Editing Himachal Pradesh (section)

=== Religion ===
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| caption = Religion in Himachal Pradesh (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Population by religion community – 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=Census of India, 2011 |publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
| label1  = [[Hinduism]]
| value1  = 95.17
| color1  = DarkOrange
| label2  = [[Islam]]
| value2  = 2.18
| color2  = Green
| label3  = [[Sikhism]]
| value3  = 1.16
| color3  = navy
| label4  = [[Buddhism]]
| value4  = 1.15
| color4  = gold
| label5  = [[Christianity]]
| value5  = 0.18
| color5  = Red
| label6  = [[Jainism]]
| value6  = 0.03
| color6  = pink
| label7  = Others or not stated
| value7  = 0.13
| color7  = grey 
}}
Hinduism is the major religion in Himachal Pradesh. More than 95% of the total population adheres to the Hindu faith and majorly follows [[Shaivism]] and [[Shaktism]] traditions,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/shimla-name-change-shyamala-why-there-is-no-place-for-hindutva-himachal |title=Shimla Name Change – The Quint |date=30 October 2018 |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814193119/https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/shimla-name-change-shyamala-why-there-is-no-place-for-hindutva-himachal |url-status=live }}</ref> the distribution of which is evenly spread throughout the state.<ref name="HPREL" /> Himachal Pradesh has the highest proportion of Hindu population among all the states and union territories in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/1-hinduism.html |title=Hindu Religion Census 2011 |work=Census2011|access-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064336/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/1-hinduism.html|archive-date=8 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other religions that form a smaller percentage are [[Islam]], [[Sikhism]] and [[Buddhism]]. [[Muslims]] are mainly concentrated in [[Sirmaur district|Sirmaur]], [[Chamba district|Chamba]], [[Una district|Una]] and [[Solan district|Solan]] districts where they form 2.5-6.3% of the population.<ref name="HPREL" /> Sikhs mostly live in towns and cities and constitute 1.16% of the state population. The Buddhists, who constitute 1.15%, are mainly natives and tribals from [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul and Spiti]], where they form a majority of 62%, and [[Kinnaur district|Kinnaur]], where they form 21.5%.<ref name="HPREL">{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/state/2-himachal-pradesh.html |title=Himachal Pradesh Districts – Religion 2011 |publisher=Census2011|access-date=31 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603192443/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/religion/state/2-himachal-pradesh.html|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|+ Religion in Himachal Pradesh (1881–2011)
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in India|Religious]]<br />group
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881A">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881B">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}</ref><ref name="Census1881C">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057658 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057658 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra|[[British Punjab province]] era figures taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of all [[Districts of British India|districts]] ([[Simla District|Simla]] and [[Kangra district|Kangra]]) and [[princely state]]s ([[Mandi State|Mandi]], [[Chamba State|Chamba]], [[Sirmur State|Sirmoor]], [[Bilaspur State (princely state)|Bilaspur]], [[Suket State|Suket]], and other small/minor [[Hill States of India#Simla Hills|Simla Hill states]]) which are in the region that comprises the contemporary state of Himachal Pradesh, India.}}
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318669 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318669 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory |year=1891 |pages=14 |last1=Edward Maclagan |first1=Sir |volume=2 }}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra}}
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25363739 |jstor=saoa.crl.25363739 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. |year=1901 |pages=34}}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra}}
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393788 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393788 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=27}}</ref><ref name="Census1911B">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62718 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II |year=1911 |pages=27 |author=Kaul, Harikishan}}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra}}
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25430165 |jstor=saoa.crl.25430165 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=29}}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra}}
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793242 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793242 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1931 |pages=277}}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra}}
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |pages=42 |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=6 }}</ref>{{efn|name=ColonialEra}}
! colspan="2" |1951<ref name="Census1951">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25803729 |jstor=saoa.crl.25803729 |access-date=5 January 2025 |title=Census of India, 1951: Punjab, Pepsu, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur & Delhi |year=1951 |pages=298 |last1=Vashishta |first1=Lakshmi Chandra |last2=India. Superintendent Of Census Operations |first2=Punjab |volume=3 }}</ref>{{efn|name=Census1951|Total population of all East Punjab subdivisions that form part of contemporary Himachal Pradesh including Simla district, Kangra district, Mahasu district, Mandi district, Chamba district, Sirmoor district, and Bilaspur state.}}
! colspan="2" |1961<ref name="Census1961A">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/31326 |title=Paper No 1 of 1963, India - Census 1961 |website=Census Digital Library |pages=4–9 |access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Census1961B">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32026|title=Social and Cultural Tables, Part II-C(i) , Vol-XIII, Punjab - Census 1961 |website=Census Digital Library|pages=349|access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="Census1961C">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/28305|title=Cultural & Migration Tables, Part II-C, Volume-XX, Himachal Pradesh - Census 1961 |website=Census Digital Library|pages=143|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>{{efn|name=Census1961|Total population of all East Punjab subdivisions that form part of contemporary Himachal Pradesh including Simla district, Kangra district, Lahaul & Spiti district, Chamba district, Mandi district, Bilaspur district, Mahasu district, Sirmur district, and Kinnaur district.}}
! colspan="2" |1971<ref name="Census1971">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/32055 |title=Social and Cultural Tables, Part-II-C(i) ,Series-7, Himachal Pradesh - Census 1971 |website=Census Digital Library|pages=26|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="census2011"/>
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! [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
| 1,458,481
| {{Percentage | 1458481 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 1,558,111
| {{Percentage | 1558111 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 1,598,853
| {{Percentage | 1598853 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 1,630,084
| {{Percentage | 1630084 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 1,642,176
| {{Percentage | 1642176 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 1,729,008
| {{Percentage | 1729008 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 1,929,634
| {{Percentage | 1929634 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 2,024,692
| {{Percentage | 2024692 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 2,467,765
| {{Percentage | 2467765 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 3,324,627
| {{Percentage | 3324627 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 6,532,765
| {{Percentage | 6532765 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 70,642
| {{Percentage | 70642 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 72,873
| {{Percentage | 72873 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 76,480
| {{Percentage | 76480 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 74,205
| {{Percentage | 74205 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 77,425
| {{Percentage | 77425 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 82,711
| {{Percentage | 82711 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 87,485
| {{Percentage | 87485 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 22,338
| {{Percentage | 22338 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 34,744
| {{Percentage | 34744 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 50,327
| {{Percentage | 50327 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 149,881
| {{Percentage | 149881 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 3,840
| {{Percentage | 3840 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 3,571
| {{Percentage | 3571 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 3,415
| {{Percentage | 3415 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 4,400
| {{Percentage | 4400 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 4,471
| {{Percentage | 4471 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 2,586
| {{Percentage | 2586 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 2,129
| {{Percentage | 2129 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 1,517
| {{Percentage | 1517 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 2,904
| {{Percentage | 2904 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 3,556
| {{Percentage | 3556 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 12,646
| {{Percentage | 12646 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| 3,250
| {{Percentage | 3250 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 6,236
| {{Percentage | 6236 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 6,931
| {{Percentage | 6931 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 7,518
| {{Percentage | 7518 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 5,718
| {{Percentage | 5718 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 7,705
| {{Percentage | 7705 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 614{{efn|name=1941CensusEnumeration|Enumeration error for adherents of Buddhism and Zoroastrianism likely occurred in [[Kangra district]].}}
| {{Percentage | 614 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 1,320
| {{Percentage | 1320 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 18,020
| {{Percentage | 18020 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 35,937
| {{Percentage | 35937 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 78,659
| {{Percentage | 78659 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 2,680
| {{Percentage | 2680 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 4,167
| {{Percentage | 4167 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 3,897
| {{Percentage | 3897 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 7,894
| {{Percentage | 7894 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 7,610
| {{Percentage | 7610 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 8,948
| {{Percentage | 8948 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 12,245
| {{Percentage | 12245 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 30,837
| {{Percentage | 30837 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 22,845
| {{Percentage | 22845 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 44,914
| {{Percentage | 44914 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 79,896
| {{Percentage | 79896 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 536
| {{Percentage | 536 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 388
| {{Percentage | 388 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 483
| {{Percentage | 483 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 358
| {{Percentage | 358 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 356
| {{Percentage | 356 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 291
| {{Percentage | 291 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 425
| {{Percentage | 425 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 1,364
| {{Percentage | 1364 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 358
| {{Percentage | 358 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 626
| {{Percentage | 626 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 1,805
| {{Percentage | 1805 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 13
| {{Percentage | 13 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 18
| {{Percentage | 18 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 40
| {{Percentage | 40 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 3,895{{efn|name=1941CensusEnumeration}}
| {{Percentage | 3895 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 13
| {{Percentage | 13 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 51
| {{Percentage | 51 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
! [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 12
| {{Percentage | 12 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
! Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1539433 | 2 }}
| 5
| {{Percentage | 5 | 1645364 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1690066 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1724480 | 2 }}
| 4
| {{Percentage | 4 | 1737801 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1831253 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 2036428 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 2082093 | 2 }}
| 125
| {{Percentage | 125 | 2546768 | 2 }}
| 396
| {{Percentage | 396 | 3460434 | 2 }}
| 8,950
| {{Percentage | 8950 | 6864602 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 1,539,433
! {{Percentage | 1539433 | 1539433 | 2 }}
! 1,645,364
! {{Percentage | 1645364 | 1645364 | 2 }}
! 1,690,066
! {{Percentage | 1690066 | 1690066 | 2 }}
! 1,724,480
! {{Percentage | 1724480 | 1724480 | 2 }}
! 1,737,801
! {{Percentage | 1737801 | 1737801 | 2 }}
! 1,831,253
! {{Percentage | 1831253 | 1831253 | 2 }}
! 2,036,428
! {{Percentage | 2036428 | 2036428 | 2 }}
! 2,082,093
! {{Percentage | 2082093 | 2082093 | 2 }}
! 2,546,768
! {{Percentage | 2546768 | 2546768 | 2 }}
! 3,460,434
! {{Percentage | 3460434 | 3460434 | 2 }}
! 6,864,602
! {{Percentage | 6864602 | 6864602 | 2 }}
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