85.0%,  Muslims  form 10.5%,  Sikhs  2.5% and Christians ,  Buddhists ,  Jains  and others about 0.5%. It has male-female ratio of .963 and has a  literacy rate  of 79.63%. The largest cities in the state include  Dehradun  (530,263), Haridwar  (220,767),  Roorkee  (158,896),  Haldwani  (145,278) and  Rudrapur  (88,720). The state government recognizes 15,620