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Buddhist Religion Census 2011

Total Buddhist % of
State Population Population Total Signi cance

Sikkim 610,577 167,216 27.39 Signi cant

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Arunachal Pradesh 1,383,727 162,815 11.77 Signi cant

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arunachal-pradesh.html)

Mizoram 1,097,206 93,411 8.51 Signi cant

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mizoram.html)

Maharashtra 112,374,333 6,531,200 5.81 Signi cant

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maharashtra.html)

Tripura 3,673,917 125,385 3.41 Minority

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Himachal Pradesh 6,864,602 78,659 1.15 Negligible

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Total Buddhist % of
State Population Population Total Signi cance
Jammu and Kashmir 12,541,302 112,584 0.90 Negligible
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Nagaland 1,978,502 6,759 0.34 Negligible

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nagaland.html)

Meghalaya 2,966,889 9,864 0.33 Negligible

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meghalaya.html)

West Bengal 91,276,115 282,898 0.31 Negligible

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bengal.html)

Madhya Pradesh 72,626,809 216,052 0.30 Negligible

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madhya-pradesh.html)

Chhattisgarh 25,545,198 70,467 0.28 Negligible

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Manipur 2,855,794 7,084 0.25 Negligible

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manipur.html)

Assam 31,205,576 54,993 0.18 Negligible

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Total Buddhist % of
State Population Population Total Signi cance
Dadra and Nagar Haveli 343,709 634 0.18 Negligible
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Karnataka 61,095,297 95,710 0.16 Negligible

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karnataka.html)

Uttarakhand 10,086,292 14,926 0.15 Negligible

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uttarakhand.html)

Punjab (/data/religion/state/3- 27,743,338 33,237 0.12 Negligible

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Chandigarh 1,055,450 1,160 0.11 Negligible

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Delhi (/data/religion/state/7- 16,787,941 18,449 0.11 Negligible

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Uttar Pradesh 199,812,341 206,285 0.10 Negligible

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pradesh.html)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands 380,581 338 0.09 Negligible

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andaman-and-nicobar-
islands.html)

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Total Buddhist % of
State Population Population Total Signi cance
Daman and Diu 243,247 217 0.09 Negligible
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Goa (/data/religion/state/30- 1,458,545 1,095 0.08 Negligible

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Gujarat 60,439,692 30,483 0.05 Negligible

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gujarat.html)

Andhra Pradesh 84,580,777 36,692 0.04 Negligible

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andhra-pradesh.html)

Puducherry 1,247,953 451 0.04 Negligible

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puducherry.html)

Haryana 25,351,462 7,514 0.03 Negligible

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haryana.html)

Jharkhand 32,988,134 8,956 0.03 Negligible

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jharkhand.html)

Orissa 41,974,218 13,852 0.03 Negligible

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orissa.html)

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Total Buddhist % of
State Population Population Total Signi cance
Rajasthan 68,548,437 12,185 0.02 Negligible
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Bihar (/data/religion/state/10- 104,099,452 25,453 0.02 Negligible

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Tamil Nadu 72,147,030 11,186 0.02 Negligible

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nadu.html)

Lakshadweep 64,473 10 0.02 Negligible

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lakshadweep.html)

Kerala 33,406,061 4,752 0.01 Negligible

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kerala.html)

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