Religion in Kiribati there are 38 local spiritual assemblies. The 2010 census listed smaller religions such as Te Kouau, Assembly of God, Church of God, and Islam as other options. According to the Association of Religion Data Archives, there is a non-negligible population of Buddhists comprising less than 0.1% of the population. Unlike many Pacific Island countries, there was no significant Indian migration to Kiribati and in 1981, the Indian population comprised only 15 people, mostly expatriates on assignment from the Government of India. The main religions of the Indian families in Kiribati are Hinduism, Sikhism, and Christianity. On 30 October, 1978, a
Religion in India agnosticism, and gnosticism being represented), and Hinduism is also the largest religious grouping in India; around 966 million adherents as of 2011; compose 79.8% of the population. The term "Hindu", originally a geographical description, derives from the Sanskrit, "Sindhu", (the historical appellation for the Indus River), and refers to a person from the "land of the river Sindhu". Buddhism is an Indian, transtheistic religion and philosophy. Around 8.5 million Buddhists live in India, about 0.7% of the total population, although unofficial estimates suggest up to 12 million. Buddhism as a religion is practised mainly in the foothills of the Himalayas