Religion in India
Statistics
Columns: Religious group | Population % 1961 | Population % 1971 | Population % 1981 | Population % 1991 | Population % 2001
Hindu | 83.45% | 82.73% | 82.30% | 81.53% | 80.46% | Muslim | 10.69% | 11.21% | 11.75% | 12.61% | 13.43% | Christian | 2.44% | 2.60% | 2.44% | 2.32% | 2.34% | Sikh | 1.79% | 1.89% | 1.92% | 1.94% | 1.87% | Buddhist | 0.74% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 0.77% | 0.77% | Animist , others | 0.43% | 0.41% | 0.42% | 0.44% | 0.72% | Jain | 0.46% | 0.48% | 0.47% | 0.40% | 0.41%