Editing Gwalior (section)

==Demographics==
{{see also|List of cities in Madhya Pradesh}}
{{update after|2022}}
As of the [[2011 Census of India]], Gwalior had a population of 1,054,420. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Gwalior has an average literacy rate of 84.14%, higher than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 89.64% and female literacy is 77.92%. In Gwalior, about 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. The city's metropolitan population, which includes the commuter town of [[Morar Cantonment]], was 1,102,884.<ref name="2011census">{{cite web |title=District Census Handbook – Gwalior |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/23/2304_PART_A_DCHB_GWALIOR.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308151618/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/23/2304_PART_A_DCHB_GWALIOR.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Religion===
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|title=Religion in Gwalior (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion – Madhya Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW23C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112084605/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW23C-01%20MDDS.XLS |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|darkorange|88.84}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslim]]|green|8.58}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Bundelkhand|Jains]]|pink|1.41}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|0.56}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.61}}
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[[Hinduism]] is practised by the majority of the people in Gwalior (88.84%). Other religions practised include [[Islam]] (8.58%), [[Jainism]] (1.41%), [[Sikhism]] (0.56%), and Christianity (0.29). Gwalior has a long history of religious amity. The erstwhile Maharajas of the Scindia dynasty considered the [[Sufi]] [[Sufi saints|saints]] to be their gurus and headed the [[Muharram]] procession every year.<ref name="Religion" />

===Languages===
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|caption = Languages of Gwalior (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 95.97 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value2 = 1.10 |color2 = yellow
|label3 = [[Marathi language|Marathi]] |value3 = 1.04 |color3 = red
|label4 = Others |value4 = 1.89 |color4 = grey
}}

[[Hindi]] is the predominant language of Gwalior, with nearly 96% of residents speaking it as their first language. [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] and [[Marathi language|Marathi]] are spoken by 1% each.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Madhya Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10249/download/13361/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2300.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] }}</ref>