Sikh Population

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(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