Balaghat District Religion Population 2011

Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh has 17,01,698 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 15,19,384 people (89.29%).

Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh recorded a total population of 17,01,698 in Census 2011 across 10 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 15,19,384 residents, accounting for 89.29% of the district population. The second largest group is Buddhist with 72,162 people (4.24%), establishing a majority gap of 85.05 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 1,82,314 individuals (10.71% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Balaghat District

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

• Hindu: 15,19,384 population (89.29% of district total).
• Buddhist: 72,162 population (4.24% of district total).
• Other: 58,064 population (3.41% of district total).
• Muslim: 38,542 population (2.26% of district total).
• Christian: 5,295 population (0.31% of district total).
• Jain: 4,778 population (0.28% of district total).
• NotStated: 2,423 population (0.14% of district total).
• Sikh: 1,050 population (0.06% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Balaghat

Subdistricts in Balaghat

• Katangi
• Tirodi
• Waraseoni
• Khairlanji
• Lalbarra
• Balaghat
• Kirnapur
• Baihar
• Paraswada
• Lanji