According to the 2011 Census of India, Rampur district has a population of 2,335,819,[3] roughly equal to the nation of Latvia[4] or the US state of New Mexico.

The district has a population density of 987 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,560/sq mi).

Rampur has a sex ratio of 905 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 75.08%.

[2] Languages of Rampur district (2011)[6] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 73.85% of the population of the district spoke Hindi, 23.04% Urdu and 2.54% Punjabi as their first language.

The Punjabis and Bengalis are refugees from Partition who were settled in the district.