Sikhism in India
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This article is about Sikhism in India. For Sikhism as a religion, see Sikhism.
Indian Sikhs number approximately 21 million people and account for 1.7% of India's population as of 2011, forming the country's fourth-largest religious group. The majority of the nation's Sikhs live in the northern state of Punjab, which is the only Sikh-majority administrative division in the world.
Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
Total population | |
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20,833,116 1.72% of the total Indian population (2011) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Punjab | 16,004,754 (57.69%) |
Haryana | 1,243,752 (4.91%) |
Rajasthan | 872,930 (1.27%) |
Uttar Pradesh | 643,500 (0.32%) |
Delhi | 570,581 (3.40%) |
Religions | |
Sikhism | |
Languages | |
Punjabi • Hindi • Indian English Kashmiri • Marathi • Bengali • Urdu |
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More information Year, Pop. ...
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1800s | 752,232 | — |
1881 | 1,853,426 | +146.4% |
1891 | 1,907,883 | +2.9% |
1901 | 2,195,339 | +15.1% |
1911 | 3,014,466 | +37.3% |
1921 | 3,238,803 | +7.4% |
1931 | 4,306,442 | +33.0% |
1941 | 5,691,447 | +32.2% |
1951 | 6,862,283 | +20.6% |
1961 | 7,862,303 | +14.6% |
1971 | 10,360,218 | +31.8% |
1981 | 13,119,919 | +26.6% |
1991 | 16,420,685 | +25.2% |
2001 | 19,237,391 | +17.2% |
2011 | 20,833,116 | +8.3% |
Source: census of India[1][2][3] |
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India is home to the majority of the global Sikh population, and also has the second-largest Sikh proportion in the world, behind Canada.