Population Of Jains In India

Author(s): Dheeraj Jain
Publisher: Dheeraj Jain

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EDUCATION LEVEL (FRTHT GT FART)
Jains are far ahead in terms of level of education.
Literate
without educational
level
Below Primary
Matric / Secondar
Primary
Middle
Senior secondary
Nontechnical diploma
Technical Graduate & diploma above
Hindu Muslim Christian
Sikh Buddhist
Jain
2.88 2.90 3.53 2.15 3.46 3.29
11.83 | 14.32 11.95 8.04 14.32 7 .36
15.11 11.27 16.08 9.73 14.65 12.35 15.66 11.19 14.37 | 13.04 10.29 8.82
9.00 6.33 10.08 14.78 10.93 15.48
6.62 0.07 4.44 10.17 10.32 0.18 8.25 0.08 8.61 0.04 14.05 0.19
0.61 0.27 2.23 0.79 0.47 1.10
5.98 2.76 8.85 6.40 6.18 25.65
•More than 1/4th i.e. 25.7% are Graduate & above, •14.1% have completed senior secondary education, •15.5% have completed secondary level of education. •However, out of total Jains, 2.07 lakh Jains of age 7 years and above are still counted as illiterates.