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Districts / Maharashtra

Mumbai district

Mumbai in Maharashtra had 30.85 lakh people (30,85,411) in the 2011 Census, the 115th most populous of India's 640 districts and 12th of 35 in Maharashtra. 89.2% of people aged seven and over could read and write, against 73.0% nationally.

Population, 2011

30.85 lakh

115th of 640 in India, 12th of 35 in Maharashtra

Literacy rate

89.2%

27th in India, 2nd in Maharashtra

Sex ratio

832

females per 1,000 males; India 943

Child sex ratio (0-6)

914

girls per 1,000 boys; India 918

Urban population

100.0%

30.85 lakh in towns and cities

Households

6.74 lakh

4.6 people per household

Mumbai against Maharashtra and India

Measure, 2011MumbaiMaharashtraIndia
Population30,85,41111,23,74,3331,21,08,54,977
Literacy rate (age 7+)89.2%82.3%73.0%
Male literacy91.5%88.4%80.9%
Female literacy86.5%75.9%64.6%
Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males)832929943
Child sex ratio (age 0-6)914894918
Urban population100.0%45.2%31.1%
Scheduled Castes7.1%11.8%16.6%
Scheduled Tribes0.8%9.3%8.6%
Workers, share of population41.6%44.0%39.8%
Women who work, share of women18.8%31.1%25.5%
Children aged 0-6, share of population8.8%11.9%13.6%
Persons per household4.584.604.85

Literacy in Mumbai, Maharashtra and India

People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract

What workers do in Mumbai

Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract

Other districts in Maharashtra

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1Thane1,10,60,14884.5%88677.0%
2Pune94,29,40886.2%91561.0%
3Mumbai Suburban93,56,96289.9%860100.0%
4Nashik61,07,18782.3%93442.5%
5Nagpur46,53,57088.4%95168.3%
6Ahilyanagar (Ahmadnagar)45,43,15979.0%93920.1%
7Solapur43,17,75677.0%93832.4%
8Jalgaon42,29,91778.2%92531.7%
9Kolhapur38,76,00181.5%95731.7%
10Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad)37,01,28279.0%92343.8%
11Nanded33,61,29275.5%94327.2%
12Mumbai30,85,41189.2%832100.0%
13Satara30,03,74182.9%98819.0%
14Amravati28,88,44587.4%95135.9%
15Sangli28,22,14381.5%96625.5%

All districts of Maharashtra · All districts of India · Population by state

Questions

What is the population of Mumbai district?

Mumbai district had 30,85,411 people in the 2011 Census (16,84,608 males and 14,00,803 females). It was the 115th most populous of India's 640 districts and 12th of 35 in Maharashtra.

What is the literacy rate of Mumbai?

89.21% in 2011: 91.48% for men and 86.45% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The Maharashtra rate was 82.34% and India's 72.98%.

What is the sex ratio of Mumbai?

832 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 929 in Maharashtra and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 914 girls per 1,000 boys.

How urban is Mumbai?

100.0% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, more than the Maharashtra share of 45.2%.

Is this the latest data?

Yes for district-level counts of population, literacy and workers: the 2011 Census is the latest completed census. Census 2027 will replace these figures. District boundaries are as they were in 2011.

Use this data

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India in Data, "Mumbai district, Maharashtra: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/maharashtra/mumbai. Original source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India).

About these figures

All figures are from the 2011 Census, the most recent completed census of India, published in the Primary Census Abstract by the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner. The next census, Census 2027, will replace them.

Districts are shown as they were in 2011. Many states have created new districts since, so a district today may be smaller than the one shown here. Districts are grouped under today's states and union territories: the ten 2011 districts now in Telangana are under Telangana, Leh and Kargil are under Ladakh, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are shown together. Districts renamed since 2011 carry their current name, with the Census name in brackets.

Literacy rate is the share of people aged seven and over who can read and write with understanding. Sex ratio is females per 1,000 males; child sex ratio is the same for children aged 0 to 6. Workers include main workers (six months or more of work in the year) and marginal workers (less than six months).