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Appendix A: State population counts (2011)

Counts of people by religion and state

Hindus Muslims Christians Sikhs Buddhists Jains Total

India (all) 966,260,000 172,250,000 27,820,000 20,830,000 8,440,000 4,450,000 1, 210,850,000
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 260,000 30,000 80,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 380, 000
Andhra Pradesh 74,820,000 8,080,000 1,130,000 40,000 40,000 50,000 84, 580,000
Arunachal Pradesh 400,000 30,000 420,000 <10,000 160,000 <10,000 1, 380,000
Assam 19,180,000 10,680,000 1,170,000 20,000 50,000 30,000 31, 210,000
Bihar 86,080,000 17,560,000 130,000 20,000 30,000 20,000 104, 100,000
Chandigarh 850,000 50,000 <10,000 140,000 <10,000 <10,000 1, 060,000
Chhattisgarh 23,820,000 510,000 490,000 70,000 70,000 60,000 25, 550,000
Dadra & Nagar Haveli 320,000 10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 340, 000
Daman & Diu 220,000 20,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 240, 000
Delhi 13,710,000 2,160,000 150,000 570,000 20,000 170,000 16, 790,000
Goa 960,000 120,000 370,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 1, 460,000
Gujarat 53,530,000 5,850,000 320,000 60,000 30,000 580,000 60, 440,000
Haryana 22,170,000 1,780,000 50,000 1,240,000 <10,000 50,000 25, 350,000
Himachal Pradesh 6,530,000 150,000 10,000 80,000 80,000 <10,000 6, 860,000
Jammu & Kashmir 3,570,000 8,570,000 40,000 230,000 110,000 <10,000 12, 540,000
Jharkhand 22,380,000 4,790,000 1,420,000 70,000 10,000 10,000 32, 990,000
Karnataka 51,320,000 7,890,000 1,140,000 30,000 100,000 440,000 61, 100,000
Kerala 18,280,000 8,870,000 6,140,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 33, 410,000
Lakshadweep <10,000 60,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 60, 000
Madhya Pradesh 66,010,000 4,770,000 210,000 150,000 220,000 570,000 72, 630,000
Maharashtra 89,700,000 12,970,000 1,080,000 220,000 6,530,000 1,400,000 112, 370,000
Manipur 1,180,000 240,000 1,180,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 2, 860,000
Meghalaya 340,000 130,000 2,210,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 2, 970,000
Mizoram 30,000 10,000 960,000 <10,000 90,000 <10,000 1, 100,000
Nagaland 170,000 50,000 1,740,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 1, 980,000
Odisha 39,300,000 910,000 1,160,000 20,000 10,000 <10,000 41, 970,000
Puducherry 1,090,000 80,000 80,000 <10,000 <10,000 <10,000 1, 250,000
Punjab 10,680,000 540,000 350,000 16,000,000 30,000 50,000 27, 740,000
Rajasthan 60,660,000 6,220,000 100,000 870,000 10,000 620,000 68, 550,000
Sikkim 350,000 <10,000 60,000 <10,000 170,000 <10,000 610, 000
Tamil Nadu 63,190,000 4,230,000 4,420,000 10,000 10,000 90,000 72, 150,000
Tripura 3,060,000 320,000 160,000 <10,000 130,000 <10,000 3, 670,000
Uttar Pradesh 159,310,000 38,480,000 360,000 640,000 210,000 210,000 199, 810,000
Uttarakhand 8,370,000 1,410,000 40,000 240,000 10,000 <10,000 10, 090,000
West Bengal 64,390,000 24,650,000 660,000 60,000 280,000 60,000 91, 280,000

Note: Jammu and Kashmir has since been divided into two territories, and Daman and Diu has merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Source: Census of India, 2011.
“Religious Composition of India”
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