Sikhism in India

Indian Sikhs
ਭਾਰਤੀ ਸਿੱਖ
Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, or the Golden Temple, in Amritsar, Punjab.
Total population
20,833,116 Increase
1.72% of the total Indian population Decrease (2011)
Regions with significant populations
Punjab16,004,754 (57.69%)
Haryana1,243,752 (4.91%)
Rajasthan872,930 (1.27%)
Uttar Pradesh643,500 (0.32%)
Delhi570,581 (3.40%)
Religions
Sikhism
Languages
PunjabiHindiIndian English
KashmiriMarathiBengali • Urdu
Historical Sikh Population
YearPop.±%
1800s752,232—    
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]

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.

India is home to the majority of the global Sikh population.

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