Nashik city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Nashik Metropolitan Region. The Nashik city is located in Maharashtra state of India.
The current estimate population of Nashik city in 2025 is
2,171,000
, while Nashik metro population is estimated at
2,282,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Nashik city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Nashik city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Nashik city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Nashik in 2011 is 1,486,053. Although Nashik city has population of 1,486,053; its urban / metropolitan population is 1,561,809.
Nashik Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Nashik city are 1,178,446 of which 643,543 are males while 534,903 are females. Average literacy rate of Nashik city is 89.85 percent of which male and female literacy was 93.40 and 85.92 percent.
The sex ratio of Nashik city is 899 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 865 per 1000 boys.
Nashik Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Nashik city numbers 41,023 in which population of 189,721 resides. This is around 12.77% of total population of Nashik city.
Nashik Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Nashik city with 85.21 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Nashik with approximately 8.90 % following it.
In Nashik city, Christinity is followed by 1.00 %, Jainism by 1.10 %, Sikhism by 0.39 % and Buddhism by 3.18 %. Around 0.05 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.17 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.