Early Church in India

See main article: List of Christian denominations in India.

Christian Denominations in India
Church Name Population Orientation
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church 2,500,000[34] Oriental Orthodox, West Syriac Rite
Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church 1,200,000[34] Oriental Orthodox, West Syriac Rite
Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church 1,100,000[149] Independent and Reformed Eastern Christian, Reformed West Syriac Rite
Roman Catholic Church (Latin Catholic Church) 11,800,000 Catholic, Latin Rite
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church 4,000,000[160] Catholic, East Syriac Rite
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church 410,000[161] Catholic, West Syriac Rite
Malabar Independent Syrian Church 20,000 Independent, West Syriac Rite (follows Oriental Orthodox faith)
Chaldean Syrian Church 35,000 Church of the East, East Syriac
The Holy Trinity Church, Newfrontiers 10,000 Born again
3,500,000 Episcopalian Protestant
St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India 35,000 Episcopalian Protestant
Church of South India 4, 000,000 Episcopal Protestant (United and uniting)
Church of North India 1,250,000 Episcopal Protestant (United and uniting)
Methodist Church in India 648,000 Protestant
India Pentecostal Church of God 2,600,000 Protestant Evangelical Pentecostal
Assemblies of God in India 5,000,000 Protestant Evangelical Pentecostal
(Assemblies of God in India)
The Pentecostal Mission 700,000 Protestant
Baptist 2,991,276[162] Protestant
(List of Baptist denominations in India)
Assemblies Jehovah Shammah 310,000[155] Protestant (Plymouth Brethren)
Lutheran 4,220,178[151][163] Protestant
List of Lutheran Denominations Worldwide
Indian Brethren 449,550[155] to 1,000,000 Protestant (Plymouth Brethren)
Presbyterian Church of India 1,452,780[164][165] Protestant (Reformed)
Reformed Presbyterian Church North East India 15,000 Protestant (Reformed)
Reformed Presbyterian Church of India 10,000 Protestant (Reformed)
Evangelical Church of Maraland 30,000 Protestant (Reformed)
Congregational Church in India 5,500 Protestant (Reformed)
Council of Reformed Churches of India 200,000 Protestant (Reformed)
Hindustani Covenant Church 16,600 Protestant
Worldwide Faith Missions 12,000[citation needed] Protestant
Evangelical Church 250,000 Protestant
New Apostolic Church[158] 1,448,209 Protestant
Pentecostal Maranatha Gospel Church 12,000 Protestant
New Life Fellowship Association[158] 480,000 Protestant
Sharon Fellowship Church[158] 50,000 Protestant
Manna Full Gospel Churches[158] 275,000 Protestant
Philadelphia Fellowship Church of India[158] 200,000 Protestant
Seventh-day Adventist Church 1,560,000[166] Protestant/Restorationism
Unitarian Union of Northeast India 10,000 Unitarian
Jehovah’s Witnesses 42,566[167] Restorationism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 13,141[168] Latter Day Saints
Gift of God Ministries 1,000 Born Again Believers
Christian Revival Church 21,447[169] Charismatic, Pentecostal and Holistic Evangelical Movement
Mennonite Brethren Church 103,000[170] Protestant (Reformed)
Community of Christ 15,000+ Latter Day Saints

State populations[edit]

States with population of Christians as per 2011 census[171]
State/ UT Population Christian (%) Christian Population
 India 1,210,854,977 2.30 27,819,588
Kerala 33,406,061 18.38 6,141,269
Tamil Nadu 72,147,030 6.12 4,418,331
Meghalaya 2,966,889 74.59 2,213,027
Nagaland 1,978,502 87.93 1,739,651
Jharkhand 32,988,134 4.30 1,418,608
Manipur 2,855,794 41.29 1,179,043
Assam 31,205,576 3.74 1,165,867
Odisha 41,974,218 2.77 1,161,708
Karnataka 61,095,297 1.87 1,142,647
Andhra Pradesh 84,580,777 1.34 1,129,784
Maharashtra 112,374,333 0.96 1,080,073
Mizoram 1,097,206 87.16 956,331
West Bengal 91,276,115 0.72 658,618
Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 1.92 490,542
Arunachal Pradesh 1,383,727 30.26 418,732
Goa 1,458,545 25.10 366,130
Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 0.18 356,448
Punjab 27,743,338 1.26 348,230
Gujarat 60,439,692 0.52 316,178
Madhya Pradesh 72,626,809 0.29 213,282
Tripura 3,673,917 4.35 159,882
Delhi 16,787,941 0.87 146,093
Bihar 104,099,452 0.12 129,247
Rajasthan 68,548,437 0.14 96,430
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 380,581 21.28 80,984
Puducherry 1,247,953 6.29 78,550
Sikkim 610,577 9.91 60,522
Haryana 25,351,462 0.20 50,353
Uttarakhand 10,086,292 0.37 37,781
Jammu and Kashmir 12,541,302 0.28 35,631
Himachal Pradesh 6,864,602 0.18 12,646
Chandigarh 1,055,450 0.83 8,720
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 343,709 1.49 5,113
Daman and Diu 243,247 1.16 2,820
Lakshadweep 64,473 0.49 317

List of Christian communities in India[edit]