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Table 3.2: Demographic Indicators of the six Major Religious Communities of India, 2001
Religious Communit
Percentage of total population
Sex Ratio
Sex Rati
Population growth (19811991)*
Populatio n growth (19912001)
Infant Mort ality
ies
Proportio n of Child Populatio n in Age group (0
0 (0
6)
20.0 29.3 22.1
Hindus Muslims Christians
Sikhs Buddhists
Jains
81.4 12.4 2.3 1.9 0.8 0.4 0.7
22.78 32.76 16.89 25.48 35.98 4.42 NA
931 925 936 950 1009964 893 780 953 942 940 870 992 976
15.6 18.7 13.5 12.8
77 69 49 53
16.9
54
23.2 26.0 111.3
|
14.4 10.6 18.0
47 80
Others
Total/ Average
100.0
23.05
21.5
933
927
15.9
61.3
* Excludes figures of Assam and Jammu & Kashmir.
Source:
1. Census of India, 2001. 2. Infant mortality data are based on National Family Health Survey
(NFHS-2), 1998-99, Indian Express, Delhi, November 18, 2001.
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Jains in India and Abroad
