Korba city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Korba Metropolitan Region. The Korba city is located in Chhattisgarh state of India.
The current estimate population of Korba city in 2025 is
530,000
, while Korba metro population is estimated at
532,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Korba city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Korba city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Korba city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Korba in 2011 is 363,390. Although Korba city has population of 363,390; its urban / metropolitan population is 365,253.
Korba Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Korba city are 264,297 of which 149,181 are males while 115,116 are females. Average literacy rate of Korba city is 83.38 percent of which male and female literacy was 90.49 and 75.68 percent.
The sex ratio of Korba city is 925 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 937 per 1000 boys.
Korba Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Korba city numbers 42,530 in which population of 188,244 resides. This is around 51.80% of total population of Korba city.
Korba Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Korba city with 90.75 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Korba with approximately 4.93 % following it.
In Korba city, Christinity is followed by 2.99 %, Jainism by 0.18 %, Sikhism by 0.80 % and Buddhism by 0.18 %. Around 0.06 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.11 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.