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Religion, Economy, Literacy of Indian Population

The main religions in India are Hinduism (82% of the population), Islam (12.1%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%), and Jainism (0.4%). Literacy rates vary significantly across gender, region, and social groups, with overall literacy at 64.8% and much higher rates for males versus females. The largest sectors of India's economy are services (60.3% of GDP), agriculture (20%), and industry (19.3%), though nearly 60% of the workforce is still engaged in agriculture.

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Religion, Economy, Literacy of Indian Population

The main religions in India are Hinduism (82% of the population), Islam (12.1%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.9%), Buddhism (0.8%), and Jainism (0.4%). Literacy rates vary significantly across gender, region, and social groups, with overall literacy at 64.8% and much higher rates for males versus females. The largest sectors of India's economy are services (60.3% of GDP), agriculture (20%), and industry (19.3%), though nearly 60% of the workforce is still engaged in agriculture.

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Religion, Economy, Literacy of

Indian population
The main religions of India are as follows:

Ø Hinduism
Ø Islam
Ø Buddhism
Ø Jainism
Ø Sikhism
Ø Zoroastrianism
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Religious distribution of population
Religions % Figures
Hindus 82.00 687,646,721
Muslims 12.12 101,596,057
Christians 2.34 19,640,284
Sikhs 1.94 16,259,744
Buddhists 0.76 6,387,500
Jains 0.40 3,352,706
Other Religions & 0.44 3,269,355
Persuasions
Miscellaneous 0.05 415,569
Relation between Religion & ST SC
Religion Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe
Buddhism 89.50% 7.40%
Christianity 9.00% 32.80%
Sikhism 30.70% 0.90%
Hinduism 22.20% 9.10%
Zoroastrianism - 15.90%
Jainism - 2.60%
Islam 0.80% 0.50%
Occupational structure of India
Ø GDP growth rate – 9.6 %
Ø GDP contribution per sector – 1) agriculture- 20%
2) Industry - 19.3% 3) services – 60.3 %
Ø Percent of the population under the poverty line:
22% (2006 est.)
Ø Present unemployment rate: 7.8%
Ø Labor force by occupation –
1.Agriculture - 60%
2.Industry - 12%
3.Services - 28%

Continued
 The percentage of people in work force – 45%
 The percentage of people engaged in active force
is more in rural areas than urban areas.
 According to gender more males are active than
females.
 The largest number of male non-workers are
student among males where as it home makers
among females.
Language & Literacy
 Literacy rate of India is 64.84per cent in 2001.
 Literacy rate varies in terms of gender, region,
and social groups.
 ¾ of the male population are literate & nearly ½
of the females are literate.
 Kerala is the first with 100% literate where as
Bihar is lowest with 61% males & 33.5% females.
 ST / SC has lower rate of literacy.
 Linguistic division – 1652 languages & local
dialects.

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