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And what percentage are Muslim, Christian etc?

An approximate guess is ok (if you have a good idea of what you're talking about).

2006-08-25 19:38:55 · 8 answers · asked by rabble rouser 6 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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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.

additional information:
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 · answer #1 · answered by crackluver007 4 · 1 0

Buddhist Population In India

2016-11-05 00:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

0.7 percent is Buddhist. Muslim 11 Christian 2

2006-08-25 19:42:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

60% Hindu
18% Muslims
15% Sikhs
6% Christians

2006-08-25 19:43:13 · answer #4 · answered by 0_0 4 · 1 0

2% buddiest , 5% christian , 18% muslim

2006-08-25 19:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by rosh 3 · 0 0

4000 years ago, 80% to 90% are Buddhism
now, 33% each??

2006-08-25 19:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

buddhist: 7,000,000, about 0.76%
muslim: 16.2%
christian: 2.43%

2006-08-25 23:41:09 · answer #8 · answered by sista! 6 · 0 0

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