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Religion in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh

The Census of India records religion as declared by the respondent, with no verification against any document. These are the published 2011 figures for Kinnaur district, ordered from largest group to smallest. People who chose not to answer are counted under not stated.

Religion wise population of Kinnaur, Census of India 2011
Religion Population Share
Hindu 64,732 76.95%
Buddhist 18,086 21.50%
Christian 485 0.58%
Muslim 448 0.53%
Sikh 249 0.30%
Not stated 47 0.06%
Other religions 45 0.05%
Jain 29 0.03%

Questions about religion data in Kinnaur

Hindu, at 76.95 per cent of the population as recorded in the Census of India 2011, which is 64,732 people.

Buddhist, at 21.50 per cent.

Religion is self declared. Enumerators record whatever the respondent states, and answers are not verified against any document. People who decline to answer are counted under not stated.

Each figure is rounded independently, and a small share of respondents do not state a religion. The published totals therefore come very close to 100 without always landing on it.

Not at this level of detail. The 2011 census remains the most recent completed count, and religion tables from it were published in 2015.

Source: Census of India 2011 religion tables. See about the data, the religion breakdown for Himachal Pradesh, or the full census record for Kinnaur.

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