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Table 2 : Number and percentage of Jains in the States and Union
Territories, 1981*
Population
SI. No.
State/Union
Territory
Percentage of Jains w.r.t. All India Total
Population
4
5
100.00 0.58 0.86 14.65 1.11 0.03 0.05 8.91
3,605
0.11
INDIA
3,192,572 1. Andhra Pradesh
18,642 2. Bihar
27,613 3. Gujarat
467,768 4. Haryana
35,482 5. Himachal Pradesh
1,046 6. Jammu & Kashmir
1,576 7. Karnataka
284,508 8. Kerala 9. Madhya Pradesh
444,960 10. Maharashtra
939,392 11. Manipur
975 12. Meghalaya 13. Nagaland
1,153 14. Orissa
6,642 15. Punjab
27,049 16. Rajasthan
624,317 17. Sikkim 18. Tamil Nadu
49,564 19. Tripura
297 20. Uttar Pradesh
141,549 21. West Bengal
38,663 22. Andaman & Nicobar Islands 11 23. Arunachal Pradesh 24. Chandigarh
1,889 25. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
372 26. Delhi
73,917 27. Goa, Daman & Diu
602 28. Mizoram
11 29. Pondicherry
277
542
0.48 0.03 0.04 1.37 0.27 0.02 0.03 0.77 0.02 0.85 1.50 0.07 0.04 0.15 0.03 0.16 1.82 0.03 0.10 0.02 0.13 0.07
13.94 29.42 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.21 0.85 19.56
108
N
1.55 0.01 4.43 1.21
N
N N
42
0.06 0.01 2.32 0.02
N 0.01
0.01 0.42 0.36 1.19 0.06
N
0.05
N-Negligible * Excluding Assam where census was not held and Lakshadweep where no Jains
were enumerated in 1981. Source : Same as for Table 1 (Serial No. 4).
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