The Indian Minority

Minority Population in AP : 8373356

Majority : 6,78,36,651

Minority Population: Deeply Divided Population

Hindu: 379,935 (34.6%), The Animists mostly Donyi Polo: 337,399 (30.7%), Christian: 205,548 (18.7%), Buddhist: 143,028 (13.0%), Muslim: 20,675 (1.9%), Sikh: 1,865 (0.1%), Jain: 216 (0.1%)

Minority Population: 9331704 (29%)

Minority Population : 19% of the total population
(Muslims constitute 18.5% and others 0.5)

Minority Population: 4.53 % (2001 Census)
(Muslims account for 1.97%, Sikhs 1.19%, Buddhists 1.25%, and Christians 0.13%)

(The freedom of Religion Act, 2006 enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh, received the assent of the Governor on February 18, 2007. The National Commission for Minorities has examined the provisions of the Act and the Statement of Objects and Reasons. The latter refers to “rise in conversions based on allurement generally” and to “a persistent demand from across the different strata of the society, urging the State Government to curb it” as, otherwise, it may “erode the confidence and mutual trust between the different religious and ethnic groups in the State”)

Jammu: Hindus constitute 65%, Muslims 31% and Sikhs, 4% of the population.
Ladakh: (comprises of Buddhists-dominated Leh and Muslim-dominated Kargil)
Buddhists 46% , Muslims 47% and Hindus constitute 6% of the population.

The people of Ladakh are of Indo-Tibetan origin, while the southern Jammu includes many communities tracing their ancestry to the nearby Indian states of Haryana and Punjab and Delhi.

In the whole of the state of J& K Muslims constitute 67%, Hindus 30%, Buddhists 1% and the Sikhs 2% of the population.