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Hinduism is the largest religion in India. [2] [3] According to the 2011 Census of India, 966.3 million people identify as Hindu, [4] representing 79.8% of the country's population. India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. [5] [6] The vast majority of Indian Hindus belong to Shaivite and Vaishnavite denominations. [7]
India. - 2011. Scheduled Castes are notified in 31 States/UTs of India and Scheduled Tribes in 30 States. There are altogether 1,241 individual ethnic groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Castes in different States/UTs. Number of individual ethnic groups, etc. notified as Scheduled Tribes is 705. There has been some changes in the List of SCs/STs ...
The population of India as per 2011 census was 1,210,854,977. [31] India added 181.5 million to its population since 2001, slightly lower than the population of Brazil. India, with 2.4% of the world's surface area, accounts for 17.5% of its population. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with roughly 200 million people.
Census in British India refers to the census of India prior to independence which was conducted periodically from 1865 to 1941. The censuses were primarily concerned with administration and faced numerous problems in their design and conduct ranging from the absence of house numbering in hamlets to cultural objections on various grounds to ...
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. It consists of 836 islands (of which only 31 are inhabited) grouped into two island groups: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a 150 km (93 mi) wide channel. Port Blair is the capital and largest city of the territory, located about 1,190 km ...
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Inter-caste marriages in India. The inter-caste marriages in India have been gradually gaining acceptance due to increasing education, employment, middle-class economic background, and urbanisation [citation needed]. As of the 2011 census, 5.8% of the marriages in India were inter-caste marriages. [1] [2]
