Salem District Religion Population 2011

Salem, Tamil Nadu has 34,82,056 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 33,26,357 people (95.53%).

Salem district in Tamil Nadu recorded a total population of 34,82,056 in Census 2011 across 9 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 33,26,357 residents, accounting for 95.53% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 95,487 people (2.74%), establishing a majority gap of 92.79 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 1,55,699 individuals (4.47% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Salem District

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

• Hindu: 33,26,357 population (95.53% of district total).
• Muslim: 95,487 population (2.74% of district total).
• Christian: 53,841 population (1.55% of district total).
• NotStated: 4,547 population (0.13% of district total).
• Jain: 992 population (0.03% of district total).
• Sikh: 412 population (0.01% of district total).
• Other: 246 population (0.01% of district total).
• Buddhist: 174 population (0.00% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Salem

Subdistricts in Salem

• Mettur
• Omalur
• Edappadi
• Sankari
• Salem
• Yercaud
• Vazhapadi
• Attur
• Gangavalli