Jain communities

The Jain in India are the last direct representatives of the ancient Shramana tradition.
Sangha.
Jainism has a fourfold order of "muni" (male monastics), "aryika" (female monastics), "Śrāvaka" (layman) and "sravika" (laywoman). This order is known as a "sangha".
Cultural influence.
The Jain have the highest literacy rate in India, 94.1.% compared with the national average of 65.38%. They have the highest female literacy rate, 90.6.% compared with the national average of 54.16%.
The sex ratio in the 0-6 age group is the second lowest for Jain (870 females per 1,000 males).
Communities.
There are about 110 different Jain communities in India. They can be divided into six groups based on historical and current residence.
Major Jain communities:
Diaspora.
Virchand Gandhi made a presentation of Jainism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893, marking one of the earliest appearances of Jainism outside India. The World Jain Congress was held in Leicester in 1988.
Population.
The Jain population in India according to 2011 census is 0.54% i.e. 4,451,753 (Males 2,278,097; Females 2,173,656) out of the total population of India 1,210,854,977 (males 623,270,258; females 587,584,719). The tabular representation of Jain population in the major states of India as per 2011 Census data released by the government is:
It is likely that the actual population of Jains may be significantly higher than the census numbers.
The Jain population in United States is estimated to be about 150,000 to 200,000.
In Japan, there are more than 5,000 families who have converted to Jainism and is growing faster there.