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fraction dropped sharply in 1991 to through their enterprise and many have 0.40%, and stayed about the same at in moved to UK. The recent migration to the 2001. We are likely to see sharper drops west since 1970s includes highly educated in future as we see below.
professionals like engineers, doctors,
financial experts and businessmen. Jainism has historically been present all over India. There are native Punjabi Jains The Jains in Eastern Africa, Singapore, and Tamil Jains. States with largest Jain Malaysia, Middle East and Japan have populations are Maharashtra (1.32% nearly remained very Indian as if they Jains) Rajasthan (1.15%) Madhya never left India. The Jains in USA and Pradesh (0.91%), Gujarat (1.03%) and Canada being professionals interact and Karnataka (0.74%).. There is not a single socialize with non-Jains. They have started State where Jains are 2% or more. There changing their habits to suit the conditions are only 3 districts with Jain population they are in. This includes language, exceeding 4% (Mumbai 4.76%, Kolhapur customs, religious practices and even 4.18%, Belgaum 4.02%). The cities Delhi, marriages. Bombay, Ahmedabad, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Baroda, Pune have a significant Trends affecting Jains in North population of Jains, but none with 10% America Jains.
The number of Jains in North America has Jains Overseas
been going up because of the continuous
arrivals of Jains from India. However the Outside India, significant presence of Jains number of practicing Jains in the second has risen only during the last century. The generation is going down. If this trend first major emigration of Jains took place continues then we will see its dramatic to Kenya and Uganda and later to USA result in next 1-2 generations. Canada and U.K. In 1997, it was estimated that the Jain population in USA Here are the major factors. and Canada was 85,000'. Since then the number may have gone up to about • A significant fraction of Jain youths, 160,000. There are about 15,000 - perhaps a large majority, are marrying 20,000 in the UK', 14,000 in Kenya area outside the Jain community. Once this and some in Belgium, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, happens, the bonds to Jainism in the Nepal, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, new family gets diluted or lost, Japan and Australia etc.
depending on the upbringing of the Jain
partner, who generally tend to be less The earlier emigrants who initially moved aggressive. The Jain identity as is then to East African countries had modest likely to be lost over a period of time. educational levels. They have prospered
Most of the Jain Organizations have not * Based on 2001 census data.
recognized the needs of the Jain youths Jainism in America, Y.K. Malaiya, Lansing Jain Society
and as a result they feel alienated Pratishtha Souvenir, 2000, pp. 26-29
sometimes even allergic toward the "Since then the number of listed telephone numbers with last
Jain tradition. The Jain Centers often name "Jain" has gone up by a factor of 2.8. If annual rate of increase is taken as 7.6% based on census data for Indians, the
cater to the older generation. estimate would be 162,000.
Sometimes they become highly http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=954
ritualistic and dominated by regional or * http://cesa.imb.org/peoplegroups/jains.html
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