India’s Muslim population is growing slower than it had in the previous decades, and its growth rate has slowed more sharply than that of the Hindu population, new Census data show. The Registrar-General and Census Commissioner released the data on Population by Religious Communities of Census 2011.
The decadal Muslim rate of growth is the lowest it has been in India's history:
Here are the percentages of Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs in Indian States as per the 2011 Census data:
States |
Hindus |
Muslims |
Christians |
Sikhs |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
69.45 |
8.52 |
21.28 |
0.34 |
Andhra Pradesh |
88.46 |
9.56 |
1.34 |
0.05 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
29.04 |
1.95 |
30.26 |
0.24 |
Assam |
61.47 |
34.22 |
3.74 |
0.07 |
Bihar |
82.69 |
16.87 |
0.12 |
0.02 |
Chandigarh |
80.78 |
4.87 |
0.83 |
13.11 |
Chhattisgarh |
93.25 |
2.02 |
1.92 |
0.27 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
93.93 |
3.76 |
1.49 |
0.06 |
Daman & Diu |
90.50 |
7.92 |
1.16 |
0.07 |
Goa |
66.08% |
8.33 |
25.10 |
0.10 |
Gujarat |
88.57 |
9.67 |
0.52 |
0.10 |
Haryana |
87.46 |
7.03 |
0.20 |
4.91 |
Himachal Pradesh |
95.17 |
2.18 |
0.18 |
1.16 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
28.44 |
68.31 |
0.28 |
1.87 |
Jharkhand |
67.83 |
14.53 |
4.30 |
0.22 |
Karnataka |
84.00 |
12.92 |
1.87 |
0.05 |
Kerala |
54.73 |
26.56 |
18.38 |
0.01 |
Lakshadweep |
2.77 |
96.58 |
0.49 |
0.01 |
Madhya Pradesh |
90.89 |
6.57 |
0.29 |
0.21 |
Maharashtra |
79.83 |
11.54 |
0.96 |
0.20 |
Manipur |
41.39 |
8.40 |
41.29 |
0.05 |
Meghalaya |
11.53 |
4.40 |
74.59 |
0.10 |
Mizoram |
2.75 |
1.35 |
87.16 |
0.03 |
Nagaland |
8.75 |
2.47 |
87.93 |
0.10 |
Nct Of Delhi |
81.68 |
12.86 |
0.87 |
3.40 |
Odisha |
93.63 |
2.17 |
2.77 |
0.05 |
Puducherry |
87.30 |
6.05 |
6.29 |
0.02 |
Punjab |
38.49 |
1.93 |
1.26 |
57.69 |
Rajasthan |
88.49 |
9.07 |
0.14 |
1.27 |
Sikkim |
57.76 |
1.62 |
9.91 |
0.31 |
Tamil Nadu |
87.58 |
5.86 |
6.12 |
0.02 |
Tripura |
83.40 |
8.60 |
4.35 |
0.03 |
Uttar Pradesh |
79.73 |
19.26 |
0.18 |
0.32 |
Uttarakhand |
82.97 |
13.95 |
0.37 |
2.34 |
West Bengal |
70.54 |
27.01 |
0.72 |
0.07 |
India |
79.80 |
14.23 |
2.30 |
1.72 |
India now has 966.3 million Hindus, who make up 79.8 per cent of its population, and 172.2 million Muslims, who make up 14.23 per cent. Among the other minorities, Christians make up 2.3 per cent of the population and Sikhs 2.16 per cent.
A look at the decadal growth rate of the Hindus and Muslims and the rate of change:
Hindus |
Muslims |
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Year |
Population (millions) |
Decadal growth rate |
Change in decadal growth rate |
Population (millions) |
Decadal growth rate |
Change in decadal growth rate |
2011 |
966.3 |
16.76% |
-3.17% |
172.2 |
24.60% |
-4.92% |
2001 |
827.6 |
19.92% |
-2.78% |
138.2 |
29.52% |
-3.35% |
1991 |
690.1 |
22.71% |
-1.36% |
106.7 |
32.88% |
2.09% |
1981 |
562.4 |
24.07% |
0.38% |
80.3 |
30.78% |
-0.14% |
1971 |
453.3 |
23.68% |
2.93% |
61.4 |
30.92% |
-1.57% |
1961 |
366.5 |
20.76% |
20.76% |
46.9 |
32.49% |
32.49% |
1951 |
303.5 |
35.4 |
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Source: Compiled by The Hindu from Census and other sources
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