Amritsar District Religion Population 2011

Amritsar, Punjab has 24,90,656 people in Census 2011 religion records. Sikh is the largest community with 17,16,935 people (68.94%).

Amritsar district in Punjab recorded a total population of 24,90,656 in Census 2011 across 4 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Sikh as the largest community with 17,16,935 residents, accounting for 68.94% of the district population. The second largest group is Hindu with 6,90,939 people (27.74%), establishing a majority gap of 41.20 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 7,73,721 individuals (31.06% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Amritsar District

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

• Sikh: 17,16,935 population (68.94% of district total).
• Hindu: 6,90,939 population (27.74% of district total).
• Christian: 54,344 population (2.18% of district total).
• Muslim: 12,502 population (0.50% of district total).
• NotStated: 10,864 population (0.44% of district total).
• Jain: 3,152 population (0.13% of district total).
• Other: 1,044 population (0.04% of district total).
• Buddhist: 876 population (0.04% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Amritsar

Subdistricts in Amritsar

• Ajnala
• Amritsar -I
• Amritsar- II
• Baba Bakala