RGI releases Census 2011 data : Hindu, Christian populations equivalent in State
Source: The Sangai Express / Agencies
New Delhi, August 25 2015:
The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India today released the data on Population by Religious Communities of Census 2011.The distribution is total population by six major religious communities namely, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain besides "Other Religions and Persuasions" and "Religion not stated" .
The data are released by sex and residence up to sub-districts and towns.
Total population in 2011 is 121.09 crores; Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%); Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%); Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%); Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%); Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7%); Jain 0.45 crores (0.4%), Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%) and Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%) .
According to the same Census data, Manipur has a total Hindu population of 11,81,876 while Christians make up 11,89,043.The total Muslim population of the State is 2,39,836.The total population of the State according to 2011 Census report is 28,55,794 and it includes 7084 Buddhists.
The proportion of Hindu population to total population of the country in 2011 has declined by 0.7 percentage point (PP); the proportion of Sikh population has declined by 0.2 PP and the Buddhist population has declined by 0.1 PP during the decade 2001-2011.The proportion of Muslim population to total population has increased by 0.8 PP.
There has been no significant change in the proportion of Christians & Jains.
The growth rate of population in the decade 2001-2011 was 17.7 %.
The growth rate of population of the different religious communities in the same period was as Hindus: 16.8%; Muslim: 24.6%; Christian: 15.5%; Sikh: 8.4%; Buddhist: 6.1% and Jain: 5.4%, according to a PIB press release.