Varanasi District Religion Population 2011

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh has 36,76,841 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 31,07,681 people (84.52%).

Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh recorded a total population of 36,76,841 in Census 2011 across 2 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 31,07,681 residents, accounting for 84.52% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 5,46,987 people (14.88%), establishing a majority gap of 69.64 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 5,69,160 individuals (15.48% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Varanasi District

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

• Hindu: 31,07,681 population (84.52% of district total).
• Muslim: 5,46,987 population (14.88% of district total).
• NotStated: 7,826 population (0.21% of district total).
• Christian: 7,696 population (0.21% of district total).
• Sikh: 3,309 population (0.09% of district total).
• Jain: 1,898 population (0.05% of district total).
• Buddhist: 1,146 population (0.03% of district total).
• Other: 298 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Varanasi

Subdistricts in Varanasi

• Pindra
• Varanasi