Karaikal District Religion Population 2011

Karaikal, Puducherry has 2,00,222 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 1,52,638 people (76.23%).

Karaikal district in Puducherry recorded a total population of 2,00,222 in Census 2011 across 2 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 1,52,638 residents, accounting for 76.23% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 28,835 people (14.40%), establishing a majority gap of 61.83 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 47,584 individuals (23.77% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Karaikal District

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

• Hindu: 1,52,638 population (76.23% of district total).
• Muslim: 28,835 population (14.40% of district total).
• Christian: 18,391 population (9.19% of district total).
• NotStated: 181 population (0.09% of district total).
• Buddhist: 63 population (0.03% of district total).
• Jain: 54 population (0.03% of district total).
• Sikh: 46 population (0.02% of district total).
• Other: 14 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Karaikal

Subdistricts in Karaikal

• Karaikal Taluk
• Thirunallar Taluk