RELIGION

Code State/Union territory

India@

Buddhists

Proportion
Buddhist of Buddhist
Population population

Proportion
of child
population
Sex in the age
Sex ratio (0- group 0-6 Literacy
ratio
6)
yrs
rate

1,028,610,328

7,955,207

0.8

953

942

14.4

72.7

61.7

40.6

10,143,700
6,077,900
24,358,999
900,635
8,489,349

113,787
75,859
41,487
1,332
12,434

1.1
1.2
0.2
0.1
0.1

941
942
871
858
778

961
924
820
746
802

11.7
10.6
13.4
7.7
9.1

59.7
73.7
72.7
91.7
76.3

49.0
64.7
64.4
89.1
68.0

46.5
48.7
33.5
24.8
33.0

21,144,564
13,850,507
56,507,188
166,197,921
82,998,509

7,140
23,705
10,335
302,031
18,818

0.0
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.0

783
829
802
895
841

833
890
840
928
919

16.2
13.5
18.2
19.9
19.4

67.4
83.8
71.4
56.2
59.0

54.9
75.6
55.1
40.3
42.2

37.8
32.1
42.8
33.4
32.6

540,851
1,097,968
1,990,036
2,166,788
888,573

152,042
143,028
1,356
1,926
70,494

28.1
13.0
0.1
0.1
7.9

944
970
782
879
929

969
959
841
919
942

14.4
19.8
11.9
18.4
20.5

67.3
44.9
74.6
53.3
45.8

59.8
34.6
70.1
38.2
34.5

47.8
47.3
44.0
47.2
51.9

Total Population

Female
Work
literacy participati
rate
on rate

01
02
03
04
05

Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Chandigarh
Uttaranchal

06
07
08
09
10

Haryana
Delhi
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar

11
12
13
14
15

Sikkim
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Manipur@
Mizoram

16
17
18
19
20

Tripura
Meghalaya
Assam
West Bengal
Jharkhand

3,199,203
2,318,822
26,655,528
80,176,197
26,945,829

98,922
4,703
51,029
243,364
5,940

3.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.0

956
871
939
981
885

988
867
971
965
812

17.9
14.4
14.3
10.6
16.8

49.2
70.8
69.9
74.7
62.5

37.4
64.3
60.4
66.2
48.7

43.0
37.2
41.1
35.5
36.5

21
22
23
24
25

Orissa
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Daman & Diu

36,804,660
20,833,803
60,348,023
50,671,017
158,204

9,863
65,267
209,322
17,829
126

0.0
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.1

904
1012
949
889
370

938
945
923
886
700

13.3
13.4
14.5
17.3
13.5

71.0
84.9
74.4
66.9
84.4

58.8
76.9
62.6
53.6
63.0

46.3
41.1
42.8
34.7
70.6

26
27
28
29
30

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Goa

220,490
96,878,627
76,210,007
52,850,562
1,347,668

457
5,838,710
32,037
393,300
649

0.2
6.0
0.0
0.7
0.0

638
961
960
907
818

932
941
956
953
950

18.6
14.1
16.2
15.3
12.0

63.4
76.2
54.8
54.8
82.8

43.1
65.2
41.0
42.0
75.6

54.3
40.5
46.1
41.7
50.7

31
32
33
34
35

Lakshadweep
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Pondicherry
Andaman & Nicobar Isla

60,650
31,841,374
62,405,679
974,345
356,152

N
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1

N
875
868
780
358

N
962
887
1000
786

N
12.7
12.0
5.5
5.9

100
92.1
86.3
92.8
91.4

100
88.4
80.6
93.3
83.0

100
34.6
34.5
34.2
23.3

1
2,027
5,393
73
421

Source: The First Report on Religion : Census of India 2001

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Note: ' - Excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur