2011,Census stastics released...

[Sai Jai]

Hindu population is 96.63 crores (79.8
per cent); Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2 per
cent); Christian 2.78 crores (2.3 per
cent); Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7 per cent);
Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7 per cent); Jain
0.45 crores (0.4 per cent), Other
religions and persuasions (ORP) 0.79
crores (0.7 per cent) and religion not
stated 0.29 crores (0.2 per cent).
The proportion of Muslim population to
total population has increased by 0.8
percentage point (PP) in 2011, the
census data said.
The proportion of Hindu population to
total population in 2011 has declined
by 0.7 PP; the proportion of Sikh
population has declined by 0.2 PP and
the Buddhist population has declined
by 0.1 PP during the decade
2001-2011.
There has been no significant change
in the proportion of Christians and
Jains. As per 2001 census, India's total
population was 102 crores of which

 

[Sai Jai]

Hindu population comprised of 82.75
crore (80.45 per cent) and Muslims
were 13.8 crore (13.4 per cent).
The growth rate of population in the
decade 2001-2011 was 17.7 per cent.
The growth rate of population of the
different religious communities in the
same period was as Hindus: 16.8 per
cent; Muslim: 24.6 per cent; Christian:
15.5 per cent; Sikh: 8.4 per cent;
Buddhist: 6.1 per cent and Jain: 5.4 per
cent.
The distribution is total population by
six major religious communities
namely, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh,
Buddhist, Jain besides 'Other Religions
and Persuasions' and 'Religion not
stated'. Read more: http://www.indiatoday.in