Tamil Nadu: Religious Composition by District (Census 2011)

Tamil Nadu has 7,21,47,030 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 6,31,88,168 people (87.58%).

Tamil Nadu is one of the states/union territories of India. This page provides a complete district-wise religion breakdown from Census 2011.

Hindu: 6,31,88,168 people (87.58%). Christian: 44,18,331 people (6.12%). Muslim: 42,29,479 people (5.86%). NotStated: 1,88,586 people (0.26%). Jain: 89,265 people (0.12%). Sikh: 14,601 people (0.02%).

Tamil Nadu has 32 districts covered in this data. Click any district to view its subdistrict-level religion profile.

Key Facts

Tamil Nadu District-Wise Religion Population

DistrictTotal PopulationLargest Religion
Thiruvallur37,28,104Hindu (89.21%)
Chennai46,46,732Hindu (80.73%)
Kancheepuram39,98,252Hindu (88.47%)
Vellore39,36,331Hindu (86.32%)
Tiruvannamalai24,64,875Hindu (93.08%)
Viluppuram34,58,873Hindu (91.79%)
Salem34,82,056Hindu (95.53%)
Namakkal17,26,601Hindu (96.93%)
Erode22,51,744Hindu (93.95%)
The Nilgiris7,35,394Hindu (77.44%)
Dindigul21,59,775Hindu (87.02%)
Karur10,64,493Hindu (93.35%)
Tiruchirappalli27,22,290Hindu (83.73%)
Perambalur5,65,223Hindu (92.29%)
Ariyalur7,54,894Hindu (93.84%)
Cuddalore26,05,914Hindu (91.78%)
Nagapattinam16,16,450Hindu (88.78%)
Thiruvarur12,64,277Hindu (89.60%)
Thanjavur24,05,890Hindu (86.28%)
Pudukkottai16,18,345Hindu (88.29%)
Sivaganga13,39,101Hindu (88.57%)
Madurai30,38,252Hindu (90.86%)
Theni12,45,899Hindu (92.22%)
Virudhunagar19,42,288Hindu (93.84%)
Ramanathapuram13,53,445Hindu (77.39%)
Thoothukkudi17,50,176Hindu (78.50%)
Tirunelveli30,77,233Hindu (78.83%)
Kanniyakumari18,70,374Hindu (48.65%)
Dharmapuri15,06,843Hindu (96.42%)
Krishnagiri18,79,809Hindu (91.70%)
Coimbatore34,58,045Hindu (88.03%)
Tiruppur24,79,052Hindu (91.92%)

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