Hindu percentage share of total population has declined from 84.1% in 1951 to 79.8% in 2011. When India achieved independence in 1947, Hindus formed 85% of the total population and pre-Partition British India had 73% of Hindus and 24% of Muslims. Among the community, it is estimated that Forward castes comprise 26 per cent, Other Backward Classes comprise 43%, Scheduled Castes (Dalits) comprises 22% and Scheduled Tribes (Adivasis) comprise 9%. Hindu minority State/Union Territory in India Of the 28 states in India, Hindus form the majority in 22 states except for Punjab (Sikh majority), Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Mizoram (Christian majority). In Manipur, Hinduism is a plurality religion, where Hinduism is practised by 41.39% and Christianity is followed by 41.29% of the people. Out of the eight Union territories, Hindus form the majority in five. Hindus are the minority in six states and three union territories of India namely: Mizoram – (2.75%), Lakshadweep – (2.77%), Nagaland – (8.74%), Meghalaya – (11.52%), Ladakh – (12.11%), Jammu and Kashmir – (28.8%), Arunachal Pradesh – (29.04%), Punjab – (38.49%) and Manipur – (41.39%) Out of the eight states of northeast India, Tripura, Sikkim, and Assam are Hindu majority while four are Hindu minority, and one as a plurality. States with declining Hindu population in India West Bengal Two districts in West Bengal, Malda and North Dinajpur, had a Hindu majority in 2001 census which, by the time of the 2011 census, had become a Hindu minority or plurality. The percentage of Hindu population in the state has decreased from 78.45% in 1951 to 70.54% in 2011. Another district, Murshidabad, is a Muslim majority district where the Muslim population steadily increased from 55.24% in 1951 to 66.27% in 2011. Uttar Pradesh The proportion of Hindus in the Saharanpur district was 59.49% in 2001. This had declined to 56.74% by 2011 – a drop of 2.75%. At the same time the Muslim population proportion increased from 39.11% in 2001 to 41.95% in 2011. Assam A study on population composition of Assam reveals that the Hindu population proportion in Assam has declined from 70.78% in 1951 to 61.47% in 2011. In 1891, the Muslim population proportion in Assam was only about 5%, but by the 2001 census it had risen to above 30% and by 2011 to above 34% of the total Assam population. According to the 2001 census, there were six Muslim-majority districts in