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