Bhandara District Religion Population 2011

Bhandara, Maharashtra has 12,00,334 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 10,09,352 people (84.09%).

Bhandara district in Maharashtra recorded a total population of 12,00,334 in Census 2011 across 7 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 10,09,352 residents, accounting for 84.09% of the district population. The second largest group is Buddhist with 1,54,458 people (12.87%), establishing a majority gap of 71.22 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 1,90,982 individuals (15.91% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Bhandara District

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

Detailed Religion Demographics for Bhandara

ReligionPopulationPercentage
Hindu10,09,35284.09%
Buddhist1,54,45812.87%
Muslim26,5022.21%
Other3,5550.30%
NotStated2,4740.21%
Christian2,1450.18%
Jain1,0170.08%
Sikh8310.07%

Subdistricts in Bhandara

Key Facts

  • Hindu: 10,09,352 (84.09%)
  • Buddhist: 1,54,458 (12.87%)
  • Muslim: 26,502 (2.21%)
  • Other: 3,555 (0.30%)
  • NotStated: 2,474 (0.21%)
  • Christian: 2,145 (0.18%)