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THE PEOPLE
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BUDDHISTS
Buddhists are 96,908 (48,060 m; 48,848 f.) out of the total population or 8.82 per cent of the population. The increase in their percentage in 1961 is due to the conversion of large numbers from the erstwhile Hindu Scheduled Castes to Buddhism. For every 1,000 Buddhists males there are 1,016 females. The higher sex ratio for them indicates that more females were converted to Buddhism than males probably due to fear of losing concessions or opportunity of contesting elective posts available only for (Hindu) Scheduled Castes.
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