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Ethnic group
Hinduism in Assam অসমত হিন্দু ধৰ্ম
Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam.
Total population
19,180,759 (2011 census)[1][2] (61.47% of population)
Languages
Majority Assamese Minority Bengali, Bodo, Karbi, Dimasa, Hindi, Manipuri, Sadri, Mising, Deori, Nepali and others
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Assamese Muslims and Assamese Christians
Hinduism is the dominant religion practised in the state of Assam. According to some scholars, it is home to some of the most complex and poorly understood traditions in Hinduism.[3] People follow traditions belonging to Shaivism, Shaktism, Tantra, and an indigenous form of Vaishnavism called Ekasarana Dharma; taken together the practitioners constitute around 61% of the state population as per the 2011 Census.[1] Hindus form a majority in 17 out of the 29 districts of Assam. By region, there is a significant diversity among the ethnic groups that profess the Hindu faith, traditions, and customs. As per as 2011 Census, In Brahmaputra valley of Assam, Hindus constitute 62% of the population, the majority being ethnic Assamese.[4][5] In the autonomous Bodoland region of Assam, Hindus constitute 71.3% of the region's population, most being of the Bodo tribe.[6] In the Barak valley region of southern Assam, Hindus constitute 50% of the region's population, most being ethnic Bengalis.[7][8][9] The Hill Tribes of Assam, particularly the Karbi people of Karbi Anglong and Dimasa people of Dima Hasao, are mainly Animism.[10]
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