The new census data has revealed that the population of Muslims in India has grown by 24 per cent between 2001 and 2011 against national average of 18 per cent.
The data added that the representation of Muslim community in India rose from 13.4 percent to 14.2 per cent of total population in the said period.
Among all states, Jammu and Kashmir has the highest Muslim population (68.3 per cent), followed by Assam (34.2 per cent) and West Bengal (27 per cent).
It is to be noted that the growth rate of Muslim population in the country was around 29 per cent between 1991 and 2001. The census showed that the rise of share of Muslims in the total population was most rapid in Assam. Muslims constituted 30.9 per cent of the state's population in 2001 and it has risen to 34.2 per cent a decade later.
A Home Ministry spokesperson said the Registrar General of Census is still compiling the data and will be released officially shortly.
The data also showed that the population of Muslim has decreased in Manipur - from 8.8 per cent to 8.4 per cent. West Bengal has also seen a rise in Muslim population from 25.2 per cent in 2001 to 27 per cent in 2011.
It is a growth of 1.8 percentage points. In Uttarakhand too, the share of Muslim population has increased from 11.9 per cent to 13.9 per cent, a growth of 2 percentage points, between 2001 and 2011.
Other states which have recorded a rise in the share of Muslims in the total population as per the 2011 census were Kerala (from 24.7 per cent to 26.6 per cent), Goa (6.8 per cent to 8.4 per cent), Jammu and Kashmir (67 per cent to 68.3 per cent), Haryana (5.8 per cent to 7 per cent) and Delhi (11.7 per cent to 12.9 per cent).
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