Mahe District Religion Population 2011

Mahe, Puducherry has 41,816 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 27,940 people (66.82%).

Mahe district in Puducherry recorded a total population of 41,816 in Census 2011 across 1 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 27,940 residents, accounting for 66.82% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 12,856 people (30.74%), establishing a majority gap of 36.08 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 13,876 individuals (33.18% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Mahe District

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

• Hindu: 27,940 population (66.82% of district total).
• Muslim: 12,856 population (30.74% of district total).
• Christian: 958 population (2.29% of district total).
• Buddhist: 21 population (0.05% of district total).
• NotStated: 21 population (0.05% of district total).
• Jain: 14 population (0.03% of district total).
• Sikh: 3 population (0.01% of district total).
• Other: 3 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Mahe

Subdistricts in Mahe

• Mahe Taluk