Jains in India and Abroad

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

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Table 3.7: Sex Ratio among the Jains, 2001
State/UT
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.
Jain
Population of Jain
42,25,053
2,518
1,408
39,276
2,592
9,249
57,167
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.3
1.1
1.2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0,1
0.0
0.3
0.9
1.0
0.2
0.4
13,01,843 1.3
0.1
0.8
0.1
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
41,846
4,12,659
820
Proportion
4,528
83,359
952
23
Source: Census of India (2001).
Population
-
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
Sex Ratio
940
856
877
914
940
930
911
935
960
911
904
664
662
852
842
738
916
906
866
929
928
933
922
925
969
1000
895
942
936
926
885
996
933
900
917
Sex ratio (0-6)
870
887
644
758
940
833
798
849
878
846
853
615
545
768
771
1000
1036
926
922
920
852
895
922
906
832
1071
831
862
912
892
867
845
889
692
500
Proportion of child Population in the age
group 0-6
yrs.
10.6
10.9
10.5
10.2
10.0
9.8
11.3
11.3
10.7
11.9
11.0
11.5
15.7
11.7
10.1
16.8
11.9
13.5
10.5
9.6
11.1
10.8
11.7
11.3
9.2
10.8
13.8
10.1
11.3
12.0
11.5
9.7
10.8
11.6
13.0
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