Kargil District Religion Population 2011

Kargil, Jammu And Kashmir has 1,40,802 people in Census 2011 religion records. Muslim is the largest community with 1,08,239 people (76.87%).

Kargil district in Jammu And Kashmir recorded a total population of 1,40,802 in Census 2011 across 3 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Muslim as the largest community with 1,08,239 residents, accounting for 76.87% of the district population. The second largest group is Buddhist with 20,126 people (14.29%), establishing a majority gap of 62.58 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 32,563 individuals (23.13% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Kargil District

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

• Muslim: 1,08,239 population (76.87% of district total).
• Buddhist: 20,126 population (14.29% of district total).
• Hindu: 10,341 population (7.34% of district total).
• Sikh: 1,171 population (0.83% of district total).
• Christian: 604 population (0.43% of district total).
• NotStated: 289 population (0.21% of district total).
• Jain: 28 population (0.02% of district total).
• Other: 4 population (0.00% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Kargil

Subdistricts in Kargil

• Kargil
• Sanku
• Zanskar