Leicester is made up of diverse communities, many of whom worship different beliefs, faiths and religions.

Religious make up of Leicester (source: census 2001)
Christianity is the most practiced religion in Leicester. However, with a large population of Indian origin we have more residents who are practicing Hindus, Sikhs or Muslims in comparison to other cities.

	Leicester	Percentage	England & Wales
Christian	125187	44.72%	71.75%
Buddhist	638	0.23%	0.28%
Hindu	41248	14.74%	1.06%
Jewish	417	0.15%	0.50%
Muslim	30885	11.03%	2.97%
Sikh	11796	4.21%	0.63%
Other religions	1179	0.42%	0.29%
No religion	48789	17.43%	14.81%
Religion not stated	19782	7.07%	7.71%

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