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lived in urban areas, whereas only 1,009,347 lived in rural areas. About 64% of the Jains lived in cities and towns in 1981.
This figure increased to about 71% in the 1991 census and to about 75% in the 2001 census. Thus today Jains are the most urbanized religious community in India. Apparently this has been so for over a century now. State-wise distribution of the Jain population in terms of rural-urban breakup and gender for the census year 1991 is presented in Table 3.5, and for the census year 2001 in Table 3.6.
District where the Jain's Constitute the third largest Religious
group having population more then 20,000
85160
147285
38561 24829
59931
28873 32383
63037
26326 23818 22238
83699
Sangali Kolhapur Ahmadnagar
Ujjain
Sagar Ratlam Jabalpur Indore
Guna Damoh Bhopal Udaipur
Todak Rajsaod
Pali
Kota Jodhpur
Jalore
Jaipur Chillogarh
Bikaner Bhilwarh Barmer
Ajmer
Vadodra Surendra Nagar
Surat Rajkot Kachchh Jamnagar Bhamnagar Ahmadabad
23644 20048
25599 23259
36694 21015
Districts having more than 20000 jain population across India, 2001 Population
73631
35026 31235
37659 35744
47812 31566 22721
86607
30629 23894 21907
28921
170093
50000
100000
150000
200000
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Jains in India and Abroad
