Religion

According to 2011 Census of India about 41.39% of Manipuri people practice Hinduism, It is mostly professed by Meitei people, who are majority in the state. However, a large minority of Meitei people practices Sanamahism and Christianity.

The Hindu population is  heavily concentrated in the Manipur valley among the Meitei people. The districts of Bishnupur, Thoubal, Imphal East and Imphal West are all Hindu majorities averaging 67.62% (range 62.27–74.81%) according to the 2011 census data.

Christianity
 Christianity in Manipur Christianity is the religion of 41.29% of the people in the state. It was brought by missionaries to Manipur in the 19th century. In the 20th century, a few Christian schools were established, which introduced Western-type education. Catholic schools such as Little Flower School in Imphal, Don Bosco High School in Imphal, St. Joseph's Convent, and Nirmalabas High School continue to operate in Manipur. A majority  of the population in the Hill districts are Christian.

Meiteism and Sanamahi

Folk religions are practised by Meitei people. These religions have a long history in Manipur. Sanamahism is the ancient indigenous animistic religion.

Sanamahi worship is concentrated around the Sun God/Sanamahi. The early Meitei worshiped a Supreme deity, Lainingthou Soralel,
and followed their ancestors. Their ancestor worship and animism was based on Umang Lai – ethnic governing deities worshiped in sacred groves.

Some of the traditional deities whom Meiteis worship are Atiya Sidaba, Pakhangba, Sanamahi, Leimaren, Oknarel, Thangnarel, Panganba, Thangjing,  Marjing, Wangbaren, and Koubru. Out of the 233,767 people who opted for the "Other religion" option, 222,315 were Sanamahism, 6,444 were
Heraka, 2,032 were Jewish and 1,180 were from other tribal religions such as Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak.

Islam
Manipuri Muslims, known locally as Meitei Pangal, constitute about 8.3% of the state population as per 2011 census. Sufi saint, Shaikh Shah Jalal d-Dīn al-Mujarrad al-Turk al Naqshbandi, came to Sylhet,and Azan Fakir Baghdadi arrived in 1690 AD in Assam.They influenced
Manipuri Muslims.

 They belong to the Sunni group of Hanafi school of thought and there are Arab, Bangladesh, Turani, Bengali and Mughal or Chaghtai Turk sections among Manipuri Muslims.

The literacy rate among Muslims is 58.6 percent male 75 percent and female 41.6 percent below the state's average of 70.5 percent male 80.3 percent and female 60.5 percent. In 1995, out of 135,000 Muslims, 5,704 had matriculated from secondary school.

There was a total of 1,822 who had graduated in addition to 86 technical and professional graduates. There were 51 Class I Muslim officers including three women, 101 Class II officers and 1,270 and 1,663 employees belonging to Class III and IV categories respectively.