Census 2011 - Religious Communities

The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India today released the data on Population by Religious Communities of Census 2011. 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”. The data are released by sex and residence up to sub-districts and towns.

• Total Population in 2011 is 121.09 crores.
• Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%).
• Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%).
• Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%).
• Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%).
• Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7%).
• Jain 0.45 crores (0.4%).
• Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%).
• Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%).

Proportion

• The proportion of Hindu population to total population in 2011 has declined by 0.7 percentage point (PP).
• The proportion of Sikh population has declined by 0.2 PP.
• The Buddhist population has declined by 0.1 PP during the decade 2001-2011.
• The proportion of Muslim population to total population has increased by 0.8 PP.
• There has been no significant change in the proportion of Christians & Jains.

Growth Rate: 2001-2011

• Total population- 17.7 %.
• Hindus: 16.8%
• Muslim: 24.6%
• Christian: 15.5%
• Sikh: 8.4%
• Buddhist: 6.1%
• Jain: 5.4%.

By: Vishal