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Census 2011 · historical geography

Maharashtra district religion population, Census 2011

Compare eight reported religion categories across all 35 historical Maharashtra districts using official Census 2011 C-01 counts.

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Religion by 2011 district
District	All residents	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Sikh	Buddhist	Jain	Other religions and persuasions	Religion not stated
Nandurbar	16,48,295	15,21,618	96,182	8,467	685	4,969	6,191	2,907	7,276
Dhule	20,50,862	18,25,460	1,87,901	3,653	1,422	13,405	12,818	912	5,291
Jalgaon	42,29,917	34,57,615	5,60,261	7,091	3,091	1,43,865	27,404	9,662	20,928
Buldana	25,86,258	18,45,424	3,54,236	3,531	1,668	3,64,229	12,242	522	4,406
Akola	18,13,906	11,07,809	3,57,253	4,483	1,504	3,28,033	10,205	389	4,230
Washim	11,97,160	8,59,949	1,42,672	1,707	518	1,79,330	8,476	381	4,127
Amravati	28,88,445	20,55,177	4,21,410	7,223	2,242	3,83,891	11,360	3,288	3,854
Wardha	13,00,774	10,57,096	53,854	2,696	2,147	1,75,417	5,663	2,254	1,647
Nagpur	46,53,570	34,92,202	3,90,974	34,667	20,469	6,68,050	24,528	12,181	10,499
Bhandara	12,00,334	10,09,352	26,502	2,145	831	1,54,458	1,017	3,555	2,474
Gondiya	13,22,507	11,53,861	26,157	1,827	2,160	1,25,282	1,568	5,080	6,572
Gadchiroli	10,72,942	9,27,411	21,063	3,872	681	82,695	454	30,047	6,719
Chandrapur	22,04,307	17,80,085	92,297	10,701	5,251	2,86,734	3,861	23,188	2,190
Yavatmal	27,72,348	22,51,401	2,39,236	4,567	1,596	2,49,874	11,422	3,745	10,507
Nanded	33,61,292	25,01,741	4,71,951	3,902	13,540	3,54,189	5,049	1,273	9,647
Hingoli	11,77,345	8,63,199	1,27,552	992	643	1,76,679	5,278	103	2,899
Parbhani	18,36,086	13,28,385	3,06,364	2,081	1,371	1,87,899	6,238	262	3,486
Jalna	19,59,046	15,04,641	2,74,221	12,542	1,629	1,52,540	9,619	336	3,518
Aurangabad	37,01,282	25,45,438	7,86,677	15,991	5,142	3,09,093	30,981	1,005	6,955
Nashik	61,07,187	52,37,009	6,93,052	23,946	8,912	94,783	38,212	1,795	9,478
Thane	1,10,60,148	87,16,055	13,55,630	2,80,700	39,149	4,49,617	1,72,052	9,862	37,083
Mumbai Suburban	93,56,962	63,37,132	17,95,788	3,22,476	47,288	4,69,568	3,43,639	18,345	22,726
Mumbai	30,85,411	18,73,762	7,73,173	84,555	13,471	1,34,257	1,66,000	31,094	9,099
Raigarh	26,34,200	22,39,370	2,27,465	17,452	7,477	1,21,791	12,260	1,159	7,226
Pune	94,29,408	80,90,254	6,73,704	1,34,192	27,090	3,40,404	1,27,786	9,873	26,105
Ahmadnagar	45,43,159	41,07,143	3,20,743	22,766	5,431	33,898	38,718	1,408	13,052
Bid	25,85,049	21,74,672	3,20,395	2,097	824	68,482	8,719	399	9,461
Latur	24,54,196	20,06,984	3,67,664	2,387	935	66,535	6,387	310	2,994
Osmanabad	16,57,576	14,37,623	1,78,925	942	340	28,216	4,530	195	6,805
Solapur	43,17,756	37,95,424	4,41,254	9,882	1,279	35,497	28,134	568	5,718
Satara	30,03,741	26,91,952	1,46,970	4,408	1,182	1,41,315	12,810	676	4,428
Ratnagiri	16,15,069	13,07,211	1,87,197	1,990	230	1,13,467	3,347	95	1,532
Sindhudurg	8,49,651	7,80,384	26,264	15,471	219	24,762	1,046	53	1,452
Kolhapur	38,76,001	33,79,906	2,86,558	15,573	1,570	29,766	1,54,882	1,274	6,472
Sangli	28,22,143	24,40,312	2,39,607	9,098	1,260	38,210	87,453	769	5,434

Each row uses the district boundary and the full population in table C-01, including religion not stated.

Source: Maharashtra C-01 · Original workbook · checked 2026-11-09.