North District District Religion Population 2011

North District, Sikkim has 43,709 people in Census 2011 religion records. Buddhist is the largest community with 23,318 people (53.35%).

North District district in Sikkim recorded a total population of 43,709 in Census 2011 across 2 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Buddhist as the largest community with 23,318 residents, accounting for 53.35% of the district population. The second largest group is Hindu with 14,883 people (34.05%), establishing a majority gap of 19.30 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 20,391 individuals (46.65% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for North District District

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

• Buddhist: 23,318 population (53.35% of district total).
• Hindu: 14,883 population (34.05% of district total).
• Christian: 2,660 population (6.09% of district total).
• Other: 921 population (2.11% of district total).
• Sikh: 816 population (1.87% of district total).
• Muslim: 815 population (1.86% of district total).
• NotStated: 261 population (0.60% of district total).
• Jain: 35 population (0.08% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for North District

Subdistricts in North District

• Chungthang
• Mangan