Population

Submitted by kashif on Thu, 09/15/2005 - 01:15.

States (where Muslim population exceeds 5%)

Muslim Proportion

2001/(1961)

 %age of population under 6 yrs

Muslim(Hindu)

(Indicator of current/future growth)

 Literacy, 2001

Muslim(Hindu)
Jammu & Kashmir 67% 15.4% (13.3) 47.3% (71.2)
Assam 31% 22% (14.5) 48.4% (70)
West Bengal 25.2% 18.7% (12.7) 57.5% (72.4)
Kerala 24.7% 15% (10.8) 89.4% (90.2)
UP 18.5% 20.9% (18.6) 47.8% (58)
Bihar 16.5% 22% (19.9) 42% (47.9)
Jharkhand 13.8% 21.2% (17.9) 55.6% (54.6)
India 13.4% (10.7%) 18.7% (15.6) 59.1% (65.1)
Karnataka 12.2% 16.1% (13.3) 70.1% (65.6)
Uttaranchal 11.9% 21.2% (15.4) 51.1% (74.1)
Delhi 11.7% 18.5% (14.3) 66.6% (82.8)
Maharashtra 10.6% 16.2% (14) 78.1% (76.2)
Andhra Pradesh 9.2% 14.9% (13.2) 68% (59.4)
Gujarat 9.1% 15.7% (14.9) 73.5% (68.3)
Rajasthan 8.5% 21% (18.8) 56.6% (60.2)
Tripura 8% 18.6% (13) 60.9% (75.3)
Goa 6.8% 15.2% (10.9) 75.4% (81.9)
Madhya Pradesh 6.4% 17.9% (18) 70.3% (62.8)
Haryana 5.8% 24.5% (15.4) 40% (69.4)
Tamil Nadu 5.6% 12.9% (11.5) 82.9% (72)

Courtesy: South Asian Voice

Fertility Rate(2001 census)
number of children per woman
Muslims 3.6
Hindus 2.8
Christians 2.4
Sikhs 2.3

Growth Rate for Muslims
Highest: 31% in Assam
Lowest: 15.8% in Kerala

Gender Ratio(females:males)
Muslims 950:1000
Sikhs 986:1000
Jains 870:1000
Hindus 925:1000
Christians 964:1000
Buddhists 942:1000
National 927:1000
[2005 study]

According to Cenus of India 2001, 13.4% of Indian population is Muslims. Please see the attached pdf file below for a summary.

Growth rate of Muslims
1991-2001: 29.5% (21.5% for all communities)
1981-1991: 32.9%
1971-1981: 30.7%
1961-1971: 30.8%
Source: An expert committee of demographers set up by the NCM; the head of the committee was Mr Ashish Bose of the Society for Applied Research in Humanities.

1991 census



size=3>Minority Communities

The
erstwhile Ministry of Welfare now Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment issued Notification dated 23rd October, 1993,
The Notification is reproduced below :-

"In
exercise of powers conferred by Clause © of Section 2 of the National
Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 (1`9 of 1992), the Central Government
hereby notifies the following communities as "the minority communities"
for the purposes of the said Act, namely:

    1. Muslims
    2. Christians
    3. Sikhs
    4. Buddhists
    5. Zoroastrians
      (Parsis)
(India’s
total population : 816,169,666)

1991
Census
Religious

Communities 		Total

population

 %ge Rural

population 		%ge
to

total rural

Population

Urban

population 		%ge
to total

Urban

population

Hindus
 687,646,721

Males: 357,252,833

Females:330,393,888

 82.00 522,896,625 83.96 164,750,096 76.35
Muslims 101,596,057

Males: 52,631,365

Females:48,964,692		 12.12 65,563,595 10.53 36,032,362 16.70
Christian 19,640,284

Males: 9,848,930

Females: 9,791,354		 2.34 13,485,261 2.17 6,155,023 2.85
Sikhs 16,259,744

Males: 8,610,508

Females: 7,649,236

 1.94 12,473,430 2.00 3,786,314 1.75
Buddhists
 6,387,500

Males: 1,722,715

Females: 1,629,991		 0.76 4,127,484 0.66 2,260,016 1.05
Jains 3,352,706

Males: 1,722,715

Females: 1,629,991

 0.40 997,718 0.16
 2,354,988 1.09
Zoroastrians 76,382

Males: 37,736

Females: 38,646

 0.09
 3,187   73,195  

 

(India's
total population : 816,169,666)
1991
Census - Statewise Figures
State Total Population Hindus Muslims Christians Sikhs Buddhists Jains Parsis
Andhra
Pradesh		 66,508,008

 59,281,950

(89.14%) 		5,923,954

(8.91%) 		1,216,348

(1.83%)

21,910

(0.03%) 		22,153

(0.03%) 		26,564

(0.04%)

439
Arunachal
Pradesh		 864,558 320,212

(37.04%)

11,922

(1.38%) 		89,013

(10.29%) 		1,205

(0.14%)

111,372

(12.88%) 		64

(0.01%) 		-
Assam 22,414,322 15,047,293


(67.13%) 		6,373,204

(28.453%)

744,367

(3.32%) 		16,492

(0.07%) 		64,008

(0.29%)

20,645

(0.09%) 		4
Bihar 86,374,465 71,193,417


(82.42%)

12,787,985

(14.81%)		 843,717

(0.98% ) 		78,212

(0.09%) 		3,518

- 		23,049

(0.03%) 		185
Goa 1,169,793 756,621


(64.68%) 		61,455


(5.25%) 		349,225

(29.86%)

1,087

(0.09%) 		240

(0.02%) 		487

(0.04%)

47
Gujarat 41,309,582 36,964,228


(89.48%) 		3,606,920

(8.73%) 		181,753

(0.44%) 		33,044

(0.08%) 		11,615

(0.03%) 		491,331

(1.19%) 		12,924
Haryana 16,463,648 14,686,512

(89.21%)

763,775

(4.64%) 		15,699

(0.10%) 		956,836

(5.81%) 		2,058

(0.01%) 		35,296

(0.21%) 		-
Himachal
Pradesh		 5,170,877 4,958,560


(95.90%) 		89,134


(1.72%) 		4,435

(0.09%) 		52,050

(1.01%) 		64,081

(1.24%) 		1,206

(0.02%) 		37
Karnataka 44,977,201 38,432,027


(85.45%) 		5,234,023

(11.64%)

859,478

(1.91%) 		10,101

(0.02%) 		73,012

(0.16%)

326,114

(0.73%) 		568
Kerala 29,098,518 16,668,587

(57.28%) 		6,788,364


(23.33%) 		5,621,510

(19.32%)

2,224

(0.01%) 		223



3,641

(0.01%)

205
Madhya
Pradesh		 66,181,170 61,412,898


(92.80%) 		3,282,800

(4.96%) 		426,598

(0.65%) 		161,111

(0.24%) 		216,667

(0.33%) 		490,324

(0.74%) 		92
Maharashtra 78,937,187 64,033,213

(81.12%)

7,628,755

(9.67%) 		885,030

(1.12%) 		161,184

(0.21%) 		5,040,785

(6.39%) 		965,840

(1.22%) 		60,501
Manipur 1,837,149 1,059,470

(57.67%)

133, 535

(7.27%) 		626,669

(34.11%) 		1,301

(0.07%) 		711

(0.04%) 		1,337

(0.07%) 		-
Meghalaya 1,774,778 260,306


(14.67%) 		61,462

(3.46%) 		1,146,092

(64.58%) 		2,612

(0.15%) 		2,934

(0.16%) 		445

(0.02%) 		13
Mizoram 689,756 34,788


(5.05%) 		4,538

(0.66%)

591,342

(85.73%) 		299

(0.04%) 		54,024

(7.83%)

4



-
Nagaland 1,209,546 122,473


(10.12%)

20,642

(1.71%)

1,057,940

(87.47%) 		732

(0.06%) 		581

(0.05%)

1,202

(0.10%) 		-
Orissa 31,659,736 29,971,257


(94.67%) 		577,775

(1.83%) 		666,220

(2.10%)

17,296

(0.05%) 		9,153

(0.03%) 		6,302

(0.02%)

10
Punjab 20,281,969 6,989,226


(34.46%) 		239,401

(1.18%) 		225,163

(1.11%) 		12,767,697

(62.95%) 		24,930


(0.12%) 		20,763

(0.10%) 		30
Rajasthan 44,005,990 39,201,099

(89.08%)

3,525,339

(8.01%) 		47,989

(0.11%) 		649,174

(1.48%)

4,467

(0.01%) 		562,806

(1.28%) 		-
Sikkim 406,457 277,881

(68.37%) 		3,849

(0.95%) 		13,413

(3.30%) 		375

(0.09%) 		110,371

(27.15%) 		40

(0.01%) 		15
Tamilnadu 55,858,946 49,532,052


(88.67%)

3,052,717

(5.47%) 		3,179,410

(5.69%) 		5,449

(0.01%) 		2,128

-		 66,900

(0.12%) 		153
Tripura
 2,757,205 2,384,934


(86.50%)

196,495

(7.13%) 		46,472

(1.68%) 		740

(0.03%) 		128,260

(4.65%) 		301

(0.01%) 		-
Uttar Pradesh 139,112,287 113,712,829


(81.74%)

 24,109,684

(17.33%) 		199,575

(0.14%) 		675,775

(0.48%) 		221,433

(0.16%) 		176,259

(0.13%) 		389
West Bengal 68,077,965 50,866,624


(74.72%)

16,075,836

(23.61%) 		383,477

(0.56%) 		55,392

(0.08%) 		203,578

(0.30%) 		34,355

(0.05%) 		512





(India's
total population : 816,169,666)

1991 Census
- Statewise Figures

Union
Territories
State Total
Population		 Hindus Muslims Christians Sikhs Buddhists Jains Parsis
Andaman
& Nicobar Islands 		280,661 189,521

(67.53%)		 21,354

(7.61%) 		67,211

(23.95%)

1,350


(0.48%) 		322

(0.11%) 		17

(0.01%)

3
Chandigarh
 642,015

 486,895

(75.84%) 		17,477


(2.72%) 		5,030


(0.78%) 		130,288

(20.29%) 		699

(0.11%) 		1,531

(0.24%) 		9
Dadar
&

Nagar Haveli

138,477

 132,213


(95.48%) 		3,341

(2.41%) 		2,092

(1.51%)

20

(0.01%) 		200

(0.15%) 		529

(0.38%)

78
Daman
&

Diu

101,586

 89,153

(87.76%) 		9,048


(8.91%) 		2,904

(2.86%) 		101

(0.10%) 		31

(0.03%) 		212

(0.21%) 		123
Delhi



 9,420,644 7,882,164

(83.67%) 		889,641

(9.44%) 		83,152

(0.88%) 		455,657

(4.84%) 		13,906


(0.15%) 		94,672

(1.00%) 		41
Lakshadweep



 51,707



 2,337

(4.52%) 		4(94.31%)
8,765

 598

(1.16%) 		1



 1



 -



 1
Pondicherry



 807,785


 695,981


(86.16%) 		52,867


(6.54%) 		58,362

(7,23%) 		29

---- 		39

(0.01%) 		470

(0.06%) 		3

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