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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. | 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. The majority of the Sikhs were mainly agricultural native villagers, and owned upto 67% of their ancestral green agricultural land, the British considered the Sikh farmers to be very hard working and very independent minded. 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. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 04:12, 8 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
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. The majority of the Sikhs were mainly agricultural native villagers, and owned upto 67% of their ancestral green agricultural land, the British considered the Sikh farmers to be very hard working and very independent minded. 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.
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.
STATES with 10,000 or more Sikhs (figures rounded up to the nearest thousand
- Andhra Pradesh 13,000
- Assam 12,000
- Bihar 62,000
- Gujarat 19,000
- Haryana 650,000
- Himachal Pradesh 48,000
- Jammu & Kashmir 110,000
- Madhaya Pradesh 100.000
- Maharashtra 104,000
- Orissa 11,000
- Punjab 10,000,000
- Rajasthan 350,000
- Uttar Pradesh 400,000
- West Bengal 36,000
- Delhi 300,000
- 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.
