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(The population of the Sikhs of Punjab Region, from 1881 upto 1991, covering up to 110 years)
(The population of the Sikhs of Punjab Region, from 1881 upto 1991, covering up to 110 years)


*(1881) 1,853,426  
*(1881) 1,853,426  
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*(1941) 5,691,447
*(1941) 5,691,447
*(1951) 6,219,134
*(1951) 6,219,134
*(1961) 7,845,915
*(1961) 7,845,915  
*(1971) 10,378,797
*(1971) 10,378,797
*(1981) 13,070,000
*(1981) 13,070,000
*(1991) 17,178,080
*(1991) 17,178,080


==Districts prior to 1947, where Sikhs were mainly concentrated==


The Sikhs prior to 1947 partition were mainly found, In the Punjab districts of Amritsar, Lahore, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala Princely State, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Firozpur, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, Lyallpur, Patiala Princely State, Jind Princely State, Ambala, Faridkot Princely State, Gujranwala, Gujrat, and Jhelum, Rawalpindi. Large percentage of Sikhs were mainly agricultural native villagers, and many others Sikhs being Businessman, Tradesman, Carpenters, gold smiths, Shop owners, Army generals, or Army soldiers and governmental posts etc. During the time of partition the total Sikhs population In the Punjab was around 6,000,000.
*Amritsar District
 
*Ambala District
The Sikhs of Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Lyallpur, Sheikhupura, Multan, Attock, Pakpattan, settled In Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, and In Haryana after the 1947 Happenings.
*Faridkot Sikh State
 
*Firozepur District
 
*Gurdaspur District
==STATES with 10,000 or more Sikhs (figures rounded up to the nearest thousand==
*Gujranwala District
 
*Gujrat District
*Andhra Pradesh 13,000
*Hoshiapur District
*Assam 12,000
*Jalandhar District
*Bihar 62,000
*Jind Sikh State
*Gujarat 19,000
*Jhelum District
*Haryana 650,000
*Jhang District
*Himachal Pradesh 48,000
*Kapurthala Sikh State
*Jammu & Kashmir 110,000
*Lahore District
*Madhaya Pradesh 100.000
*Ludhiana District
*Maharashtra 104,000
*Lyalpur District (Present day Faisalbad District)
*Orissa 11,000
*Mianwali District
*Punjab 10,000,000
*Montgomery District (Present day Pakpattan, Sahiwal, Okara districts)
*Rajasthan 350,000
*Nabha Sikh State
*Uttar Pradesh 400,000
*Patiala Sikh State
*West Bengal 36,000
*Rawalpindi District
*Delhi 300,000
*Sialkot District
*Chandigarh 70,000
 
And their are about 11 million Vanjara, and Sikligarh Sikhs pervading though out the Indian subcontinent. If all united to together, the Sikhs would be a Majority, within India.

Latest revision as of 04:42, 13 December 2012

(The population of the Sikhs of Punjab Region, from 1881 upto 1991, covering up to 110 years)


  • (1881) 1,853,426
  • (1891) 1,907,883
  • (1901) 2,195,339
  • (1911) 3,014,466
  • (1921) 3,238,803
  • (1931) 4,306,442
  • (1941) 5,691,447
  • (1951) 6,219,134
  • (1961) 7,845,915
  • (1971) 10,378,797
  • (1981) 13,070,000
  • (1991) 17,178,080

Districts prior to 1947, where Sikhs were mainly concentrated

  • Amritsar District
  • Ambala District
  • Faridkot Sikh State
  • Firozepur District
  • Gurdaspur District
  • Gujranwala District
  • Gujrat District
  • Hoshiapur District
  • Jalandhar District
  • Jind Sikh State
  • Jhelum District
  • Jhang District
  • Kapurthala Sikh State
  • Lahore District
  • Ludhiana District
  • Lyalpur District (Present day Faisalbad District)
  • Mianwali District
  • Montgomery District (Present day Pakpattan, Sahiwal, Okara districts)
  • Nabha Sikh State
  • Patiala Sikh State
  • Rawalpindi District
  • Sialkot District
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