Sikhism in India
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.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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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.
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