<Table> Christians in India <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Saint Thomas Christian cross </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Total population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 27,819,588 (2011) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Regions with significant populations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Majority in Nagaland at 90%, Mizoram at 98% and Meghalaya at 83.3% . Plural majority in Manipur at 41.3% and Arunachal Pradesh at 30.3% . Significant populations in Goa at 25%, Kerala at 18.4%, Tamil Nadu at 6.2%, Jharkhand at 4.3%, Odisha at 2.76%, Andhra Pradesh at 1.38% . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Languages </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Konkani, Kannada, English, Hindi and various Indian languages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Religion </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Half majority Roman Catholic (Latin Catholics) and Eastern Catholic (Syro Malabar, Malankara Rite) Near majority Saint Thomas Christians (Chaldean Syrian, Orthodox, Jacobite, and Marthoma etc . (East Syriac Rite / West Syriac Rite)) Minority to various denominations of Protestants and Restoration / Nontrinitarians like Baptists, Church of South India, Evangelical Church of India, Believers Eastern Church, Lutheran Churches, Pentecostals, Apostolics and Latter Day Saints (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints and Community of Christ) and Church of the Brethren in India . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related ethnic groups </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Nasranis, Knanaya, East Indians, Khasis, Mizos, Kukis, Nagas, Anglo - Indians, Goan Catholics, Mangalorean Catholics, Garo people, Pnar people </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Saint Thomas Christian cross </Td> </Tr>

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