Maharashtra: Religious Composition by District (Census 2011)
Maharashtra has 11,23,74,333 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 8,97,03,057 people (79.83%).
Maharashtra is one of the states/union territories of India. This page provides a complete district-wise religion breakdown from Census 2011.
Hindu: 8,97,03,057 people (79.83%). Muslim: 1,29,71,152 people (11.54%). Buddhist: 65,31,200 people (5.81%). Jain: 14,00,349 people (1.25%). Christian: 10,80,073 people (0.96%). NotStated: 2,86,290 people (0.25%).
Maharashtra has 36 districts covered in this data. Click any district to view its subdistrict-level religion profile.
Key Facts
- Hindu: 8,97,03,057 (79.83%)
- Muslim: 1,29,71,152 (11.54%)
- Buddhist: 65,31,200 (5.81%)
- Jain: 14,00,349 (1.25%)
- Christian: 10,80,073 (0.96%)
- NotStated: 2,86,290 (0.25%)
- Sikh: 2,23,247 (0.20%)
- Other: 1,78,965 (0.16%)
Maharashtra District-Wise Religion Population
| District | Total Population | Largest Religion |
|---|---|---|
| Nandurbar | 16,48,295 | Hindu (92.31%) |
| Dhule | 20,50,862 | Hindu (89.01%) |
| Jalgaon | 42,29,917 | Hindu (81.74%) |
| Buldana | 25,86,258 | Hindu (71.35%) |
| Akola | 18,13,906 | Hindu (61.07%) |
| Washim | 11,97,160 | Hindu (71.83%) |
| Amravati | 28,88,445 | Hindu (71.15%) |
| Wardha | 13,00,774 | Hindu (81.27%) |
| Nagpur | 46,53,570 | Hindu (75.04%) |
| Bhandara | 12,00,334 | Hindu (84.09%) |
| Gondiya | 13,22,507 | Hindu (87.25%) |
| Gadchiroli | 10,72,942 | Hindu (86.44%) |
| Chandrapur | 22,04,307 | Hindu (80.75%) |
| Yavatmal | 27,72,348 | Hindu (81.21%) |
| Nanded | 33,61,292 | Hindu (74.43%) |
| Hingoli | 11,77,345 | Hindu (73.32%) |
| Parbhani | 18,36,086 | Hindu (72.35%) |
| Jalna | 19,59,046 | Hindu (76.80%) |
| Aurangabad | 37,01,282 | Hindu (68.77%) |
| Nashik | 61,07,187 | Hindu (85.75%) |
| Thane | 80,70,032 | Hindu (75.75%) |
| Palghar | 29,90,116 | Hindu (87.05%) |
| Mumbai Suburban | 93,56,962 | Hindu (67.73%) |
| Mumbai | 30,85,411 | Hindu (60.73%) |
| Raigarh | 26,34,200 | Hindu (85.01%) |
| Pune | 94,29,408 | Hindu (85.80%) |
| Ahmadnagar | 45,43,159 | Hindu (90.40%) |
| Bid | 25,85,049 | Hindu (84.12%) |
| Latur | 24,54,196 | Hindu (81.78%) |
| Osmanabad | 16,57,576 | Hindu (86.73%) |
| Solapur | 43,17,756 | Hindu (87.90%) |
| Satara | 30,03,741 | Hindu (89.62%) |
| Ratnagiri | 16,15,069 | Hindu (80.94%) |
| Sindhudurg | 8,49,651 | Hindu (91.85%) |
| Kolhapur | 38,76,001 | Hindu (87.20%) |
| Sangli | 28,22,143 | Hindu (86.47%) |