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'''[[Christianity]]''' is the predominant religion of the [[Northeast India|Northeastern]] [[India]]n state of '''[[Arunachal Pradesh]]''', which borders [[China]]. According to the census of 2011 Christians constitute 30.26% of the state's population.<ref name="Census of India Website">http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html</ref> The [[Roman Catholic]] Church is the largest Christian denomination in the state with around 180,000 adherents.<ref>Diocese [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ditan.html] Itanagar [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmiao.html] Miao</ref> The [[Arunachal Baptist Church Council]] is the second largest denomination with 133,000 baptized members in about 1,100 churches.<ref>[https://abccindia.org/sites/all/libraries/pdf.js/web/viewer.html?file=/sites/www.abccindia.org/files/MemberbodiesasonDec2016.pdf] ABCCStatistics2016</ref>

The state belongs to the area of the [[diocese of North East India]] of the [[Church of North India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnisynod.org/dioceses.aspx |title=The Diocess - The Church Of North India |publisher=Cnisynod.org |accessdate=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317100930/http://www.cnisynod.org/dioceses.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.churchinneed.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5349&news_iv_ctrl=1202 |title=Aid to the Church in Need: Building the Faith, Chapel by Chapel |publisher=Churchinneed.org |date=2008-07-01 |accessdate=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304072720/http://www.churchinneed.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5349&news_iv_ctrl=1202 |archive-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Among the Christians in the state there is a literacy rate higher than the rate in the state population at large.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1625/16250930.htm |title=Welcome to Frontline : Vol. 29 :: No. 16 |publisher=Hinduonnet.com |accessdate=2012-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822084959/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1625/16250930.htm |archive-date=2010-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{bar box
|title=Religion in Arunachal Pradesh<ref name="Census of India Website" />
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{{bar percent|Christianity|DodgerBlue|30.2}}
{{bar percent|Hinduism|Orange|29.4}}
{{bar percent|Others (mostly [[Donyi-Polo]])|Chartreuse|26.2}}
{{bar percent|Buddhism|Gold|11.7}}
{{bar percent|Islam|Green|1.9}}
{{bar percent|Sikhism|DarkKhaki|0.1}}
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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.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://www.con-spiration.de/texte/english/2008/evers2-e.html
|author=Georg Evers
|title=India's Christians Taken Aim at by Radical Hindus
|publisher=Con-spiration.de
|date=November 2008
|accessdate=2013-03-26
|quote=For in several Indian federal states - in 1978 in Arunachal Pradesh, in 2003 in Gujarat, in 2006 in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and in 2007 in Himachal Pradesh - bills were passed which make conversions that happened by force or by material benefits punishable. So far, however, not a single case has been brought before the courts.}}
</ref>

==Demography==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Christians in Arunachal Pradesh
! Year !! Number !! Percentage
|-
| 2001<ref name="religion1">{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm|title=Total population by religious communities|publisher=Censusindia.gov.in|access-date=20 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119031333/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_data_finder/C_Series/Population_by_religious_communities.htm|archive-date=19 January 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>|| <center>205,548</center> || <center>18.72</center>
|-
| 2011<ref name="religion2">{{cite web|publisher=Census Department, Government of India|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html|title=Indian Census 2011|access-date=25 August 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913045700/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|archive-date=13 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>|| <center>418,732</center> || <center>30.26</center>
|-
|}

{{Historical populations
|title = Historical Christian Population in Arunachal Pradesh<ref name="cpsindia.org">http://www.cpsindia.org › BlogsPDF
Web results
The Christianisation of the Northeast - Centre for Policy Studies</ref>
|type =
|footnote =
|align = right
|width =
|state =
|shading =
|pop_name =
|percentages =
|source = [[census of India]]
|1971 | 3,684
|1981 | 27,306
|1991 | 89,013
|2001 | 205,548
|2011 | 418,732
}}

===Trends===
'''Percentage of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh by decades'''<ref name="cpsindia.org">http://www.cpsindia.org › BlogsPDF
Web results
The Christianisation of the Northeast - Centre for Policy Studies</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Year'''
! '''Percent'''
! '''Increase'''
|-
| '''1971'''
| '''0.79%'''
| '''-'''
|-
| '''1981'''
| '''4.32%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+3.53%'''
|-
| '''1991'''
| '''10.3%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+5.98%'''
|-
| '''2001'''
| '''18.72%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+8.42%'''
|-
| '''2011'''
| '''30.26%'''
| style="background: lightgreen" | '''+11.54%'''
|}

===Tribes===
'''Percentage of Christians in the Scheduled Tribes'''<ref>[https://blog.cpsindia.org/2016/11/religion-data-of-census-2011-xxxii.html] www.cpsindia.org › Christianity among the Scheduled Tribes of the Northeast:
Arunachal Pradesh</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Tribe'''
! '''Christians'''
! '''Percent'''
|-
| '''Nyishi'''
| '''180,609'''
|'''63.3%'''
|-
| '''Adi'''
| '''65,691'''
|'''27.60%'''
|-
| '''Wancho'''
| '''54,165'''
|'''95.22%'''
|-
| '''Nocte'''
| '''23,093'''
|'''66.62%'''
|-
| '''Tangsa'''
| '''21,291'''
|'''58.95%'''
|-
| '''Apatani'''
| '''9,513'''
| '''21.73%'''
|-
| '''Tagin'''
| '''7,634'''
|'''12.13%'''
|-
| '''Miji'''
| '''3,419'''
| '''42.07%'''
|-
| '''Yobin'''
| '''2,965'''
| '''99.03%'''
|-
| '''Aka'''
| '''2,788'''
| '''34.38%'''
|-
| '''Sulung'''
| '''2,085'''
| '''46.14%'''
|-
| '''Mishmi'''
| '''1,864'''
| '''4.24%'''
|}

==See also==
* [[Arunachal Baptist Church Council]]
* [[List of Christian denominations in North East India]]
* [[Persecution of Christians]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Christianity in India by region}}
{{Churches in India}}

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