Editing Kolkata (section)

== Demographics ==
{{See also|Ethnic communities in Kolkata}}

=== Population ===
{{Historical populations
| 1901 | 1009853
| 1911 | 1117966
| 1921 | 1158497
| 1931 | 1289461
| 1941 | 2352399
| 1951 | 2956475
| 1961 | 3351250
| 1971 | 3727020
| 1981 | 4126846
| 1991 | 4399819
| 2001 | 4572876
| 2011 | 4496694
| source = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html |title=Census of India Website: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |website=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=15 June 2021 |archive-date=10 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010234955/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

The [[demonym]] for residents of Kolkata are ''Calcuttan'' and ''Kolkatan''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Calcuttan |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calcuttan |dictionary=dictionary.com |access-date=10 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303171515/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/calcuttan |archive-date=3 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Prithvijit |title=Kolkatans relish a journey down familiar terrain |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkatans-relish-a-journey-down-familiar-terrain/articleshow/10721355.cms |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709202313/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-14/kolkata/30396787_1_first-film-strong-film-culture-satyajit-ray |archive-date=9 July 2012 |access-date=2 February 2012 |date=14 November 2011 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live |location=New Delhi }}</ref> According to provisional results of the 2011 national census, Kolkata district, which occupies an area of {{cvt|185|sqkm|sqmi}}, had a population of 4,486,679;<ref name="census">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_wb.html |title=Area, population, decennial growth rate and density for 2001 and 2011 at a glance for West Bengal and the districts: provisional population totals paper 1 of 2011: West Bengal |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060612/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_wb.html |archive-date=7 January 2012 }}</ref> its population density was {{cvt|24252|/sqkm|/sqmi}}.<ref name="census" /> This represents a decline of 1.88% during the decade 2001–11. The [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] is 899&nbsp;females per 1000&nbsp;males—lower than the national average.<ref name="2011 pp table3A2">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_wb.html |title=Sex ratio, 0–6 age population, literates and literacy rate by sex for 2001 and 2011 at a glance for West Bengal and the districts: provisional population totals paper 1 of 2011: West Bengal |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=29 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107060612/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_wb.html |archive-date=7 January 2012 }}</ref> The ratio is depressed by the influx of working males from surrounding rural areas, from the rest of West Bengal; these men commonly leave their families behind.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dutta |first=Romita |title=Kolkata sees dip in population, suburbs register an increase |url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/05224458/Kolkata-sees-dip-in-population.html |access-date=10 December 2011 |newspaper=Mint |location=New Delhi |date=5 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824001826/http://www.livemint.com/2011/04/05224458/Kolkata-sees-dip-in-population.html |archive-date=24 August 2011 }}</ref> Kolkata's literacy rate of 87.14%<ref name="2011 pp table3A2" /> exceeds the national average of 74%.<ref name="censusindliter">{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in |title=Population census 2011 |publisher=Census of India 2011, Government of India |access-date=6 December 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120202313/http://www.census2011.co.in/ |archive-date=20 November 2011 }}</ref> The final population totals of census 2011 stated the population of city as 4,496,694.<ref name="KOL" /> The urban agglomeration had a population of 14,112,536 in 2011.<ref name="kolkatauapop2011">{{cite web |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india2/Million_Plus_UAs_Cities_2011.pdf |title=Urban agglomerations/cities having population 1 million and above |year=2011 |work=Provisional population totals, census of India 2011 |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=26 January 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215163132/http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india2/Million_Plus_UAs_Cities_2011.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2011 }}</ref>

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|
{|class="wikitable" style="float:left;"
|+Kolkata urban agglomeration population growth
|-
! scope="col" |Census
! scope="col" |Total
! scope="col" |%±
|-
! scope="row" |[[1981 census of India|1981]]
|style="text-align:right;"|9,194,000
|style="text-align:center;"|&nbsp;—
|-
! scope="row" |[[1991 Census of India|1991]]
|style="text-align:right;"|11,021,900
|style="text-align:right;"|19.9%
|-
! scope="row" |[[2001 census of India|2001]]
|style="text-align:right;"|13,114,700
|style="text-align:right;"|19.0%
|-
! scope="row" |[[2011 census of India|2011]]
|style="text-align:right;"|14,112,536
|style="text-align:right;"|7.6%
|-
|colspan="3" |Source: [[Demographics of India|Census of India]]<ref name="kolkatauapop2011" />
|}
|}

{{As of|2003}}, about one-third of the population, or 15&nbsp;lakh (1.5&nbsp;million) people, lived in 3,500&nbsp;unregistered [[Squatting|squatter-occupied]] and 2,011&nbsp;registered [[slum]]s.<ref name="kundu">{{cite web |last=Kundu |first=N |publisher=Development Planning Unit. [[University College, London|University College]], London |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/Global_Report/pdfs/Kolkata_bw.pdf |title=Understanding slums: case studies for the global report on human settlements 2003. The case of Kolkata, India |access-date=26 April 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524005019/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dpu-projects/Global_Report/pdfs/Kolkata_bw.pdf |archive-date=24 May 2006 }}</ref>{{rp|4}}<ref name="slumdiversity" />{{rp|92}} The authorised slums (with access to basic services like water, latrines, trash removal by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation) can be broadly divided into two groups—''bustees'', in which slum dwellers have some long term tenancy agreement with the landowners; and ''udbastu colonies'', settlements which had been leased to refugees from present-day Bangladesh by the government.<ref name="slumdiversity">{{cite journal |last=Schenk |first=W. Collin |title=Slum diversity in Kolkata |journal=Columbia Undergraduate Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2010 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=91–108 [92] |url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cujsas/Volume%20I/Issue%20II/W%20Collin%20Schenk%20-%20Slum%20Diversity.pdf |access-date=2 February 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131170736/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cujsas/Volume%20I/Issue%20II/W%20Collin%20Schenk%20-%20Slum%20Diversity.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name="kundu" />{{rp|5}} The [[Shanty town|unauthorised slums]] (devoid of basic services provided by the municipality) are occupied by squatters who started living on encroached lands—mainly along canals, railway lines and roads.<ref name="slumdiversity" />{{rp|92}}<ref name="kundu" />{{rp|5}} According to the 2005 National Family Health Survey, around 14% of the households in Kolkata were poor, while 33% lived in slums, indicating a substantial proportion of households in slum areas were better off economically than the bottom quarter of urban households in terms of wealth status.<ref name="healthsurvey" />{{rp|23}} [[Mother Teresa]] was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for founding and working with the [[Missionaries of Charity]] in Kolkata—an organisation "whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after".<ref>{{cite book |title=Nobel Lectures, Peace 1971–1980 |year=1997 |publisher=World Scientific Publishing Co |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-02-1179-0 |page=221 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html |editor1=Frängsmyr, Tore |editor2=Abrams, Irwin |access-date=3 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011210335/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html |archive-date=11 October 2014 }}</ref>

=== Language ===
{{Pie chart 
|thumb=right 
|caption=Languages spoken in Kolkata city (2011 census)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |format=XLDX |title=India Census 2011: C-16 Population By Mother Tongue |website=Censusindia.gov.in |access-date=16 January 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115221623/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |url-status=live }}</ref>
|label1=[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|value1=61.45
|color1=orchid
|label2=[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|value2=22.84
|color2=orange
|label3=[[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|value3=13.03
|color3=green
|label4=[[Odia language|Odia]]
|value4=0.58
|color4=gold
|label5=[[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
|value5=0.57
|color5=skyblue
|label6=[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|value6=0.35
|color6=pink
|label8=[[Nepali language|Nepali]]
|value8=0.18
|color8=maroon
|label9=Others
|value9=0.8
|color9=grey
|label7=[[English language|English]]
|value7=0.2
|color7=blue
}}

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Kolkata City (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Population by Religious Community |publisher=Census of India |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html |access-date=10 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913045700/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html |archive-date=13 September 2015}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|76.51}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|20.60}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in West Bengal|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|0.88}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|0.31}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|yellow|0.11}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism]]|pink|0.47}}
{{bar percent|Others or not stated|Black|1.12}}
}} 
[[Bengali language|Bengali]], the official state language, is the dominant language in Kolkata.<ref name="kmcbasicstat">{{cite web |title=Basic statistics of Kolkata |url=https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/BasicStatistics.jsp |publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation |access-date=5 February 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120104175605/https://www.kmcgov.in/KMCPortal/jsp/BasicStatistics.jsp |archive-date=4 January 2012 }}</ref> English is also used, particularly by the white-collar workforce. [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] are spoken by a sizeable minority.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roy |first=Anirban |title=West Bengal to have six more languages for official use |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-recognizes-six-non-bengali-languages/1/139450.html |access-date=26 January 2012 |newspaper=India Today |location=Noida, India |date=27 May 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829190220/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-recognizes-six-non-bengali-languages/1/139450.html |archive-date=29 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal gives second language status to Urdu in 18 areas |url=http://archive.asianage.com/india/bengal-gives-second-language-status-urdu-18-areas-955 |access-date=9 February 2012 |newspaper=Asian Age |location=New Delhi |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=4 February 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029045815/http://archive.asianage.com/india/bengal-gives-second-language-status-urdu-18-areas-955 |archive-date=29 October 2016 }}</ref> [[Bengali Hindus]] form the majority of Kolkata's population; [[Marwaris]], [[Biharis]] and Urdu-speaking [[Muslims]] compose large minorities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kolkatamycity.com/basic_stat.asp |title=Basic statistics of Kolkata |publisher=Kolkata Municipal Corporation |access-date=2 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516090951/http://www.kolkatamycity.com/basic_stat.asp |archive-date=16 May 2008 }}</ref> Among [[Ethnic communities in Kolkata|Kolkata's smaller communities]] are [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]], [[Tamils]], [[Nepalis]], [[Pashtuns|Pathans/Afghans]] (locally known as ''Kabuliwala''<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 May 2015 |title=The 'Kabuliwala' Afghans of Kolkata |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32377276 |access-date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127222028/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-32377276 |url-status=live }}</ref>) [[Odia people|Odias]], [[Telugu people|Telugus]], [[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]], [[Anglo-Indian]]s, [[Armenians in India|Armenians]], [[Bengali Muslims]], [[Greeks]], [[Tibetan people|Tibetans]], [[Marathi people|Maharashtrians]], [[Konkani people|Konkanis]], [[Malayali|Malayalees]], [[Punjabis]] and [[Parsis]].<ref name="BanerjeePage1and3" />{{rp|3}} The number of Armenians, Greeks, Jews and other foreign-origin groups declined during the 20th century.<ref name="BanerjeePage10" /> The [[History of the Jews in Kolkata|Jewish population of Kolkata]] was 5,000 during World War II, but declined after [[Independence of India|Indian independence]] and the establishment of Israel;<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/india.jews/ |title=Twilight comes for India's fading Jewish community |last=Basu |first=Moni |date=29 March 2010 |work=CNN |access-date=21 August 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711133814/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/india.jews/index.html |archive-date=11 July 2012 }}</ref> {{As of|2003|lc=y}}, there were 25 Jews in the city.<ref>{{cite news |first=Zach |last=Marks |title=The Last Jews of Kolkata |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/the-last-jews-of-kolkata/ |work=[[New York Times]] |date=24 October 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705034625/https://archive.nytimes.com/india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/24/the-last-jews-of-kolkata/ |archive-date=5 July 2024 |access-date=21 August 2024 }}</ref> India's sole [[Chinatown, Kolkata|Chinatown]] is in eastern Kolkata;<ref name="BanerjeePage10" /> once home to 20,000 ethnic Chinese, its population dropped to around 2,000, {{as of|2009|lc=on}},<ref name="BanerjeePage10" /> as a result of multiple factors including repatriation and denial of Indian citizenship following the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]], and immigration to foreign countries for better economic opportunities.<ref name="thampi">{{cite book |title=India and China in the colonial world |editor-last=Thampi |editor-first=Madhavi |year=2005 |publisher=Social Science Press |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-87358-20-6 |pages=60–64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZ5RdT5mHHIC |access-date=31 January 2012 }}</ref> The Chinese community traditionally worked in the local tanning industry and ran Chinese restaurants.<ref name="BanerjeePage10" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/31/2003181147 |title=Calcutta's Chinatown facing extinction over new rule |newspaper=Taipei Times |location=Taipei, Taiwan |date=18 April 2011 |access-date=25 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513234646/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/31/2003181147 |archive-date=13 May 2011 }}</ref>

=== Religion ===

According to the 2011 census, 76.51% of the population is [[Hindu]], 20.60%&nbsp;[[Muslim]], 0.88%&nbsp;[[Christian]], 0.47%&nbsp;[[Jainism|Jain]], 0.31%&nbsp;[[Sikh]] and 0.11%&nbsp;[[Buddhist]].<ref name="census2">{{cite web |publisher=Census 2011 India |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/215-kolkata.html |title=Kolkata City Census 2011 |access-date=10 May 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427001813/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/215-kolkata.html |archive-date=27 April 2016}} Scroll down to "Religion in Kolkata"</ref> 1.12% did not state a religion in the census.<ref name="census2" /> &nbsp;

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{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Kolkata City (1872−2011){{efn|1872–1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Calcutta, which included Calcutta Municipality and Calcutta Suburbs (including [[Cossipore]], [[Chitpur]], [[Maniktala]], and [[Garden Reach]]).<ref name="Census1911B"/><ref name="Census1921B"/>|name="CalcuttaCity1881to1941"}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in India|Religious]]<br />group
! colspan="2" |1872<ref name="Census1872">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25057646 |jstor-access=free |title=Report of the census of Bengal, 1872 |year=1872 |page=333 |last1=Beverley |first1=H. }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881">{{cite book |first=H. |last=Beverley |year=1881 |title=Report on the census of the town and suburbs of Calcutta, taken on the 17th February, 1881 |location=Calcutta |publisher=Bengal Secretariat Press |jstor=saoa.crl.25057670 |jstor-access=free }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25318666 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India, 1891. General tables for British provinces and feudatory states. |year=1891 |page=68 |last1=Baines |first1=Jervoise Athelstane |volume=1 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25352838 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1901. |volume=1A, India. Pt. 2, Tables |year=1901 |page=44 }}</ref><ref name="Census1901B">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25363719 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1901 |volume=7, Calcutta : town and suburbs. Pt. 3, Tabular statistics |year=1901 |page=10 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25393779 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India, 1911. |volume=1., Pt. 2, Tables |year=1911 |page=23 |author=Edward Albert Gait |location=Calcutta |publisher=Supt. Govt. Print., India, 1913 }}</ref><ref name="Census1911B">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25393766 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1911 |volume=5. Pt. 2, Bengal : tables |year=1911 |page=18 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25394121 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1921 |volume=1, India. Pt. 2, Tables |year=1921 |page=25 }}</ref><ref name="Census1921B">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25394125 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1921 |volume=5, Bengal. Pt. 2, Tables |year=1921 |page=18 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25793234 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1931 |volume=1, India. Pt. 2, Imperial tables |year=1931 }}</ref><ref name="Census1931B">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.25797126 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India 1931 |volume=5, Bengal & Sikkim. Pt. 2, Imperial and provincial tables |year=1931 |page=16 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite book |jstor=saoa.crl.28215987 |jstor-access=free |title=Census of India, 1941 |volume=4, Bengal (Tables) |year=1941 |page=44 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="census2011"/>
|-
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|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
| 443,970
| {{Percentage | 443970 | 706511 | 2 }}
| 429,180
| {{Percentage | 429180 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 488,532
| {{Percentage | 488532 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 617,303
| {{Percentage | 617303 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 695,052
| {{Percentage | 695052 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 751,619
| {{Percentage | 751619 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 822,293
| {{Percentage | 822293 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 1,531,512
| {{Percentage | 1531512 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 3,440,290
| {{Percentage | 3440290 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 234,850
| {{Percentage | 234850 | 706511 | 2 }}
| 221,013
| {{Percentage | 221013 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 218,158
| {{Percentage | 218158 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 286,576
| {{Percentage | 286576 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 298,986
| {{Percentage | 298986 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 269,749
| {{Percentage | 269749 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 311,155
| {{Percentage | 311155 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 497,535
| {{Percentage | 497535 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 926,414
| {{Percentage | 926414 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 25,352
| {{Percentage | 25352 | 706511 | 2 }}
| 30,478
| {{Percentage | 30478 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 29,904
| {{Percentage | 29904 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 38,515
| {{Percentage | 38515 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 40,511
| {{Percentage | 40511 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 40,376
| {{Percentage | 40376 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 47,484
| {{Percentage | 47484 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 51,991
| {{Percentage | 51991 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 39,758
| {{Percentage | 39758 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg|15px]]
| 1,012
| {{Percentage | 1012 | 706511 | 2 }}
| 1,705
| {{Percentage | 1705 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 2,200
| {{Percentage | 2200 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 2,968
| {{Percentage | 2968 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 2,461
| {{Percentage | 2461 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 3,468
| {{Percentage | 3468 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 3,021
| {{Percentage | 3021 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 3,339
| {{Percentage | 3339 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 4,771
| {{Percentage | 4771 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star of David.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 986
| {{Percentage | 986 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 1,399
| {{Percentage | 1399 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 1,889
| {{Percentage | 1889 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 1,920
| {{Percentage | 1920 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 1,820
| {{Percentage | 1820 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 1,829
| {{Percentage | 1829 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 2,585
| {{Percentage | 2585 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 284
| {{Percentage | 284 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 287
| {{Percentage | 287 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 162
| {{Percentage | 162 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 1,134
| {{Percentage | 1134 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 1,484
| {{Percentage | 1484 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 4,705
| {{Percentage | 4705 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 8,456
| {{Percentage | 8456 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 13,849
| {{Percentage | 13849 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 143
| {{Percentage | 143 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 497
| {{Percentage | 497 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 1,241
| {{Percentage | 1241 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 1,813
| {{Percentage | 1813 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 5,670
| {{Percentage | 5670 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 3,185
| {{Percentage | 3185 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 6,689
| {{Percentage | 6689 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 21,178
| {{Percentage | 21178 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 142
| {{Percentage | 142 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 167
| {{Percentage | 167 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 295
| {{Percentage | 295 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 470
| {{Percentage | 470 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 620
| {{Percentage | 620 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 1,199
| {{Percentage | 1199 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 1,430
| {{Percentage | 1430 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Tribal
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 17
| {{Percentage | 17 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 67
| {{Percentage | 67 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 767
| {{Percentage | 767 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 426
| {{Percentage | 426 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 1,688
| {{Percentage | 1688 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Confucian
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 178
| {{Percentage | 178 | 949144 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Others
| 1,327
| {{Percentage | 1327 | 706511 | 2 }}
| 727
| {{Percentage | 727 | 684658 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 741144 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 949144 | 2 }}
| 2,607
| {{Percentage | 2607 | 1043307 | 2 }}
| 1,597
| {{Percentage | 1597 | 1077264 | 2 }}
| 1,437
| {{Percentage | 1437 | 1196734 | 2 }}
| 3,766
| {{Percentage | 3766 | 2108891 | 2 }}
| 50,434
| {{Percentage | 50434 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 706,511
! {{Percentage | 706511 | 706511 | 2 }}
! 684,658
! {{Percentage | 684658 | 684658 | 2 }}
! 741,144
! {{Percentage | 741144 | 741144 | 2 }}
! 949,144
! {{Percentage | 949144 | 949144 | 2 }}
! 1,043,307
! {{Percentage | 1077264 | 1077264 | 2 }}
! 1,077,264
! {{Percentage | 1077264 | 1077264 | 2 }}
! 1,196,734
! {{Percentage | 1196734 | 1196734 | 2 }}
! 2,108,891
! {{Percentage | 2108891 | 2108891 | 2 }}
! 4,496,694
! {{Percentage | 4496694 | 4496694 | 2 }}
|}
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