Madurai District Religion Population 2011

Madurai, Tamil Nadu has 30,38,252 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 27,60,502 people (90.86%).

Madurai district in Tamil Nadu recorded a total population of 30,38,252 in Census 2011 across 7 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 27,60,502 residents, accounting for 90.86% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 1,68,881 people (5.56%), establishing a majority gap of 85.30 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 2,77,750 individuals (9.14% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Madurai District

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

• Hindu: 27,60,502 population (90.86% of district total).
• Muslim: 1,68,881 population (5.56% of district total).
• Christian: 97,711 population (3.22% of district total).
• NotStated: 8,602 population (0.28% of district total).
• Jain: 1,532 population (0.05% of district total).
• Sikh: 520 population (0.02% of district total).
• Other: 305 population (0.01% of district total).
• Buddhist: 199 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Madurai

Subdistricts in Madurai

• Melur
• Madurai North
• Vadipatti
• Usilampatti
• Peraiyur
• Thirumangalam
• Madurai South