2011 Census: Growth rate of Hindus 16.8%, Muslims 24.6%
Tuesday, 25 August 2015 06:20 PM
New Delhi: The Muslim community has registered a moderate 0.8 per cent growth to touch 17.22 crore in the 10 year period between 2001 and 2011, up from 13.8 crore, while Hindus population showed a decline by 0.7 per cent at 96.63 crore during the period, according to the latest census data on religion.
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India on Tuesday 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 was released by sex and residence up to sub-districts and towns.
The population of Hindus in 2011 stood at 96.63 crores while Muslims constituted the second highest population with 17.22%.
Total Population in 2011 – 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%) and Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%).
According to the proportion of Hindu population to total population in 2011, the data said it declined by 0.7 percentage point (PP); the proportion of Sikh population also declined by 0.2 PP and the Buddhist population declined by 0.1 PP.
The proportion of Muslim population to total population had increased by 0.8 PP. The Census found that there was no significant change in the proportion of Christians & Jains.
The Census found the growth rate of population in the decade 2001-2011 to be 17.7 %. The growth rate of population of the different religious communities in the same period was as Hindus: 16.8%; Muslim: 24.6%; Christian: 15.5%; Sikh: 8.4%; Buddhist: 6.1% and Jain: 5.4%.
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