Shivamogga District Religion Population 2011

Shivamogga, Karnataka has 17,52,753 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 14,79,424 people (84.41%).

Shivamogga district in Karnataka recorded a total population of 17,52,753 in Census 2011 across 7 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 14,79,424 residents, accounting for 84.41% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 2,34,664 people (13.39%), establishing a majority gap of 71.02 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 2,73,329 individuals (15.59% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Shivamogga District

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

• Hindu: 14,79,424 population (84.41% of district total).
• Muslim: 2,34,664 population (13.39% of district total).
• Christian: 26,521 population (1.51% of district total).
• Jain: 9,234 population (0.53% of district total).
• NotStated: 2,023 population (0.12% of district total).
• Sikh: 400 population (0.02% of district total).
• Other: 367 population (0.02% of district total).
• Buddhist: 120 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Shivamogga

Subdistricts in Shivamogga

• Sagar
• Sorab
• Shikarpur
• Hosanagara
• Tirthahalli
• Shimoga
• Bhadravati