Lok Sabha Question No. 3353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Population Survey
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3353

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH   DECEMBER, 2016/ AGRAHAYANA 15, 1938 (SAKA)

POPULATION SURVEY

3353. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  population  survey  on Parsis and Jews in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that the population of these two communities have decreased; and

(c) if so, the present population of these two communities vis-a-vis 1950, State-wise?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a)&(b): Madam;  as per Census 2011, the population of Parsi / Zorastrian & Jews / Judaism in India are 57264 and 4429 respectively.  As per Census 1951, the population of these two communities were 111791 and 26781 respectively.

(c):  State-wise  population  of  these  communities  in  1951  and  2011  are given at Annexure.

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## Population of Parsi / Zorastrain and Jews / Judaism

| Census 2011               | Census 2011       | Census 2011    |
|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------|
| India/States/UTs          | Parsi/ Zorastrian | Jews / Judaism |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 3                 | 1              |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 609               | 23             |
| Arunachal Pradesh         | 0                 | 2              |
| Assam                     | 16                | 28             |
| Bihar                     | 1                 | 5              |
| Chandigarh                | 2                 | 1              |
| Chhattisgarh              | 3                 | 0              |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 52                | 0              |
| Daman & Diu               | 67                | 0              |
| Delhi                     | 221               | 22             |
| Goa                       | 53                | 4              |
| Gujarat                   | 9727              | 124            |
| Haryana                   | 83                | 1              |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 1                 | 0              |
| Jammu & Kashmir           | 2                 | 0              |
| Jharkhand                 | 188               | 23             |
| Karnataka                 | 443               | 9              |
| Kerala                    | 24                | 48             |
| Lakshadweep               | 0                 | 0              |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 263               | 3              |
| Maharashtra               | 44854             | 1574           |
| Manipur                   | 0                 | 2032           |
| Meghalaya                 | 1                 | 7              |
| Mizoram                   | 11                | 332            |
| Nagaland                  | 0                 | 118            |
| Orissa                    | 11                | 0              |
| Pondicherry               | 8                 | 0              |
| Punjab                    | 9                 | 4              |
| Rajasthan                 | 85                | 1              |
| Sikkim                    | 0                 | 0              |
| Tamil Nadu                | 127               | 2              |
| Tripura                   | 0                 | 0              |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 104               | 52             |
| Uttaranchal               | 5                 | 5              |
| West Bengal               | 291               | 8              |
| India                     | 57264             | 4429           |

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| Census 1951                 | Census 1951   | Census 1951   |
|-----------------------------|---------------|---------------|
| India/States/ Divisions     | Zoroastrians  | Jews          |
| Ajmer                       | 262           | 0             |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2             | 1             |
| Assam                       | 27            | 209           |
| Bhopal                      | 55            | 0             |
| Bihar                       | 455           | 92            |
| Bombay                      | 97573         | 20135         |
| Coorg                       | 10            | 0             |
| Delhi                       | 164           | 90            |
| Himachal Pradesh& Bilaspur  | 0             | 0             |
| Hyderabad                   | 1992          | 16            |
| Kutch                       | 49            | 3             |
| Madhya Bharat               | 934           | 125           |
| Madras                      | 2087          | 474           |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 3066          | 228           |
| Manipur                     | 1             | 0             |
| Mysore                      | 470           | 162           |
| Orissa                      | 181           | 72            |
| Patiala& E.P. States Union  | 98            | 9             |
| Punjab                      | 77            | 150           |
| Rajasthan                   | 500           | 0             |
| Saurashtra                  | 560           | 69            |
| Travancore-Cochin           | 38            | 2288          |
| Tripura                     | 1             | 0             |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 1258          | 34            |
| Vindhya Pradesh             | 13            | 5             |
| West Bengal                 | 1918          | 2619          |
| India                       | 111791        | 26781         |