33k out of 1.2 billion Indians are atheists
India has 33,000 atheists out of the total population of 1.2 billion, revealed a Census 2011 data released earlier this week. While nearly 50% of these atheists were females, 70% of all the atheists were from rural parts of the country. Further, Maharashtra had the maximum number of atheists at 9,652, followed by Meghalaya (9,089) and Kerala (4,896).