India’s Religious Population in 2001


	Religious Communities	Persons	Males	Females

India	All Religious Communities	1,028,610,328	532,156,772	496,453,556
	Hindu	827,578,868	428,678,554	398,900,314
	Muslim	138,188,240	71,374,134	66,814,106
	Christian	24,080,016	11,984,663	12,095,353
	Sikh	19,215,730	10,152,298	9,063,432
	Buddhist	7,955,207	4,074,155	3,881,052
	Jain	4,225,053	2,177,398	2,047,655
	Other Religious Communities	6,639,626	3,332,551	3,307,075

Andaman & Nicobar Islands	All Religious Communities	356,152	192,972	163,180
	Hindu	246,589	134,878	111,711
	Muslim	29,265	15,736	13,529
	Christian	77,178	40,529	36,649
	Sikh	1,587	873	714
	Buddhist	421	310	111
	Jain	23	12	11
	Other Religious Communities	238	128	110

Andhra Pradesh	All Religious Communities	76,210,007	38,527,413	37,682,594
	Hindu	67,836,651	34,278,050	33,558,601
	Muslim	6,986,856	3,562,239	3,424,617
	Christian	1,181,917	580,319	601,598
	Sikh	30,998	17,264	13,734
	Buddhist	32,037	16,342	15,695
	Jain	41,846	21,613	20,233
	Other Religious Communities	4,768	2,450	2,318

Arunachal Pradesh	All Religious Communities	1,097,968	579,941	518,027
	Hindu	379,935	217,195	162,740
	Muslim	20,675	12,726	7,949
	Christian	205,548	102,606	102,942
	Sikh	1,865	1,475	390
	Buddhist	143,028	72,618	70,410
	Jain	216	130	86
	Other Religious Communities	337,399	168,613	168,786

Assam	All Religious Communities	26,655,528	13,777,037	12,878,491
	Hindu	17,296,455	8,951,108	8,345,347
	Muslim	8,240,611	4,252,691	3,987,920
	Christian	986,589	502,756	483,833
	Sikh	22,519	13,508	9,011
	Buddhist	51,029	26,322	24,707
	Jain	23,957	12,840	11,117
	Other Religious Communities	22,999	11,795	11,204

Bihar	All Religious Communities	82,998,509	43,243,795	39,754,714
	Hindu	69,076,919	36,077,374	32,999,545
	Muslim	13,722,048	7,061,908	6,660,140
	Christian	53,137	26,913	26,224
	Sikh	20,780	11,057	9,723
	Buddhist	18,818	10,220	8,598
	Jain	16,085	8,446	7,639
	Other Religious Communities	52,905	27,336	25,569

Chandigarh	All Religious Communities	900,635	506,938	393,697
	Hindu	707,978	403,191	304,787
	Muslim	35,548	21,539	14,009
	Christian	7,627	3,947	3,680
	Sikh	145,175	76,000	69,175
	Buddhist	1,332	717	615
	Jain	2,592	1,336	1,256
	Other Religious Communities	257	136	121

Chhattisgarh	All Religious Communities	20,833,803	10,474,218	10,359,585
	Hindu	19,729,670	9,915,670	9,814,000
	Muslim	409,615	210,829	198,786
	Christian	401,035	198,471	202,564
	Sikh	69,621	36,662	32,959
	Buddhist	65,267	32,444	32,823
	Jain	56,103	29,186	26,917
	Other Religious Communities	95,187	47,255	47,932

Dadra & Nagar Haveli	All Religious Communities	220,490	121,666	98,824
	Hindu	206,203	113,650	92,553
	Muslim	6,524	3,855	2,669
	Christian	6,058	3,185	2,873
	Sikh	123	96	27
	Buddhist	457	279	178
	Jain	864	456	408
	Other Religious Communities	90	48	42

Daman & Diu	All Religious Communities	158,204	92,512	65,692
	Hindu	141,901	83,569	58,332
	Muslim	12,281	6,827	5,454
	Christian	3,362	1,729	1,633
	Sikh	145	92	53
	Buddhist	126	92	34
	Jain	268	134	134
	Other Religious Communities	103	57	46

Delhi	All Religious Communities	13,850,507	7,607,234	6,243,273
	Hindu	11,358,049	6,249,351	5,108,698
	Muslim	1,623,520	911,006	712,514
	Christian	130,319	62,763	67,556
	Sikh	555,602	288,675	266,927
	Buddhist	23,705	12,958	10,747
	Jain	155,122	80,150	74,972
	Other Religious Communities	2,174	1,162	1,012

Goa	All Religious Communities	1,347,668	687,248	660,420
	Hindu	886,551	462,186	424,365
	Muslim	92,210	49,391	42,819
	Christian	359,568	170,680	188,888
	Sikh	970	590	380
	Buddhist	649	357	292
	Jain	820	435	385
	Other Religious Communities	353	189	164

Gujarat	All Religious Communities	50,671,017	26,385,577	24,285,440
	Hindu	45,143,074	23,538,770	21,604,304
	Muslim	4,592,854	2,370,832	2,222,022
	Christian	284,092	142,881	141,211
	Sikh	45,587	24,987	20,600
	Buddhist	17,829	9,439	8,390
	Jain	525,305	266,768	258,537
	Other Religious Communities	28,698	14,452	14,246

Haryana	All Religious Communities	21,144,564	11,363,953	9,780,611
	Hindu	18,655,925	10,041,282	8,614,643
	Muslim	1,222,916	654,040	568,876
	Christian	27,185	14,175	13,010
	Sikh	1,170,662	618,558	552,104
	Buddhist	7,140	4,004	3,136
	Jain	57,167	29,914	27,253
	Other Religious Communities	1,255	701	554

Himachal Pradesh	All Religious Communities	6,077,900	3,087,940	2,989,960
	Hindu	5,800,222	2,939,150	2,861,072
	Muslim	119,512	66,173	53,339
	Christian	7,687	4,220	3,467
	Sikh	72,355	38,118	34,237
	Buddhist	75,859	39,066	36,793
	Jain	1,408	750	658
	Other Religious Communities	425	212	213

Jammu & Kashmir	All Religious Communities	10,143,700	5,360,926	4,782,774
	Hindu	3,005,349	1,647,533	1,357,816
	Muslim	6,793,240	3,525,446	3,267,794
	Christian	20,299	12,733	7,566
	Sikh	207,154	114,524	92,630
	Buddhist	113,787	58,610	55,177
	Jain	2,518	1,357	1,161
	Other Religious Communities	97	51	46

Jharkhand	All Religious Communities	26,945,829	13,885,037	13,060,792
	Hindu	18,475,681	9,582,113	8,893,568
	Muslim	3,731,308	1,924,730	1,806,578
	Christian	1,093,382	541,703	551,679
	Sikh	83,358	45,348	38,010
	Buddhist	5,940	3,151	2,789
	Jain	16,301	8,457	7,844
	Other Religious Communities	3,514,472	1,766,245	1,748,227

Karnataka	All Religious Communities	52,850,562	26,898,918	25,951,644
	Hindu	44,321,279	22,549,324	21,771,955
	Muslim	6,463,127	3,302,582	3,160,545
	Christian	1,009,164	497,205	511,959
	Sikh	15,326	8,811	6,515
	Buddhist	393,300	206,227	187,073
	Jain	412,659	214,244	198,415
	Other Religious Communities	115,460	58,715	56,745

Kerala	All Religious Communities	31,841,374	15,468,614	16,372,760
	Hindu	17,883,449	8,690,473	9,192,976
	Muslim	7,863,842	3,776,371	4,087,471
	Christian	6,057,427	2,981,790	3,075,637
	Sikh	2,762	1,611	1,151
	Buddhist	2,027	1,081	946
	Jain	4,528	2,268	2,260
	Other Religious Communities	2,256	1,153	1,103

Lakshadweep	All Religious Communities	60,650	31,131	29,519
	Hindu	2,221	1,776	445
	Muslim	57,903	28,921	28,982
	Christian	509	422	87
	Sikh	6	6	0
	Buddhist	1	0	1
	Jain	0	0	0
	Other Religious Communities	0	0	0

Madhya Pradesh	All Religious Communities	60,348,023	31,443,652	28,904,371
	Hindu	55,004,675	28,685,595	26,319,080
	Muslim	3,841,449	1,991,181	1,850,268
	Christian	170,381	85,356	85,025
	Sikh	150,772	80,122	70,650
	Buddhist	209,322	107,416	101,906
	Jain	545,446	283,359	262,087
	Other Religious Communities	409,285	201,734	207,551

Maharashtra	All Religious Communities	96,878,627	50,400,596	46,478,031
	Hindu	77,859,385	40,496,085	37,363,300
	Muslim	10,270,485	5,437,926	4,832,559
	Christian	1,058,313	530,975	527,338
	Sikh	215,337	117,736	97,601
	Buddhist	5,838,710	2,977,607	2,861,103
	Jain	1,301,843	670,236	631,607
	Other Religious Communities	236,841	119,113	117,728

Manipur	All Religious Communities	2,166,788	1,095,634	1,071,154
	Hindu	996,894	505,108	491,786
	Muslim	190,939	96,787	94,152
	Christian	737,578	373,173	364,405
	Sikh	1,653	1,091	562
	Buddhist	1,926	1,025	901
	Jain	1,461	793	668
	Other Religious Communities	235,280	117,106	118,174

Meghalaya	All Religious Communities	2,318,822	1,176,087	1,142,735
	Hindu	307,822	168,517	139,305
	Muslim	99,169	52,455	46,714
	Christian	1,628,986	812,961	816,025
	Sikh	3,110	1,810	1,300
	Buddhist	4,703	2,513	2,190
	Jain	772	405	367
	Other Religious Communities	267,245	133,899	133,346

Mizoram	All Religious Communities	888,573	459,109	429,464
	Hindu	31,562	23,528	8,034
	Muslim	10,099	7,946	2,153
	Christian	772,809	389,155	383,654
	Sikh	326	251	75
	Buddhist	70,494	36,540	33,954
	Jain	179	103	76
	Other Religious Communities	2,443	1,231	1,212

Nagaland	All Religious Communities	1,990,036	1,047,141	942,895
	Hindu	153,162	96,808	56,354
	Muslim	35,005	21,690	13,315
	Christian	1,790,349	922,406	867,943
	Sikh	1,152	774	378
	Buddhist	1,356	761	595
	Jain	2,093	1,130	963
	Other Religious Communities	6,108	3,150	2,958

Orissa	All Religious Communities	36,804,660	18,660,570	18,144,090
	Hindu	34,726,129	17,615,951	17,110,178
	Muslim	761,985	391,234	370,751
	Christian	897,861	443,245	454,616
	Sikh	17,492	9,448	8,044
	Buddhist	9,863	5,180	4,683
	Jain	9,154	4,736	4,418
	Other Religious Communities	361,981	180,156	181,825

Pondicherry	All Religious Communities	974,345	486,961	487,384
	Hindu	845,449	425,459	419,990
	Muslim	59,358	28,303	31,055
	Christian	67,688	32,214	35,474
	Sikh	108	70	38
	Buddhist	73	41	32
	Jain	952	501	451
	Other Religious Communities	158	83	75

Punjab	All Religious Communities	24,358,999	12,985,045	11,373,954
	Hindu	8,997,942	4,874,765	4,123,177
	Muslim	382,045	213,023	169,022
	Christian	292,800	154,673	138,127
	Sikh	14,592,387	7,692,776	6,899,611
	Buddhist	41,487	22,171	19,316
	Jain	39,276	20,523	18,753
	Other Religious Communities	8,594	4,655	3,939

Rajasthan	All Religious Communities	56,507,188	29,420,011	27,087,177
	Hindu	50,151,452	26,122,326	24,029,126
	Muslim	4,788,227	2,482,394	2,305,833
	Christian	72,660	36,591	36,069
	Sikh	818,420	432,534	385,886
	Buddhist	10,335	5,734	4,601
	Jain	650,493	331,871	318,622
	Other Religious Communities	5,253	2,895	2,358

Sikkim	All Religious Communities	540,851	288,484	252,367
	Hindu	329,548	177,900	151,648
	Muslim	7,693	5,346	2,347
	Christian	36,115	18,428	17,687
	Sikh	1,176	1,061	115
	Buddhist	152,042	78,191	73,851
	Jain	183	110	73
	Other Religious Communities	12,926	6,519	6,407

Tamil Nadu	All Religious Communities	62,405,679	31,400,909	31,004,770
	Hindu	54,985,079	27,732,367	27,252,712
	Muslim	3,470,647	1,718,511	1,752,136
	Christian	3,785,060	1,864,044	1,921,016
	Sikh	9,545	5,515	4,030
	Buddhist	5,393	2,887	2,506
	Jain	83,359	43,114	40,245
	Other Religious Communities	7,252	3,854	3,398

Tripura	All Religious Communities	3,199,203	1,642,225	1,556,978
	Hindu	2,739,310	1,405,428	1,333,882
	Muslim	254,442	130,788	123,654
	Christian	102,489	52,815	49,674
	Sikh	1,182	1,074	108
	Buddhist	98,922	50,575	48,347
	Jain	477	249	228
	Other Religious Communities	1,277	726	551

Uttar Pradesh	All Religious Communities	166,197,921	87,565,369	78,632,552
	Hindu	133,979,263	70,756,011	63,223,252
	Muslim	30,740,158	16,028,562	14,711,596
	Christian	212,578	108,430	104,148
	Sikh	678,059	361,320	316,739
	Buddhist	302,031	159,408	142,623
	Jain	207,111	108,350	98,761
	Other Religious Communities	9,281	4,961	4,320

Uttaranchal	All Religious Communities	8,489,349	4,325,924	4,163,425
	Hindu	7,212,260	3,646,560	3,565,700
	Muslim	1,012,141	539,740	472,401
	Christian	27,116	13,833	13,283
	Sikh	212,025	111,723	100,302
	Buddhist	12,434	6,992	5,442
	Jain	9,249	4,791	4,458
	Other Religious Communities	770	437	333

West Bengal	All Religious Communities	80,176,197	41,465,985	38,710,212
	Hindu	58,104,835	30,069,503	28,035,332
	Muslim	20,240,543	10,470,406	9,770,137
	Christian	515,150	257,337	257,813
	Sikh	66,391	36,738	29,653
	Buddhist	243,364	122,877	120,487
	Jain	55,223	28,631	26,592
	Other Religious Communities	895,796	451,334	444,462

(Census 2001)

India’s Religious Population in 2001 – Numbers

Share this:

Like this:

Related

Related Posts

India Geographically – Zones

India – States – 2023 Population