Statistics of Jainism

There are 5,200,000 Jain in the 1.028 billion population of India. Jains are to be found in 34 out of 35 states and union territories with Lakshdweep being the only union territory without Jains. The state of Jharkhand is the birthplace of Jainism and along with a population of 16,301 Jains also contains the Jain holiest of holy pilgrimage centre of Samyed Sikharji.

States having more than 100,000 Jains in 2001 India Census^[1]

State	Jain Population (approximate)	Jain Population (%)
Maharashtra	1,301,842	1.32%
Rajasthan	650,493	1.15%
Madhya Pradesh	545,448	0.91%
Gujarat	525,306	1.03%
Karnataka	412,654	0.74%
Uttar Pradesh	207,111	0.12%
Delhi	155,122	1.12%

Work participation by religion & gender in 2001 India Census^[2]

Religion	Males	Females
Jain	55.2	39.2
Sikh	53.3	20.2
Hindu	52.4	27.4
Christian	50.7	28.7
Buddhist	49.2	31.7
Muslim	47.5	14.1

Literacy by religion in 2001 India Census^[3]

Religion	Literacy Rate
Jain	94.1
Christian	80.3
Buddhist	72.7
Sikh	69.4
Hindu	65.1
Muslim	59.1