| RELIGION WISE POPULATION OF HIMACHAL PRADESH | ||||||||
| CENSUS YEARS | RELIGION | |||||||
| HINDU | MUSLIMS | CHRISTIANS | SIKHS | BUDHISTS | JAINS | OTHERS | ALL | |
| RELIGIOUS | ||||||||
| Communities | ||||||||
| 1961 | 1310193 | 25619 | 592 | 8437 | 6308 | 95 | 72 | 1351144 |
| 1971 | 3324627 | 50327 | 3556 | 44914 | 35937 | 626 | 319 | 3460434 |
| 1981 | 4099706 | 69613 | 3954 | 52209 | 52629 | 1046 | 594 | 4280818 |
| 1991 | 4958560 | 89134 | 4435 | 52050 | 64081 | 1206 | 211 | 5170877 |
| 2001 | 5800222 | 119512 | 7687 | 72355 | 75859 | 1408 | 425 | 6077900 |
| 2001 Census Rural | 5259780 | 102531 | 4370 | 51338 | 63416 | 260 | 357 | 5482319 |
| 2001 Census Urban | 540442 | 16981 | 3317 | 21017 | 12443 | 1148 | 68 | 595581 |
| 2001 Census Combined | 5800222 | 119512 | 7687 | 72355 | 75859 | 1408 | 425 | 6077900 |
| Sex Ratio of Population by Religious Communities - 2001 Census | ||||||||
| India | 931 | 936 | 1009 | 893 | 953 | 940 | 992 | 933 |
| HP | 973 | 806 | 822 | 898 | 942 | 877 | 1005 | 968 |
| Sex Ratio of Population by Religious Communities age 0-6 years - 2001 Census | ||||||||
| India | 925 | 950 | 964 | 786 | 942 | 870 | 976 | 927 |
| HP | 895 | 938 | 898 | 827 | 924 | 644 | 1154 | 896 |
| Literacy Rates by religious Communities as per 2001 Census | ||||||||
| INDIA | ||||||||
| Combined | 65.1 | 59.1 | 80.3 | 69.4 | 72.7 | 94.1 | 47 | 64.8 |
| Males | 76.2 | 67.6 | 84.4 | 75.2 | 83.1 | 97.4 | 60.8 | 75.3 |
| Females | 53.2 | 50.1 | 76.2 | 63.1 | 61.7 | 90.6 | 33.2 | 53.7 |
| Himachal Pradesh | ||||||||
| Combined | 76.8 | 57.5 | 82.8 | 83 | 73.7 | 96.3 | 78 | 76.5 |
| Males | 85.8 | 66.1 | 85.5 | 89.1 | 82.2 | 97.7 | 81.7 | 85.3 |
| Females | 67.7 | 46.6 | 79.5 | 76.2 | 64.7 | 94.8 | 74.3 | 67.4 |