Districts ranked by share of rural population
These districts recorded almost no urban population at the 2011 census. Some have since grown towns of their own, which the census would only capture at the next count.
| # | District | State | Districts ranked by sha… | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicobars | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 100.00% | 36,842 |
| 2 | Kinnaur | Himachal Pradesh | 100.00% | 84,121 |
| 3 | Lahul and Spiti | Himachal Pradesh | 100.00% | 31,564 |
| 4 | Baksa | Assam | 98.71% | 950,075 |
| 5 | Senapati | Manipur | 98.44% | 479,148 |
| 6 | Kurung Kumey | Arunachal Pradesh | 97.45% | 92,076 |
| 7 | North and Middle Andaman | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 97.40% | 105,597 |
| 8 | Shrawasti | Uttar Pradesh | 96.54% | 1,117,361 |
| 9 | Samastipur | Bihar | 96.53% | 4,261,566 |
| 10 | Bageshwar | Uttarakhand | 96.51% | 259,898 |
| 11 | Banka | Bihar | 96.50% | 2,034,763 |
| 12 | Madhubani | Bihar | 96.40% | 4,487,379 |
| 13 | West Sikkim | Sikkim | 96.15% | 136,435 |
| 14 | Wayanad | Kerala | 96.14% | 817,420 |
| 15 | Kaimur | Bihar | 95.97% | 1,626,384 |
| 16 | Rudraprayag | Uttarakhand | 95.90% | 242,285 |
| 17 | Ramban | Jammu and Kashmir | 95.84% | 283,713 |
| 18 | Sheohar | Bihar | 95.72% | 656,246 |
| 19 | Madhepura | Bihar | 95.58% | 2,001,762 |
| 20 | Udalguri | Assam | 95.48% | 831,668 |
| 21 | Dindori | Madhya Pradesh | 95.41% | 704,524 |
| 22 | Baudh | Odisha | 95.37% | 441,162 |
| 23 | Anjaw | Arunachal Pradesh | 95.36% | 21,167 |
| 24 | Idukki | Kerala | 95.31% | 1,108,974 |
| 25 | Kushinagar | Uttar Pradesh | 95.28% | 3,564,544 |
| 26 | Supaul | Bihar | 95.26% | 2,229,076 |
| 27 | Godda | Jharkhand | 95.10% | 1,313,551 |
| 28 | Maharajganj | Uttar Pradesh | 94.98% | 2,684,703 |
| 29 | Khagaria | Bihar | 94.77% | 1,666,886 |
| 30 | Sultanpur | Uttar Pradesh | 94.74% | 3,797,117 |
| 31 | Garhwa | Jharkhand | 94.73% | 1,322,784 |
| 32 | Pratapgarh | Uttar Pradesh | 94.54% | 3,209,141 |
| 33 | Siwan | Bihar | 94.51% | 3,330,464 |
| 34 | Sitamarhi | Bihar | 94.44% | 3,423,574 |
| 35 | Nuapada | Odisha | 94.42% | 610,382 |
| 36 | Basti | Uttar Pradesh | 94.40% | 2,464,464 |
| 37 | Kangra | Himachal Pradesh | 94.29% | 1,510,075 |
| 38 | Kendrapara | Odisha | 94.20% | 1,440,361 |
| 39 | Darrang | Assam | 94.02% | 928,500 |
| 40 | Araria | Bihar | 94.00% | 2,811,569 |
| 41 | Chatra | Jharkhand | 93.96% | 1,042,886 |
| 42 | Shupiyan | Jammu and Kashmir | 93.85% | 266,215 |
| 43 | Kokrajhar | Assam | 93.81% | 887,142 |
| 44 | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh | 93.73% | 999,777 |
| 45 | Siddharth Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | 93.72% | 2,559,297 |
| 46 | Gopalganj | Bihar | 93.65% | 2,562,012 |
| 47 | Gumla | Jharkhand | 93.65% | 1,025,213 |
| 48 | Dungarpur | Rajasthan | 93.61% | 1,388,552 |
| 49 | Kishtwar | Jammu and Kashmir | 93.56% | 230,696 |
| 50 | Gonda | Uttar Pradesh | 93.45% | 3,433,919 |
Questions about this ranking
Nicobars in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, at 100.00 per cent rural according to the Census of India 2011.
Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, at 100.00 per cent rural.
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.