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Analysis of Lucknow

Note: According to the 2011 Census, the mother tongue (largest population group) of this city/DHQ (District Headquarters) is Hindi. Additionally, this city likely has more than 30K literate Urdu-speaking population.

Culture

Nature

Health

Wealth

Education

Work

Media

Urbanization

Governance

Internet

Languages

Demographics

Lucknow Nature Highlight

	Nature Metrics	% of India	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Number of Mule (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Mule (20th Cattle Census)	0.26%	54^th	7711
Number of Camel (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Camel (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	88^th	2387
Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Bufflo (20th Cattle Census)	0.30%	117^th	2409
Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Donkey (20th Cattle Census)	0.09%	164^th	8854
Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Horse (20th Cattle Census)	0.17%	181^st	5497
Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Goat (20th Cattle Census)	0.13%	265^th	6557
Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Cattle (20th Cattle Census)	0.13%	303^rd	10496
Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pig (20th Cattle Census)	0.04%	327^th	3394
Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Pony (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	375^th	6945
Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Sheep (20th Cattle Census)	0.00%	451^st	2477
Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	Number of Total Poultry (20th Cattle Census)	0.01%	469^th	1191

Lucknow Cultural Highlights

S. No.	Cultural Metrics	Count	Name
Famous Mosques	Famous Mosques	1	Asafi Masjid
Famous Church Name	Famous Church Name	1	St. Joseph's Cathedral of the Diocese of Lucknow
Famous Museum Name	Famous Museum Name	1	State Museum, Lucknow
Cantt	Cantt	1	Lucknow
Zoo	Zoo	1	Lucknow Zoo

Airports

	Name	City	IATA Code	Distance
Airport Name	Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport	Lucknow	LKO	8 Km

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	No of District Hospital	1	20^th	2996
2	No of Hospital Beds	1470	116^th	2648
3	No of Doctors	1795	191^st	5438
4	No of Primary Health Centers	48	66^th	6659
5	No of Total Hospitals	61	63^rd	6737
6	No of Community Health Centers	9	36^th	6738

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	No of Nurses	3392	492^nd	3403

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	GDP per Capita ('000', RBI SCB 2023)	118	34^th	5231
2	Number of Households with rented houses (No, Census 2011)	37627	60^th	9503
3	GDP (Crores. RBI SCB 2023)	27789	11^th	6454
4	% of Households with Cars (%, Census 2011)	4	73^rd	3636
5	Bank Credit (Crore, RBI SCB Q1 2025)	24430	23^rd	2464
6	% of Household with Mobiles (%, Census 2011)	51	223^rd	6010
7	Bank Deposits (Crore, RBI SCB Q1 2025)	30899	14^th	3774
8	Number of Households with means of Transport as Scooter/ Motorcycle/Moped (No, Census 2011)	69577	17^th	7635
9	Bank Deposit-Bank Loans (Crores, RBI SCB 2025)	5533	3^rd	1215
10	Number of Households without Internet (No, Census 2011)	20983	23^rd	7305
11	Number of Households with TV, Computer/Laptop, Telephone/mobile phone and Scooter/ Car (No, Census 2011)	15680	17^th	10349
12	Bank Credit - Bank Debit/No. of banks (Crore, RBI SCB 2025)	23	7^th	10763
13	Bank Loans/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2025)	11	86^th	4771
14	Number of Households with Mobile only (No, Census 2011)	174173	41^st	6160
15	No. of Banks/1000 Household (in 1000, RBI SCB 2025)	1	101^st	2756
16	Bank Deposit/Household (Lakhs, RBI SCB 2025)	14	44^th	9604
17	Number of Households with Internet (No, Census 2011)	10634	23^rd	1815
18	Number of Households with Owned houses (No, Census 2011)	280805	54^th	10982
19	Number of Households with means of Transport as Car/ Jeep/Van (No, Census 2011)	15572	19^th	8358
20	Number of Banks (No, RBI SCB Q1 2025)	190	11^th	6577
21	Number of Households with Television (No, Census 2011)	157504	50^th	3292

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	House Ownership % of Households (%, Census 2011)	86	223^rd	1951
2	Number of Households without TV, Internet, Radio, Computer, Mobile, Landline (No, Census 2011)	57099	477^th	4042

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	Population per sq. km. (Km, Census 2011)	1023	38^th	4018
2	Decadal Growth Rate (2011) (%, Census 2011)	19	140^th	10741

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	Sex-Ratio (1000) (%, Census 2011)	949	209^th	4476

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	# of Higher Education Enrolments % of Pop (No, UDISE 2023)	2	14^th	1380
2	# of UG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	3322	26^th	5736
3	# of No. of Schools (No, UDISE 2023)	1915	18^th	7809
4	# of PG Enrolments - Engg (No, AISHE 2021)	193	26^th	5897
5	# of Population (0-18) (No, Census 2011)	136937	9^th	7820
6	# of UG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	11775	8^th	5732
7	# of Total Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	49523	6^th	9163
8	# of UG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	6151	17^th	10268
9	# of Diploma (No, AISHE 2021)	3658	12^th	7561
10	# of Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	39460	6^th	1824
11	# of Ph.D Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	258	15^th	3835
12	# of PG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	684	10^th	7853
13	# of ITIS seats (No, AISHE 2021)	4319	2^nd	7088
14	# of PG Enrolments - Science (No, AISHE 2021)	1085	17^th	6822
15	# of UG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	5042	76^th	5273
16	# of Master's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	6788	9^th	7722
17	# of UG Enrolments - Law (No, AISHE 2021)	593	4^th	7763
18	# of UG Diploma Enrolments (No, AISHE 2021)	334	6^th	5277
19	# of UG Enrolments - Teaching (No, AISHE 2021)	1920	17^th	5910
20	Population (18-24) (Number, 2023)	208496	6^th	10604
21	# of Universities (No, AISHE 2021)	1	17^th	8893
22	# of UG Enrolments - Management (No, AISHE 2021)	759	10^th	10513
23	# of PG Enrolments - Arts (No, AISHE 2021)	1484	8^th	6841
24	# of Colleges (No, AISHE 2021)	57	8^th	6721
25	# of PG Enrolments - Commerce (No, AISHE 2021)	442	76^th	6904
26	# of Bachelor's Enrolment (No, AISHE 2021)	44296	7^th	10585
27	# of UG Enrolments - Medical (No, AISHE 2021)	416	36^th	10399

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) (No, AISHE 2021)	29	195^th	1915

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	Number of Police Stations (NO, IPC 2020)	22	112^th	6148
2	Number of Panchayats (Number , Census 2011)	745	299^th	10659

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	Number of Facebook Users. (Estimated Maximum)(No, September 2025)	149241	10^th	6674
2	English Speakers (Second Language + Third Language (No, Census 2011)	162759	23^rd	10143
3	Linkedin Audience Size(No, Linked in September, 2025)	147241	7^th	5349
4	Urban Internet Pop/City Pop (%, TRAI June 2025)	146	104^th	7562
5	Number of Internet Connections (No, TRAI June 2025)	423076	11^th	8927

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	City FB Users % of City Literate Population (%, FB 2025)	176	364^th	2580

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	Gurumukhi Script (Punjabi)	10774	52^nd	10526
2	Perso-Arabic Script (Urdu)	33190	8^th	4667
3	Assamese Script	3229	55^th	6364
4	Script Pools # < 30, 000	1	48^th	2026
5	DHQ Mother Tongue Population (No, Census 2011)	254303	10^th	10816
6	English Multilingual Population	50193	27^th	3890
7	Bengali Script	13153	73^rd	9506
8	Devnagri Script (Hindi)	137058	2^nd	6980
9	Literacy (%, Census 2023)Estd	78	287^th	7453

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	Telugu Script	39429	553^rd	8640
2	Kannada Script	23603	610^th	9414
3	Marathi Script	27903	613^th	10064
4	Gujarati Script	25953	616^th	8780
5	Tamil Script	23886	630^th	2981
6	Odia Script	5442	665^th	10301
7	Malayalam Script	6112	697^th	9887
8	Latin Script (English)	2647	701^st	4954

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	Number of Theatres (No, BOC 2020)	22	28^th	9643
2	Total Annual Newspaper Circulation (No, RNI 2022)	656764	30^th	4120
3	Number of Dailies or Magazines (No, RNI 2022)	240	39^th	5011

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	Urban Population (Number , Census 2011)	531234	19^th	4570
2	Number of households having latrine facility within the premises	156908	42^nd	2927
3	# of Households with 1 married couple	228663	61^st	4154
4	# of Households with Location of drinking water source within premises	154278	42^nd	8238
5	# of Households that use Electricity as fuel for Cooking	566	57^th	7634
6	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Electricity	222703	67^th	4140
7	# of Households that use LPG/PNG as fuel for Cooking	96340	26^th	5999
8	Urbanization (% , Census 2011)	26	54^th	6393
9	# of Inhabited Villages	777	300^th	6668
10	Number of households (Number , Census 2011)	326286	51^st	4383
11	# of Households with Main source of Lighting as Solar Energy	1508	169^th	5687
12	Number of towns (Number , Census 2011)	10	190^th	8320

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	# of Uninhabited Villages	64	212^th	9694

Negative Indicators:

Population: 2,817,105 Population Rank: 10^th

Area (KM²): 2,528 | Area Rank 503^rd

Positive Indicators

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Better than India Average
1	# of Companies,2023	1876	18^th	7007
2	Formal Jobs(Dist.),2023	25014	4^th	6730
3	State Govt Jobs(Formal) DHQ,2023	14249	16^th	2608
4	Informal Jobs(DHQ),2023	56813	112^th	7306
5	Formal Jobs(DHQ),2023	37084	10^th	5237
6	State Govt Jobs(Formal) Dist.,2023	23664	3^rd	4689
7	Central Govt Jobs(Formal),2023	6050	2^nd	10689

S. No.	Fields	India Average	Rank (out of 768)	City / District Data
Worse than India Average
1	Informal Jobs(Dist.),2023	626770	416^th	9552

Negative Indicators: