Lok Sabha Question No. 1325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Categorization of Minority Community
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1325 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25-07-2018

## Categorization of Minority Community

1325. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the basis on which the Government categorises minority communities;
- (b)  the State-wise population of Muslim community in various States of the country and the ratio of the population of Muslims in comparison to the total population of those States; and
- (c)  the  steps  being  taken  to  give  proportional  representation  to  the  Muslims  in various commissions set up by the Government?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  The  Central  Government  notifies  minority  communities  under  Section  2(c)  of  National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act, 1992 in consultation with various stakeholders.
- (b)  State-wise population of the Muslims and the ratio of population in the country (as per Census 2011)   is at Annex-A.
- (c)  Adequate representation to Muslim community  has  been  given in the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) which is under administrative control of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.  In other Commissions set up by the Government, eligible and qualified persons are appointed as per the rules of the respective Commissions.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  1325  FOR  25-07-2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  RAJU  SHETTY  REGARDING CATEGORIZATION OF MINORITY COMMUNITY.

| State                       | Total Population   | Muslim Population   | %of Total   |
|-----------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|
| Lakshadweep                 | 64,473             | 62,268              | 96.58%      |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 12,541,302         | 8,567,485           | 68.31%      |
| Assam                       | 31,205,576         | 10,679,345          | 34.22%      |
| West Bengal                 | 91,276,115         | 24,654,825          | 27.01%      |
| Kerala                      | 33,406,061         | 8,873,472           | 26.56%      |
| Uttar Pradesh               | 199,812,341        | 38,483,967          | 19.26%      |
| Bihar                       | 104,099,452        | 17,557,809          | 16.87%      |
| Jharkhand                   | 32,988,134         | 4,793,994           | 14.53%      |
| Uttarakhand                 | 10,086,292         | 1,406,825           | 13.95%      |
| Karnataka                   | 61,095,297         | 7,893,065           | 12.92%      |
| Delhi                       | 16,787,941         | 2,158,684           | 12.86%      |
| Maharashtra                 | 112,374,333        | 12,971,152          | 11.54%      |
| Gujarat                     | 60,439,692         | 5,846,761           | 9.67%       |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 84,580,777         | 8,082,412           | 9.56%       |
| Rajasthan                   | 68,548,437         | 6,215,377           | 9.07%       |
| Tripura                     | 3,673,917          | 316,042             | 8.60%       |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 380,581            | 32,413              | 8.52%       |
| Manipur                     | 2,855,794          | 239,836             | 8.40%       |
| Goa                         | 1,458,545          | 121,564             | 8.33%       |
| Daman and Diu               | 243,247            | 19,277              | 7.92%       |
| Haryana                     | 25,351,462         | 1,781,342           | 7.03%       |
| Madhya Pradesh              | 72,626,809         | 4,774,695           | 6.57%       |
| Puducherry                  | 1,247,953          | 75,556              | 6.05%       |
| Tamil Nadu                  | 72,147,030         | 4,229,479           | 5.86%       |
| Chandigarh                  | 1,055,450          | 51,447              | 4.87%       |
| Meghalaya                   | 2,966,889          | 130,399             | 4.40%       |

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| State                  | Total Population   | Muslim Population   | %of Total   |
|------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-------------|
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 343,709            | 12,922              | 3.76%       |
| Nagaland               | 1,978,502          | 48,963              | 2.47%       |
| Himachal Pradesh       | 6,864,602          | 149,881             | 2.18%       |
| Orissa                 | 41,974,218         | 911,670             | 2.17%       |
| Chhattisgarh           | 25,545,198         | 514,998             | 2.02%       |
| Arunachal Pradesh      | 1,383,727          | 27,045              | 1.95%       |
| Punjab                 | 27,743,338         | 535,489             | 1.93%       |
| Sikkim                 | 610,577            | 9,867               | 1.62%       |
| Mizoram                | 1,097,206          | 14,832              | 1.35%       |