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Why Crypto-Christians May Be Keeping Tamil Nadu’s Numbers Below Actual Levels
Swarajys ^ | 22 February 2021 | Surendranath

Posted on 03/01/2021 9:36:14 PM PST by Cronos

The actual Christian population of Tamil Nadu today is roughly 12 per cent of the state’s population, or 9.45 million people.

This is twice the official reported percentage of 6 per cent. How did we arrive at this number?

The 2011 Census of India said Christians in Tamil Nadu officially numbered 44 lakh.

However, if one were to go by the large numbers of Christian religious edifices and the dominance of Christians in media, Tamil cinema, and the government machinery, one suspects that this number must be higher.


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Nearly 10 million Christian's in this southern Indian state
1 posted on 03/01/2021 9:36:14 PM PST by Cronos
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To: Cronos

“...Christians in Tamil Nadu officially numbered 44 lakh...”
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Do what, now?


2 posted on 03/01/2021 9:41:41 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

A Lakh is an Indian unit of measurement equal to 100,000.


3 posted on 03/01/2021 10:03:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Repeal The 17th

4.4 million


4 posted on 03/01/2021 10:11:18 PM PST by Cronos
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To: Repeal The 17th

It’s related to the Smoot* unit of measurement.

* obscure MIT joke that made me laugh back in college.


5 posted on 03/01/2021 11:24:01 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca

The priest in my Mom’s local parish is from Tamil Nadu. Most priests in this part of Canada are now from India, Africa or the Philippines.These men are very conservative in their Faith, and have little in common with Francis and his cabal of homosexual clerics that have damaged the Church. Persecution has always been the source of the deepest Christian faith. When the Church became wealthy and complicit with the state, corruption and lethargy ensued. Rome is a crumbling edifice. The real Church lives in the hearts of Christians who face persecution and even death in countries such as China, middle east, India.


6 posted on 03/02/2021 6:18:05 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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