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Gwalior Population 2024

Gwalior city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Gwalior Metropolitan Region. The Gwalior city is located in Madhya Pradesh state of India.


The current estimate population of Gwalior city in 2024 is 1,517,000 , while Gwalior metro population is estimated at 1,586,000 . The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Gwalior city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Gwalior city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Gwalior city, we will update the same here in 2024. As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Gwalior in 2011 is 1,069,276. Although Gwalior city has population of 1,069,276; its urban / metropolitan population is 1,117,740.

Gwalior Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio

In education section, total literates in Gwalior city are 799,194 of which 451,741 are males while 347,453 are females. Average literacy rate of Gwalior city is 84.14 percent of which male and female literacy was 89.64 and 77.92 percent. The sex ratio of Gwalior city is 879 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 836 per 1000 boys.

Gwalior Slum Population

Total no. of Slums in Gwalior city numbers 56,947 in which population of 309,793 resides. This is around 28.97% of total population of Gwalior city.

Gwalior Religion

Religion Percentage Total
Hindu % 0
Muslims % 0
Christian % 0
Sikh % 0
Buddhist % 0
Jain % 0
Others % 0
Not Stated % 0

Gwalior Future Population 2021-2031

Gwalior City Metropolitan
2011 1,069,276 1,117,740
2021 1,390,000 1,453,000
2022 1,431,000 1,496,000
2023 1,473,000 1,540,000
2024 1,517,000 1,586,000
2025 1,562,000 1,633,000
2026 1,608,000 1,681,000
2027 1,656,000 1,731,000
2028 1,705,000 1,782,000
2029 1,756,000 1,835,000
2030 1,808,000 1,890,000
2031 1,862,000 1,946,000
Gwalior City 2011 Total Male Female
City Population 1,069,276 569,003 500,273
Literates 799,194 451,741 347,453
Children (0-6) 119,413 65,041 54,372
Average Literacy (%) 84.14 % 89.64 % 77.92 %
Sexratio 879
Child Sexratio 836

Gwalior Metropolitan Region

Gwalior city comes under Gwalior Metropolitan area.
Gwalior Metropolitan Total Male Female
Population 1,117,740 596,697 521,043
Literates 834,213 473,743 360,470
Children (0-6) 125,701 68,522 57,179
Average Literacy (%) 84.09 % 89.69 % 77.71 %
Sexratio 873
Child Sexratio 834
Gwalior Metropolitan Areas
Gwalior, and Morar Cantt