Hazaribagh — UN urban centre
Hazaribagh: 316,861 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,812 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11257; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 23.9943, 85.3606. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 99,507 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 108,536 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 123,083 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 145,172 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 166,372 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 192,171 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 220,167 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 251,973 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 273,571 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 281,940 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 316,861 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 333,323 | Projection |
| 2035 | 349,266 | Projection |
| 2040 | 361,739 | Projection |
| 2045 | 388,504 | Projection |
| 2050 | 436,381 | Projection |
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