Paschim Medinipur District Religion Population 2011

Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal has 42,73,708 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 36,45,426 people (85.30%).

Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal recorded a total population of 42,73,708 in Census 2011 across 21 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 36,45,426 residents, accounting for 85.30% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 5,32,290 people (12.45%), establishing a majority gap of 72.85 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 6,28,282 individuals (14.70% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Paschim Medinipur District

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

• Hindu: 36,45,426 population (85.30% of district total).
• Muslim: 5,32,290 population (12.45% of district total).
• Other: 72,289 population (1.69% of district total).
• Christian: 13,462 population (0.31% of district total).
• NotStated: 7,480 population (0.18% of district total).
• Buddhist: 1,221 population (0.03% of district total).
• Sikh: 993 population (0.02% of district total).
• Jain: 547 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Paschim Medinipur

Subdistricts in Paschim Medinipur

• Garbeta - II
• Garbeta - I
• Garbeta - III
• Chandrakona - I
• Chandrakona - II
• Ghatal
• Daspur - I
• Daspur - II
• Keshpur
• Salbani
• Midnapore
• Kharagpur - I
• Kharagpur - II
• Debra
• Pingla
• Sabang
• Narayangarh
• Keshiary
• Dantan - I
• Dantan - II
• Mohanpur