As per a 2011 census, there were 4,451,753 people, belonging to the Jain community, which comprised around 0.4% of the total Indian population. A majority of the community lives in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
The fifth National Family Health Survey 2019-'21 has pointed out that over 97.6% households of the Jain community have access to toilets. This is the highest overall national percentage in terms of having access to toilets. Madhya Pradesh has a Jain population of over 5.67 lakhs, Maharashtra has over 14 lakhs, Rajasthan over 6.22 lakhs and Gujarat over 5.79 lakhs.
Sharing details on religion-wise households having access to toilets, the survey points out that the people of the Sikh community hold the second position with 97.5% of total households having access to toilets in the country.
After the people of the Jain and the Sikh communities, the people of the Christian community hold the third position, with 91.2% of total households having access to toilets.
The breakdown of religion-wise households that have access to toilet facilities is given below :-
* Hindu 80.7%
* Muslim 90.3%
* Christian 91.2%
* Sikh 97.5%
* Buddhist/neo-Buddhist. 87.8%
* Jain 97.6%
* Other 72.5%
This situation has come about after the country has promoted the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
The survey has also detailed that only 68.5% of people belonging to the Scheduled Tribes have access to toilets while 76.9% of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes have access to the facility.
My take
It's my fond hope that the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a step in the right direction and every household in the country will have access to toilet facilities in the near future!
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores. Carried out the customary Wednesday 'aarathi' of the house.
The pressman, Selvam and the maid, Latha had come by.
The rain was on a low despite the fact that the district was under orange alert!
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