Population, 2011
24.91 lakh
174th of 640 in India, 2nd of 20 in Punjab
Literacy rate
76.3%
226th in India, 10th in Punjab
Sex ratio
889
females per 1,000 males; India 943
Child sex ratio (0-6)
826
girls per 1,000 boys; India 918
Urban population
53.6%
13.35 lakh in towns and cities
Households
4.89 lakh
5.1 people per household
Amritsar against Punjab and India
| Measure, 2011 | Amritsar | Punjab | India |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 24,90,656 | 2,77,43,338 | 1,21,08,54,977 |
| Literacy rate (age 7+) | 76.3% | 75.8% | 73.0% |
| Male literacy | 80.2% | 80.4% | 80.9% |
| Female literacy | 72.0% | 70.7% | 64.6% |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 889 | 895 | 943 |
| Child sex ratio (age 0-6) | 826 | 846 | 918 |
| Urban population | 53.6% | 37.5% | 31.1% |
| Scheduled Castes | 30.9% | 31.9% | 16.6% |
| Scheduled Tribes | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.6% |
| Workers, share of population | 36.9% | 35.7% | 39.8% |
| Women who work, share of women | 15.6% | 13.9% | 25.5% |
| Children aged 0-6, share of population | 11.3% | 11.1% | 13.6% |
| Persons per household | 5.09 | 5.03 | 4.85 |
Literacy in Amritsar, Punjab and India
People aged 7 and over who can read and write, per cent, 2011
What workers do in Amritsar
Share of all workers (main and marginal), per cent, 2011
Other districts in Punjab
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludhiana | 34,98,739 | 82.2% | 873 | 59.2% |
| 2 | Amritsar | 24,90,656 | 76.3% | 889 | 53.6% |
| 3 | Gurdaspur | 22,98,323 | 80.0% | 895 | 28.7% |
| 4 | Jalandhar | 21,93,590 | 82.5% | 915 | 52.9% |
| 5 | Firozpur | 20,29,074 | 68.9% | 893 | 27.2% |
| 6 | Patiala | 18,95,686 | 75.3% | 891 | 40.3% |
| 7 | Sangrur | 16,55,169 | 68.0% | 885 | 31.2% |
| 8 | Hoshiarpur | 15,86,625 | 84.6% | 961 | 21.1% |
| 9 | Bathinda | 13,88,525 | 68.3% | 868 | 36.0% |
| 10 | Tarn Taran | 11,19,627 | 67.8% | 900 | 12.7% |
| 11 | Moga | 9,95,746 | 70.7% | 893 | 22.8% |
| 12 | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | 9,94,628 | 83.8% | 879 | 54.8% |
| 13 | Muktsar | 9,01,896 | 65.8% | 896 | 28.0% |
| 14 | Kapurthala | 8,15,168 | 79.1% | 912 | 34.6% |
| 15 | Mansa | 7,69,751 | 61.8% | 883 | 21.3% |
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Questions
What is the population of Amritsar district?
Amritsar district had 24,90,656 people in the 2011 Census (13,18,408 males and 11,72,248 females). It was the 174th most populous of India's 640 districts and 2nd of 20 in Punjab.
What is the literacy rate of Amritsar?
76.27% in 2011: 80.15% for men and 71.96% for women, counting people aged seven and over. The Punjab rate was 75.84% and India's 72.98%.
What is the sex ratio of Amritsar?
889 females per 1,000 males in 2011, against 895 in Punjab and 943 in India. Among children aged 0 to 6 it was 826 girls per 1,000 boys.
How urban is Amritsar?
53.6% of its people lived in towns and cities in 2011, more than the Punjab share of 37.5%.
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.
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India in Data, "Amritsar district, Punjab: Census 2011 population, literacy and workers". https://indiaindata.online/districts/punjab/amritsar. 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).