Dhanbad District Religion Population 2011

Dhanbad, Jharkhand has 26,84,487 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 21,49,480 people (80.07%).

Dhanbad district in Jharkhand recorded a total population of 26,84,487 in Census 2011 across 8 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 21,49,480 residents, accounting for 80.07% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 4,31,762 people (16.08%), establishing a majority gap of 63.99 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 5,35,007 individuals (19.93% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Dhanbad District

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

• Hindu: 21,49,480 population (80.07% of district total).
• Muslim: 4,31,762 population (16.08% of district total).
• Other: 77,182 population (2.88% of district total).
• Christian: 11,243 population (0.42% of district total).
• Sikh: 9,727 population (0.36% of district total).
• NotStated: 3,494 population (0.13% of district total).
• Jain: 1,268 population (0.05% of district total).
• Buddhist: 331 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Dhanbad

Subdistricts in Dhanbad

• Tundi
• Purbi Tundi
• Topchanchi
• Baghmara-Cum-Katras
• Gobindpur
• Dhanbad-Cum-Kenduadih-Cum-Jagata
• Baliapur
• Nirsa-Cum-Chirkunda