Ganjam District Religion Population 2011

Ganjam, Odisha has 35,29,031 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 34,86,059 people (98.78%).

Ganjam district in Odisha recorded a total population of 35,29,031 in Census 2011 across 30 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 34,86,059 residents, accounting for 98.78% of the district population. The second largest group is Christian with 23,975 people (0.68%), establishing a majority gap of 98.10 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 42,972 individuals (1.22% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Ganjam District

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

Detailed Religion Demographics for Ganjam

ReligionPopulationPercentage
Hindu34,86,05998.78%
Christian23,9750.68%
Muslim13,3150.38%
NotStated4,6720.13%
Sikh5900.02%
Buddhist1740.00%
Jain1700.00%
Other760.00%

Subdistricts in Ganjam

Key Facts

  • Hindu: 34,86,059 (98.78%)
  • Christian: 23,975 (0.68%)
  • Muslim: 13,315 (0.38%)
  • NotStated: 4,672 (0.13%)
  • Sikh: 590 (0.02%)
  • Buddhist: 174 (0.00%)