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By The Outsider at 05/24/2010 - 22:19
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There don't seem to be many credible accounts and demographic data of India and Pakistan after partition and it's associated mass migration was over, at least readily available ones on the web. Curious on the topic, the blog presents some digging into of research and news articles from that time to piece together some of the scattered information.
According to the 1941 census, the total population of unified India was 389.0 million. Muslim population was pegged at 94.5 million(24.3%). Hindu population was 270.2 million(69.5%).
The basis of partition was concentrated areas of Muslim population, primarily in North West India and East India. Out of 435 districts in India, there were 76 with Muslim majority population and contained around 60% of the total Muslim population of India.
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