Top 10 Religions in India with ratio
                     Top 10 Religions in 
India with ratio
1. Hinduism
 Hinduism is an ancient religion, and is also the largest 
religious grouping in India; around 966 million adherents as 
of 2011; compose 79.8% of the population. It is also home to 
nearly 90% of world Hindu population.
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2. Islam
 Islam is the largest minority religion in India. About 14.2% of the 
country's population or approx. 200 million people identify as 
adherents of Islam. It makes India the country with the largest 
Muslim population outside Muslim-majority countries. Muslims are a 
majority in states Jammu and Kashmir and Lakshadweep.
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3. Christianity
 Christianity is the third largest religion of India, making up 2.3% of 
the population. St. Thomas is credited with introduction of 
Christianity in India. He arrived on the Malabar Coast in 52 AD. 
Christians comprise a majority in Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya 
and have significant populations in Kerala and Goa.
4. Sikhism
 Sikhism began in fifteenth-century North India with the teachings of 
Guru Nanak and there are about 20.8 million Sikhs in India. Punjab 
is the spiritual home of Sikhs, and is the only state in India where 
Sikhs form a majority. There are also significant populations of Sikhs 
in neighboring Chandigarh, Delhi and Haryana, which were 
historically part of Punjab.
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5. Buddhism
 Buddhism is followed by around 8.5 million people or about 0.7% of 
the total population of India. Buddhism as a religion is practiced 
mainly in the foothills of the Himalayas and is a significant religion 
in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Darjeeling in West Bengal. 
Besides, a significant number of Buddhists reside in Maharashtra.
6. Jainism
 Jainism is a non-theistic Indian religion and philosophical system 
originating in Iron Age India. Jains compose 0.4% (around 4.45 
million) of India's population, and are concentrated in the states of 
Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan.
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7. Zoroastrianism
 The Parsis, who originate from ancient Persia, live in India with 
a significant population living in Mumbai, follow the 
Zoroastrianism religion, making about 0.1% of the Indian 
population.
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8. Tribal religion
 The tribal people observe their festivals, which have no direct 
conflict with any religion, and they conduct marriage among them 
according to their customary tribal faith. They constitute 0.2 % of 
Indian population.
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9. Baha'i faith
 The Baha'i Faith in India is very small in proportion to the national 
population, but it is numerically large and has a long history with 
the notable Lotus Temple, various Baha'i schools, and increasing 
prominence and according to the Association of Religion Data 
Archives data there were 1,898,000 Baha'is in India, constituting 
0.1% of the population.
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10. Judaism
 The history of the Jews in India reaches back to ancient times. 
Judaism was one of the first foreign religions to arrive in India in 
recorded history. Indian Jews are a religious minority of India, 
with about 5,000 people living in India.
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