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At that time, there were 30,000 Catholics in Pondicherry. [citation needed] However, the lack of missionaries and opposition from Padroado mutated the mission. The Pondicherry vicariate was established in 1845, and in 1887, it became an archdiocese. [1] Christianity accounts for 6% of Puducherry's population. [2]
Christianity is India's third-largest religion with about 26 million adherents, making up 2.3 percent of the population as of the 2011 census. [1] The written records of St Thomas Christians mention that Christianity was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by Thomas the Apostle , who sailed to the Malabar region (present-day Kerala ) in 52 AD.
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
According to the 2011 census of India, Pondicherry had a population of 244,377, with 124,947 females and 119,430 males. It had an average literacy rate of 80.6%, with male literacy at 84.6% and female literacy at 76.7%. Ten per cent of the population was under six years of age. [1] The majority of people in Pondicherry speak Tamil.
The district has a population density of 3,231 inhabitants per square kilometre (8,370/sq mi). [3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 28.73%. [3] Puducherry has a sex ratio of 1,031 females for every 1,000 males, [3] and a literacy rate of 86.13%. [3]
Population of Indian states and union territories in 1981 ... Pondicherry (UT) 604,471: Religious demographics Major religious ...
The district has a population density of 4,659 inhabitants per square kilometre (12,070/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.86%. Mahé has a sex ratio of 1,176 females for every 1,000 males, and a literacy rate of 98.35%.
The data is taken from the 2001 census, which excludes the following groups: portions of the nomadic Hindu population, Hindu refugees of the Lhotsam ethnic group from Bhutan, those of Tamil ethnic group from Sri Lanka, those from Bangladesh and Nepal, some members of this religion from Burma and Pakistan residing in India and a portion of Hindu citizens working abroad.