Ratlam city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Ratlam Metropolitan Region. The Ratlam city is located in Madhya Pradesh state of India.
The current estimate population of Ratlam city in 2025 is
385,000
, while Ratlam metro population is estimated at
398,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Ratlam city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Ratlam city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Ratlam city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Ratlam in 2011 is 264,914. Although Ratlam city has population of 264,914; its urban / metropolitan population is 273,998.
Ratlam Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Ratlam city are 204,101 of which 109,507 are males while 94,594 are females. Average literacy rate of Ratlam city is 86.80 percent of which male and female literacy was 91.65 and 81.78 percent.
The sex ratio of Ratlam city is 964 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 929 per 1000 boys.
Ratlam Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Ratlam city numbers 9,620 in which population of 50,586 resides. This is around 19.10% of total population of Ratlam city.
Ratlam Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Ratlam city with 67.64 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Ratlam with approximately 24.08 % following it.
In Ratlam city, Christinity is followed by 1.09 %, Jainism by 6.63 %, Sikhism by 0.39 % and Buddhism by 0.03 %. Around 0.02 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.12 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.