghaziabad city in 2025 is
2,411,000
, while Ghaziabad metro population is estimated at
3,474,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Ghaziabad city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Ghaziabad city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Ghaziabad city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Ghaziabad in 2011 is 1,648,643. Although Ghaziabad city has population of 1,648,643; its urban / metropolitan population is 2,375,820.
Ghaziabad Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Ghaziabad city are 1,220,667 of which 681,195 are males while 539,472 are females. Average literacy rate of Ghaziabad city is 84.78 percent of which male and female literacy was 89.54 and 79.45 percent.
The sex ratio of Ghaziabad city is 885 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 835 per 1000 boys.
Ghaziabad Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Ghaziabad city numbers 63,742 in which population of 333,962 resides. This is around 20.26% of total population of Ghaziabad city.
Ghaziabad Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Ghaziabad city with 82.50 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Ghaziabad with approximately 14.18 % following it.
In Ghaziabad city, Christinity is followed by 0.78 %, Jainism by 0.71 %, Sikhism by 0.96 % and Buddhism by 0.15 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.71 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
82.50 %
1,360,131
Muslims
14.18 %
233,837
Christian
0.78 %
12,881
Sikh
0.96 %
15,751
Buddhist
0.15 %
2,426
Jain
0.71 %
11,721
Others
0.01 %
205
Not Stated
0.71 %
11,691
Ghaziabad Future Population 2021-2031
Ghaziabad
City
Metropolitan
2011
1,648,643
2,375,820
2021
2,143,000
3,088,000
2022
2,207,000
3,180,000
2023
2,273,000
3,275,000
2024
2,341,000
3,373,000
2025
2,411,000
3,474,000
2026
2,483,000
3,578,000
2027
2,557,000
3,685,000
2028
2,633,000
3,795,000
2029
2,711,000
3,908,000
2030
2,792,000
4,025,000
2031
2,875,000
4,145,000
Ghaziabad City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
1,648,643
874,607
774,036
Literates
1,220,667
681,195
539,472
Children (0-6)
208,853
113,827
95,026
Average Literacy (%)
84.78 %
89.54 %
79.45 %
Sexratio
885
Child Sexratio
835
Ghaziabad Metropolitan Region
Ghaziabad city comes under Ghaziabad Metropolitan area.
Ghaziabad Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
2,375,820
1,263,392
1,112,428
Literates
1,684,682
954,924
729,758
Children (0-6)
319,613
172,892
146,721
Average Literacy (%)
81.93 %
87.57 %
75.57 %
Sexratio
881
Child Sexratio
849
Ghaziabad Metropolitan Areas
Banthla, Ghaziabad, Haqiqatpur Urf Khudawas, Khora, and Loni