The census data for the year 2011 released on Friday by the Registrar-General and Census Commissioner of India shows that the highest percentage of female-headed households is noticed in the Christian community, at 17.4 per cent, followed by Buddhists at 15.9 per cent.
The lowest percentage of female-headed households is in the Jain community, at 11.5 per cent.
Sex-wise variation is highest among the Hindu community and male-headed household size is at 4.9, while female- headed household size is at 3.8. The least variation is seen in the Sikh community, where the male-headed household size is 5.1 while female-headed household size 4.6. The census has also revealed that nearly 202.4 million households in the country belong to Hindus, 31.2 million are of Muslims and 6.3 million belong to Christians.
According to the data, the total number of households in the country are 248.8 million and 4.1 million Sikhs while 1.9 million belong to Jains.
On an average, 5.6 persons live in a Muslim household, 5.1 persons in a Sikh household, 4.9 persons in a Hindu household, 4.8 persons in a Jain household, 4.6 persons in a Buddhist household and 4.5 persons in a Christian household.
