Abstract is: According to the 2011 Census of India, around 2.9 million people in India did not state their religion in the 2001 census and were counted in the "religion not stated". They were 0.24% of India's population. Their number have significantly increased 4 times from 0.7 million in 2001 census at an average annual rate of 15%. According to the 2012 WIN-Gallup Global Index of Religion and Atheism report, 81% of Indians were religious, 13% were non-religious, 3% were convinced atheists, and 3% were unsure or did not respond. While a demographic study by Cambridge University Press in 2004, have found that there are 102.87 million atheists and agnostics living in India, thus constituting 9.1% of the total population, out of total 1.1296 billion people respectively. Atheism and agnosticism have a long history in India and flourished within the Śramaṇa movement. Indian religions like Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism consider atheism to be acceptable. India has produced some notable atheist politicians and social reformers.
aspect in a geographic region | Q74817647 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/0130st5b |
P3417 | Quora topic ID | Irreligion-in-India |
P17 | country | India | Q668 |
P1269 | facet of | irreligion | Q58721 |
P276 | location | India | Q668 |
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Irreligion in India | Q15265151 |
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Irreligión en India | wikipedia | |
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hi | भारत में नास्तिकता | wikipedia |
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