Editing Rajkot (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical population
| source = <ref name="censusindia3">{{Cite web |url=http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html |title=Census of World|access-date=23 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913144137/http://citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html|archive-date=13 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="censusindia1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm |title=Historical Census of India|access-date=23 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217053707/http://www.populstat.info/Asia/indiat.htm |archive-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="censusindia2">{{Cite web |url=http://citypopulation.de/India-Gujarat.html |title= Census of Rajkot |access-date= 23 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323170222/http://citypopulation.de/India-Gujarat.html |archive-date=23 March 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| 1891 | 29200
| 1941 | 66400
| 1951 | 132100
| 1961 | 193500
| 1968 | 270800
| 1971 | 302000
| 1981 | 444200
| 1991 | 654500
| 2001 | 1003015
| 2011 | 1390640
| 2013 | 1560000
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As of the [[2011 Census of India]], Rajkot recorded a total population of 1,390,640. Rajkot city has an average literacy rate of 82.20%, higher than the national average.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} The population is 52.43% male and 47.47% female. Most of the population is Hindu with a Muslim and Jain minority.

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|title=Religions in Rajkot M Corp. (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
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{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|89.90}}
{{bar percent|[[Gujarati Muslims|Islam]]|green|7.68}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Gujarat|Jainism]]|pink|1.90}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.20}}
|caption=Distribution of religions
}}

[[Hinduism]] was the main religion, practiced by 89.90% of the population. [[Gujarati Muslims|Islam]] was the second-largest religion (7.68%). [[Jainism in Gujarat|Jains]] were 1.90%.<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Population by Religion - Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11373/download/14486/DDW24C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Rajkot M Corp. (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] |value1 = 94.60 |color1 = skyblue
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 2.71 |color2 = orange
|label3 = Others |value3 = 2.69 |color3 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 94.60% of the population spoke [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and 2.71% [[Hindi]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue (Town level): Gujarat |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10250/download/13362/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-2400.XLSX |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>