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C·ENSUS OF INDIA 1991 SER1ES-23 TAMIIL NADU 2 PART IV-B (ii) RELIGION (TABLE C-9) Directorate of Census Operations Tamil Nadu ERRATA page Description Line No.' For Read No. Col. No. 15 2nd para Line No. 18 belife beliefs 21 TamilNaduU 21 12,324 2,324 30 Pallikondai (TP) 4 9,1420 9,420 43 Salem District T 20 512 5]9 61 Mayiladuthurai (M) 12 Not clear 141 66 Karaikudi VA 11 4,534 4,634 66 Nattarasankottai (TP) S Not clear 2,950 11 Madurai South Taluk T 12 Not clear 201 73 Srivilliputtur Taluk U 14 Blank 1 13 Anaiyur (VP) 14 Not clear 81 Shencottah Taluk R 14 Not clear 85 Padmanabhapuram (M) 20 S 85 Nagercoil (M) 20 Not clear 39 91 Shembakkam (TP) 14 Not clear 13 93 Velampalaiyam (TP) 14 Not clear 1 93 Avaniapuram (TP) 14 Not clear 3 93 -do- 15 Not clear MGIPCBB-S7-2 DCO/TN/95-500. CONTENTS PAGfS Preface • iii-iv Introductory Note • 1-13 Note on Religion Table • 15 Table C-9 16-95 Appendix A 97-100 Appendix n 101-102 Annexure 103-109 (i) census work and the collection of data during the enumeration period and besides, closely monitored the manual processing of the schedules and compilation of the tables, leading to the pre sentation of data in the present volume. We acknowledge his able stewardship and the good guidance extended in our work. The task of preliminary compilation of the table after scanning through the huge volume of the census schedules was very well performed by the large number of officers and dedicated staff of the~ten Regional Tabulation Offices, headed by the DeputyDirectors and Assistant Directors of Census . Operations. The laborious task of consolidating the table at different levels, its detailed scrutiny, checking, drafting of note and finalisation including the compute risation, which enabled easy and quick printing of this volume, was:.cheerfully borne by officers and staff.of the Census Section of the Directorate, and I have pleasure in acknowledging their exce1knt serVlC.es...- I also thank the 'Manager, Govern~ent of India Press, Coimbatore and his staff who have done a neat job in the printing of this volume and evinced much interest in the early release of the book. '16~8 .. 95 i M. NAGAPPAN MADRAS Dy. Director of Census Operations (iv) INTRODUCTORY NOTE . !his p~bli.cation gives the population data on 8 orIndividual Slip to column 9 of Household Schedllk . relIgIon, whIch IS 011(' of the basic cultural characteristics The instructions ie.sued in this regard are given belciW-: of the population, ~<; returned in 1991 Census. In our cou~try, which is a secular state, many religions "For the person entered in column 2 of Household hav~ thflve~ and every census ha~ attempted to provide Schedule, check if H, M, C, S, Band J or actu~l an mterestmg picture of the religious persuasions and religien returmd by the person has been recorded In !'eliefs ofthe people of the country. The d'1.t~ conected question 8 of the Individual Slip. If so, copy the ]J}i census on religion are of grea~ interest to the various same in column 9 of the llomehold Schedule." data user~ like anthropologists; sociologists, demo grapher~, administrators, planners and also laymen. In the Regional Tabulati(,'ll Offices, (,<,tablished for manual processing and compilation of c~~sus dat~; the answers to the question 8 of the IndiVIdual SlIP In the 1991 Census, in question number 8 of the were edited and matched with the entt ies in column 9 Individual Slip, the religion of the person enumerated of the Household Schedule. The editing [,nd matching was recorded as returned. Relevant extracts from the instmctions for question 8 of the In.dividual Slip census booklet wherein instructions were issued to the (Religion) are reproduced below: enumerators for filling up question 8 of the Individual Slip are given below : "Questicn 8-Religion : Match the entry in column 9 of the Househ<?ld 8: Religion : Schedule for each member of the household WIth the corresponding entry against qu~<;tion 8 o~ the "45. In anE.wering this question, use the following abbreviations : Individual Slip. Please note that thl~ check WIll be made for all types of hOU'icholds whether 'normal' H for Hindu~ or 'institutional' or 'houseless'. If these are not the same for any member of the household, cOlrrect M for Muslims the entry in column· 9 of the Household Sc~~dule C for Christians on the basis of entry in question 8 of the IndIVIdual Slip. If the entry in either the Individual Slip or S for Sikhs the JIlousehold Schedule is missing for any member B for Buddhists of the household, copy the entry from the sc~edule in which it has been written into the schedule It has J for Jains been missed. If by chance the entry is blank- in both the Individual Slip and the Househt"l1d'Schedule For others, record the actual religion as returned, for any member of the household, look into the fully. entries of religion in "respect of other related members of the household and write the religion indicated therein in both the schedules". 45.1. If the person says that he has no religion, the answer may be recorded accordingly. Do nJt The religion wise data were. compiled· fr?1l1 miostake reHgioll for caste which will not be recorded Household Schedules in the RegIonal Tabu1.atlon here. You ~hould also not try to establish any Offices. retatiM'Ship between religion. and mother tongue. .. D~ not· write anything in the dotted boxes, but A Summary wnteon the line." The following table shows the main reiiRious com munities in the country and in Tamil Nadu. These The enumerators' were also· instructed to copy the are arranged in the. order of their numeri(ml strength in returns regarding religi0nof:an individual from question the country. INDIA* Religious Communities TAMIL NADU Persons Males Females Persons Males Females Hindus 687,646,721 357,252,833 330,393,888 49,532,052 25,136,029 24,396,023 Muslims 10l ,596,057 52,631,365 48,964,692 3,052,717 1,527,137 1,525,580 Christians 19,640,284 9,848,930 9,791,354 3,179,410 1,585,208 1,594,202 Sikhs 16,259,744 8,610,508 1,649,236 5,449 3,170 2,219 Buddhists 6,387,500 3,272,200 3,115,300 2,128 1,221 907 Jains 3,352,706 1,722,715 1,629,991 66,900 34,882 32,018 *Excludes figures for Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 Census was not held. 2 In th~ following table, the percentage of the population belongIng to each of the six major religious communities, 2 3 namely! Hindus. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jams and the other religions and persuasions and Sikhs 1.94 0.01 'rel~gjon not st~ted' at the 1991 Census are given for India and TamIl Nadu : Buddhists 0.76 N Jains 0.40 0.12 Religious Percentage to total Communities Other Religions and - population Persuasions 0.39 0.01 INDIA* TAMIL NADU Religion not stated . 0.05 0.03 1 2 3 *Excludes figures for Jamnm & Kashmir .where 1991 Cemus was not held. Hindus 82.00 88.67 Muslims '12.12 5.47 The distribution of the population by six majol Christhns 2.34 5.69 religions in rural and urban areas of the country as well as Tamil Nadu is givcn below: Religious INDIA" TAMIL NADU Communities Rural ~;.; to Total Urban ~-;; to Total Rural % 10 Total Urban % to Total population rural population urban population rural population urban population population population population 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hindus 522,896,625 83.96 164.750,096 76.35 33,678.023 91 ·56 15,854,029 83.10 Muslims 65,563,695 10.53 36.032,362 16.70 1,128,940 3.07 1,923,777 10.08 Christians 13,485,261 2.17 6,155,023 2.85 1,946,604 5.29 1,232,806 6.46 Sikhs 12.473,430 2.00 3.786,314 1.75 1,265 N , 4,i84 0.02 Buddhists 4,127.484 0.66 2,260,016 1·05 405 N 1,723 0.01 Jains 997,718 0.16 2,354,988 1.09 12,415 0.04 54,485 0.29 ·Excludes figures for Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 Census was not held. Tn the following Statement 1, the distribution of pop 11- North Arcot-Ambedker, Tiruvannamalai -Sambu la~ion by. religion in India and the States/UTs. along varayar, Tirunelve1i-Kattabomman, Chidambaranar :-Vlth their percentages to. their respective population and Kamarajar districts were formed by transfer of m 1981 and 1991 are glVen for the convenience of certain taluks,fully. For these districts, the 1981 the data users. Statement 2 gives similar data for the taluk-wise religion data Were simply added to arrive State and districts. at the district figures. Readjustment was made for Dindigul-Anlla, Madurai, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga jurisdictional changes of certain districts Thevar and Ramanathapuram districts as they are ~he formed by transfer of certain villages besides the dUrIng 1.9~ 1-~l have necessitated recasting of the transfer of certain taluks. 1981 rehgIonwIse population to their present jurisdi ction .. The followiI_l~ methodology has been adopted In the absence of religion-wise data for villa~es in to a~nv~ at th~ relrglOus composition of population 198], the readjustment was made on the basis of the of dlstncts which have been subjected to jurisdictional ratio of the population of each religion to total chan,ies.