Chennai District Religion Population 2011
Chennai, Tamil Nadu has 46,46,732 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 37,51,322 people (80.73%).
Chennai district in Tamil Nadu recorded a total population of 46,46,732 in Census 2011 across 1 subdistricts.
The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 37,51,322 residents, accounting for 80.73% of the district population.
The second largest group is Muslim with 4,39,270 people (9.45%), establishing a majority gap of 71.28 percentage points.
All other religious demographics combined represent 8,95,410 individuals (19.27% of the district total).
Census 2011 Religious Composition for Chennai District
The religion census data for Chennai district spans 8 documented religious groups:
- Hindu: 37,51,322 population (80.73% of district total).
- Muslim: 4,39,270 population (9.45% of district total).
- Christian: 3,58,662 population (7.72% of district total).
- Jain: 51,708 population (1.11% of district total).
- NotStated: 38,356 population (0.83% of district total).
- Sikh: 2,851 population (0.06% of district total).
- Buddhist: 2,804 population (0.06% of district total).
- Other: 1,759 population (0.04% of district total).
Detailed Religion Demographics for Chennai
| Religion | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Hindu | 37,51,322 | 80.73% |
| Muslim | 4,39,270 | 9.45% |
| Christian | 3,58,662 | 7.72% |
| Jain | 51,708 | 1.11% |
| NotStated | 38,356 | 0.83% |
| Sikh | 2,851 | 0.06% |
| Buddhist | 2,804 | 0.06% |
| Other | 1,759 | 0.04% |
Subdistricts in Chennai
Key Facts
- Hindu: 37,51,322 (80.73%)
- Muslim: 4,39,270 (9.45%)
- Christian: 3,58,662 (7.72%)
- Jain: 51,708 (1.11%)
- NotStated: 38,356 (0.83%)
- Sikh: 2,851 (0.06%)