Sikh History

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<!--QuoteBegin-Bharatvarsh+Jun 15 2009, 10:06 PM-->QUOTE(Bharatvarsh @ Jun 15 2009, 10:06 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->They are not and never been majority. Sikhs are 46% in Punjab and it is reducing very fast because of lack of conversion , low birth rate, huge difference between sex ratio.
I am waiting for 2010 census data. We will have better number. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This seems incorrect, according to the 2001 census they were 59.9%.

But it is true that Sikhs were never a majority on the Indian side of the Panjab until the creation of a linguistic Panjabi state, it was only in 1966 that Haryana was separate from Panjab.
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My information is based on some inside information/data.

In 2004, IE came out with below article. In punjab census they add Radha Sawami and other sects as Sikhs, but in relaity they are not. Punjab State site don't provide religious wise information because being minority they are dominating on every resources and funds.
I hope in 2010, they should provide state wise religious makeup of every state.
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CHANDIGARH, SEPTEMBER 8: The latest census data on religion has presented a grim picture of migration both into and out of Punjab. <b>The population of Sikhs in Punjab has fallen from 62.95 per cent to 59.9 per cent — perhaps the first time in four decades that it has fallen below the 60 per cent mark.</b>

Reversing the trend of the late ’80s and early ’90s when there was Hindu migration from Punjab to other states, now there is largescale migration of labour into the state. In fact, a major reason for the <b>fall in the percentage of Sikh population in Punjab is migration, both the influx of migrant labour as well as migration of Sikhs abroad</b>.

Sikhs now account for two per cent of the population in Canada, with the 2001 Census citing a figure of 2.38 lakhs — an estimated 89 per cent increase in Sikh population in Canada in the last decade. Another estimated five lakh Sikhs live in England, a lakh each in the USA as well as in Malaysia and Thailand combined, implying that close to <b>10 lakh Sikhs are now settled abroad. And these figures are just of the legal migrants.</b>

Census data reveals that between 1991 and 2001, the population of <b>Sikhs in Punjab rose by 18 lakhs — an increase of 14 per cent. On the other hand, Hindus increased by 20 lakhs — a rise of 28 per cent. In percentage terms, the increase in Hindu population is double that of Sikh population. The number of Sikhs rose from 1.28 crore to 1.46 crore, while Hindus increased from 69.9 lakhs to 89.9 lakhs.</b> The increase in Hindu and Muslim population in Punjab cannot be explained by fertility ratios, but is a direct consequence of migration.

STATE OF PUNJAB
<b>• Four Punjab districts are dominated by Hindus: Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahr </b>
<b>• 55 per cent of Hindus in Punjab live in urban areas, compared to 20 per cent of the Sikhs</b>
• Muslims in Punjab have increased from 2.4 lakhs in 1991 to 3.8 lakhs
• Christians have increased from 2.39 lakhs to 2.92 lakhs.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->