Ranchi city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Ranchi Metropolitan Region. The Ranchi city is located in Jharkhand state of India.
The current estimate population of Ranchi city in 2025 is
1,568,000
, while Ranchi metro population is estimated at
1,645,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Ranchi city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Ranchi city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Ranchi city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Ranchi in 2011 is 1,073,427. Although Ranchi city has population of 1,073,427; its urban / metropolitan population is 1,126,720.
Ranchi Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Ranchi city are 827,033 of which 451,069 are males while 375,964 are females. Average literacy rate of Ranchi city is 87.37 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.67 and 82.72 percent.
The sex ratio of Ranchi city is 921 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 899 per 1000 boys.
Ranchi Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Ranchi city numbers 14,426 in which population of 74,287 resides. This is around 6.92% of total population of Ranchi city.
Ranchi Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Ranchi city with 64.31 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Ranchi with approximately 16.42 % following it.
In Ranchi city, Christinity is followed by 8.52 %, Jainism by 0.22 %, Sikhism by 0.39 % and Buddhism by 0.06 %. Around 9.72 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.35 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
64.31 %
690,316
Muslims
16.42 %
176,239
Christian
8.52 %
91,415
Sikh
0.39 %
4,226
Buddhist
0.06 %
627
Jain
0.22 %
2,409
Others
9.72 %
104,388
Not Stated
0.35 %
3,807
Ranchi Future Population 2021-2031
Ranchi
City
Metropolitan
2011
1,073,427
1,126,720
2021
1,395,000
1,464,000
2022
1,436,000
1,507,000
2023
1,479,000
1,552,000
2024
1,523,000
1,598,000
2025
1,568,000
1,645,000
2026
1,615,000
1,694,000
2027
1,663,000
1,744,000
2028
1,712,000
1,796,000
2029
1,763,000
1,849,000
2030
1,815,000
1,904,000
2031
1,869,000
1,961,000
Ranchi City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
1,073,427
558,872
514,555
Literates
827,033
451,069
375,964
Children (0-6)
126,863
66,793
60,070
Average Literacy (%)
87.37 %
91.67 %
82.72 %
Sexratio
921
Child Sexratio
899
Ranchi Metropolitan Region
Ranchi city comes under Ranchi Metropolitan area.
Ranchi Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
1,126,720
586,596
540,124
Literates
867,398
473,406
393,992
Children (0-6)
133,316
70,215
63,101
Average Literacy (%)
87.32 %
91.68 %
82.59 %
Sexratio
921
Child Sexratio
899
Ranchi Metropolitan Areas
Ara, Arsande, Bargarwa, Kanke, Ranchi, and Tundiul