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Religion in Kerala is diverse. According to 2011 census of India figures, 54.73% of Kerala's population are Hindus, 26.56% are Muslims, 18.38% are Christians, and the remaining 0.33% follow other religions or have no religion. [2] The historical legends regarding the origin of Kerala are Hindu in nature. Kerala produced several saints and ...
Kerala is home to 2.76% of India's population, and at 859 persons per km 2; [12] its land is three times as densely settled as the rest of India. Kerala's western coastal regions are the most densely settled with population of 2,022 persons per km 2, 2.5 times the overall population density of the state, 859 persons per km 2, leaving the eastern hills and mountains comparatively sparsely ...
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.
2024 Wayanad landslides – At least 231 people are killed, 397 injured and 118 missing following landslides in Wayanad district, Kerala. It is considered as one of the worst natural disaster in Kerala after 2018 floods. [a] [60] [61]
Studies of India's population since 1881 have focused on such topics as total population, birth and death rates, geographic distribution, literacy, the rural and urban divide, cities of a million, and the three cities with populations over eight million: Delhi, Greater Mumbai (Bombay), and Kolkata (Calcutta). [52]
The Population pyramid of Kerala. Kerala is home to 2.8% of India's population; with a density of 859 persons per km 2, its land is nearly three times as densely settled as the national average of 370 persons per km 2. [339] As of 2011, Thiruvananthapuram is the most populous city in Kerala. [340]
The Saint Thomas Syrian Christians form 12.5 percent of the total population of Kerala and 70.73 percent of the Christians in the state. [citation needed] K. C. Zachariah notes that the 20th century was period of significant transition for the Saint Thomas Christians in terms of its demographic and socioeconomic status. Around 1900, the ...
According to the 2011 census, about one-quarter of Kerala's population (26.56%) are Muslims. [2] The calculated Muslim population (2011) in Kerala state is 88,73,472. The number of Muslims in rural areas is only 42,51,787, against an urban population of 46,21,685.