Sri Ganganagar — UN urban centre
Sri Ganganagar: 335,747 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,705 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 4295; 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: 29.9182, 73.8745. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 142,507 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 153,763 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 166,135 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 190,923 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 229,316 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 258,680 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 279,570 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 298,080 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 310,974 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 318,705 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 335,747 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 348,736 | Projection |
| 2035 | 362,298 | Projection |
| 2040 | 376,081 | Projection |
| 2045 | 388,900 | Projection |
| 2050 | 399,039 | Projection |
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