人口普查显示：印度有287万人没有信仰
CHENNAI: India has 2.87 million people who have no faith in any religion — 0.24% of the country's population of 1.21 billion — according to the 2011 census, which was the first to include a 'non-faith' category. The figure includes atheists, rationalists as well as those not interested in any religion but believe in some 'unknown' force.
2011年的人口普查显示，印度有287万人不信仰任何宗教，占12.1亿总人口的0.24%，而这是人口普查首次纳入“无信仰”一栏。这一数据包括无神论者、唯理主义者以及那些对宗教不感兴趣但是相信某些未知力的人群。
A majority of people (1,643,640) who ticked the non-faith category live in rural areas as compared to those in urban areas (1,223,663). More males (1,463,712) than females (1,403,591) said that they did not believe in any faith.
自称无信仰的人（164.364万）大多数生活在农村地区，而生活在城市地区的有122.3663万人。不信仰宗教的男性有146.3712万人，多于女性的140.3591万人。
Uttar Pradesh accounts for the most people registered as 'non-faith' (582,000) than any other state. Bihar, Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu all have more than one lakh people in the category.
其中，北方邦无信仰者比其他邦更多，有58.2万人。比哈尔邦、孟加拉邦、安得拉邦、泰伦加纳邦、卡纳塔克邦和泰米尔邦的无信仰者都超过10万人。
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RAVI • 4 hours ago
Great!
Rationalism is better than all the falsehood spread in the name of religion!
太好了
唯理主义胜过信仰那些宗教
Anniyan
Thats far better than following a religion and creating violence..
比信仰宗教然后制造暴力好多了
Jiju TJ
Truth is there is no god..its man made fantasy..
真相是没有神，而是人为制造的幻觉
Saji
I wish it was a billion people. India would been far developed then
希望印度无信仰者有十亿人。这么一来，印度就会发达多了。verghesec99
Very, very correct.
非常正确
k s ray • 29 mins ago
my dog one of these-a non believer.
我的狗狗就不信
Pahar Bose
They are the smartest ones. Religions only DIVIDE a great Nation and create more criminals, offenders, crooks, lawbreakers, murders and thieves.
他们是最聪明的
宗教会分裂国家，滋生更多的犯罪分子
Venugopal Pisharody
Putting lamps before images, paying obeisance to idols, etc. don't necessarily indicate faith. Faith is in putting affirmative efforts to improve the lot of humanity till one's last breath.
在神像面前摆放供品，并不意味着是信仰。
信仰是为了人类事业而付出积极努力，直到生命最后一刻
Patric Tauro
That is too small. The actual number may be more than ten times!
太少了。真实数据也许十倍不止！