Which religion is most illiterate in India?

Which religion is most illiterate in India?

Muslims have the highest number of illiterates — nearly 43 percent of their population — while Jains have the highest number of literates among India’s religious communities with over 86 percent of them educated.

Who is higher Indian caste?

Among Hindus, jatis are usually assigned to one of four large caste clusters, called varnas, each of which has a traditional social function: Brahmans (priests), at the top of the social hierarchy, and, in descending prestige, Kshatriyas (warriors), Vaishyas (originally peasants but later merchants), and Shudras ( …

How many Muslims are in India?

204 million Muslims

Which caste is literate in India?

Most bonded labourers are Scheduled Castes. Their literacy level is only 66.1 per cent as compared to the all-India level of 73 per cent. Female literacy among them is as low as 56.5 per cent against all-India female literacy level of 64.6 per cent (Census Report, 2011).

What is the percentage of SC ST in India?

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes comprise about 16.6% and 8.6%, respectively, of India’s population (according to the 2011 census).

Which state has highest SC population in India?

Uttar Pradesh

Which state has highest SC ST population?

Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes Population

Scheduled Castes
State with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Punjab ( 28.9 %)
State with lowest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Mizoram ( 0.03 %)
UT with highest proportion of Scheduled Castes	Chandigarh (17.5%)

Which tribe has highest population in India?

Most populous tribes According to the 2011 Census of India, Bhil is the most populours tribe with a total population of 4,618,068, constituting 37.7 per cent of the total ST population.