The city is home to 19,893 thousand people, among them 9841 (49%) are male and about 10 thousand (51%) are female. 98% of the whole population are from general caste, 1% are from schedule caste and 0% are schedule tribes. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Moirang municipal council is 11%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are 3723 households in the city and an average 5 persons live in every family.