It was carved out from the following areas of three adjoining districts: The internationally known Kedarnath Temple is at the north, Madmaheshwar at east, Nagrasu at southern east and Srinagar at extreme south.

[2] According to the 2011 census Rudraprayag district has a population of 242,285,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Vanuatu.

[2] The district has a population density of 119 inhabitants per square kilometre (310/sq mi) .

[2] Rudraprayag has a sex ratio of 1120 females for every 1000 males, making it the 6th highest in the country as per 2011 census, second being Almora that too in uttarakhand,[2] and a literacy rate of 82.09%.

Hindi, though widely used a lingua franca, is the first language of 4.20%, while 0.60% are speakers of Nepali.