Gorakhpur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Gorakhpur Metropolitan Region. The Gorakhpur city is located in Uttar Pradesh state of India.
The current estimate population of Gorakhpur city in 2023 is
928,000
, while Gorakhpur metro population is estimated at
957,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Gorakhpur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Gorakhpur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Gorakhpur city, we will update the same here in 2023.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Gorakhpur in 2011 is 673,446. Although Gorakhpur city has population of 673,446; its urban / metropolitan population is 694,889.
Gorakhpur Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Gorakhpur city are 506,694 of which 281,118 are males while 225,576 are females. Average literacy rate of Gorakhpur city is 83.91 percent of which male and female literacy was 88.67 and 78.65 percent.
The sex ratio of Gorakhpur city is 903 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 887 per 1000 boys.
Gorakhpur Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Gorakhpur city numbers 8,056 in which population of 49,268 resides. This is around 7.32% of total population of Gorakhpur city.
Gorakhpur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Gorakhpur city with 77.88 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Gorakhpur with approximately 20.61 % following it.
In Gorakhpur city, Christinity is followed by 0.74 %, Jainism by 0.04 %, Sikhism by 0.18 % and Buddhism by 0.07 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.48 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
77.88 %
524,476
Muslims
20.61 %
138,785
Christian
0.74 %
4,980
Sikh
0.18 %
1,231
Buddhist
0.07 %
441
Jain
0.04 %
257
Others
0.01 %
37
Not Stated
0.48 %
3,239
Gorakhpur Future Population 2021-2031
Gorakhpur
City
Metropolitan
2011
673,446
694,889
2021
875,000
903,000
2022
901,000
930,000
2023
928,000
957,000
2024
955,000
985,000
2025
983,000
1,014,000
2026
1,012,000
1,044,000
2027
1,042,000
1,075,000
2028
1,073,000
1,107,000
2029
1,105,000
1,140,000
2030
1,138,000
1,174,000
2031
1,172,000
1,209,000
Gorakhpur City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
673,446
353,907
319,539
Literates
506,694
281,118
225,576
Children (0-6)
69,596
36,881
32,715
Average Literacy (%)
83.91 %
88.67 %
78.65 %
Sexratio
903
Child Sexratio
887
Gorakhpur Metropolitan Region
Gorakhpur city comes under Gorakhpur Metropolitan area.
Gorakhpur Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
694,889
365,405
329,484
Literates
519,818
289,102
230,716
Children (0-6)
72,663
38,491
34,172
Average Literacy (%)
83.54 %
88.43 %
78.13 %
Sexratio
902
Child Sexratio
888
Gorakhpur Metropolitan Areas
Air Force Area, Gorakhpur, Harsewakpur No.2, and Jangl Hakeem No 2