Jalgaon city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Maharashtra State/UT.
The current estimate population of Jalgaon city in 2024 is
651,000
, while Jalgaon metro population is estimated at
0
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Jalgaon city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Jalgaon city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Jalgaon city, we will update the same here in 2024.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Jalgaon in 2011 is 460,228.
Jalgaon Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Jalgaon city are 355,368 of which 192,090 are males while 163,278 are females. Average literacy rate of Jalgaon city is 87.28 percent of which male and female literacy was 90.91 and 83.37 percent.
The sex ratio of Jalgaon city is 913 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 812 per 1000 boys.
Jalgaon Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Jalgaon city numbers 5,828 in which population of 28,224 resides. This is around 6.13% of total population of Jalgaon city.
Jalgaon Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Jalgaon city with 76.12 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Jalgaon with approximately 18.27 % following it.
In Jalgaon city, Christinity is followed by 0.23 %, Jainism by 1.71 %, Sikhism by 0.17 % and Buddhism by 3.21 %. Around 0.08 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.20 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.