List of states and union territories of India by number of places of worship

This is a list of states and territories of India by number of places of worship as reported by the Census 2001. Uttar Pradesh has highest number of places of worship.

List

Rank	State / Territory	Number of Places of Worship	References
India		2,366,625
1	Uttar Pradesh	265,270	^[1]
2	West Bengal	228,452	^[2]
3	Maharashtra	220,458	^[3]
4	Karnataka	207,332	^[4]
5	Rajasthan	166,766	^[5]
6	Andhra Pradesh	159,025	^[6]
7	Madhya Pradesh	142,452	^[7]
8	Gujarat	142,135	^[8]
9	Bihar	138,493	^[9]
10	Tamil Nadu	130,346	^[10]
11	Odisha	103,350	^[11]
12	Kerala	101,140	^[12]
13	Assam	90,194	^[13]
14	Jharkhand	50,110	^[14]
15	Punjab	46,493	^[15]
16	Chhattisgarh	46,095	^[16]
17	Himachal Pradesh	26,526	^[17]
18	Uttarakhand	25,959	^[18]
19	Haryana	24,519	^[19]
20	Tripura	12,872	^[20]
21	Delhi	8,249	^[21]
22	Meghalaya	5,771	^[22]
23	Goa	5,686	^[23]
24	Manipur	5,251	^[24]
25	Mizoram	3,154	^[25]
26	Arunachal Pradesh	2,363	^[26]
27	Nagaland	2,360	^[27]
28	Puducherry	2,146	^[28]
29	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1,121	^[29]
30	Sikkim	1,049	^[30]
31	Daman and Diu	477	^[31]
32	Lakshadweep	430	^[32]
33	Chandigarh	340	^[33]
34	Jammu and Kashmir
35	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	241	^[34]
36	Ladakh