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Islam is a religion that is followed by 19.3% of the population of Kollam district. It is the only district south of Malabar region where Muslims outnumber Christians. [17] More than 94% of Muslims of Kollam are Sunni. There is no significant Shia population. However there is presence of Ahmadiyya muslims in Kollam and Karunagappalli.
Muslims account for 22.05% of Kollam's total population. As per the Census 2011 data, 80,935 is the total Muslim population in Kollam. [89] The Karbala Maidan and the adjacent Makani mosque serves as the Eid gah for the city. The 300-year-old Juma-'Ath Palli at Karuva houses the mortal remains of a Sufi saint, Syed Abdur Rahman Jifri. [90] [91]
Kollam is the only district in Southern Kerala where Muslims outnumber Christians. Despite this Kollam has a significant Christian population too (16%) among this the Latin Catholics (38.5%), Malankara Orthodox (36.1) and Marthoma Church (15.8%) form the majority. [16]
Muslims in Kerala share a common language with the rest of the non-Muslim population and have a culture commonly regarded as the Malayali culture. [13] Most Muslims in Kerala follow Sunni Islam of the Shāfiʿī school of thought and refer to the Malayalam book Fat'h Ul Mueen, a textbook that deals with the Shāfiʿī school of Islamic ...
Ethnic group Malabar Muslims of Kerala and Lakshadweep A rebuilt structure of the old Cheraman Juma Mosque, Kodungallur Total population c. 6 million (2011) Regions with significant populations Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tulu Nadu, Kodagu, States of Persian Gulf Languages Malayalam (Arabi Malayalam) [7] Religion Sunni Islam Related ethnic groups Beary, Kodava Maaple, Malayalis, Marakkars, Sri Lankan ...
Islam is the second-largest practiced religion in Kerala (26.56%), only surpassed by Hinduism. [7] The calculated Muslim population (Indian Census, 2011) in Kerala state is 8,873,472. [8] [9] Most of the Muslims in Kerala follow the Shāfiʿī School (Sunni Islam), followed by Salafi movement. [10]
Population of Kerala, per the 1968 Socio-Economic Survey [citation needed] Caste Population Percentage Arayan / Mukkuvan 851,603 4.24% Brahmin 353,329 1.76% Chetty/ Vellalar 151,150 0.75% Christian Scheduled Caste 301,912 1.50% Ezhava/ Thiyya: 4,457,808 22.19 Ezhuthachan 260,042 1.29% Kammalar 756,178 3.76% Jacobite & Marthomite 731,207 3.64% ...
Thodiyoor is a village in Kollam district in the ... Demographics- Census 2011 Data. Information Figure Remark Population 25884 Males ... Muslim 42.25% Christian ...