Deoghar city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Jharkhand State/UT.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Deoghar in 2011 is 203,123; of which male and female are 107,997 and 95,126 respectively.
Deoghar Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Deoghar city in 2023 is
279,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Deoghar city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Deoghar city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Deoghar city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Deoghar Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Deoghar city are 150,988 of which 85,439 are males while 65,549 are females. Average literacy rate of Deoghar city is 85.68 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.24 and 79.37 percent.
Deoghar Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Deoghar city is 881 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 873 per 1000 boys.
Deoghar Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Deoghar city are 26,893 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 14,355 boys while 12,538 are girls. The child forms 13.24 % of total population of Deoghar City.
Deoghar Slums
Total no. of Slums in Deoghar city numbers 4,303 in which population of 23,442 resides. This is around 11.54% of total population of Deoghar city.
Deoghar City Population 2011
Description
City
Deoghar
Government
Municipal Corporation
Urban Agglomeration
Only City
State
Jharkhand
Deoghar City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
203,123
107,997
95,126
Literates
150,988
85,439
65,549
Children (0-6)
26,893
14,355
12,538
Average Literacy (%)
85.68 %
91.24 %
79.37 %
Sexratio
881
Child Sexratio
873
Deoghar Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Deoghar city with 94.30 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Deoghar with approximately 4.96 % following it.
In Deoghar city, Christinity is followed by 0.53 %, Jainism by 0.07 %, Sikhism by 0.03 % and Buddhism by 0.03 %. Around 0.04 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.04 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.