demographics of india

India occupies 2.4% of the world's land area and supports over 17.5% of the world's population.

Religious demographics:

Table 1: 2001 Religious Data Composotion^[10]

Religious Composition	Population	(%)
Hindus	827,578,868	80.5%
Muslims	138,188,240	13.4%
Christians	24,080,016	2.3%
Sikhs	19,215,730	1.9%
Buddhists	7,955,207	0.8%
Jains	4,225,053	0.4%
Other Religions & Persuasions	6,639,626	0.6%
Religion not stated	727,588	0.1%
Total	1,028,610,328	100.0%

Languages of India by number of native speakers as per the 2001 census^[20]

Rank	Language	Speakers	Percentage
1	Hindi dialects[21]	422,048,642	41.03%
2	Bengali	83,369,769	8.11%
3	Telugu	74,002,856	7.19%
4	Marathi	71,936,894	6.99%
5	Tamil	60,793,814	5.91%
6	Urdu	51,536,111	5.01%
7	Gujarati	46,091,617	4.48%
8	Kannada	37,924,011	3.69%
9	Malayalam	33,066,392	3.21%
10	Oriya	33,017,446	3.21%
11	Punjabi	29,102,477	2.83%
12	Assamese	13,168,484	1.28%
13	Maithili	12,179,122	1.18%
Rank State Literacy Rate (%) - NFHS-3[1] Literacy Rate (%) - 2001 Census[2] 1 Kerala 100.00 90.86 2 Mizoram 89.9 88.80 3 Goa 83.3 82.01 4 Himachal Pradesh 81.3 76.48 5 Tripura 80.2 73.19 6 Maharashtra 77.6 76.88 7 Sikkim 76.6 68.81 8 Madhya Pradesh 76.5 70.53 9 Assam 76.3 63.25 10 Uttarakhand 75.7 71.62 11 Tamil Nadu 74.2 73.45 12 Punjab 74 69.65 13 Andhra Pradesh 72.5 66.59 14 Gujarat 72.1 69.14 15 Meghalaya 72.1 62.56 16 West Bengal 71.6 68.64 17 Haryana 71.4 67.91 18 Karnataka 69.3 66.64 19 Orissa 68.8 63.08 20 India 67.6 64.84 21 Jammu and Kashmir 66.7 55.52 22 Nagaland 63.7 60.47 23 Chattisgarh 63.6 64.66 24 Arunachal Pradesh 62.8 54.34 25 Uttar Pradesh 61.6 56.27 26 Manipur 60.9 63.74 27 Jharkhand 58.6 53.56 28 Rajasthan 68 69.9 29 Bihar 54.1 47.00