 While in the 2001 Indian census, Sagwara had a population of 30,993, by the 2011 census that number had dropped to 29,439.Males, while still fewer than females, increased their percentage from 49.3% to 49.9% of the population from 2001 to 2011.Sagwara significantly increased their average literacy rate from 2001 to 2011 going from 59% to 79%.