Christianity in Karnataka

Christianity is a minority religion within Karnataka, a state of India.

Christians in Karnataka
Year Number Percentage
2001[1]
1,009,164
1.91
2011[2]
1,142,647
1.87

Nearly half of state's Christian population is concentrated in Bengaluru Urban district. The next major concentration amounting to nearly 30% of the Christian population is in Coastal Karnataka and Coorg.[3] The major denomination of Christians here are Mangalorean Catholics and Mangalorean Protestants They account to more than half of coastal Christian population with largest concentration in Dakshina Kannada. There are also significant Saint Thomas Christians in Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu district.[4] Dalit Christian is significant constituent of Christian population in Karnataka and it is not enumerated and documented well.[5]

  1. ^ "Total population by religious communities". Censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Indian Census 2011". Census Department, Government of India. Archived from the original on 13 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). dom.karnataka.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  4. ^ Karunakaran, Haritha John,Binu (7 May 2023). "In Dakshina Kannada's Belthangady, Syrian Catholics are at home with BJP". The News Minute. Retrieved 23 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Dalit Christians demand Scheduled Caste status". The Hindu. 1 March 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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