Darjeeling District Religion Population 2011

Darjeeling, West Bengal has 11,27,871 people in Census 2011 religion records. Hindu is the largest community with 8,32,368 people (73.80%).

Darjeeling district in West Bengal recorded a total population of 11,27,871 in Census 2011 across 9 subdistricts. The demographic distribution shows Hindu as the largest community with 8,32,368 residents, accounting for 73.80% of the district population. The second largest group is Buddhist with 1,13,693 people (10.08%), establishing a majority gap of 63.72 percentage points. All other religious demographics combined represent 2,95,503 individuals (26.20% of the district total).

Census 2011 Religious Composition for Darjeeling District

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

• Hindu: 8,32,368 population (73.80% of district total).
• Buddhist: 1,13,693 population (10.08% of district total).
• Christian: 92,074 population (8.16% of district total).
• Muslim: 75,313 population (6.68% of district total).
• Other: 11,597 population (1.03% of district total).
• NotStated: 1,595 population (0.14% of district total).
• Sikh: 845 population (0.07% of district total).
• Jain: 386 population (0.03% of district total).

Detailed Religion Demographics for Darjeeling

Subdistricts in Darjeeling

• Darjeeling Pulbazar
• Rangli Rangliot
• Jorebunglow Sukiapokhri
• Mirik
• Kurseong
• Matigara
• Naxalbari
• Phansidewa
• Kharibari