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THE PEOPLE
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POPULATION BY RELIGION.
The numerical strength of the various religious communities and sects in the district as returned by the Census of 1961 is as
under:
TABLE No. 16
POPULATION BY RELIGION, CHANDRAPUR DISTRICT, IN 1961
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Buddhists |
Christians |
Hindus |
Jains |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(3) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) | |
District Total |
74,003 |
73,858 |
1,352 |
1,261 |
534,558 |
526,436 |
787 |
803 | |
Rural |
68,513 |
68,639 |
682 |
639 |
495,036 |
491,080 |
360 |
355 | |
Urban |
5,490 |
5,219 |
670 |
622 |
39,522 |
35,356 |
427 |
448 | |
Brahmapuri Tahsil |
17,891 |
18,023 |
29 |
39 |
93,863 |
93,946 |
32 |
26 | |
Waroda Tahsil |
15,897 |
15,804 |
71 |
63 |
101,616 |
99,270 |
359 |
393 | |
Gadhciroli Tahsil |
14,251 |
14,115 |
16 |
6 |
122,015 |
122,206 |
19 |
23 | |
Candrapur Tahsil |
22,256 |
22,172 |
990 |
893 |
123,351 |
118,576 |
352 |
331 | |
Rajura Tahsil |
3,528 |
3,552 |
39 |
39 |
40,441 |
39,549 |
20 |
23 | |
Sironca Tahsil |
180 |
192 |
207 |
221 |
53,272 |
52,889 |
5 |
7 |
TABLE No. 16-contd.
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(1) |
Muslims |
Sikhs |
Zoroastrians |
Others |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
(13) | (14) |
(15) |
(16) |
(17) | District | Total |
12,460 |
11,577 |
376 |
331 |
7 |
7 |
138 |
116 | | | Rural |
8,427 |
8,064 |
178 |
153 |
-- |
-- |
138 |
116 | | | Urban |
4,033 |
3,513 |
198 |
178 |
7 |
7 |
-- |
-- |
Brahmapuri Tahsil |
1,488 |
1,488 |
29 |
31 |
-- |
-- |
17 |
22 |
Waroda Tahsil |
2,519 |
2,220 |
43 |
31 |
-- |
-- |
14 |
23 |
Gadhciroli Tahsil |
2,289 |
2,228 |
31 |
44 |
-- |
-- |
100 |
55 |
Candrapur Tahsil |
3,935 |
3,479 |
240 |
197 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
16 |
Rajura Tahsil |
1,260 |
1,121 |
26 |
24 |
1 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
Sironca Tahsil |
969 |
1,041 |
7 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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The Hindus according to the enumeration of 1961 Census
numbered 1,060,994 (m. 534,558: f. 526,436) or nearly 85.70 percent, of the total population of the district. Of these nearly
8 per cent, lived in urban areas and the rest 92 per cent, in rural areas. The increase in the number of Buddhists is obviously due to the return of a large number from the scheduled castes, particularly from the Mahars of 1951 as Nav-bauddhas of 1961.
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