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Uttarakhand
Bathing ghats on the Bhagirathi River at Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India.
The religion practiced by the vast majority of people in Uttarakhand is Hinduism. More than four-fifths of the state's residents identify as Hindu.1
The remaining population is composed of several smaller religious groups, with Muslims forming the largest religious minority at approximately one-tenth of the population. Other communities residing in the state include Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, and Jains.1