NationMaster - Indian Religion statistics

Catholic > Cardinal electors	3	[8th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinals	5	[8th of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests	10,928	[7th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses	146	[4th of 150]
Catholic > Parishes	8,333	[8th of 149]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons	8	[44th of 90]
Catholic > Total Priests	19,040	[6th of 149]
Catholics	16,758,000	[14th of 140]
Catholics as percentage	1.58	[108th of 150]
Church attendance	42%	[15th of 53]
Islam > Percentage Muslim	13.4%	[73rd of 168]
Islam > Population	138,188,726	[3rd of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses	26,333	[38th of 178]
Jews	6,000	[39th of 89]
Religions > All Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Religions > Hindu	80.5 %	[2nd of 17]
Religions > Muslim	13.4 %	[61st of 100]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic	1.58 %	[124th of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total	17,068,177	[15th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	917,207	[3rd of 232]

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jeevanandam 16th June 2005	In India it is mentioned that 81.3% is Hindu. The funny thing is this is the only religion in the world which has NO CLEAR DEFINITION whereas all other religions have.I feel this estimation is not correct.
jeevanandam,India (Chennai) 16th June 2005	In India it is mentioned that 81.3% is Hindu. The funny thing is this is the only religion in the world which has NO CLEAR DEFINITION whereas all other religions have.I feel this estimation is not correct.
Paulraj Papaiah (India) 17th October 2007	According to the India census, percentage of Christian are 2.5%, but this shows 1.58%. I feed the statistics is not correct.

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