<Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> Lakshadweep </Td> <Td> UT </Td> <Td> 64,473 </Td> <Td> 0.01 </Td> <Td> 33,123 </Td> <Td> 31,350 </Td> <Td> 946 </Td> <Td> 91.85 </Td> <Td> 14,121 </Td> <Td> 50,308 </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> 2,013 </Td> <Td> 6.2% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> TOTAL </Th> <Th> India </Th> <Th> 35 </Th> <Th> 1,210,854,977 </Th> <Th> 100 </Th> <Th> 623,724,248 </Th> <Td> 586,469,174 </Td> <Td> 943 </Td> <Td> 73.00 </Td> <Td> 833,087,662 </Td> <Td> 377,105,760 </Td> <Td> 3,287,240 </Td> <Td> 382 </Td> <Td> 17.64% </Td> </Tr> <P> The religious data on India Census 2011 was released by the Government of India on 25 August 2015 . Hindus are 79.8% (966.3 million), while Muslims are 14.23% (172.2 million) in India . and Christians are 2.30% (28.7 million). According to the 2011 Census of India, there are 57,264 Parsis in India . For the first time, a "No religion" category was added in the 2011 census . 2.87 million were classified as people belonging to "No Religion" in India in the 2011 census 0.24% of India's population of 1.21 billion . Given below is the decade - by - decade religious composition of India until the 2011 census . There are six religions in India that have been awarded "National Minority" status - Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis . Sunnis, Shias, Bohras, Agakhanis and Ahmadiyyas were identified as sects of Islam in India . As per 2011 census, six major faiths - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains make up over 99.4% of India's 1.21 billion population, while "other religions, persuasions" (ORP) count is 8.2 million . Among the ORP faiths, six faiths - 4.957 million - strong Sarnaism, 1.026 million - strong Gond, 506,000 - strong Sari, Donyi - Polo (302,000) in Arunachal Pradesh, Sanamahism (222,000) in Manipur, Khasi (138,000) in Meghalaya dominate . Maharashtra is having the highest number of atheists in the country with 9,652 such people, followed by Kerala . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Population trends for major religious groups in India (1951--2011) </Dt> </Dl>

Muslim population in india according to 2011 census