________________
1931
6.28 15.81
1941
0.37 0.37 0.45 0.46
1951 1961
1,251 1,440 1,618 2,027 2,605 3,193 3,352 4,225
1971
0.47
11.67 25.17 28.48 23.17 4.42 26.0
1981* 1991** 2001
0.48 0.40 0.40
*Excluding Assam where, census was not held in 1981 owing to disturbed conditions. ** Excluding Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 census was not held. Sources: (1) Kingsley Davis, Population of India & Pakistan, Russell & Russell, New York, 1951, pp.
178-179 (2) Census of India, 1961, Paper No. 1 of 1963, Religion, R.G. Office, New Delhi, 1963,
pp.ii-viii. (3) Census of Indian, 1971, Paper No. 2 of 1972, Religion, R. G. Office, New Delhi, 1972,
pp.2-5. (4) Census of India, 1981, Paper No. 4 of 1984, Household Population by Religion of
Head of Household, R.G, Office, New Delhi, 1984, p. 26 (figures amended as per
Errata issued subsequently by this office). (5) Census of India, 1991, Paper No, 1 of 1995, Religion, R.G. Office, New Delhi, 1995. (6) Census of India 2001, First Report of Religion Data. R.G. Office, New Delhi, 2005.
Table 2: Total population-Jains, 1961-2001(India, States and Union territories)
India/States Union
territories
1961
1971
1981
1991
2001
India Jammu & Kashmir Himachal Pradesh Punjab Chandigharh
2,027281 2,604,646 | 3,206,038 | 3,352,706 1,427 1,150 1,576
626 1,046 1,206 48,754 21,383 27,049 20,763
1,016 1,889 1,531
95
4,225,053
2,518 1,408 39,276 2,592
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