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Religious Minorities: Christians, Sikhs

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Christians

They constitute 2.30% of total population as per 2011 census.

Distribution: They are highly concentrated in Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu, and Northeast India.

  • In the Kottayam and Idukki districts of Kerala, they account of 46% and 43% of the population respectively. All other districts of Kerala show 15 - 25% Christian population.
  • In Goa, they constitute 30% of total state՚s population.
  • Several tribal districts of Bihar, Odisha, and Madhya Pradesh have significant proportion of Christians.
  • Northeastern states like Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland (87%) , and Mizoram (…

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Religious Minorities: Buddhists, Jains

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Buddhists

According to 2011 census, Buddhists account for 0.7% of Indian population.

Distribution: Buddhism is a religion to about 300 million people around the world.

  • Around 80% of the Buddhist population lives in Maharashtra. These are mainly Neo-Buddhists who embraced this religion after large-scale conversion under the influence of Baba Sahib Ambedkar.
  • It is also, found in Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunac…

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