geography 12 · Section 10

India : People and Economy Muslims, the largest religious minority, are concentrated in Jammu & Kashmir, certain districts of West Bengal and Kerala, many districts of Uttar Pradesh , in and around Delhi and in Lakshadweep. They form majority in Kashmir valley and Lakshadweep. Family Sub-Family Branch/Group Speech Areas Austric (Nishada) . % Austro-Asiatic Mon-Khmer Meghalaya, Nicobar Islands Munda West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Austro- Nesian Outside India South-Dravidian Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala Central Dravidian Andhra Pradesh, M.P., Orissa, Maharashtra Dravidian (Dravida) % North Dravidian Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh Sino-Tibetan (Kirata) . % Tibeto - Myanmari Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim Tibeto-Himalayan Arunachal Pradesh North Assam Siamese-Chinese Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya Assam- Myanmari Indo - European (Aryan) % Indo-Aryan Outside India Iranian Jammu & Kashmir Dardic Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, U.P., Rajasthan, Haryana, M.P., Bihar, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa. Indo-Aryan Table . : Classification of Modern Indian Languages Source : Ahmed, A. ( ) : Social Geography, Rawat Publication, New Delhi The spatial distribution of religious communities in the country (Appendix–v) shows that there are certain states and districts having large numerical strength of one religion, while the same may be very negligibly represented in other states. Hindus are distributed as a major group in many states (ranging from - per cent and above) except the districts of states along Indo- Bangladesh border, Indo-Pak border, Jammu & Kashmir, Hill States of North-East and in scattered areas of Deccan Plateau and Ganga Plain. Look at Table . and prepare a pie diagram of linguistic composition of India showing the sectoral shares of each linguistic group. Or Prepare a qualitative symbol map of India showing the distribution of different linguistic groups in the country. Table . : Religious Communities of India, Religious Group Population % of (in million) Total Hindus . . Muslims . . Christians . . Sikhs . . Buddhists . . Jains . . Other Religions and Persuasions (ORP) . . Religion Not Stated . . Source : Census of India, Reprint -