Bhopal city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Bhopal Metropolitan Region. The Bhopal city is located in Madhya Pradesh state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bhopal in 2011 is 1,798,218; of which male and female are 936,168 and 862,050 respectively. Although Bhopal city has population of 1,798,218; its urban / metropolitan population is 1,886,100 of which 981,860 are males and 904,240 are females.
Bhopal Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Bhopal city in 2023 is
2,479,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Bhopal city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Bhopal city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Bhopal city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Bhopal Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Bhopal city are 1,320,675 of which 720,207 are males while 600,468 are females. Average literacy rate of Bhopal city is 83.47 percent of which male and female literacy was 87.45 and 79.16 percent.
Bhopal Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Bhopal city is 921 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 919 per 1000 boys.
Bhopal Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Bhopal city are 216,088 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 112,602 boys while 103,486 are girls. The child forms 12.02 % of total population of Bhopal City.
Bhopal Slums
Total no. of Slums in Bhopal city numbers 102,803 in which population of 479,699 resides. This is around 26.68% of total population of Bhopal city.
Bhopal City Population 2011
Description
City
Bhopal
Government
Municipal Corporation
Urban Agglomeration
Bhopal Metropolitan
State
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
1,798,218
936,168
862,050
Literates
1,320,675
720,207
600,468
Children (0-6)
216,088
112,602
103,486
Average Literacy (%)
83.47 %
87.45 %
79.16 %
Sexratio
921
Child Sexratio
919
Bhopal Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Bhopal city with 69.20 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Bhopal with approximately 26.28 % following it.
In Bhopal city, Christinity is followed by 1.12 %, Jainism by 1.35 %, Sikhism by 0.57 % and Buddhism by 1.08 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.37 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.