Minorities only?

If diversity is what you are looking for, India is it. Indeed, I find it most interesting to read and see that India is made of minorities (a more harsh and politica way of refering to diversity). I guess that is what makes it such a pluralistic society, and such a difficult country to govern.
They say the most stereotypical (or as stereotypical as it can get) Indian is a male Hindi-speaking Hindu from the state of Uttar Pradesh. For background: as per 2001 census India has in total 35 mln more men than women (I wonder if in addition to a natural birth ratios it is also a social phenomenon); Uttar Pradesh is the most populated state of India, singlemost in that state they have 166 mln people (India has 28 states altogether); Hindi (the national language) is spoken by 45% of Indian population; and as mentioned in an earlier posting around 80% of the population are Hindus (the religion).

Fascinating. However as you can see, the reality really shows that there is no majority type of people in India. Everyone is in one way or another in minority status. The country is a diverse pool with its ethnic origins (the spectrum of skin color is vast, all ethnicities possible seem to be present), 24 official languages (lots more spoken though), all world religions present and Hinduism itself practiced in a diversity of ways all over the country, and in the state of Kerala there are more women than men.

What a reality! And there's much more to it.