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Table 7: Selected population characteristics of Jains in India by States and Union Territories, 1981*
Sl. No.
1
State/Union
Territory
2
INDIA
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Bihar
3. Gujarat
4. Haryana
5. Himachal Pradesh
6. Jammu & Kashmir
7. Karnataka
8. Kerala
9. Madhya Pradesh
10. Maharashtra
27. Goa, Daman & Diu
28. Mizoram
29. Pondicherry
Decadal Level of
percent
Urba
change
nization
3
4
Jain Education International
23.17
15.73
9.64
3.59
13.82
67.09
37.04
29.99
11. Manipur
12. Meghalaya 13. Nagaland
14. Orissa
15. Punjab
16. Rajasthan
17. Sikkim
18. Tamil Nadu
19. Tripura
20. Uttar Pradesh
21. West Bengal
22. Andaman & Nicobar
Islands
-21.43
23. Arunachal Pradesh
7.69
24. Chandigarh
85.93
25. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 22.77
26. Delhi
46.33
8.27
266.67
16.88
8.06
28.90
33.50
-30.75
102.24
83.89
1.86
26.50
21.57
-43.46
20.66
-20.80
13.49
20.06
63.82
94.48
80.29
69.96
78.63
79.73
94.54
41.76
49.38
67.78
66.47
99.18
63.10
98.44
66.91
93.66
49.54
85.19
76.13
65.99
74.18
84.86
100.00
71.43
98.46
30.38
99.41
63.95
100.00
98.19
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Sex
ratio
5
941
815
856
1,011
914
909
972
920
939
916
924
705
449
669
862
908
990
367
906
597
915
735
1200
556
865
833
893
786
571
787
Average
house
hold size
6
5.86
6.57
7.47
5.22
6.78
5.20
6.79
6.20
5.08
6.30
5.84
9.29
7.23
9.69
6.72
6.78
5.66
5.68
5.94
5.71
6.41
6.52
3.67
3.82
5.57
4.59
6.02
4.70
*Excluding Assam where Census was not conducted in 1981 and Lakshadweep where no Jains were enumerated in 1971 and 1981. Source: Same as for Table 1 (Serial Nos. 3 and 4).
3.67.
6.93
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