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Jainism is India's sixth-largest religion and is practiced throughout the whole country.
There are 5,200,000 Jains 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, with a population of 16,301 Jains also contains the holy pilgrimage centre of Shikharji.
Read more about Jainism In India: History, Jainism By State, Census of India, 2001
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