Leh District Religion Population 2011

Leh, Jammu And Kashmir has 1,33,487 people in Census 2011 religion records. Buddhist is the largest community with 88,635 people (66.40%).

Leh district in Jammu And Kashmir recorded a total population of 1,33,487 in Census 2011 across 3 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Buddhist as the largest community with 88,635 residents, accounting for 66.40% of the district population. The second largest group is Hindu with 22,882 people (17.14%), establishing a majority gap of 49.26 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 44,852 individuals (33.60% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Leh District

The religion census data for Leh district spans 8 documented religious groups:

• Buddhist: 88,635 population (66.40% of district total).
• Hindu: 22,882 population (17.14% of district total).
• Muslim: 19,057 population (14.28% of district total).
• Sikh: 1,092 population (0.82% of district total).
• NotStated: 1,006 population (0.75% of district total).
• Christian: 658 population (0.49% of district total).
• Jain: 103 population (0.08% of district total).
• Other: 54 population (0.04% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Leh

Subdistricts in Leh

• Leh
• Nubra
• Khalsi