 Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 4.8%.Wardha has a sex ratio of 946 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 87.22%.At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.78% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 8.13% Hindi, 1.26% Urdu, 0.57% Gondi and 0.57% Sindhi as their first language.