http:\/\/www.abplive.in\/india\/2015\/08\/25\/article694919.ece\/2011-Census-Growth-rate-of-Hindus-16.8-Muslims-24.6<\/a><\/p>\n Tuesday, 25 August 2015 06:20 PM<\/p>\n New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India on Tuesday released the data on Population by Religious Communities of Census 2011.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The distribution is total population by six major religious communities namely, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain besides \u201cOther Religions and Persuasions\u201d and \u201cReligion not stated\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The data was released by sex and residence up to sub-districts and towns.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The population of Hindus in 2011 stood at 96.63 crores while Muslims constituted the second highest population with 17.22%.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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%).<\/p>\n \n 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.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \n 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%.<\/p>\n 2011 Census: Growth rate of Hindus 16.8%, Muslims 24.6% http:\/\/www.abplive.in\/india\/2015\/08\/25\/article694919.ece\/2011-Census-Growth-rate-of-Hindus-16.8-Muslims-24.6 Tuesday, 25 August 2015 06:20… more
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