Kadapa city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Kadapa Metropolitan Region. The Kadapa city is located in Andhra Pradesh state of India.
The current estimate population of Kadapa city in 2025 is
499,000
, while Kadapa metro population is estimated at
502,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Kadapa city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Kadapa city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Kadapa city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Kadapa in 2011 is 343,054. Although Kadapa city has population of 343,054; its urban / metropolitan population is 344,893.
Kadapa Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Kadapa city are 239,090 of which 130,003 are males while 109,087 are females. Average literacy rate of Kadapa city is 78.66 percent of which male and female literacy was 85.56 and 71.77 percent.
The sex ratio of Kadapa city is 990 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 916 per 1000 boys.
Kadapa Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Kadapa city & its Out Growth numbers 29,433 in which population of 130,096 resides. This is around 37.72% of total population of Kadapa city & its outgrowth which is 344,893.
Kadapa Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Kadapa city with 65.42 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Kadapa with approximately 31.65 % following it.
In Kadapa city, Christinity is followed by 1.81 %, Jainism by 0.15 %, Sikhism by 0.03 % and Buddhism by 0.00 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.92 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
65.42 %
225,633
Muslims
31.65 %
109,158
Christian
1.81 %
6,238
Sikh
0.03 %
106
Buddhist
0.00 %
17
Jain
0.15 %
510
Others
0.01 %
46
Not Stated
0.92 %
3,185
Kadapa Future Population 2021-2031
Kadapa
City
Metropolitan
2011
343,054
344,893
2021
445,000
448,000
2022
458,000
461,000
2023
471,000
474,000
2024
485,000
488,000
2025
499,000
502,000
2026
513,000
517,000
2027
528,000
532,000
2028
543,000
547,000
2029
559,000
563,000
2030
575,000
579,000
2031
592,000
596,000
Kadapa City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City + Out Growths
344,893
173,314
171,579
City Population
343,054
172,357
170,697
Literates
239,090
130,003
109,087
Children (0-6)
39,112
20,412
18,700
Average Literacy (%)
78.66 %
85.56 %
71.77 %
Sexratio
990
Child Sexratio
916
Kadapa Metropolitan Region
Kadapa city comes under Kadapa Metropolitan area.
Kadapa Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
344,893
173,314
171,579
Literates
240,283
130,716
109,567
Children (0-6)
39,312
20,512
18,800
Average Literacy (%)
78.63 %
85.55 %
71.72 %
Sexratio
990
Child Sexratio
917
Kadapa Metropolitan Areas
Bgalapalle (Part), C.K.Dinne (Part), Kadapa, and Ramanapalle (Part)