Which of the following religious communities constituted 2.3 percent of India’s population in 2011?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Christians
In the Census of 2011 the Christians numbered 27.8 million, 2.3 per cent of India’s population, against 1.7 per cent Sikhs, 0.7 per cent Buddhists and 0.4 per cent Jains.
NCERT (2025-26): “Religious Composition … The spatial distribution of religious communities in the country (Appendix–v) shows that there are certain states and districts having large numerical strength of one religion, while the same may be very negligibly represented in other states.…” “Religious Composition … The Christian population is distributed mostly in rural areas of the country. The main concentration is observed along the Western coast around Goa, Kerala and also in the hill states of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Chotanagpur area and Hills of Manipur.…”
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