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Sikhism is the most common faith in Punjab, numbering over 16 million people representing 57.69% of the population, making it the only Sikh-majority state in India. Around 38.49% of the population (10.68 million) follow Hinduism, while Islam is followed by 1.93% of the population (535,000) and Christianity 1.26% (350,000). [43]
Punjabi is the native and sole official language of Punjab and as of the 2011 census, is spoken as first language by 24.9 million people, or roughly 90% of the state's population. [3] Hindi is spoken by 2.18 million, or 7.9% of the population, Bagri has 234,000 speakers (or 0.8%), while the remaining 413,000 (or 1.5%) spoke other languages.
The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in the Punjab, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below: [7] Amritsar Urban Agglomeration includes Amritsar (M Corp.), Nangli (CT), Mudal (CT), Bara Khankot Doburjee (OG), Village Mule Chak (OG), Abadi Baba Darshan Singh on Ram Tirath Road (OG), Abadi Baba Jiwan Singh on Ram Tirath Road (OG), Abadi along Khairabad on Ram Tirath Road to ...
The former province is today part of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh states and Chandigarh union territory in India, and Punjab province and Islamabad Capital Territory in Pakistan. This list deals with the areas within city administrative boundaries (city propers), urban areas, and metropolitan areas.
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The Punjabi-speaking people make up 2.74% of India's population as of 2011. [56] The total number of Indian Punjabis is unknown due to the fact that ethnicity is not recorded in the Census of India. Sikhs are largely concentrated in the modern-day state of Punjab forming 57.7% of the population with Hindus forming 38.5%. [57]
People from the state of Punjab, India. For Punjabi people before the creation of modern India, see Category:Punjabi people . Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
The decrease in the Hindu population has been attributed to the conversion of Hindus mainly to Sikhism and Islam, and also to Christianity. [40] In 1941, the Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs made 30.1, [g] 53.2 and 14.9 per cent of the total population of Punjab but made 37.9, 51.4 and 8.4 per cent of its urban population respectively. [40]