Jains in India and Abroad

Author(s): Prakash C Jain
Publisher: International Summer School for Jain Studies

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Table 3.6: Distribution of Jain Population by Rural-Urban Background
State/Union
Territory
India
Jammu & Kashmir
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Chandigarh
Uttaranchal
Haryana
Delhi
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
Sikkim
Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Manipur
Mizoram
Tripura Meghalaya
Assam
West Bengal Jharkhand
Orissa
Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Daman & Diu
Dadra & Nag. Hav.
Maharashtra
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Goa
Lakshadweep
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Pondicherry
And. & Nico. Is.
Total population Jain
1,02,86,10,328
1,01,43,700
60,77,900
2,43,58,999
9,00,635
84,89,349
2,11,44,564
1,38,50,507
5,65,07,188
16,61,97,921
8,29,98,509
5,40,851
10,97,968
19,90,036
21,66,788
8,88,573
31,99,203
23,18,822
2,66,55,528
8,01,76,197
2,69,45,829
3,68,04,660
2,08,33,803
6,03,48,023
5,06,71,017
1,58,204
2,20,490
9,68,78,627
7,62,10,007
5,28,50,562
13,47,668
60,650
3,18,41,374
6,24,05,679
9,74,345
3,56,152
Source: Census of India (2001).
Population
42,25,053
2,518
1,408
39,276
2,592
9,249
57,167
1,55,122
6,50,493
2,07,11
16,085
183
216
2,093
1461
179
477
772
23,957
55,223
16,301
9,154
56,103
5,45,446
5,25,305
268
864 13,01,843
41,846
4,12,659
820
4,528 83,359
952
23
Urban
3,215,706
2,040
1,148
37,265
2,570
8,167
50,829
153,068
435,321
177,208
12,903
126
130
1,984
1,369
45
287
432
20,354
45,869
11,688
6,038
45,837
419,929
454,964
212
601
1,015,286
39,856
193,758
721
2,328
72,427
928
18
Rural
1,009,347
478
260
2,011
22
1,082
6, 338
2,054
215,172
29,903
3,182
57
86
109
92
134
190
340
3,603
9,354
4,613
3,116
10,266
125,517
70,341
56
263 286,557
1,990 218,901
99
2,200 10,932
24
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