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Literacy, Female Literacy and Work Participation Rate in India by
religious Communities, 2001
90.6
76.2
63.1
61.7
48.4
Percentage
140.4
50.1
39.7 377 40.694.1 31.380.3
32.9 69.4 72.7 59.1
39.1
65.1
64.4
Literacy Rate Female Literacy Rate Work Participation
Hindus
Muslims
Christians
Jains
Sikhs
Buddhists
Others
Total/ Average
Religious communities
Figure: 10
Religious Communities and their Occupations, 2001
81.7
49.1 52.8
49.9
47.3
Percentage to their Population
37.89.2
B
Cultivators
324
29.2
37.6 32.6 31.7
26.5
27.6
Agricultural Labourers
2017 III
Household Industry Workers
1
15.3 168 204
14.3
Others
3.4
2.9
333
Hindus
Muslims
Sikhs
Christians
Buddhists
Jains
Others
Average
Religious Communities
Figure: 11
64 | Jains in India and Abroad