Which religion has lowest literacy rate in India?

Claim: While 70% of Muslim in India are illiterate, they are involved in 80% of crimes, 90% of treasons, and only less than 1% of them pays tax. Fact: According to the census 2021 data, literacy rates of Muslims is 68.5% and Christians is 84.5%.
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Who have the lowest literacy rate by religion in India?

As per Census 2011, the literacy rate of the Minority Communities namely Christians, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists is higher than the National Average of 72.98% except Muslims which is 68.54 %.
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Which religion has lowest literacy rate in the world?

Hindus continue to have the lowest level of educational attainment among all the major religions of the world despite having made strides in the sector, a Pew study said on Wednesday.
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Which is the lowest religion in India?

According to the 2011 census, 79.8% of the population of India practices Hinduism, 14.2% adheres to Islam, 2.3% adheres to Christianity, 1.7% adheres to Sikhism, 0.7% adheres to Buddhism and 0.4% adheres to Jainism.
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What is the literacy rate of Sikhs in India?

Sikhs have higher female literacy As seen in the Table here, at the all India average literacy rate of Sikhs at 75.4 percent is slightly higher than that of Hindus at 73.3 percent.
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What is the literacy rate of Muslims in India?

Let's fact-check the claim made in the post. Claim: While 70% of Muslim in India are illiterate, they are involved in 80% of crimes, 90% of treasons, and only less than 1% of them pays tax. Fact: According to the census 2021 data, literacy rates of Muslims is 68.5% and Christians is 84.5%.
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What is Punjabi literacy rate?

Literacy rate in Punjab has seen upward trend and is 75.84 percent as per latest population census. Of that, male literacy stands at 80.44 percent while female literacy is at 70.73 percent.
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What is the literacy rate of Jains?

Jains have the highest literacy rates for both males (97.4 per cent) and females (90.6 per cent). In the second place Christians have 84.4 per cent for males and 76.2 per cent for females.
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Which caste is more educated in India?

Jains have the highest percentage of literates above 7 years of age among India's religious communities. Jains also have the highest percentage of educated members who are graduates and above.
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Which religion is richest in India?

Christians. Christianity is the country's wealthiest faith. The great majority of capital owned globally is accounted. There are 2.8 Crore Christianity adherents in our country India, which renders Christianity India's third-biggest culture.
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What is the literacy rate of Hindus in Pakistan?

The literacy was 19.2%, in which East Pakistan had a literacy rate of 21.5% while West Pakistan had a literacy rate of 16.9% Hindus in East Pakistan were 18.4% while the population growth rate was 2.4%.
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Why is Jainism not popular in India?

The Belief of Jainism in cycles of birth and death of soul (reincarnation of soul) and it's goal of liberation from this cycle -Kaivalya might not have been well received by people of other areas who did not believe in such ideas where as the main goal of Buddhism-end of dukkha (suffering, unsatisfactoriness) i.e. ...
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What is the fastest growing religion in Pakistan?

Details. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released religious data of Pakistan Census 2017 on 19 May 2021. 96.47% are Muslims, followed by 2.14% Hindus, 1.27% Christians, 0.09% Ahmadis and 0.02% others.
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What religion will dominate the world?

Over the next four decades, Christians will remain the largest religious group, but Islam will grow faster than any other major religion. If current trends continue, by 2050 … The number of Muslims will nearly equal the number of Christians around the world.
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How many Muslims converted to Hindu in India?

In 2021, 209 Christians converted to Hinduism, while 32 Muslims converted to Hinduism.
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Why is Pakistan's literacy rate so low?

There are many factors that are responsible for the low literacy rate of Pakistan such as deficiency of staff, traditional curriculum, lack of discipline, poverty, traditional teaching methods, traditional government policies, low budget for education, inaccessibility of schools, teachers' absenteeism, favoritism in ...
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What is the literacy rate of Pakistan?

The current literacy rate in Pakistan is 62.3 per cent which means that around 90 million people in the country cannot read and write.
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Why is Punjabi not taught in Pakistan?

Like most indigenous languages, Punjabi is largely omitted from institutional education in order to promote a policy of national-linguistic unity through Urdu and English, the country's official languages.
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What is the Hindu literacy rate in world?

This number is 36.4 per cent for Hindus, 32.49 per cent for Sikhs, 28.17 per cent for Buddhists, and 25.66 per cent for Christians, as per the latest census figure on 'education level by religious community' for age seven years and above.
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Where is the highest illiteracy rate in India?

Which state in India has the lowest literacy rate? According to the National Statistical Office (NSO) survey, Andhra Pradesh has the lowest literacy rate at 66.4 per cent.
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Which caste is majority in India?

India's religious groups vary in their caste composition

Most Indians (68%) identify themselves as members of lower castes, including 34% who are members of either Scheduled Castes (SCs) or Scheduled Tribes (STs) and 35% who are members of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) or Most Backward Classes.
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