Christian Population Of India 2022: About 85% people of the world is identified with a religion. The most popular religion is Christianity, followed by an estimated 2.38 billion people worldwide. Christianity has emerged as the major religion in three North-eastern states of India namely Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya. It also has a good percentage in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Manipur, Goa and Arunachal Pradesh.
As per Census2011, in 2022 approx 3.20 Crore people will be Christians in India. Christianity is the dominant religion in the states of Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya. Manipur (41.29%), Goa (25.10%), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (21.28%), Kerala (18.38%), and Arunachal Pradesh (30.26%) have significant percentages of Christian population. Today in this article we will share a chart of Christian Population Of India.
Top 10 States with Christian Population
States Name | Christian Population |
Kerala | 6,141,269 |
Tamil Nadu | 4,418,331 |
Meghalaya | 2,213,027 |
Nagaland | 1,739,651 |
Jharkhand | 1,418,608 |
Manipur | 1,179,043 |
Assam | 1,165,867 |
Orissa | 1,161,708 |
Karnataka | 1,142,647 |
Maharashtra | 1,080,073 |
State Wise Christian Population Of India
State | Total Population | Christian Population | % of Total |
Nagaland | 1,978,502 | 1,739,651 | 87.93% |
Mizoram | 1,097,206 | 956,331 | 87.16% |
Meghalaya | 2,966,889 | 2,213,027 | 74.59% |
Manipur | 2,855,794 | 1,179,043 | 41.29% |
Arunachal Pradesh | 1,383,727 | 418,732 | 30.26% |
Goa | 1,458,545 | 366,130 | 25.10% |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 380,581 | 80,984 | 21.28% |
Kerala | 33,406,061 | 6,141,269 | 18.38% |
Sikkim | 610,577 | 60,522 | 9.91% |
Puducherry | 1,247,953 | 78,550 | 6.29% |
Tamil Nadu | 72,147,030 | 4,418,331 | 6.12% |
Tripura | 3,673,917 | 159,882 | 4.35% |
Jharkhand | 32,988,134 | 1,418,608 | 4.30% |
Assam | 31,205,576 | 1,165,867 | 3.74% |
Orissa | 41,974,218 | 1,161,708 | 2.77% |
Chhattisgarh | 25,545,198 | 490,542 | 1.92% |
Karnataka | 61,095,297 | 1,142,647 | 1.87% |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 343,709 | 5,113 | 1.49% |
Andhra Pradesh / Telangana | 84,580,777 | 1,129,784 | 1.34% |
Punjab | 27,743,338 | 348,230 | 1.26% |
Daman and Diu | 243,247 | 2,820 | 1.16% |
Maharashtra | 112,374,333 | 1,080,073 | 0.96% |
Delhi | 16,787,941 | 146,093 | 0.87% |
Chandigarh | 1,055,450 | 8,720 | 0.83% |
West Bengal | 91,276,115 | 658,618 | 0.72% |
Gujarat | 60,439,692 | 316,178 | 0.52% |
Lakshadweep | 64,473 | 317 | 0.49% |
Uttarakhand | 10,086,292 | 37,781 | 0.37% |
Madhya Pradesh | 72,626,809 | 213,282 | 0.29% |
Jammu and Kashmir | 12,541,302 | 35,631 | 0.28% |
Haryana | 25,351,462 | 50,353 | 0.20% |
Himachal Pradesh | 6,864,602 | 12,646 | 0.18% |
Uttar Pradesh | 199,812,341 | 356,448 | 0.18% |
Rajasthan | 68,548,437 | 96,430 | 0.14% |
Bihar | 104,099,452 | 129,247 | 0.12% |