According to the 2001 census, there are currently 7.95 million Buddhists in India i.e.0.76 % of total population of India. This makes Buddhism the fifth-largest religion in India.
Muslims officially constituting 16.20% of the country's population, or 174 million people as of 2001census.India has the second-largest population of Muslims in the world after Indonesia.
The 2001 census recorded over 24 million (2.4 crore) Indian Christians, comprising 2.3% of the country's population.Christianity is India's third-largest religion, following Hinduism and Islam.
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sikhism is 19 million (1.84% of whole population)
Hindus were 82.7 crore (or 827 million) (77.69%)
Although 77.7% of the people are Hindus, India is also home to the second-largest Muslim population in the world (16.2%). India also contains the majority of the world's Zoroastrians (0.01%). Other religious groups include Christians (2.3%), Sikhs (1.84%), Buddhists (0.76%), Jains (0.40%), Jews and Bahá'ís
2006-08-25 20:02:20
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answered by crackluver007 4
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Buddhist Population In India
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answered by ? 4
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0.7 percent is Buddhist. Muslim 11 Christian 2
2006-08-25 19:42:55
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answered by Anonymous
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60% Hindu
18% Muslims
15% Sikhs
6% Christians
2006-08-25 19:43:13
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answered by 0_0 4
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2% buddiest , 5% christian , 18% muslim
2006-08-25 19:45:09
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answered by rosh 3
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4000 years ago, 80% to 90% are Buddhism
now, 33% each??
2006-08-25 19:44:00
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answered by Anonymous
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i think that it was the same as the bc times as no christians visited the country until way into the 16th cerntury
2016-03-17 00:53:09
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answered by Anonymous
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buddhist: 7,000,000, about 0.76%
muslim: 16.2%
christian: 2.43%
2006-08-25 23:41:09
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answered by sista! 6
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