Guntur city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Guntur Metropolitan Region. The Guntur city is located in Andhra Pradesh state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Guntur in 2011 is 647,508; of which male and female are 320,720 and 326,788 respectively. Although Guntur city has population of 647,508; its urban / metropolitan population is 670,073 of which 331,435 are males and 338,638 are females.
Guntur Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Guntur city in 2023 is
891,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Guntur city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Guntur city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Guntur city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Guntur Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Guntur city are 469,263 of which 246,906 are males while 222,357 are females. Average literacy rate of Guntur city is 80.40 percent of which male and female literacy was 85.74 and 75.21 percent.
Guntur Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Guntur city is 1019 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 951 per 1000 boys.
Guntur Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Guntur city are 63,877 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 32,740 boys while 31,137 are girls. The child forms 9.87 % of total population of Guntur City.
Guntur Slums
Total no. of Slums in Guntur city & its Out Growth numbers 67,529 in which population of 266,500 resides. This is around 39.77% of total population of Guntur city & its outgrowth which is 670,073.
Guntur City Population 2011
Description
City
Guntur
Government
Municipal Corporation
Urban Agglomeration
Guntur Metropolitan
State
Andhra Pradesh
Guntur City
Total
Male
Female
City + Out Growths
670,073
331,435
338,638
City Population
647,508
320,720
326,788
Literates
469,263
246,906
222,357
Children (0-6)
63,877
32,740
31,137
Average Literacy (%)
80.40 %
85.74 %
75.21 %
Sexratio
1019
Child Sexratio
951
Guntur Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Guntur city with 77.91 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Guntur with approximately 18.05 % following it.
In Guntur city, Christinity is followed by 3.25 %, Jainism by 0.35 %, Sikhism by 0.03 % and Buddhism by 0.01 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.39 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Description
Percentage
Total
Hindu
77.91 %
522,030
Muslims
18.05 %
120,974
Christian
3.25 %
21,787
Sikh
0.03 %
210
Buddhist
0.01 %
62
Jain
0.35 %
2,312
Others
0.01 %
93
Not Stated
0.39 %
2,605
Guntur Metropolitan Region
Guntur city comes under Guntur Metropolitan area.
Guntur Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
670,073
331,435
338,638
Literates
483,261
254,018
229,243
Children (0-6)
66,124
33,923
32,201
Average Literacy (%)
80.02 %
85.38 %
74.81 %
Sexratio
1022
Child Sexratio
949
Guntur Metropolitan Areas
Gorantla (Part), Guntur, and Peda Palakaluru (Part)