Editing Mumbai (section)

=== Ethnic groups and religions ===
{{Main|Religion in Maharashtra}}

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|title=Religions in Greater Mumbai (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion - Maharashtra|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |format=xls|website=census.gov.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230449/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Maharashtra|Hinduism]]|darkorange|65.99}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Maharashtra|Islam]]|green|20.65}}
{{bar percent|[[Marathi Buddhists|Buddhism]]|mediumblue|4.85}}
{{bar percent|[[Jainism in Maharashtra|Jainism]]|pink|4.10}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Maharashtra|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|3.27}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|0.49}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.65}}
}}

The religious groups represented in Greater Mumbai as of 2011 include [[Hindu]]s (65.99%), [[Muslims]] (20.65%), [[Buddhist]]s (4.85%), [[Jain]]s (4.10%), [[Christians]] (3.27%) and [[Sikh]]s (0.49%).<ref name="census2011">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=18 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718112640/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11382/download/14495/DDW27C-01%20MDDS.XLS |url-status=live }} On this page, select "Maharashtra" from the download menu. ''"Greater Mumbai (M.Corp.)" is at line 11 of the excel file, "Mumbai Suburban District" at line 1065 and "Mumbai District" at line 1072.''</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/365-mumbai.html |title=Mumbai (Greater Mumbai) City Census 2011 data |publisher=Census2011 |access-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604104700/http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/365-mumbai.html |archive-date=4 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.30-days.net/muslims/muslims-in/asia-south-central/india/india-mumbai |title=Muslims of Mumbai (Bombay), major city of India |website=The 30-Days Prayer Network |access-date=1 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823123240/http://www.30-days.net/muslims/muslims-in/asia-south-central/india/india-mumbai/ |archive-date=23 August 2010}}</ref> The linguistic/ethnic demographics in the Greater Mumbai Area are: [[Maharashtrians]] (32%), [[Gujaratis]] (20%), with the rest hailing from other parts of India.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mehta|2004|p=99}}</ref>

Native Christians include [[Bombay East Indians|East Indian Catholics]], who were converted by the Portuguese during the 16th century,<ref>{{harvnb|Baptista|1967|p=5}}</ref> while [[Goan Catholics|Goan]] and [[Mangalorean Catholics]] also constitute a significant portion of the Christian community of the city.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}} [[History of the Jews in Mumbai|Jews settled in Mumbai]] during the 18th century. The [[Bene Israel]]i Jewish community of Mumbai, who migrated from the [[Konkan]] villages, south of Mumbai, are believed to be the descendants of the Jews of Israel who were shipwrecked off the Konkan coast, probably in the year 175 BCE, during the reign of the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] ruler, [[Antiochus IV Epiphanes]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Shalva |last=Weil |title=Background: A rich history now stained with blood |date=30 November 2008 |url=http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Background-A-rich-history-now-stained-with-blood |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |access-date=1 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921060915/http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Background-A-rich-history-now-stained-with-blood |archive-date=21 September 2013}}</ref> Mumbai is also home to the largest population of [[Parsi]] [[Zoroastrian]]s in the world,<ref>{{Cite web |title=More than Half of the World's Zoroastrians Call Mumbai, India Home |url=https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/more-half-world-s-zoroastrians-call-mumbai-india-home/1032251/ |website=Smart Cities Dive |access-date=11 August 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811063924/https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/more-half-world-s-zoroastrians-call-mumbai-india-home/1032251/ |url-status=live }}</ref> numbering about 60,000, however their population is declining rapidly.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Karkaria |first1=Bachi |title=Why is India's wealthy Parsi community vanishing? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35219331 |access-date=6 December 2016 |publisher=BBC News |date=9 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120095149/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35219331 |archive-date=20 November 2016}}</ref> Parsis migrated to India from [[Greater Iran]] following the [[Muslim conquest of Persia]] in the seventh century.<ref>[http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/648273/ "The world's successful diasporas"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115173048/http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/648273/ |date=15 January 2013 }}. Managementtoday.co.uk.</ref> The oldest Muslim communities in Mumbai include the [[Dawoodi Bohra]]s, Ismaili [[Khojas]], and [[Konkani Muslims]].<ref>{{harvnb|Bates|2003|p=266}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Mumbai City (1872−2011){{efn|1872-1881: Data for the entirety of the town of Bombay, which included the city and island of Bombay.<ref name="Census1881"/><br><br>1891-1921: Data for the entirety of the town of Bombay, which included Bombay Municipality.<ref name="Census1921B"/><br><br>1931-1941: Data for the entirety of the town of Bombay, which included Bombay Municipality and Bombay Suburbs.<ref name="Census1941"/>|name="BombayCity1872to1941"}}
! rowspan="2" |[[Religion in India|Religious]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |1872<ref name="Census1872">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057641 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057641 |access-date=21 September 2024 |title=Census of the Bombay Presidency, taken on the 21. February 1872. |year=1872 |volume=2 |pages=76 |publisher=Bombay, 1875. }}</ref><ref name="Census1872B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057645 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057645 |access-date=21 September 2024 |title=Census of the city of Bombay, taken 21st February 1872. |year=1872 |pages=20 |last1=(Presidency) |first1=Bombay }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1881<ref name="Census1881">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057678 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057678 |access-date=1 June 2024 |title=Census of India, 1891. Operations and results in the Presidency of Bombay, including Sind |year=1881 |pages=3 |archive-date=1 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601224518/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057678 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1891<ref name="Census1891">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318666 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India, 1891. General tables for British provinces and feudatory states. |year=1891 |pages=48 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531191628/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318666 |url-status=live |last1=Baines |first1=Jervoise Athelstane |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=1 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1901<ref name="Census1901">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25352838 |jstor=saoa.crl.25352838 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. Vol. 1A, India. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1901 |pages=44 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128154915/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25352838 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census1901B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25366895 |jstor=saoa.crl.25366895 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. Vols. 9-11, Bombay. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1901 |volume=9 |pages=30 |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512235706/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25366895 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1911<ref name="Census1911">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393779 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393779 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India, 1911. Vol. 1., Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=23 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528011326/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393779 |url-status=live |last1=Edward Albert Gait |first1=Sir |author2=India Census Commissioner |volume=2 |publisher=Calcutta, Supt. Govt. Print., India, 1913. }}</ref><ref name="Census1911B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393770 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393770 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 7, Bombay. Pt. 2, Imperial tables. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1911 |volume=7 |pages=27 |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512235659/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393770 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="Census1921">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394121 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394121 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 1, India. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=25 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528062858/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394121 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census1921B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394131 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394131 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 8, Bombay Presidency. Pt. 2, Tables : imperial and provincial. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1921 |volume=8 |pages=57 |archive-date=7 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240507012628/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394131 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1931<ref name="Census1931">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793234 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793234 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 1, India. Pt. 2, Imperial tables. |year=1931 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513011937/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793234 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Census1931B">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25797128 |jstor=saoa.crl.25797128 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 8, Bombay. Pt. 2, Statistical tables. |author1=India Census Commissioner |year=1931 |volume=8 |pages=34 |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506002440/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25797128 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1941<ref name="Census1941">{{cite web |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215985 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215985 |access-date=12 May 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 3, Bombay |year=1941 |pages=86 |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513012320/https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215985 |url-status=live |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=3 }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="Religion"/>
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|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
| 408,680
| {{Percentage | 408680 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 502,851
| {{Percentage | 502851 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 543,276
| {{Percentage | 543276 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 508,608
| {{Percentage | 508608 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 664,048
| {{Percentage | 664048 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 837,690
| {{Percentage | 837690 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 859,691
| {{Percentage | 859691 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 1,180,812
| {{Percentage | 1180812 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 8,210,894
| {{Percentage | 8210894 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 138,815
| {{Percentage | 138815 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 158,713
| {{Percentage | 158713 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 155,257
| {{Percentage | 155257 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 155,747
| {{Percentage | 155747 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 179,346
| {{Percentage | 179346 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 184,685
| {{Percentage | 184685 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 226,881
| {{Percentage | 226881 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 280,618
| {{Percentage | 280618 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 2,568,961
| {{Percentage | 2568961 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]]
| 44,091
| {{Percentage | 44091 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 48,597
| {{Percentage | 48597 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 47,458
| {{Percentage | 47458 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 46,231
| {{Percentage | 46231 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 50,931
| {{Percentage | 50931 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 52,234
| {{Percentage | 52234 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 60,641
| {{Percentage | 60641 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 63,757
| {{Percentage | 63757 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 34,724
| {{Percentage | 34724 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 42,327
| {{Percentage | 42327 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 45,310
| {{Percentage | 45310 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 45,176
| {{Percentage | 45176 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 57,355
| {{Percentage | 57355 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 68,169
| {{Percentage | 68169 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 99,936
| {{Percentage | 99936 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 137,198
| {{Percentage | 137198 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 407,031
| {{Percentage | 407031 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
| 15,121
| {{Percentage | 15121 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 17,218
| {{Percentage | 17218 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 25,225
| {{Percentage | 25225 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 14,248
| {{Percentage | 14248 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 20,460
| {{Percentage | 20460 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 23,884
| {{Percentage | 23884 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 13,545
| {{Percentage | 13545 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 38,571
| {{Percentage | 38571 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 509,639
| {{Percentage | 509639 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]]
| 2,669
| {{Percentage | 2669 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 3,321
| {{Percentage | 3321 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 5,021
| {{Percentage | 5021 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 5,357
| {{Percentage | 5357 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 6,597
| {{Percentage | 6597 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 7,548
| {{Percentage | 7548 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 8,926
| {{Percentage | 8926 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 10,849
| {{Percentage | 10849 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
| 305
| {{Percentage | 305 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 169
| {{Percentage | 169 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 395
| {{Percentage | 395 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 578
| {{Percentage | 578 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 1,645
| {{Percentage | 1645 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 1,640
| {{Percentage | 1640 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 919
| {{Percentage | 919 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 603,825
| {{Percentage | 603825 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 88
| {{Percentage | 88 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 107
| {{Percentage | 107 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 10
| {{Percentage | 10 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 1,185
| {{Percentage | 1185 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 2,786
| {{Percentage | 2786 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 60,759
| {{Percentage | 60759 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
| Tribal
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 773196 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 6
| {{Percentage | 6 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 48
| {{Percentage | 48 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 15
| {{Percentage | 15 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 18,496
| {{Percentage | 18496 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Others
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 644405 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 773196 | 2 }}
| 227
| {{Percentage | 227 | 821764 | 2 }}
| 153
| {{Percentage | 153 | 776006 | 2 }}
| 17
| {{Percentage | 17 | 979445 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 1175914 | 2 }}
| 127
| {{Percentage | 127 | 1272587 | 2 }}
| 7,024
| {{Percentage | 7024 | 1741030 | 2 }}
| 81,264
| {{Percentage | 81264 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 644,405
! {{Percentage | 644405 | 644405 | 2 }}
! 773,196
! {{Percentage | 773196 | 773196 | 2 }}
! 821,764
! {{Percentage | 821764 | 821764 | 2 }}
! 776,006
! {{Percentage | 776006 | 776006 | 2 }}
! 979,445
! {{Percentage | 979445 | 979445 | 2 }}
! 1,175,914
! {{Percentage | 1175914 | 1175914 | 2 }}
! 1,272,587
! {{Percentage | 1272587 | 1161383 | 2 }}
! 1,741,030
! {{Percentage | 1741030 | 1741030 | 2 }}
! 12,442,373
! {{Percentage | 12442373 | 12442373 | 2 }}
|}