Districts ranked by lowest population growth
A negative figure here means the district recorded fewer people in 2011 than in 2001. Out-migration is the most common cause, though a district split into two between the census counts can also show up as a fall.
| # | District | State | Districts ranked by low… | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longleng | Nagaland | -21.57% | 50,484 |
| 2 | New Delhi | Delhi | -20.72% | 142,004 |
| 3 | Nicobars | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | -12.42% | 36,842 |
| 4 | Central Delhi | Delhi | -9.91% | 582,320 |
| 5 | Saiha | Mizoram | -7.34% | 56,574 |
| 6 | Shrawasti | Uttar Pradesh | -5.02% | 1,117,361 |
| 7 | Lahul and Spiti | Himachal Pradesh | -5.00% | 31,564 |
| 8 | Ratnagiri | Maharashtra | -4.82% | 1,615,069 |
| 9 | The Nilgiris | Tamil Nadu | -3.51% | 735,394 |
| 10 | Pathanamthitta | Kerala | -2.97% | 1,197,412 |
| 11 | Sindhudurg | Maharashtra | -2.21% | 849,651 |
| 12 | Idukki | Kerala | -1.79% | 1,108,974 |
| 13 | Kolkata | West Bengal | -1.67% | 4,496,694 |
| 14 | Almora | Uttarakhand | -1.28% | 622,506 |
| 15 | Chikmagalur | Karnataka | -0.26% | 1,137,961 |
| 16 | North and Middle Andaman | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | -0.02% | 105,597 |
| 17 | Y S R | Andhra Pradesh | 0.00% | 2,882,469 |
| 18 | Papum Pare | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.00% | 176,573 |
| 19 | Purba Champaran | Bihar | 0.00% | 5,099,371 |
| 20 | Kabeerdham | Chhattisgarh | 0.00% | 822,526 |
| 21 | Koriya | Chhattisgarh | 0.00% | 658,917 |
| 22 | Banas Kantha | Gujarat | 0.00% | 3,120,506 |
| 23 | Panch Mahals | Gujarat | 0.00% | 2,390,776 |
| 24 | Sabar Kantha | Gujarat | 0.00% | 2,428,589 |
| 25 | Bandipore | Jammu and Kashmir | 0.00% | 392,232 |
| 26 | Chhatarpur | Madhya Pradesh | 0.00% | 1,762,375 |
| 27 | Khandwa | Madhya Pradesh | 0.00% | 1,310,061 |
| 28 | Khargone | Madhya Pradesh | 0.00% | 1,873,046 |
| 29 | Ribhoi | Meghalaya | 0.00% | 258,840 |
| 30 | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | Punjab | 0.00% | 994,628 |
| 31 | East District | Sikkim | 0.00% | 283,583 |
| 32 | North District | Sikkim | 0.00% | 43,709 |
| 33 | South District | Sikkim | 0.00% | 146,850 |
| 34 | West District | Sikkim | 0.00% | 136,435 |
| 35 | Bara Banki | Uttar Pradesh | 0.00% | 3,260,699 |
| 36 | Bulandshahr | Uttar Pradesh | 0.00% | 3,499,171 |
| 37 | Kanpur Dehat | Uttar Pradesh | 0.00% | 1,796,184 |
| 38 | Mahrajganj | Uttar Pradesh | 0.00% | 2,684,703 |
| 39 | Siddharthnagar | Uttar Pradesh | 0.00% | 2,559,297 |
| 40 | Garhwal | Uttarakhand | 0.00% | 687,271 |
| 41 | Hardwar | Uttarakhand | 0.00% | 1,890,422 |
| 42 | Alappuzha | Kerala | 0.88% | 2,127,789 |
| 43 | Kottayam | Kerala | 1.07% | 1,974,551 |
| 44 | Kodagu | Karnataka | 1.09% | 554,519 |
| 45 | Kollam | Kerala | 1.94% | 2,635,375 |
| 46 | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala | 2.07% | 3,301,427 |
| 47 | Tehri Garhwal | Uttarakhand | 2.35% | 618,931 |
| 48 | Mandya | Karnataka | 2.38% | 1,805,769 |
| 49 | Hyderabad | Telangana | 2.97% | 3,943,323 |
| 50 | Hassan | Karnataka | 3.18% | 1,776,421 |
Questions about this ranking
Longleng in Nagaland, at -21.57 per cent according to the Census of India 2011.
New Delhi in Delhi, at -20.72 per cent.
All figures come from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Nothing here is estimated or projected forward.
India had well over six hundred districts at the 2011 census, so a full table would be unreadable. The top 50 are listed here, and every district has its own page reachable from its state.
They describe 2011. Populations have grown since, unevenly, and many states have created new districts by splitting old ones, so a district in this table may no longer exist with the same boundary.
Union territories range from single cities to island groups, so they sit at both extremes of most of these tables. The census counts them alongside states, which is why they appear here.
Source: Census of India 2011. Figures are reproduced as published. Read more on our about the data page, and see the glossary for what these measures mean.