22,975 Hindus, 3,336 Muslims, 1,782 Sikhs, 1,011 Christians, 719 Buddhists, 109 Jains and 67 respondents who belong to another religion or are religiously unaffiliated
Method of interview
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Public opnion on comparison between men and women political leaders India 2020
According to a survey carried out in 2020 by the Pew Research Centre in India, 55 percent of the respondents claimed that both men and women made equally good political leaders. Only 14 percent of the respondents reported that women made better political leaders as opposed to men.
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