• Source: Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh

Christianity is the largest religion in the Northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, which borders China. According to the census of 2011 Christians constitute 30.26% of the state's population. The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the state with around 180,000 adherents. The Arunachal Baptist Church Council is the second largest denomination with 150,000 baptized members in about 1,200 churches and Arunachal Pradesh Christian Revival Church Council (APCRCC) which was started in 1987 at Naharlagun also growing fast.
The state belongs to the area of the diocese of North East India of the Church of North India. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itanagar and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao have their seat in the state. The state is an area of rapid growth of Roman Catholicism in recent years.

Among the Christians in the state there is a literacy rate higher than the rate in the state population at large.
Christian missionary activity is not allowed in Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal has prohibited bribery or coercion for conversion since 1978, but there is no record of coerced conversions and no one has been brought to trial under the law.




Demography






= Trends

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Percentage of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh by decades




= Tribes

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Percentage of Christians in the Scheduled Tribes




See also


Arunachal Baptist Church Council
Christian Revival Church
List of Christian denominations in North East India
Persecution of Christians
Christianity in India




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh
• Religion in Arunachal Pradesh
• Demographics of Arunachal Pradesh
• Arunachal Pradesh
• Outline of Arunachal Pradesh
• Papum Pare district
• Christianity in Nagaland
• Arunachal Baptist Church Council
• Aalo
• Donyi-Polo