Big game is happening in Nepal also, Hindu population decreased, Muslim and Christian population increased

Till now you must have heard that the Muslim population in India has increased rapidly, you must have also heard that the Hindu population in India’s neighboring country Pakistan has decreased rapidly, but you would not have heard yet that Nepal is another neighboring country of India. The number of Hindu population has decreased and the number of Muslims has increased. Yes, let us tell you that some shocking facts have come to the fore in the census report of Nepal. Many meanings are also being extracted from this report.

According to Nepal’s census report, the population of Hindus and Buddhists in the country has decreased marginally in the last decade while the population of Muslims and Christians has increased marginally. Hinduism is the dominant religion in Nepal with 81.19 per cent Hindus, according to a 2021 census report released by the Central Bureau of Demography on Saturday. 2,36,77,744 people in the country are Hindu while 23,94,549 are Buddhist. Buddhism is the second most followed religion in the country and Buddhists constitute 8.2 percent. There are 14,83,060 people who believe in Islam in Nepal and they are 5.09 percent of the total population. It is the third most widely recognized religion.

Let us tell you that according to the census report, the population of Hindus and Buddhists has decreased partially in the last decade while the population of Muslims, Christians and Kirats has increased marginally. In the last ten years, the number of Hindus and Buddhists decreased by 0.11 percent and 0.79 percent respectively while the number of Muslims, Kirats and Christians increased by 0.69, 0.17 and 0.36 percent respectively. It is also worth mentioning here that according to the 2011 census, the country had 81.3 percent Hindus, 9 percent Buddhists, 4.4 percent Muslims, 3.1 percent Kirats and 0.1 percent Christians.