As of census 2011, Shopian had a population of 2,65,960. Males constitute 1,36,302 of the population and females 1,29,658 with population growth of 25.85%. Shopian constitutes the 2% population of the total population of the valley. Shopian has an average literacy rate of 62.49%: male literacy is 71.86% (82,587), and female literacy is 51% (58,451). Its sex ratio is 888:1000.
