Pulwama District Religion Population 2011

Pulwama, Jammu And Kashmir has 5,60,440 people in Census 2011 religion records. Muslim is the largest community with 5,35,159 people (95.49%).

Pulwama district in Jammu And Kashmir recorded a total population of 5,60,440 in Census 2011 across 4 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Muslim as the largest community with 5,35,159 residents, accounting for 95.49% of the district population. The second largest group is Hindu with 13,840 people (2.47%), establishing a majority gap of 93.02 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 25,281 individuals (4.51% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Pulwama District

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

Detailed Religion Demographics for Pulwama

ReligionPopulationPercentage
Muslim5,35,15995.49%
Hindu13,8402.47%
Sikh9,4401.68%
Christian1,1090.20%
NotStated8330.15%
Buddhist350.01%
Other180.00%
Jain60.00%

Subdistricts in Pulwama

Key Facts

  • Muslim: 5,35,159 (95.49%)
  • Hindu: 13,840 (2.47%)
  • Sikh: 9,440 (1.68%)
  • Christian: 1,109 (0.20%)
  • NotStated: 833 (0.15%)
  • Buddhist: 35 (0.01%)