Jaina Community a Social Survey

SR No.: 007019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vilas Sangve
Publisher: Popular Book Depot Bombay
Publication Year: 1980
Total Pages: 484
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Population
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from another point of view. The Jainas in India form only 0.47 per cent of the total population of the country. But the Jainas constitute 1.43 per cent of the urban population and only 0.24 per cent of the rural population of the country.
The Jainas are not only more urbanised persons but their preference to live in urban areas is continuously increasing in this century. The figures showing the percentage of Jainas residing in the urban areas at the last seven Census Reports are given in Table 13.
Table 13
Census Year
Percentage of urban Jaina population
1901 1911
1921
1931 1941 1951 1961 1971
30.0 29.6 33.9 34.6
41.4 not available
53.9 59.8
From the above table it is evident that the percentage of urban Jaina population has doubled during the last 70 years and that there is an increasing tendency among the Jainas to prefer to reside in urban areas than in rural areas.
Further, the urban character of Jaina population is not uniform over different States and Union Territories of India. From the statements showing the distribution of Urban15 and Rural16 population of Jainas as per 1971 Census, it will be clear that the Jainas are more urban in the areas where they are few in number and more rural in the areas where they are comparatively large in number. That is why the proportion of the Jainas living in the urban areas is 99.39 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir, 99.20 per cent in Nagaland, 98.32 per cent in Pondicherry, 91.97 per cent in Punjab, 86.08 per cent in Andhra Pradesh, 82.00 per cent in West Bengal and 81.29 per cent in Goa, Daman and Diu. It is obvious that there is a very sparse population of the Jainas
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