Purulia District Religion Population 2011
Purulia, West Bengal has 29,30,115 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 23,73,120 people (80.99%).
Purulia district in West Bengal recorded a total population of 29,30,115 in Census 2011 across 20 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 23,73,120 residents, accounting for 80.99% of the district population. The second largest group is Other with 3,09,029 people (10.55%), establishing a majority gap of 70.44 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 5,56,995 individuals (19.01% of the district total).
Census 2011 Religious Composition for Purulia District
The religion census data for Purulia district spans 8 documented religious groups:
- Hindu: 23,73,120 population (80.99% of district total).
- Other: 3,09,029 population (10.55% of district total).
- Muslim: 2,27,249 population (7.76% of district total).
- Christian: 8,646 population (0.30% of district total).
- NotStated: 8,188 population (0.28% of district total).
- Jain: 3,052 population (0.10% of district total).
- Sikh: 622 population (0.02% of district total).
- Buddhist: 209 population (0.01% of district total).
Detailed Religion Demographics for Purulia
| Religion | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Hindu | 23,73,120 | 80.99% |
| Other | 3,09,029 | 10.55% |
| Muslim | 2,27,249 | 7.76% |
| Christian | 8,646 | 0.30% |
| NotStated | 8,188 | 0.28% |
| Jain | 3,052 | 0.10% |
| Sikh | 622 | 0.02% |
| Buddhist | 209 | 0.01% |
Subdistricts in Purulia
- Jaipur
- Purulia - II
- Para
- Raghunathpur - II
- Raghunathpur - I
- Neturia
- Santuri
- Kashipur
- Hura
- Purulia - I
- Puncha
- Arsha
- Jhalda - I
- Jhalda - II
- Bagmundi
- Balarampur
- Barabazar
- Manbazar - I
- Manbazar - II
- Bundwan
Key Facts
- Hindu: 23,73,120 (80.99%)
- Other: 3,09,029 (10.55%)
- Muslim: 2,27,249 (7.76%)
- Christian: 8,646 (0.30%)
- NotStated: 8,188 (0.28%)
- Jain: 3,052 (0.10%)