Percentage of households
Q. Which of the following is/are correct?
1) The number of households of Sikhs is more than those of the Christians.
2) The number of households of Buddhists is more than those of the Sikhs.- Published on 23 May 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Neither 1 nor 2
- At the census 2001, out of 1028 million population, little over 827 million (80.5%) have returned themselves as followers of Hindu religion, 138 million (13.4%) as Muslims or the followers of Islam, 24 million (2.3%) as Christians, 19 million (1.9%) as Sikh, 8 million (0.80%) as Buddhists and 4 million (0.4%) are Jain.
- The Hindus have highest percentage of households – 81%; next is Muslims – 12.5%; Christians – 2.5%; Sikhs – 1.7%; Buddhist – 0.7%; Jains – 0.4%
- Sex wise variation is highest among Hindu community (Male headed household size 4.9, Female headed household size 3.8) and the least variation is seen among Sikh community (Male headed household size 5.1, Female headed household size 4.6).
