The
Census office had compiled this data
by March last year, but the UPA government held back the release, perhaps
fearing political repercussions of the findings on the eve of Lok Sabha
elections.
A
report prepared on the issue in 1988 by the then governor of Assam, Lt Gen
(Retd) S K Sinha, had warned that illegal immigration was slowly changing the
demographic profile in several districts. The Supreme Court has on more than
one occasion expressed concern over the change in demography and chided the
government for not stopping infiltration from Bangladesh.
Muslim Population
(%)
(Percentage of total sate
population)
State
|
2001
|
2011
|
Growth
|
State
|
2001
|
2011
|
Growth
|
Lakshadeep
|
95.5
|
96.2
|
0.7
|
Tripura
|
8.0
|
8.6
|
0.6
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
67.0
|
68.2
|
1.3
|
Daman
& Diu
|
7.8
|
7.8
|
0.0
|
Assam
|
30.9
|
34.2
|
3.3
|
Goa
|
6.8
|
8.4
|
1.5
|
West
Bengal
|
25.2
|
27.0
|
1.8
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
6.4
|
6.6
|
0.2
|
Kerela
|
24.7
|
26.6
|
1.9
|
Pondicherry
|
6.1
|
6.1
|
0.0
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
18.5
|
19.3
|
0.8
|
Haryana
|
5.8
|
7.0
|
1.2
|
Bihar
|
16.5
|
16.9
|
0.3
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
5.6
|
5.9
|
0.3
|
Jharkhand
|
13.8
|
14.5
|
0.7
|
Meghalaya
|
4.3
|
4.4
|
0.1
|
Karnataka
|
12.2
|
12.9
|
0.7
|
Chandigarh
|
3.9
|
4.8
|
0.9
|
Uttaranchal
|
11.9
|
13.9
|
2.0
|
Dadra
& Nagar Haveli
|
3.0
|
3.8
|
0.8
|
Delhi
|
11.7
|
12.9
|
1.1
|
Orissa
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
0.1
|
Maharashtra
|
10.6
|
11.5
|
0.9
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
2.0
|
2.2
|
0.2
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
9.2
|
9.6
|
0.4
|
Chhattisgarh
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
0.0
|
Gujarat
|
9.1
|
9.7
|
0.6
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
1.9
|
2.0
|
0.1
|
Manipur
|
8.8
|
8.4
|
-0.4
|
Nagaland
|
1.8
|
2.5
|
0.7
|
Rajasthan
|
8.5
|
9.1
|
0.6
|
Punjab
|
1.6
|
1.9
|
0.3
|
Andaman
& Nicobar Islands
|
8.2
|
8.4
|
0.2
|
Sikkim
|
1.4
|
1.6
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
|
Mizoram
|
1.1
|
1.4
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ref: TOI dated 22.01.2015
Maximum Rise in Assam
·
Nationally,
percentage of Muslims in total population went up from 13.4% in 2001 to 14.2%
in 2001
·
Assam
recorded highest increase in share of Muslims, from 3.9% of the state’s
population to 34.2%
·
Other
states that showed high increase in share of population are Uttarakhand (2
percentage points), Kerala (1.9), west Bengal (1.8), Goa (1.6) and J&K
(1.3)
·
Lowest
rise in Meghalaya, Odisha & Arunachal (0.1 percentage pts)
J&K (68.3%), Assam (34.2), Bengal (27%) have
largest share of Muslims