Purba Medinipur District Religion Population 2011

Purba Medinipur, West Bengal has 50,95,875 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 43,43,972 people (85.24%).

Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal recorded a total population of 50,95,875 in Census 2011 across 25 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 43,43,972 residents, accounting for 85.24% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 7,43,436 people (14.59%), establishing a majority gap of 70.65 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 7,51,903 individuals (14.76% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Purba Medinipur District

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

• Hindu: 43,43,972 population (85.24% of district total).
• Muslim: 7,43,436 population (14.59% of district total).
• NotStated: 3,823 population (0.08% of district total).
• Christian: 2,648 population (0.05% of district total).
• Sikh: 746 population (0.01% of district total).
• Jain: 574 population (0.01% of district total).
• Other: 359 population (0.01% of district total).
• Buddhist: 317 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Purba Medinipur

Subdistricts in Purba Medinipur

• Panskura
• Kolaghat
• Tamluk
• Sahid Matangini
• Nanda Kumar
• Mahisadal
• Moyna
• Potashpur - I
• Potashpur - II
• Bhagawanpur - II
• Bhagawanpur - I
• Chandipur
• Sutahata
• Haldia
• Nandigram - I
• Nandigram - II
• Khejuri - I
• Khejuri - II
• Contai - I
• Deshopran
• Contai - III
• Egra - I
• Egra - II
• Ramnagar - I
• Ramnagar - II