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Table 3: Variations in the number and percentage of Jains and decadal percent population change in six major states, since 1951
Sl. No.
State
(i) Number of Jains
1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra
5. Rajasthan
6. Uttar Pradesh
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra
5. Rajasthan
6. Uttar Pradesh
(ii) Percentage of total number of Jains of India
1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
1. Gujarat
2. Karnataka
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Maharashtra
1951
(iii) Percent Population change during
5. Rajasthan
6. Uttar Pradesh
374,882
409,754
139,873 174,366 181,328 247,927 337,578 485,672
359,772 409,417 97,744 122,108
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23.16
8.64
11.20
20.86
22.23
6.04
1951-81
1961
24.78
103.40
145.39
178.27
73.53
44.82
20.21
8.60
12.23
23.96
20.20
6.02
1951-61
Source: Same as for Table 1 (Serial Nos. 2 to 4).
9.30
24.66
36.73
43.87
13.80
24.93
JAIN JOURNAL
1971
451,578
467,768
218,862 284,508
345,211 444,960 703,664 939,392 513,548
624,317
124,728
141,549
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17.34
8.40
13.25
27.02
19.72
4.79
1961-71
10.21
25.52
39.24
44.88
25.43
2.15
1981
14.65
8.91
13.94
29.42
19.56
4.43
1971-81
3.59
29.99
28.90
33.50
21.57
13.49
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