| Households By Religion | |||||||||||||||
| S.No | State / UT | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Sikh | Buddhist | Jain | Others | |||||||
| Male Head | Female head | Male Head | Female head | Male Head | Female head | Male Head | Female head | Male Head | Female head | Male Head | Female head | Male Head | Female head | ||
| 1 | India | 142,415,339 | 16,084,863 | 19,973,167 | 2,360,214 | 4,255,546 | 762,957 | 3,094,214 | 316,277 | 1,407,797 | 203,378 | 741,324 | 71,617 | 1,112,155 | 168,477 |
| 2 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 50,719 | 5,279 | 4,946 | 782 | 13,898 | 1,482 | 335 | 34 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 5 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 13,627,684 | 1,729,602 | 1,136,358 | 148,139 | 239,296 | 38,978 | 6,082 | 600 | 5,894 | 595 | 7,122 | 411 | 908 | 153 |
| 4 | Arunachal Pradesh | 75,686 | 5,613 | 4,280 | 131 | 31,907 | 3,916 | 248 | 14 | 23,821 | 3,972 | 52 | 3 | 53,885 | 7,876 |
| 5 | Assam | 2,930,365 | 353,894 | 1,285,763 | 127,290 | 162,007 | 18,341 | 3,739 | 366 | 8,489 | 1,132 | 3,692 | 191 | 3,765 | 314 |
| 6 | Bihar | 10,644,204 | 808,524 | 2,032,262 | 200,614 | 8,219 | 1,455 | 3,213 | 349 | 2,646 | 174 | 2,324 | 188 | 8,983 | 685 |
| 7 | Chandigarh | 153,307 | 10,688 | 6,969 | 320 | 1,527 | 192 | 28,453 | 3,479 | 257 | 63 | 490 | 55 | 47 | 8 |
| 8 | Chhattisgarh | 3,447,875 | 425,916 | 65,221 | 8,404 | 70,479 | 9,939 | 12,382 | 1,225 | 12,157 | 2,245 | 8,521 | 645 | 16,307 | 1,760 |
| 9 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 39,819 | 2,664 | 1,267 | 63 | 1,108 | 120 | 34 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 187 | 4 | 18 | 3 |
| 10 | Daman & Diu | 26,043 | 5,981 | 2,010 | 454 | 658 | 235 | 42 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 56 | 8 | 21 | 11 |
| 11 | Delhi | 2,085,499 | 194,877 | 251,096 | 21,305 | 25,503 | 4,404 | 96,150 | 14,640 | 4,170 | 460 | 26,666 | 2,269 | 459 | 67 |
| 12 | Goa | 160,345 | 28,852 | 15,430 | 2,451 | 53,995 | 30,504 | 222 | 12 | 154 | 25 | 189 | 14 | 82 | 13 |
| 13 | Gujarat | 7,993,251 | 674,449 | 718,744 | 81,740 | 54,065 | 7,240 | 8,631 | 649 | 3,237 | 217 | 100,142 | 11,984 | 5,853 | 1,007 |
| 14 | Haryana | 3,029,349 | 270,450 | 170,568 | 9,695 | 5,112 | 620 | 190,120 | 17,395 | 1,194 | 86 | 9,280 | 882 | 223 | 16 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh | 954,901 | 210,922 | 18,704 | 1,950 | 1,527 | 270 | 12,214 | 2,087 | 12,713 | 3,299 | 252 | 34 | 60 | 6 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 466,706 | 60,301 | 934,246 | 35,382 | 2,558 | 445 | 33,008 | 5,310 | 18,585 | 4,416 | 401 | 44 | 16 | 3 |
| 17 | Jharkhand | 3,076,499 | 251,489 | 526,712 | 41,254 | 173,188 | 27,850 | 13,458 | 1,380 | 956 | 124 | 2,416 | 206 | 592,168 | 76,071 |
| 18 | Karnataka | 7,635,693 | 1,233,800 | 950,927 | 140,379 | 180,418 | 43,587 | 3,199 | 292 | 58,671 | 9,908 | 70,636 | 7,640 | 18,690 | 2,640 |
| 19 | Kerala | 3,072,715 | 914,034 | 951,549 | 392,701 | 1,168,802 | 205,795 | 564 | 110 | 358 | 85 | 894 | 166 | 443 | 56 |
| 20 | Lakshadweep | 619 | 25 | 5,771 | 3,390 | 136 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Madhya Pradesh | 9,261,390 | 726,778 | 552,277 | 55,221 | 30,866 | 5,780 | 26,445 | 2,354 | 38,933 | 6,106 | 92,269 | 7,176 | 73,220 | 10,844 |
| 22 | Maharashtra | 14,400,014 | 1,567,352 | 1,532,229 | 173,780 | 202,632 | 45,743 | 41,846 | 4,835 | 1,063,007 | 150,990 | 240,936 | 22,498 | 46,985 | 8,647 |
| 23 | Manipur@ | 150,069 | 28,462 | 27,871 | 3,498 | 109,892 | 11,273 | 264 | 31 | 270 | 25 | 203 | 22 | 35,654 | 5,737 |
| 24 | Meghalaya | 54,479 | 8,503 | 16,520 | 1,862 | 219,578 | 63,462 | 478 | 81 | 757 | 147 | 135 | 13 | 28,214 | 21,470 |
| 25 | Mizoram | 14,910 | 288 | 2,781 | 44 | 124,280 | 20,921 | 196 | 0 | 11,179 | 375 | 43 | 1 | 392 | 69 |
| 26 | Nagaland | 28,182 | 1,380 | 7,000 | 212 | 259,063 | 28,074 | 149 | 15 | 235 | 22 | 307 | 13 | 1,056 | 175 |
| 27 | Orissa | 6,593,747 | 727,678 | 116,555 | 16,636 | 160,772 | 21,330 | 3,112 | 284 | 1,712 | 203 | 1,407 | 84 | 62,573 | 9,609 |
| 28 | Pondicherry | 161,646 | 26,826 | 7,653 | 2,984 | 12,506 | 3,058 | 30 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 175 | 9 | 25 | 8 |
| 29 | Punjab | 1,481,075 | 169,552 | 59,303 | 4,129 | 46,250 | 4,557 | 2,318,224 | 238,837 | 6,254 | 916 | 6,119 | 727 | 1,444 | 124 |
| 30 | Rajasthan | 7,759,621 | 568,145 | 632,386 | 54,090 | 12,365 | 2,632 | 132,816 | 7,991 | 1,579 | 82 | 109,953 | 11,227 | 1,172 | 118 |
| 31 | Sikkim | 64,981 | 6,046 | 1,632 | 66 | 6,808 | 954 | 960 | 8 | 25,626 | 3,730 | 41 | 1 | 2,110 | 240 |
| 32 | Tamil Nadu | 11,250,798 | 1,777,479 | 565,999 | 126,314 | 735,627 | 134,300 | 2,178 | 216 | 992 | 117 | 14,294 | 1,240 | 1,407 | 183 |
| 33 | Tripura | 513,359 | 65,151 | 41,624 | 4,914 | 17,257 | 1,641 | 84 | 8 | 17,479 | 1,498 | 97 | 4 | 229 | 55 |
| 34 | Uttar Pradesh | 19,540,040 | 1,646,948 | 3,883,560 | 362,238 | 32,600 | 5,430 | 108,478 | 8,940 | 45,000 | 3,418 | 31,508 | 2,896 | 1,460 | 160 |
| 35 | Uttaranchal | 1,152,296 | 244,914 | 140,730 | 10,349 | 4,545 | 1,021 | 34,495 | 3,311 | 1,705 | 400 | 1,687 | 165 | 135 | 23 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 10,517,453 | 1,332,001 | 3,302,224 | 327,433 | 86,102 | 17,394 | 12,364 | 1,421 | 39,560 | 8,534 | 8,824 | 797 | 154,100 | 20,321 |
| Source: Census of India 2001 | |||||||||||||||
| Note: India figures exclude Mao Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur. | |||||||||||||||