Puri District Religion Population 2011

Puri, Odisha has 16,98,730 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 16,44,905 people (96.83%).

Puri district in Odisha recorded a total population of 16,98,730 in Census 2011 across 15 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 16,44,905 residents, accounting for 96.83% of the district population. The second largest group is Muslim with 46,094 people (2.71%), establishing a majority gap of 94.12 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 53,825 individuals (3.17% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Puri District

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

• Hindu: 16,44,905 population (96.83% of district total).
• Muslim: 46,094 population (2.71% of district total).
• Christian: 4,239 population (0.25% of district total).
• NotStated: 2,660 population (0.16% of district total).
• Other: 302 population (0.02% of district total).
• Buddhist: 243 population (0.01% of district total).
• Sikh: 193 population (0.01% of district total).
• Jain: 94 population (0.01% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Puri

Subdistricts in Puri

• Delanga
• Pipili
• Nimapada
• Kakatpur
• Astaranga
• Konark
• Gop
• Ramachandi
• Satyabadi
• Chandanpur
• Sadar
• Brahmagiri
• Gadisagada
• Krushna Prasad
• Puri (M)