Population Census - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   On 25th Aug’15 the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGI) released the data on Census 2011 on Population by Religious Communities. What is the percentage of Christian’s population in India?

a. 1.7%
b. 2.3%
c. 0.7%
d. 0.4%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2.3%

Explanation:
The proportion of population in India is Hindu -96.63 crores (79.8%), Muslim-17.22 crores (14.2%), Christian -2.78 crores (2.3%), Sikh-2.08 crores (1.7%), Buddhist-0.84 crores (0.7%), Jain-0.45 crores (0.4%), Other Religions & Persuasions-0.79 crores (0.7%), Religion Not Stated-0.29 crores (0.2%).

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