Demographic Politics And Population Growth - 2

[G.Subramaniam]

Since 1851, the Christian population of Goa has been facing a continual decline. Consequentially, the percentage of the Christian population (once a majority) has been shifting in favour of the Hindus. As per the data available, Christians constituted 63.83% (232,189 individuals), whereas Hindus comprised just 35.42% (128,824 individuals) in the 1851 census.[26] The next census was carried out in 1881, according to which Christians were 58%, while Hindus were 42% of the population.[26] The percentage of the Christian population went on declining in the subsequent censuses for the years 1900, 1910, 1921, 1931, 1950, and 1960, with the percentage of Christians in the censuses being 54.83%, 54.76%, 52.29%, 49.00%, 42.18% and 38.07%.



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De-xtianisation of goa, due to hindu counter-breeding