Demographics of Ranchi

The demographics of Ranchi display a very bright picture of the capital city of Jharkhand in India. The Ranchi population is mainly comprised of the tribes of Munda and Oraon. According to the India census report of 2001, the population of Ranchi was 2,785,064. The male population of Ranchi is little higher than the female population in the city. The ratio of Ranchi male population to Ranchi female population is 53:47. According to the census report, the number of households in Ranchi count to 5,05,508. While the rural population in Ranchi counts to 1,807,243, the urban population in the Ranchi city counts to 9,77,821. This study of demographics of Ranchi shows that the rural population in the city is nearly the double of Ranchi's urban population. The population density in Ranchi is 362 per square kilometer.

The languages spoken by the people of Ranchi include Hindi, Oraon, Nagpuri, Kurmali and Mundari. In the present days English language is widely spoken in the urban Ranchi. The staple foods of the Ranchi people include rice, pulses, millets, oil seeds. The economy of Ranchi depends largely on the available minerals like coal, limestone, ornamental stones, asbestos.

In relation to the national average of India's literacy rate, Ranchi ranks much higher. An average literacy rate of 74% is recorded in Ranchi.