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RELIGIONS

POPULATION IN MAJOR RELIGIONS (1981 CENSUS)

HINDU

CHRISTIAN

BUDDHIST

9

UTTAR PRADESH

92.365,968

16.80

17

KERALA

5,233,865

32.36

13 MAHARASHTRA

3,946,149 83.61

BIHAR

58,011,070 51,109,457 48,504,575 47,525,681 43,016,546 42,007,159 31,852,029 30,603,970 30,518,500 25,161,725 14,801,347 11,547,676 6,200,195 5,200,432 4,099,706

10.55 9.297 8.823 8.645 7.825

.18

TAMIL NADU

2,798,048 1,433,327 795,464 773,500 740,186 702,854 621,590 480,4246 421,702. 413,840 351,972 319,670 318,249 184,934

17.299

24 WEST BENGAL

156,296 3.31 90,848 1.925 86,483 1.8323 75,312 1.5956 69,706 1.477 54,806 1.161 54,542 1.156 52,629 1.125 42,251 0.895 40,429 0.8566 12,930 0.2739 8,028 0.17 7,550 0.16 7,117 0.1508 4,427 0.09379 3,003 0.0636 2,739 0.058 799 0.0169 761 0.01612 735 0.0156 517 0.01095

10 13

MAHARASHTRA

19 13 16 10 27 30 23 29 28

ANDHRA PRADESH MAHARASHTRA

25 SIKKIM

8.86

MADHYA PRADESH ANDHRA PRADESH

4.918 4.782 4.576 4.345 3.843 2.559 2.176 1.976 1.968 1.143 2.97 2.6072

32 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

8

8

19 18 24 16

KARNATAKA

MADHYA PRADESH

1 JAMMU & KASHMIR

TAMIL NADU WEST BENGAL KARNATAKA

BIHAR

7.64 5.79

MEGHALAYA NAGALAND

31 TRIPURA

9 UTTAR PRADESH

2

7

RAJASTHAN GUJARAT ORISSA KERALA HARYANA

5.567

ORISSA

HIMACHAL PRADESH

5.55

MANIPUR MIZORAM

16 KARNATAKA

11

23 17

4.577 2.692 2.101 1.128 0.946 0.746 0.337 0.155 0.130 0.094

28 MIZORAM

MADHYA PRADESH

19 ANDHRA PRADESH

8

5 3 6 2

24 15

WEST BENGAL

23 ORISSA 14 GUJARAT

PUNJAB

GOA

6

DELHI

3 9

PUNJAB

DELHI

HIMACHAL PRADESSH

UTTAR PRADESH

162,199 1.0028 132,703 0.8205

7 RAJASTHAN

1 JAMMU & KASHMIR

1,930,448 0.351

GUJARAT

10 BIHAR

11

6

31 29 15

TRIPURA MANIPUR

1,834,218

DELHI

61,609 49,914

0.381 0.309

27 MEGHALAYA

20 21

853,180 716,169 517,228

PONDICHERRY

3 PUNJAB

GOA

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR IS.

48,274 0.2985 39,568 0.2446 27,306 0.1688 24,872 0.1538 12,215 0.0755 8,481 0.0524 7,015 0.0434 4,470 0.0276

5 HARYANA

20

PONDICHERRY CHANDIGARH MEGHALAYA

7

RAJASTHAN

18 TAMIL NADU 30 NAGALAND

4

339,920 0.0618 240,831 0.0438 212,780 0.0387 184,732 0.0336 121,793 0.02216

32 31

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

27 25 32 30 14 28 21

TRIPURA HARYANA

29 MANIPUR

473 0.01 454 0.0096 302 0.0064 223 0.004725

SIKKIM

5

4 CHANDIGARH

1 JAMMU & KASHMIR

ARUNACHAL PRADESH ANDAMAN & NICOBAR IS.

15 GOA

25

SIKKIM

17 KERALA

0.0202

NAGALAND

111,266 99,072

4 2

CHANDIGARH

14 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 189

0.004

DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

0.018

HIMACHAL PRADESH

3,954

0.02444

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

IS. 127 0.0027

21

MIZORAM

35,245 0.0064

14 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 2,025

0.0125

TOTAL ALL INDIA

' 4,719,900 100.00

22

22 LAKSHADWEEP

LAKSHADWEEP TOTAL ALL INDIA

1,799 0.000327

266

0.00165 100.00

JAIN

549,724,717 100.00

TOTAL ALL INDIA

16,174,498

13

939,392 29.425

MAHAKASH1KA

MUSLIM

SIKH

7 RAJASTHAN

624,317 19.555

GUJARAT

46,768 14.65

11

9 UTTAR PRADESH 24 WEST BENGAL

17,657,735 11,743,259 9,874,993 5,805,785 ' 5,409,687 4,533,700 4,163,691 3,843,451 2,907,744 2,519,947

23.37 15.54 13.07

3 PUNJAB

10,199,141

77.99 6.134 3.768 3.507 3.012

MADHYA PRADESH

444,960 '

13.937

8

5 HARYANA 7 RAJASTHAN

802,230 492,818 458,647 393,921 133,675 107,255 95,370 77,704 52,209 49,054 22,438 16,222 14,270

16 KARNATAKA

284,508 8.91 141,549 4.434 73,917 2.315 49,564 1.552

10 BIHAR

9 UTTAR PRADESH

13 MAHARASHTRA

7.68

9 UTTAR PRADESH

6 DELHI

6 DELHI

17 KERALA

7.158 5.999

18 TAMIL NADU 24 WEST BENGAL

19 ANDHRA PRADESH

MADHYA PRADESH

143,020 1.0936

8

38,663 35,482

1.211

1 JAMMU & KASHMIR 13 MAHARASHTRA 4 CHANDIGARH

16 KARNATAKA

5.51

1.022 o73

1.111

5 HARYANA

1 JAMMU & KASHMIR

5.086 3.848 3.335

0.82

BIHAR

27,613 0.8649 27,049 0.847 18,642 0.5839 6,642 0.208 3,605 0.1129 1,889 0.059 1,576 0.494 1,153 0.03612 1,046 0.03276 976 0.03054 602 0.01886 542 0.01698 372 0.01165 297 0.0093 277 0.00868 108 0.00338

10

GUJARAT

0.729 0.594 0.399 0.375 01.72 0.124 0.109

11

18 TAMIL NADU

BIHAR

3 PUNJAB

10

2 HIMACHAL PRADESH

MADHYA PRADESH

2,501,919 3.311

19 ANDHRA PRADESH

8

7 RAJASTHAN 5 HARYANA

2,492,145

3.298 0.693

24 WEST BENGAL

23 ORISSA 17 KERALA

523,536

GUJARAT •

11

6 DELHI

481,802 0.6375 422,266 0.5588 168,094 0.2224 138,529 0.1833 99,327 0.1314

19 ANDHRA PRADESH

4 CHANDIGARH

1 JAMMU & KASHMIR

23 ORISSA 3 PUNJAB 31 TRIPURA 29 MANIPUR

23 ORISSA

16 KARNATAKA 18 TAMIL NADU 27 MEGHALAYA

6,401 0.0489 4,395 0.0336 1,674 0.0128 1,295 0.0099 1,231 0.0094 992 0.0076 1,380

30 NAGALAND

2 HIMACHAL PRADESH

29 MANIPUR

2 HIMACHAL PRADESH

. 69,613 48,461

0.092 0.064

15 GOA

0.01055

15 GOA

15 GOA

17 KERALA

27 MEGHALAYA

27 MEGHALAYA 22 LAKSHADWEEP 20 PONDICHERRY

42,434 0.0458 38,173 0.0505 36,663 0.0485 IS. 16,188 0.02142 11,806 0.1562

32

ARUNACHAL PRADESH

14 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

29 MANIPUR

31 TRIPURA

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR IS

991 743

0.00758 0.00568

20 PONDICHERRY

21

21 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

30 NAGALAND 28 MIZORAM

25 SIKKIM

30 NAGALAND 4 CHANDIGARH

421 0.0032

32 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

42 0.0013

9,115 0.01206 5,073 0.0067 3,241 0.00429 2,205 0.00292

25 SIKKIM 31 TRIPURA

322 285

0.00246

28 MIZORAM

0.000345

11

0.0022

32 ARUNACHAL PRADESH

21 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

IS. 11 0.000345

20 PONDICHERRY

25 SIKKIM

31

0.00024

TOTAL ALL INDIA

.3,192,572 100.00

28 MIZORAM

14 PADRA & NAGAR HAVELI

Hindu 549,724,717 Muslim 75,574,514 Christian 16,174,498

Sikh 13,078,146 Buddhist 4,719,900

11

14 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI 1,932

0.00256

100.00

100.00

TOTAL ALL INDIA

75,571,514

TOTAL ALL INDIA

13,078,146

Jain 3,192,572