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Table 3.1: Variations in the number of Jains since 1891
*
Census
1881
1891
1901
1911
1921
1931
1941
1951
1961
1971
1981*
1991**
2001
Number of Jains
(in 000s)
Sources:
1,222
1,417
1,334
1,248
1,177
1,251
1,440
1,618
2,027
2,605
3,193
3,352
4,225
Percentage of total population
0.49
0.51
0.47
0.41
0.39
0.37
0.37
0.45
0.46
0.47
0.48
0.40
0.40
Decadal percent change in the
number of Jains
Excluding Assam where, census was not held in 1981 owing to disturbed conditions.
** Excluding Jammu & Kashmir where 1991 census was not held.
15.94
-5.83
-6.47
-5.26
6.28
15.81
11.67
25.17
28.48
23.17
4.42
26.0
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, 2004.
70 Jains in India and Abroad
