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At 93.33% Sikh, Tarn Taran is the world's most Sikh district or county. [37] Located in the heart of the Majha region of Punjab founded by Guru Arjan Dev - the 5th Sikh guru, [38] Tarn Taran also hosts the world's largest sarovar (sacred pool) [39] even surpassing the great Darbar Sahib - Golden Temple in the neighbouring Amritsar district.
With more than 25 million worldwide, [3] Sikhs are adherents of the fifth-largest religion in the world. [4] The 2011 Indian census reported approximately 20 million Sikhs living in India. [ 5 ] Of these, 16 million, or 76% of all Indian Sikhs, live in the northern state of Punjab , where they form 58% of the population. [ 5 ]
Today, Canada has the largest national Sikh proportion (2.1%) in the world, [13] while the Punjab state in India has the largest Sikh proportion (58%) amongst all administrative divisions in the world. With 25–30 millions, Sikhs represent less than 0.3% of the total world population in 2021. [94]
Only in the state of Punjab do Sikhs constitute a majority (58% of the total, per 2011 census). [273] In addition to Punjab, the states and union territories of India where Sikhs constitute more than 1.5% of its population are Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir, all of which are in the northern half of India. [273]
The voting is part of a non-binding election being held by Sikhs around the world who aspire to break away from India, and form in what is today the Indian state of Punjab, an independent nation ...
Punjabi Sikhs are the ethnic Punjabis who adhere to Sikhism. They constitute the second-largest religious group within Punjabis, after the Punjabi Muslims . They form the largest religious community in the Indian state of Punjab .
The Sikhs are adherents to Sikhism, the fifth largest organized religion in the world, with around 25 million adherents. [1] Sikh History is around 500 years and in that time the Sikhs have developed unique expressions of art and culture which are influenced by their faith and synthesize traditions from many other cultures depending on the locality of the adherents of the religion.
Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several ...