Demographics of Punjab, India

According to the 2011 Census of India, Punjab, India has a population of around 27.7 million.

Population Growth
Census	Population		%±
1951	9,161,000		—
1961	11,135,001		21.5%
1971	13,551,000		21.7%
1981	16,788,915		23.9%
1991	20,281,969		20.8%
2001	24,289,296		19.8%
2011	27,743,338		14.2%
source:Census of India [1][2]

Religions in Punjab

Religions in Punjab, India (2011)

  Sikhism (57.69%)

  Hinduism (38.49%)

  Islam (1.93%)

  Christianity (1.26%)

  Jainism (0.16%)

  Others (0.36%)

Sikhism is the most practiced faith in Punjab, practiced by 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population of Punjab population. Around 38.49% of the population i.e. 10.67 million practice Hinduism, while Islam is followed by 5.35 lakhs comprising 1.93% of the state population.[3] Other micro-faiths include Buddhism, Christianity and Jainism.[4]

Languages spoken

The Punjabi language written in the Gurmukhi script is the official language of the state.[5] Muslims form slight majority in the Malerkotla town and use Shahmukhi for communication purpose. Punjabi is the sole official language of Punjab and is spoken by the majority of the population numbering around 24,919,067 constituting (89.82%) of the population as of 2011 census report. Hindi is second largest language, spoken by 2,177,853 constituting 7.85% of the population and rest 646,418 spoke's other Indian languages comprising 2.83% in other category.[6]

Languages of Punjab (2011)[6][7]

  Punjabi (official) (89.82%)

  Hindi (7.85%)

  Others (2.83%)

Caste population

As of June 2018, the caste population data for each caste in Punjab collected in Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 has not been released to public by Government of India.[8]

Caste Population data of Punjab
Constitutional categories	Population (%)	Castes
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	31.3%[9]	includes Sikh Rajput, Mair Rajput, Sunar, Kamboj, Labana, Tarkhan/Ramgarhia, Kumhar/Prajapati, Gurjar, Teli, Banjara, Lohar, Bhat,[10] Others
Scheduled Castes (Dalits)	31.9%[11]	includes Mazhabi Sikh - 10%, Ramdasia Sikh/Ravidassia (Chamar)/Ad-Dharmi - 13.1%, Balmiki/Bhanghi - 3.5%, Bazigar - 1.05%, Others -4%[12]
Unreserved (mostly Upper castes)	33%	includes Jat Sikh - 21%, (Brahmin, Rajput, Bania, Khatri Sikh, Hindu Khatri-Arora-Sood[13]) - 12%
Others (religious minorities)	3.8%[14]	includes Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Jains

Religious population by districts

Religious population by district (2011)[4]

#	District	Sikh	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Jain	Buddhist	Other religions	Religion not stated
1	Amritsar	1,716,935	690,939	12,502	54,344	3,152	876	5,488	1,0864
2	Barnala	467,751	112,859	13,100	622	246	108	481	360
3	Bathinda	984,286	380,569	16,299	2,474	1,266	246	559	2,826
4	Faridkot	469,789	141,363	3,125	1,227	1,109	155	103	637
5	Fatehgarh Sahib	427,521	152,851	16,808	1,698	178	48	251	808
6	Firozpur	1,090,815	906,408	6,844	19,358	1,143	454	278	3,774
7	Gurdaspur	1,002,874	1,074,332	27,667	176,587	580	405	812	15,066
8	Hoshiarpur	538,208	1,000,743	23,089	14,968	2034	3,476	531	3,576
9	Jalandhar	718,363	1,394,329	30,233	26,016	4,011	11,385	805	8,448
10	Kapurthala	453,692	336,124	10,190	5,445	553	6,662	334	2,168
11	Ludhiana	1,863,408	1,502,403	77,713	16,517	19,620	2,007	1,254	15,817
12	Mansa	598,443	156,539	10,375	917	1,577	123	493	1,284
13	Moga	818,921	158,414	9,388	3,277	436	178	365	4,767
14	Muktsar	638,625	254,920	4,333	1,681	744	240	433	920
15	Patiala	1,059,944	783,306	40,043	5,683	1,914	245	1,410	3,141
16	Rupnagar	361,045	304,481	14,492	2,094	653	118	143	1,601
17	Mohali	478,908	476,276	29,488	5,342	1,257	257	239	2,861
18	Sangrur	1,077,438	389,410	179,116	2,406	3,222	268	1,038	2,271
19	Nawanshehar	192,885	401,368	6,829	1,479	695	5,885	266	2,903
20	Tarn Taran	1,044,903	60,504	3,855	6,095	650	101	47	3,472
Punjab (Total)		16,004,754	10,678,138	535,489	348,230	45,040	33,237	10,886	87,564

Religious population proportion by district (2011)[4]

#	District	Sikh	Hindu	Muslim	Christian	Jain	Buddhist	Other religions	Religion not stated
1	Amritsar	68.94%	27.74%	0.50%	2.18%	0.13%	0.04%	0.04%	0.44%
2	Barnala	78.54%	18.95%	2.20%	0.10%	0.04%	0.02%	0.08%	0.06%
3	Bathinda	70.89%	27.41%	1.17%	0.18%	0.09%	0.02%	0.04%	0.20%
4	Faridkot	76.08%	22.89%	0.51%	0.20%	0.18%	0.03%	0.02%	0.10%
5	Fatehgarh Sahib	71.23%	25.47%	2.80%	0.28%	0.03%	0.01%	0.04%	0.13%
6	Firozpur	53.76%	44.67%	0.34%	0.95%	0.06%	0.02%	0.01%	0.19%
7	Gurdaspur	43.64%	46.74%	1.20%	7.68%	0.03%	0.02%	0.04%	0.66%
8	Hoshiarpur	33.92%	63.07%	1.46%	0.94%	0.13%	0.22%	0.03%	0.23%
9	Jalandhar	32.75%	63.56%	1.38%	1.19%	0.18%	0.52%	0.04%	0.39%
10	Kapurthala	55.66%	41.23%	1.25%	0.67%	0.07%	0.82%	0.04%	0.27%
11	Ludhiana	53.26%	42.94%	2.22%	0.47%	0.56%	0.06%	0.04%	0.45%
12	Mansa	77.75%	20.34%	1.35%	0.12%	0.20%	0.02%	0.06%	0.17%
13	Moga	82.24%	15.91%	0.94%	0.33%	0.04%	0.02%	0.04%	0.48%
14	Muktsar	70.81%	28.26%	0.48%	0.19%	0.08%	0.03%	0.05%	0.10%
15	Patiala	55.91%	41.32%	2.11%	0.30%	0.10%	0.01%	0.07%	0.17%
16	Rupnagar	52.74%	44.47%	2.12%	0.31%	0.10%	0.02%	0.02%	0.23%
17	Mohali	48.15%	47.88%	2.96%	0.54%	0.13%	0.03%	0.02%	0.29%
18	Sangrur	65.10%	23.53%	10.82%	0.15%	0.19%	0.02%	0.06%	0.14%
19	Nawanshehar	31.50%	65.55%	1.12%	0.24%	0.11%	0.96%	0.04%	0.47%
20	Tarn Taran	93.33%	5.40%	0.34%	0.54%	0.06%	0.01%	0.00%	0.31%
Punjab (Total)		57.69%	38.49%	1.93%	1.26%	0.16%	0.12%	0.04%	0.32%

See also

• Punjabis

References

1. "Demographic Trends". Census of India. www.punenvis.nic.in. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
2. "Census Population" (PDF). Census of India. Ministry of Finance India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
3. "Although the OBC share in the country's population is about 41 per cent, in states like Punjab, the concentration of the OBC population is less than 25 per cent". Hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
4. "Population by religious community: Punjab". 2011 Census of India. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
5. Singh, Roopinder (9 June 2019). "Punjabi fading in 'Punjabi Suba'". The Tribune. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
6. "Language – India, States and Union Territories" (PDF). Census of India 2011. Office of the Registrar General. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
7. "C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Punjab". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
8. "'Caste Census-2011 not yet released'". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 27 June 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 July 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
9. "Quota will have little impact in Punjab". The Tribune. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
10. "CENTRAL LIST OF OBCs FOR THE STATE OF PUNJAB" (PDF). ncbc.nic.in.
11. "SCs, STs form 25% of population, says Census 2011 data". The Indian Express. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2018. The highest SC population, 31.9 per cent of the state's total number, is in Punjab
12. "PUNJAB DATA HIGHLIGHTS: THE SCHEDULED CASTES" (PDF). Censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
13. "History - Khatri Sabha NCR". khatrisabhancr.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
14. "Census Reference Tables, C-Series Population by religious communities". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 18 August 2019.