Muslim Population (%)

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