Sikh Population

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

• Early 20th century

• (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

• Mid 20th Century
• (1951) 6,219,134
• (1961) 7,845,915

• Late 20th Century

• (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.