10-02-2012, 07:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2012, 10:32 AM by G.Subramaniam.)
Among the total number of 593 districts across India, 49 districts account for substantive Muslim population (SMP), which is above 35 per cent. Uttar Pradesh has 10 such districts and these account for 39 per cent of the Muslim population. Five such districts in West Bengal have 45.9 per cent of the population. Four SMP districts in Bihar have 44.3 per cent of Muslims. Kerala and Jammu & Kashmir have three and 10 SMP districts accounting 41.2 per cent and 90.3 per cent of the Muslim population respectively.