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Maharashtra districts

Maharashtra

Mumbai

30,85,411
people at the 2011 Census · 16.85 L male, 14.01 L female

Population

Population
30.85 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
100.00%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
89.21%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
91.48%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
86.45%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
5.03 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
832 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
914 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
8.84%India 13.59%
SC %
7.13%India 16.63%
ST %
0.81%India 8.63%
Household
4.58India 4.85

Work

Workers
41.63%India 39.80%
Female Work
18.80%India 25.52%
Main Workers
94.16%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
58.37%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Mumbai in context

With 30,85,411 people at the 2011 Census, Mumbai was the 115th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 12th most populous of Maharashtra's 35. That is 2.7% of everyone living in Maharashtra at the time.

Literacy stood at 89.21%, 16.2 points above the national 72.98% — 6.9 points above the Maharashtra average. That ranked it 27th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 5.0 points, 11.2 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 832 women per 1,000 men (97 below the Maharashtra figure of 929).

Female work participation was 18.8%, 12.3 points below the state figure.

Mumbai contained 1 town. The largest urban settlement was the part of Greater Mumbai (M Corp.) falling inside the district, with 30,85,411 people. That put 100.0% of the district in urban areas, 54.8 points above the Maharashtra share of 45.2%.

Towns in Mumbai

Mumbai has one census town.

Largest towns in Mumbai by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Greater Mumbai (M Corp.) (Part)30.85 L89.21%832 / 1000