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State of East Punjab | |||||||||||
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Former State of India | |||||||||||
1947–1950 | |||||||||||
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![]() East Punjab, 1950 | |||||||||||
Capital | Shimla [1] | ||||||||||
Historical era | 20th century | ||||||||||
• Established | 15 August 1947 | ||||||||||
• PEPSU formed | 1948 | ||||||||||
26 January 1950 | |||||||||||
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Today part of | Punjab Chandigarh Haryana Himachal Pradesh |
East Punjab was a state of Dominion of India and later Republic of India from 1947 until 1950. It consisted parts of the Punjab State of British India that remained in India following the partition of the state between the new dominions of Pakistan and India by the Radcliffe Commission in 1947. The mostly Muslim western parts of the old Punjab became Pakistan's West Punjab, later renamed as Punjab Province, while the mostly Hindu and Sikh eastern parts remained with India.
With the partition of India, the Punjab province was to be divided in two as per the Indian Independence Act 1947, passed by the parliament of the United Kingdom. The province was to cease to exist, and two new provinces were to be constituted, to be known respectively as West Punjab & East Punjab. [2] All the princely states of the Punjab States Agency, except Bahawalpur, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan, acceded to the new Union of India and were combined into the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU). The northeast Hill States of the Punjab Province banded together and were declared a union territory in 1950 as Himachal Pradesh.
The Constitution of India, which came into effect in 1950, renamed the province of "East Punjab" as the state of "Punjab".[ citation needed ]
In 1956, the PEPSU was merged into an expanded Punjab state.
With effect from 1 November 1966, there was yet another reorganisation, this time on linguistic lines, when the state of Punjab as constituted in 1956 was divided into three: the mostly Hindi-speaking part became the present-day Indian state of Haryana and the mostly Punjabi-speaking part became the present-day Punjab, [3] [4] while a new union territory (Chandigarh) was also created, to serve as a capital to both states. At the same time, some parts of the former territory of Patiala and East Punjab States Union, including Solan and Nalagarh, were transferred to Himachal Pradesh.
Prior to partition, the eastern portion of Punjab that was ultimately awarded to India following the demarcation of the Radcliffe Line was made into a new province – East Punjab. The area includes the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district and princely state with an overall total as per the 1901 Indian census.
District/ Princely state | Hinduism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Patiala State | 880,490 | 55.14% | 357,334 | 22.38% | 355,649 | 22.27% | 2,877 | 0.18% | 316 | 0.02% | 26 | 0% | 1,596,692 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 280,985 | 27.44% | 474,976 | 46.39% | 264,329 | 25.82% | 1,439 | 0.14% | 2,078 | 0.2% | 21 | 0% | 1,023,828 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 603,710 | 60.99% | 312,958 | 31.62% | 71,126 | 7.19% | 1,173 | 0.12% | 813 | 0.08% | 2 | 0% | 989,782 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 279,099 | 29.13% | 447,615 | 46.72% | 228,355 | 23.83% | 1,090 | 0.11% | 1,908 | 0.2% | 5 | 0% | 958,072 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 368,051 | 40.11% | 421,011 | 45.88% | 125,817 | 13.71% | 969 | 0.11% | 1,713 | 0.19% | 26 | 0% | 917,587 | 100% |
Karnal district | 623,597 | 70.6% | 241,412 | 27.33% | 12,294 | 1.39% | 4,739 | 0.54% | 1,179 | 0.13% | 4 | 0% | 883,225 | 100% |
Ambala district | 510,105 | 62.52% | 240,710 | 29.5% | 58,073 | 7.12% | 2,614 | 0.32% | 4,362 | 0.53% | 16 | 0% | 815,880 | 100% |
Hisar district | 544,799 | 69.69% | 202,009 | 25.84% | 28,642 | 3.66% | 6,003 | 0.77% | 253 | 0.03% | 11 | 0% | 781,717 | 100% |
Kangra district | 722,554 | 94.07% | 39,672 | 5.16% | 1,220 | 0.16% | 113 | 0.01% | 385 | 0.05% | 4,180 | 0.54% | 768,124 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 499,373 | 66.92% | 242,548 | 32.5% | 99 | 0.01% | 3,909 | 0.52% | 278 | 0.04% | 1 | 0% | 746,208 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district [c] | 268,817 | 38.08% | 348,182 | 49.33% | 85,199 | 12.07% | 72 | 0.01% | 3,571 | 0.51% | 28 | 0% | 705,869 | 100% |
Delhi District | 510,532 | 74.09% | 167,290 | 24.28% | 294 | 0.04% | 7,726 | 1.12% | 3,158 | 0.46% | 39 | 0.01% | 689,039 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 269,076 | 39.98% | 235,937 | 35.05% | 164,919 | 24.5% | 2,217 | 0.33% | 947 | 0.14% | 1 | 0% | 673,097 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 533,723 | 84.63% | 91,687 | 14.54% | 94 | 0.01% | 5,087 | 0.81% | 80 | 0.01% | 1 | 0% | 630,672 | 100% |
Simla Hill States | 373,886 | 96.03% | 11,535 | 2.96% | 1,318 | 0.34% | 274 | 0.07% | 113 | 0.03% | 2,223 | 0.57% | 389,349 | 100% |
Kapurthala State | 93,652 | 29.79% | 178,326 | 56.73% | 42,101 | 13.39% | 226 | 0.07% | 39 | 0.01% | 7 | 0% | 314,351 | 100% |
Nabha State | 160,553 | 53.89% | 58,550 | 19.65% | 78,361 | 26.3% | 476 | 0.16% | 7 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 297,949 | 100% |
Jind State | 211,963 | 75.16% | 38,717 | 13.73% | 29,975 | 10.63% | 1,258 | 0.45% | 80 | 0.03% | 10 | 0% | 282,003 | 100% |
Mandi State | 170,304 | 97.85% | 3,187 | 1.83% | 41 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 510 | 0.29% | 174,045 | 100% |
Nahan State | 128,478 | 94.69% | 6,414 | 4.73% | 688 | 0.51% | 61 | 0.04% | 46 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 135,687 | 100% |
Chamba State | 119,327 | 93.35% | 8,332 | 6.52% | 80 | 0.06% | 3 | 0% | 70 | 0.05% | 22 | 0.02% | 127,834 | 100% |
Faridkot State | 35,778 | 28.64% | 35,996 | 28.82% | 52,721 | 42.21% | 406 | 0.33% | 11 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 124,912 | 100% |
Malerkotla State | 38,409 | 49.56% | 27,229 | 35.13% | 10,495 | 13.54% | 1,361 | 1.76% | 12 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 77,506 | 100% |
Kalsia State | 38,626 | 57.5% | 21,921 | 32.63% | 6,453 | 9.61% | 181 | 0.27% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 67,181 | 100% |
Suket State | 54,005 | 98.77% | 665 | 1.22% | 6 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 54,676 | 100% |
Simla District | 30,299 | 75.09% | 6,675 | 16.54% | 544 | 1.35% | 32 | 0.08% | 2,798 | 6.93% | 3 | 0.01% | 40,351 | 100% |
Dujana State | 18,380 | 76.03% | 5,790 | 23.95% | 4 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 24,174 | 100% |
Pataudi State | 18,281 | 83.35% | 3,549 | 16.18% | 0 | 0% | 103 | 0.47% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 21,933 | 100% |
Loharu State | 13,254 | 87.03% | 1,963 | 12.89% | 0 | 0% | 12 | 0.08% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 15,229 | 100% |
Total | 8,400,106 | 58.63% | 4,232,190 | 29.54% | 1,618,897 | 11.3% | 44,421 | 0.31% | 24,220 | 0.17% | 7,138 | 0.05% | 14,326,972 | 100% |
Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh. |
Prior to partition, the eastern portion of Punjab that was ultimately awarded to India following the demarcation of the Radcliffe Line was made into a new province – East Punjab. The area includes the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district and princely state with an overall total as per the 1911 Indian census.
District/ Princely state | Hinduism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Patiala State | 563,940 | 40.06% | 307,384 | 21.84% | 532,292 | 37.81% | 739 | 0.05% | 3,282 | 0.23% | 22 | 0% | 1,407,659 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 273,832 | 28.53% | 418,553 | 43.61% | 262,511 | 27.35% | 3,342 | 0.35% | 1,401 | 0.15% | 18 | 0% | 959,657 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 498,642 | 54.28% | 281,805 | 30.68% | 134,146 | 14.6% | 2,978 | 0.32% | 998 | 0.11% | 0 | 0% | 918,569 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 211,708 | 24.04% | 408,882 | 46.43% | 253,941 | 28.83% | 4,763 | 0.54% | 1,386 | 0.16% | 48 | 0.01% | 880,728 | 100% |
Hisar district | 541,720 | 67.3% | 218,600 | 27.16% | 38,508 | 4.78% | 273 | 0.03% | 5,767 | 0.72% | 21 | 0% | 804,889 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 265,378 | 33.09% | 357,051 | 44.52% | 176,227 | 21.98% | 2,404 | 0.3% | 842 | 0.1% | 18 | 0% | 801,920 | 100% |
Karnal district | 556,203 | 69.54% | 224,920 | 28.12% | 13,531 | 1.69% | 920 | 0.12% | 4,213 | 0.53% | 0 | 0% | 799,787 | 100% |
Kangra district | 725,156 | 94.13% | 38,859 | 5.04% | 1,910 | 0.25% | 386 | 0.05% | 81 | 0.01% | 3,994 | 0.52% | 770,386 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 450,549 | 83.21% | 86,076 | 15.9% | 161 | 0.03% | 334 | 0.06% | 4,369 | 0.81% | 0 | 0% | 541,489 | 100% |
Ambala district | 380,592 | 55.16% | 205,203 | 29.74% | 94,471 | 13.69% | 7,483 | 1.08% | 2,187 | 0.32% | 34 | 0% | 689,970 | 100% |
Delhi District | 469,561 | 71.4% | 171,745 | 26.12% | 2,985 | 0.45% | 5,693 | 0.87% | 7,539 | 1.15% | 81 | 0.01% | 657,604 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 421,885 | 65.59% | 217,237 | 33.78% | 342 | 0.05% | 782 | 0.12% | 2,921 | 0.45% | 10 | 0% | 643,177 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district [c] | 190,965 | 30.49% | 304,860 | 48.67% | 110,525 | 17.65% | 19,879 | 3.17% | 73 | 0.01% | 22 | 0% | 626,324 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 131,370 | 25.4% | 176,043 | 34.04% | 207,042 | 40.03% | 888 | 0.17% | 1,849 | 0.36% | 0 | 0% | 517,192 | 100% |
Simla Hill States | 386,953 | 95.7% | 11,374 | 2.81% | 2,911 | 0.72% | 224 | 0.06% | 172 | 0.04% | 2,709 | 0.67% | 404,343 | 100% |
Jind State | 210,222 | 77.36% | 37,520 | 13.81% | 22,566 | 8.3% | 187 | 0.07% | 1,233 | 0.45% | 0 | 0% | 271,728 | 100% |
Kapurthala State | 61,426 | 22.91% | 152,117 | 56.73% | 54,275 | 20.24% | 107 | 0.04% | 205 | 0.08% | 3 | 0% | 268,133 | 100% |
Nabha State | 126,414 | 50.79% | 46,032 | 18.5% | 76,198 | 30.62% | 5 | 0% | 238 | 0.1% | 0 | 0% | 248,887 | 100% |
Mandi State | 178,115 | 98.35% | 2,799 | 1.55% | 26 | 0.01% | 4 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 164 | 0.09% | 181,110 | 100% |
Nahan State | 130,276 | 94.05% | 6,016 | 4.34% | 2,142 | 1.55% | 37 | 0.03% | 49 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 138,520 | 100% |
Chamba State | 126,269 | 92.93% | 8,750 | 6.44% | 141 | 0.1% | 81 | 0.06% | 5 | 0% | 627 | 0.46% | 135,873 | 100% |
Faridkot State | 37,377 | 28.69% | 37,105 | 28.48% | 55,397 | 42.52% | 6 | 0% | 409 | 0.31% | 0 | 0% | 130,294 | 100% |
Malerkotla State | 22,902 | 32.19% | 25,942 | 36.46% | 21,018 | 29.54% | 14 | 0.02% | 1,268 | 1.78% | 0 | 0% | 71,144 | 100% |
Kalsia State | 30,640 | 54.8% | 18,820 | 33.66% | 6,258 | 11.19% | 31 | 0.06% | 160 | 0.29% | 0 | 0% | 55,909 | 100% |
Suket State | 54,268 | 98.8% | 587 | 1.07% | 71 | 0.13% | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 54,928 | 100% |
Simla District | 29,047 | 73.87% | 5,820 | 14.8% | 693 | 1.76% | 3,666 | 9.32% | 49 | 0.12% | 45 | 0.11% | 39,320 | 100% |
Dujana State | 20,161 | 79.11% | 5,324 | 20.89% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 25,485 | 100% |
Pataudi State | 16,114 | 82.45% | 3,338 | 17.08% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0.05% | 82 | 0.42% | 0 | 0% | 19,543 | 100% |
Loharu State | 16,178 | 86.99% | 2,401 | 12.91% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 0.1% | 0 | 0% | 18,597 | 100% |
Total | 7,127,863 | 54.48% | 3,781,163 | 28.9% | 2,070,288 | 15.82% | 55,237 | 0.42% | 40,798 | 0.31% | 7,816 | 0.06% | 13,083,165 | 100% |
Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh. |
Prior to partition, the eastern portion of Punjab that was ultimately awarded to India following the demarcation of the Radcliffe Line was made into a new province – East Punjab. The area includes the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district and princely state with an overall total as per the 1921 Indian census.
District/ Princely state | Hinduism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Patiala State | 642,055 | 42.81% | 330,341 | 22.03% | 522,675 | 34.85% | 1,395 | 0.09% | 3,249 | 0.22% | 24 | 0% | 1,499,739 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 306,350 | 27.89% | 482,540 | 43.94% | 302,761 | 27.57% | 5,365 | 0.49% | 1,211 | 0.11% | 21 | 0% | 1,098,248 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 204,435 | 22% | 423,724 | 45.59% | 287,004 | 30.88% | 12,773 | 1.37% | 1,375 | 0.15% | 63 | 0.01% | 929,374 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 500,339 | 53.95% | 289,298 | 31.19% | 132,958 | 14.34% | 3,745 | 0.4% | 1,079 | 0.12% | 0 | 0% | 927,419 | 100% |
Karnal district | 573,224 | 69.17% | 235,618 | 28.43% | 12,280 | 1.48% | 3,382 | 0.41% | 4,222 | 0.51% | 0 | 0% | 828,726 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 244,995 | 29.79% | 366,586 | 44.57% | 206,130 | 25.06% | 4,088 | 0.5% | 736 | 0.09% | 9 | 0% | 822,544 | 100% |
Hisar district | 548,351 | 67.13% | 215,943 | 26.44% | 45,615 | 5.58% | 1,024 | 0.13% | 5,874 | 0.72% | 3 | 0% | 816,810 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 629,592 | 81.52% | 125,035 | 16.19% | 602 | 0.08% | 10,033 | 1.3% | 7,010 | 0.91% | 0 | 0% | 772,272 | 100% |
Kangra district | 722,277 | 94.28% | 38,263 | 4.99% | 2,083 | 0.27% | 363 | 0.05% | 56 | 0.01% | 3,023 | 0.39% | 766,065 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 460,134 | 67.47% | 216,860 | 31.8% | 924 | 0.14% | 1,316 | 0.19% | 2,762 | 0.4% | 7 | 0% | 682,003 | 100% |
Ambala district | 370,125 | 54.31% | 205,750 | 30.19% | 97,614 | 14.32% | 5,679 | 0.83% | 2,272 | 0.33% | 37 | 0.01% | 681,477 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district [c] | 168,178 | 26.3% | 316,709 | 49.54% | 125,322 | 19.6% | 29,099 | 4.55% | 20 | 0% | 15 | 0% | 639,343 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 135,512 | 23.87% | 192,961 | 33.99% | 235,721 | 41.53% | 1,613 | 0.28% | 1,796 | 0.32% | 19 | 0% | 567,622 | 100% |
Jind State | 234,721 | 76.16% | 43,251 | 14.03% | 28,026 | 9.09% | 637 | 0.21% | 1,548 | 0.5% | 0 | 0% | 308,183 | 100% |
Simla Hill States | 292,768 | 95.45% | 9,551 | 3.11% | 2,040 | 0.67% | 164 | 0.05% | 142 | 0.05% | 2,053 | 0.67% | 306,718 | 100% |
Kapurthala State | 58,412 | 20.55% | 160,457 | 56.44% | 64,074 | 22.54% | 1,100 | 0.39% | 228 | 0.08% | 4 | 0% | 284,275 | 100% |
Nabha State | 133,870 | 50.84% | 50,756 | 19.27% | 78,389 | 29.77% | 41 | 0.02% | 278 | 0.11% | 0 | 0% | 263,334 | 100% |
Mandi State | 181,358 | 98.01% | 3,462 | 1.87% | 142 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 76 | 0.04% | 185,048 | 100% |
Faridkot State | 38,610 | 25.63% | 44,813 | 29.74% | 66,658 | 44.24% | 107 | 0.07% | 473 | 0.31% | 0 | 0% | 150,661 | 100% |
Chamba State | 130,489 | 91.98% | 10,529 | 7.42% | 242 | 0.17% | 63 | 0.04% | 3 | 0% | 541 | 0.38% | 141,867 | 100% |
Nahan State | 132,431 | 94.29% | 6,449 | 4.59% | 1,449 | 1.03% | 44 | 0.03% | 65 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.01% | 140,448 | 100% |
Bilaspur State | 96,000 | 97.96% | 1,559 | 1.59% | 437 | 0.45% | 4 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 98,000 | 100% |
Malerkotla State | 29,459 | 36.68% | 28,413 | 35.37% | 21,828 | 27.18% | 37 | 0.05% | 585 | 0.73% | 0 | 0% | 80,322 | 100% |
Kalsia State | 28,769 | 50.15% | 20,394 | 35.55% | 8,014 | 13.97% | 4 | 0.01% | 190 | 0.33% | 0 | 0% | 57,371 | 100% |
Suket State | 53,625 | 98.71% | 659 | 1.21% | 44 | 0.08% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 54,328 | 100% |
Simla District | 33,228 | 73.31% | 6,953 | 15.34% | 1,173 | 2.59% | 3,823 | 8.43% | 90 | 0.2% | 60 | 0.13% | 45,327 | 100% |
Dujana State | 20,135 | 77.94% | 5,698 | 22.06% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 25,833 | 100% |
Loharu State | 17,978 | 87.18% | 2,625 | 12.73% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 0.09% | 0 | 0% | 20,621 | 100% |
Pataudi State | 15,090 | 83.38% | 2,898 | 16.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 109 | 0.6% | 0 | 0% | 18,097 | 100% |
Total | 7,002,510 | 53% | 3,838,095 | 29.05% | 2,244,205 | 16.99% | 85,909 | 0.65% | 35,391 | 0.27% | 5,965 | 0.05% | 13,212,075 | 100% |
Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. |
Prior to partition, the eastern portion of Punjab that was ultimately awarded to India following the demarcation of the Radcliffe Line was made into a new province – East Punjab. The area includes the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district and princely state with an overall total as per the 1931 Indian census.
District/ Princely state | Hinduism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Patiala State | 623,597 | 38.36% | 363,920 | 22.39% | 632,972 | 38.94% | 1,449 | 0.09% | 3,578 | 0.22% | 4 | 0% | 1,625,520 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 244,688 | 21.15% | 515,430 | 44.56% | 388,108 | 33.55% | 7,070 | 0.61% | 1,411 | 0.12% | 25 | 0% | 1,156,732 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 174,556 | 15.63% | 524,676 | 46.97% | 399,951 | 35.8% | 16,619 | 1.49% | 1,272 | 0.11% | 46 | 0% | 1,117,120 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 526,182 | 50.98% | 328,078 | 31.78% | 173,147 | 16.77% | 3,764 | 0.36% | 1,016 | 0.1% | 0 | 0% | 1,032,187 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 268,822 | 28.49% | 419,556 | 44.46% | 249,571 | 26.45% | 4,323 | 0.46% | 1,379 | 0.15% | 70 | 0.01% | 943,721 | 100% |
Hisar district | 583,429 | 64.86% | 253,784 | 28.21% | 55,169 | 6.13% | 1,107 | 0.12% | 5,988 | 0.67% | 2 | 0% | 899,479 | 100% |
Karnal district | 570,297 | 66.89% | 259,730 | 30.46% | 16,928 | 1.99% | 1,469 | 0.17% | 4,190 | 0.49% | 0 | 0% | 852,614 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 655,963 | 81.42% | 137,880 | 17.11% | 596 | 0.07% | 4,807 | 0.6% | 6,375 | 0.79% | 0 | 0% | 805,621 | 100% |
Kangra district | 752,098 | 93.86% | 40,483 | 5.05% | 2,396 | 0.3% | 576 | 0.07% | 94 | 0.01% | 5,665 | 0.71% | 801,312 | 100% |
Ambala district | 346,809 | 46.68% | 230,837 | 31.07% | 155,555 | 20.94% | 7,141 | 0.96% | 2,550 | 0.34% | 10 | 0% | 742,902 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 493,174 | 66.63% | 242,357 | 32.74% | 500 | 0.07% | 1,463 | 0.2% | 2,665 | 0.36% | 4 | 0% | 740,163 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district [c] | 154,631 | 21.37% | 367,388 | 50.78% | 162,741 | 22.49% | 38,756 | 5.36% | 15 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 723,535 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 120,161 | 17.87% | 235,598 | 35.03% | 312,829 | 46.52% | 2,477 | 0.37% | 1,419 | 0.21% | 10 | 0% | 672,494 | 100% |
Simla Hill States | 317,390 | 95.93% | 10,017 | 3.03% | 1,817 | 0.55% | 176 | 0.05% | 141 | 0.04% | 1,309 | 0.4% | 330,850 | 100% |
Jind State | 243,561 | 75.02% | 46,002 | 14.17% | 33,290 | 10.25% | 210 | 0.06% | 1,613 | 0.5% | 0 | 0% | 324,676 | 100% |
Kapurthala State | 64,319 | 20.31% | 179,251 | 56.59% | 72,177 | 22.79% | 983 | 0.31% | 27 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 316,757 | 100% |
Nabha State | 132,354 | 46.02% | 57,393 | 19.96% | 97,452 | 33.89% | 66 | 0.02% | 309 | 0.11% | 0 | 0% | 287,574 | 100% |
Mandi State | 199,935 | 96.37% | 6,351 | 3.06% | 899 | 0.43% | 141 | 0.07% | 0 | 0% | 139 | 0.07% | 207,465 | 100% |
Faridkot State | 20,855 | 12.69% | 49,912 | 30.37% | 92,880 | 56.51% | 167 | 0.1% | 550 | 0.33% | 0 | 0% | 164,364 | 100% |
Sirmoor State | 139,031 | 93.58% | 7,020 | 4.73% | 2,413 | 1.62% | 52 | 0.04% | 52 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 148,568 | 100% |
Chamba State | 135,254 | 92.09% | 10,839 | 7.38% | 112 | 0.08% | 94 | 0.06% | 3 | 0% | 568 | 0.39% | 146,870 | 100% |
Bilaspur State | 99,023 | 98.05% | 1,458 | 1.44% | 507 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 100,994 | 100% |
Malerkotla State | 21,252 | 25.58% | 31,417 | 37.82% | 28,982 | 34.89% | 135 | 0.16% | 1,286 | 1.55% | 0 | 0% | 83,072 | 100% |
Kalsia State | 28,832 | 48.18% | 21,797 | 36.42% | 9,035 | 15.1% | 22 | 0.04% | 162 | 0.27% | 0 | 0% | 59,848 | 100% |
Suket State | 57,616 | 98.64% | 733 | 1.25% | 44 | 0.08% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 14 | 0.02% | 58,408 | 100% |
Simla District | 28,661 | 77.91% | 5,810 | 15.79% | 760 | 2.07% | 1,540 | 4.19% | 1 | 0% | 14 | 0.04% | 36,786 | 100% |
Dujana State | 22,347 | 79.2% | 5,863 | 20.78% | 1 | 0% | 5 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 28,216 | 100% |
Loharu State | 20,198 | 86.55% | 3,119 | 13.36% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0% | 18 | 0.08% | 0 | 0% | 23,338 | 100% |
Pataudi State | 15,596 | 82.64% | 3,168 | 16.79% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.02% | 105 | 0.56% | 0 | 0% | 18,873 | 100% |
Total | 7,060,631 | 48.86% | 4,359,867 | 30.17% | 2,890,835 | 20.01% | 94,623 | 0.65% | 36,219 | 0.25% | 7,884 | 0.05% | 14,450,059 | 100% |
Note: Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. |
Prior to partition, the eastern portion of Punjab that was ultimately awarded to India following the demarcation of the Radcliffe Line was made into a new province – East Punjab. The area includes the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district and princely state with an overall total as per the 1941 Indian census.
District/ Princely state | Hinduism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Patiala State | 597,488 | 30.86% | 436,539 | 22.55% | 896,021 | 46.28% | 1,592 | 0.08% | 3,101 | 0.16% | 1,518 | 0.08% | 1,936,259 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 287,733 | 20.22% | 641,448 | 45.07% | 479,486 | 33.69% | 12,607 | 0.89% | 1,674 | 0.12% | 128 | 0.01% | 1,423,076 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 217,431 | 15.38% | 657,695 | 46.52% | 510,845 | 36.13% | 25,973 | 1.84% | 1,911 | 0.14% | 21 | 0% | 1,413,876 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 584,080 | 49.91% | 380,759 | 32.53% | 198,194 | 16.93% | 6,165 | 0.53% | 1,125 | 0.1% | 0 | 0% | 1,170,323 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 311,010 | 27.59% | 509,804 | 45.23% | 298,741 | 26.5% | 6,233 | 0.55% | 1,395 | 0.12% | 7 | 0% | 1,127,190 | 100% |
Hisar district | 652,842 | 64.85% | 285,208 | 28.33% | 60,731 | 6.03% | 1,292 | 0.13% | 6,126 | 0.61% | 510 | 0.05% | 1,006,709 | 100% |
Karnal district | 666,301 | 66.99% | 304,346 | 30.6% | 19,887 | 2% | 1,249 | 0.13% | 2,789 | 0.28% | 3 | 0% | 994,575 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 780,474 | 81.61% | 166,569 | 17.42% | 1,466 | 0.15% | 1,043 | 0.11% | 6,847 | 0.72% | 0 | 0% | 956,399 | 100% |
Kangra district | 846,531 | 94.12% | 43,249 | 4.81% | 4,809 | 0.53% | 788 | 0.09% | 101 | 0.01% | 3,899 | 0.43% | 899,377 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district [c] | 174,221 | 20.21% | 440,323 | 51.08% | 200,688 | 23.28% | 46,743 | 5.42% | 25 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 862,006 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 560,537 | 65.83% | 285,992 | 33.59% | 637 | 0.07% | 1,673 | 0.2% | 2,613 | 0.31% | 6 | 0% | 851,458 | 100% |
Ambala district | 412,658 | 48.68% | 268,999 | 31.73% | 156,543 | 18.47% | 6,065 | 0.72% | 3,065 | 0.36% | 415 | 0.05% | 847,745 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 171,715 | 20.98% | 302,482 | 36.95% | 341,175 | 41.68% | 1,913 | 0.23% | 1,279 | 0.16% | 51 | 0.01% | 818,615 | 100% |
Kapurthala State | 61,546 | 16.27% | 213,754 | 56.49% | 88,350 | 23.35% | 1,667 | 0.44% | 380 | 0.1% | 12,683 | 3.35% | 378,380 | 100% |
Jind State | 268,355 | 74.17% | 50,972 | 14.09% | 40,981 | 11.33% | 161 | 0.04% | 1,294 | 0.36% | 49 | 0.01% | 361,812 | 100% |
Simla Hill States | 345,716 | 96.16% | 10,812 | 3.01% | 2,693 | 0.75% | 161 | 0.04% | 126 | 0.04% | 12 | 0% | 359,520 | 100% |
Nabha State | 146,518 | 42.59% | 70,373 | 20.45% | 122,451 | 35.59% | 221 | 0.06% | 480 | 0.14% | 1 | 0% | 344,044 | 100% |
Mandi State | 227,463 | 97.79% | 4,328 | 1.86% | 583 | 0.25% | 11 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 208 | 0.09% | 232,593 | 100% |
Faridkot State | 21,814 | 10.95% | 61,352 | 30.79% | 115,070 | 57.74% | 247 | 0.12% | 800 | 0.4% | 0 | 0% | 199,283 | 100% |
Chamba State | 155,910 | 92.3% | 12,318 | 7.29% | 107 | 0.06% | 190 | 0.11% | 0 | 0% | 383 | 0.23% | 168,908 | 100% |
Sirmoor State | 146,199 | 93.7% | 7,374 | 4.73% | 2,334 | 1.5% | 38 | 0.02% | 81 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 156,026 | 100% |
Bilaspur State | 108,375 | 98.22% | 1,498 | 1.36% | 453 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.01% | 3 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 110,336 | 100% |
Malerkotla State | 23,482 | 26.65% | 33,881 | 38.45% | 30,320 | 34.41% | 116 | 0.13% | 310 | 0.35% | 0 | 0% | 88,109 | 100% |
Suket State | 69,974 | 98.43% | 884 | 1.24% | 234 | 0.33% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 71,092 | 100% |
Kalsia State | 29,866 | 44.32% | 25,049 | 37.17% | 12,235 | 18.15% | 55 | 0.08% | 188 | 0.28% | 0 | 0% | 67,393 | 100% |
Simla District | 29,466 | 76.38% | 7,022 | 18.2% | 1,032 | 2.68% | 934 | 2.42% | 114 | 0.3% | 8 | 0.02% | 38,576 | 100% |
Dujana State | 23,727 | 77.37% | 6,939 | 22.63% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 30,666 | 100% |
Loharu State | 23,923 | 85.77% | 3,960 | 14.2% | 7 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 27,892 | 100% |
Pataudi State | 17,728 | 82.38% | 3,655 | 16.98% | 0 | 0% | 9 | 0.04% | 128 | 0.59% | 0 | 0% | 21,520 | 100% |
Total | 7,963,083 | 46.95% | 5,237,584 | 30.88% | 3,586,073 | 21.14% | 117,155 | 0.69% | 35,955 | 0.21% | 19,908 | 0.12% | 16,959,758 | 100% |
Note: Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh. |
Following the partition, the eastern portion of Punjab that was awarded to India following the demarcation of the Radcliffe Line was made into a new province – East Punjab. The area includes the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the Union Territory of Chandigarh, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The first census following partition grouped the East Punjab region together under the name Punjab, Pepsu, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur & Delhi. [12] Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district with an overall total as per the 1951 census of India.
District | Hinduism ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Delhi district | 1,467,854 | 84.16% | 137,096 | 7.86% | 99,501 | 5.71% | 18,685 | 1.07% | 20,174 | 1.16% | 762 | 0.04% | 1,744,072 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 505,937 | 38.67% | 780,024 | 59.62% | 4,805 | 0.37% | 11,976 | 0.92% | 5,475 | 0.42% | 20 | 0% | 1,308,237 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 351,710 | 27.69% | 897,309 | 70.64% | 4,237 | 0.33% | 14,753 | 1.16% | 2,115 | 0.17% | 196 | 0.02% | 1,270,320 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 1,105,046 | 98.48% | 7,907 | 0.7% | 2,562 | 0.23% | 153 | 0.01% | 5,878 | 0.52% | 500 | 0.04% | 1,122,046 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 794,688 | 73.2% | 283,720 | 26.13% | 1,353 | 0.12% | 4,027 | 0.37% | 1,823 | 0.17% | 13 | 0% | 1,085,624 | 100% |
Karnal district | 974,959 | 90.33% | 96,458 | 8.94% | 3,658 | 0.34% | 490 | 0.05% | 3,813 | 0.35% | 1 | 0% | 1,079,379 | 100% |
Hissar district | 954,714 | 91.3% | 80,394 | 7.69% | 3,312 | 0.32% | 609 | 0.06% | 6,609 | 0.63% | 7 | 0% | 1,045,645 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 429,747 | 42.6% | 569,487 | 56.45% | 2,569 | 0.25% | 5,969 | 0.59% | 985 | 0.1% | 9 | 0% | 1,008,766 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 794,019 | 82.06% | 6,310 | 0.65% | 163,663 | 16.91% | 769 | 0.08% | 2,722 | 0.28% | 181 | 0.02% | 967,664 | 100% |
Ambala district | 681,477 | 72.21% | 232,456 | 24.63% | 23,106 | 2.45% | 3,690 | 0.39% | 2,983 | 0.32% | 22 | 0% | 943,734 | 100% |
Kangra district | 898,564 | 96.99% | 18,401 | 1.99% | 6,426 | 0.69% | 604 | 0.07% | 1,199 | 0.13% | 1,283 | 0.14% | 926,477 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 301,398 | 37.36% | 497,419 | 61.65% | 3,360 | 0.42% | 1,200 | 0.15% | 3,397 | 0.42% | 5 | 0% | 806,779 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district | 346,884 | 45.54% | 354,681 | 46.56% | 9,370 | 1.23% | 50,457 | 6.62% | 388 | 0.05% | 2 | 0% | 761,782 | 100% |
Bhatinda district | 144,305 | 21.64% | 521,045 | 78.14% | 416 | 0.06% | 450 | 0.07% | 574 | 0.09% | 19 | 0% | 666,809 | 100% |
Sangrur district | 420,218 | 65.36% | 215,023 | 33.44% | 3,741 | 0.58% | 341 | 0.05% | 3,610 | 0.56% | 1 | 0% | 642,934 | 100% |
Barnala district | 112,635 | 20.99% | 380,811 | 70.95% | 41,673 | 7.76% | 113 | 0.02% | 1,484 | 0.28% | 12 | 0% | 536,728 | 100% |
Patiala district | 273,087 | 52.09% | 246,953 | 47.1% | 2,893 | 0.55% | 499 | 0.1% | 689 | 0.13% | 148 | 0.03% | 524,269 | 100% |
Mohinder Garh district | 438,347 | 98.93% | 2,615 | 0.59% | 1,450 | 0.33% | 5 | 0% | 657 | 0.15% | 0 | 0% | 443,074 | 100% |
Mahasu district | 327,998 | 99.21% | 730 | 0.22% | 1,795 | 0.54% | 85 | 0.03% | 4 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 330,614 | 100% |
Mandi district | 308,302 | 99.25% | 1,056 | 0.34% | 1,268 | 0.41% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 310,626 | 100% |
Kapurthala district | 104,679 | 35.48% | 187,568 | 63.57% | 854 | 0.29% | 1,547 | 0.52% | 269 | 0.09% | 154 | 0.05% | 295,071 | 100% |
Fatehgarh Sahib district | 80,141 | 33.76% | 154,714 | 65.17% | 2,269 | 0.96% | 267 | 0.11% | 6 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 237,397 | 100% |
Chamba district | 170,333 | 96.75% | 300 | 0.17% | 5,208 | 2.96% | 208 | 0.12% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 176,050 | 100% |
Sirmoor district | 157,815 | 95.03% | 2,626 | 1.58% | 5,588 | 3.36% | 19 | 0.01% | 29 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 166,077 | 100% |
Kohistan district | 130,937 | 88.83% | 13,206 | 8.96% | 2,617 | 1.78% | 343 | 0.23% | 289 | 0.2% | 11 | 0.01% | 147,403 | 100% |
Bilaspur district | 124,393 | 98.65% | 307 | 0.24% | 1,394 | 1.11% | 5 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 126,099 | 100% |
Simla district | 37,287 | 80.8% | 7,417 | 16.07% | 659 | 1.43% | 596 | 1.29% | 131 | 0.28% | 60 | 0.13% | 46,150 | 100% |
Total | 12,437,474 | 66.44% | 5,696,033 | 30.43% | 399,747 | 2.14% | 117,860 | 0.63% | 65,304 | 0.35% | 3,408 | 0.02% | 18,719,826 | 100% |
Note: Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh. |
The religious demography of the East Punjab region including the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and National Capital Territory of Delhi is broken down by district with an overall total as per the 1961 census of India. [13] [14] [15] [16]
District | Hinduism ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | 2,234,597 | 84.05% | 203,916 | 7.67% | 155,453 | 5.85% | 29,269 | 1.1% | 29,595 | 1.11% | 5,782 | 0.22% | 2,658,612 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 657,712 | 40.62% | 936,953 | 57.87% | 3,369 | 0.21% | 19,234 | 1.19% | 1,746 | 0.11% | 102 | 0.01% | 1,619,116 | 100% |
Hissar district | 1,374,258 | 89.21% | 152,719 | 9.91% | 6,203 | 0.4% | 1,022 | 0.07% | 6,021 | 0.39% | 285 | 0.02% | 1,540,508 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 506,170 | 32.98% | 990,344 | 64.52% | 2,401 | 0.16% | 33,739 | 2.2% | 1,987 | 0.13% | 275 | 0.02% | 1,534,916 | 100% |
Karnal district | 1,293,354 | 86.78% | 177,602 | 11.92% | 14,159 | 0.95% | 2,094 | 0.14% | 3,207 | 0.22% | 14 | 0% | 1,490,430 | 100% |
Sangrur district | 738,816 | 51.86% | 622,227 | 43.67% | 55,738 | 3.91% | 577 | 0.04% | 7,328 | 0.51% | 2 | 0% | 1,424,688 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 1,400,347 | 98.59% | 6,439 | 0.45% | 7,349 | 0.52% | 355 | 0.02% | 5,471 | 0.39% | 430 | 0.03% | 1,420,391 | 100% |
Ambala district | 981,288 | 71.45% | 340,968 | 24.83% | 40,351 | 2.94% | 4,877 | 0.36% | 5,318 | 0.39% | 675 | 0.05% | 1,373,477 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 1,011,862 | 81.56% | 8,362 | 0.67% | 216,767 | 17.47% | 730 | 0.06% | 2,930 | 0.24% | 55 | 0% | 1,240,706 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 835,436 | 67.73% | 381,965 | 30.97% | 7,050 | 0.57% | 7,207 | 0.58% | 1,794 | 0.15% | 41 | 0% | 1,233,493 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 662,631 | 53.99% | 550,232 | 44.83% | 3,184 | 0.26% | 8,733 | 0.71% | 2,278 | 0.19% | 309 | 0.03% | 1,227,367 | 100% |
Kangra district | 1,043,387 | 98.2% | 8,854 | 0.83% | 6,701 | 0.63% | 1,251 | 0.12% | 127 | 0.01% | 2,198 | 0.21% | 1,062,518 | 100% |
Bhatinda district | 285,967 | 27.1% | 762,677 | 72.28% | 3,340 | 0.32% | 956 | 0.09% | 2,209 | 0.21% | 28 | 0% | 1,055,177 | 100% |
Patiala district | 480,086 | 45.78% | 553,438 | 52.77% | 11,714 | 1.12% | 1,565 | 0.15% | 1,944 | 0.19% | 31 | 0% | 1,048,778 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 365,429 | 35.74% | 644,266 | 63.01% | 4,686 | 0.46% | 2,638 | 0.26% | 5,110 | 0.5% | 390 | 0.04% | 1,022,519 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district | 494,635 | 50.06% | 424,190 | 42.93% | 5,566 | 0.56% | 62,231 | 6.3% | 69 | 0.01% | 1,303 | 0.13% | 987,994 | 100% |
Mahendragarh district | 543,480 | 99.2% | 2,222 | 0.41% | 1,456 | 0.27% | 29 | 0.01% | 663 | 0.12% | 0 | 0% | 547,850 | 100% |
Mandi district | 380,453 | 99.01% | 1,759 | 0.46% | 1,868 | 0.49% | 28 | 0.01% | 10 | 0% | 141 | 0.04% | 384,259 | 100% |
Mahasu district | 354,247 | 98.68% | 793 | 0.22% | 2,958 | 0.82% | 203 | 0.06% | 9 | 0% | 759 | 0.21% | 358,969 | 100% |
Kapurthala district | 140,828 | 40.96% | 200,117 | 58.21% | 856 | 0.25% | 1,535 | 0.45% | 416 | 0.12% | 26 | 0.01% | 343,778 | 100% |
Chamba district | 197,821 | 93.94% | 398 | 0.19% | 10,512 | 4.99% | 105 | 0.05% | 10 | 0% | 1,733 | 0.82% | 210,579 | 100% |
Sirmur district | 185,020 | 93.66% | 3,867 | 1.96% | 8,203 | 4.15% | 221 | 0.11% | 64 | 0.03% | 176 | 0.09% | 197,551 | 100% |
Bilaspur district | 155,094 | 97.66% | 1,593 | 1% | 2,078 | 1.31% | 35 | 0.02% | 2 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 158,806 | 100% |
Simla district | 104,784 | 93.01% | 5,392 | 4.79% | 1,214 | 1.08% | 1,059 | 0.94% | 135 | 0.12% | 69 | 0.06% | 112,653 | 100% |
Kinnaur district | 37,384 | 91.22% | 27 | 0.07% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3,569 | 8.71% | 40,980 | 100% |
Lahaul and Spiti district | 9,575 | 46.81% | 162 | 0.79% | 1,210 | 5.92% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0% | 9,503 | 46.46% | 20,453 | 100% |
Total | 16,474,661 | 67.75% | 6,981,482 | 28.71% | 574,386 | 2.36% | 179,695 | 0.74% | 78,444 | 0.32% | 27,900 | 0.11% | 24,316,568 | 100% |
Note: Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh. |
The religious demography of the East Punjab region including the contemporary states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the Union Territory of Chandigarh, and the National Capital Territory of Delhi is broken down by district with an overall total as per the 1971 census of India. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
District | Hinduism ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Islam ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others [b] | Total | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | 3,407,835 | 83.82% | 291,123 | 7.16% | 263,019 | 6.47% | 43,720 | 1.08% | 50,513 | 1.24% | 9,488 | 0.23% | 4,065,698 | 100% |
Hisar district | 1,893,125 | 88.76% | 218,854 | 10.26% | 12,211 | 0.57% | 1,732 | 0.08% | 6,239 | 0.29% | 787 | 0.04% | 2,132,948 | 100% |
Karnal district | 1,714,103 | 86.51% | 232,237 | 11.72% | 27,523 | 1.39% | 2,693 | 0.14% | 4,112 | 0.21% | 635 | 0.03% | 1,981,303 | 100% |
Firozpur district | 639,911 | 33.58% | 1,240,218 | 65.07% | 6,340 | 0.33% | 16,158 | 0.85% | 1,084 | 0.06% | 2,122 | 0.11% | 1,905,833 | 100% |
Amritsar district | 430,019 | 23.43% | 1,362,291 | 74.22% | 3,044 | 0.17% | 37,703 | 2.05% | 2,295 | 0.13% | 148 | 0.01% | 1,835,500 | 100% |
Rohtak district | 1,758,569 | 98.49% | 7,591 | 0.43% | 11,053 | 0.62% | 432 | 0.02% | 7,565 | 0.42% | 324 | 0.02% | 1,785,534 | 100% |
Gurgaon district | 1,387,102 | 81.24% | 15,889 | 0.93% | 298,499 | 17.48% | 1,799 | 0.11% | 3,704 | 0.22% | 376 | 0.02% | 1,707,369 | 100% |
Jalandhar district | 784,048 | 53.9% | 653,018 | 44.9% | 3,362 | 0.23% | 10,705 | 0.74% | 2,660 | 0.18% | 708 | 0.05% | 1,454,501 | 100% |
Ludhiana district | 471,519 | 33.22% | 932,712 | 65.71% | 5,620 | 0.4% | 3,027 | 0.21% | 6,176 | 0.44% | 367 | 0.03% | 1,419,421 | 100% |
Kangra district | 1,292,152 | 97.36% | 19,238 | 1.45% | 11,787 | 0.89% | 787 | 0.06% | 185 | 0.01% | 3,062 | 0.23% | 1,327,211 | 100% |
Bhatinda district | 297,382 | 22.56% | 1,014,091 | 76.93% | 3,829 | 0.29% | 752 | 0.06% | 2,072 | 0.16% | 8 | 0% | 1,318,134 | 100% |
Gurdaspur district | 590,290 | 48.02% | 550,996 | 44.82% | 6,868 | 0.56% | 79,732 | 6.49% | 152 | 0.01% | 1,211 | 0.1% | 1,229,249 | 100% |
Patiala district | 539,128 | 44.37% | 659,020 | 54.24% | 13,644 | 1.12% | 1,696 | 0.14% | 1,380 | 0.11% | 232 | 0.02% | 1,215,100 | 100% |
Sangrur district | 311,197 | 27.14% | 767,071 | 66.9% | 64,448 | 5.62% | 806 | 0.07% | 2,982 | 0.26% | 146 | 0.01% | 1,146,650 | 100% |
Ambala district | 907,075 | 82.58% | 138,018 | 12.57% | 45,407 | 4.13% | 3,051 | 0.28% | 4,541 | 0.41% | 313 | 0.03% | 1,098,405 | 100% |
Hoshiarpur district | 623,413 | 59.25% | 414,323 | 39.38% | 3,456 | 0.33% | 8,594 | 0.82% | 1,602 | 0.15% | 765 | 0.07% | 1,052,153 | 100% |
Mahendragarh district | 684,763 | 99.01% | 2,462 | 0.36% | 3,380 | 0.49% | 17 | 0% | 782 | 0.11% | 235 | 0.03% | 691,639 | 100% |
Jind district | 611,573 | 95.62% | 15,997 | 2.5% | 7,650 | 1.2% | 78 | 0.01% | 4,230 | 0.66% | 82 | 0.01% | 639,610 | 100% |
Rupar district | 237,016 | 43.49% | 303,102 | 55.61% | 2,978 | 0.55% | 1,212 | 0.22% | 655 | 0.12% | 42 | 0.01% | 545,005 | 100% |
Mandi district | 505,476 | 98.12% | 5,692 | 1.1% | 3,132 | 0.61% | 131 | 0.03% | 26 | 0.01% | 723 | 0.14% | 515,180 | 100% |
Mahasu district | 434,625 | 98.75% | 1,547 | 0.35% | 2,927 | 0.67% | 272 | 0.06% | 27 | 0.01% | 720 | 0.16% | 440,118 | 100% |
Kapurthala district | 163,312 | 38.02% | 263,130 | 61.26% | 858 | 0.2% | 1,817 | 0.42% | 325 | 0.08% | 72 | 0.02% | 429,514 | 100% |
Chandigarh Union Territory | 184,395 | 71.68% | 65,472 | 25.45% | 3,720 | 1.45% | 2,504 | 0.97% | 1,016 | 0.39% | 144 | 0.06% | 257,251 | 100% |
Chamba district | 237,104 | 92.9% | 878 | 0.34% | 14,207 | 5.57% | 505 | 0.2% | 0 | 0% | 2,539 | 0.99% | 255,233 | 100% |
Sirmaur district | 226,905 | 92.6% | 5,350 | 2.18% | 10,938 | 4.46% | 391 | 0.16% | 130 | 0.05% | 1,319 | 0.54% | 245,033 | 100% |
Simla district | 200,658 | 92.41% | 9,744 | 4.49% | 4,349 | 2% | 970 | 0.45% | 221 | 0.1% | 1,187 | 0.55% | 217,129 | 100% |
Bilaspur district | 190,877 | 97.99% | 1,333 | 0.68% | 2,523 | 1.3% | 32 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.01% | 9 | 0% | 194,786 | 100% |
Kulu district | 185,523 | 96.44% | 832 | 0.43% | 409 | 0.21% | 334 | 0.17% | 17 | 0.01% | 5,256 | 2.73% | 192,371 | 100% |
Kinnaur district | 42,486 | 85.25% | 193 | 0.39% | 28 | 0.06% | 35 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.01% | 7,086 | 14.22% | 49,835 | 100% |
Lahul and Spiti district | 8,821 | 37.48% | 107 | 0.45% | 27 | 0.11% | 99 | 0.42% | 1 | 0% | 14,483 | 61.53% | 23,538 | 100% |
Total | 20,960,402 | 66.81% | 9,192,529 | 29.3% | 837,236 | 2.67% | 221,784 | 0.71% | 104,711 | 0.33% | 54,589 | 0.17% | 31,371,251 | 100% |
Note: Territory comprises the contemporary subdivisions of Punjab, India, Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh. |
East Punjab comprising the states of (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Union territory of Chandigarh) had a population of 61,014,852 people as of 2011 census report of India. The Hindus form a majority in East Punjab region with 40,234,605 adherents comprising (65.94%), Sikhs are 17,466,731 comprising (28.62%) of the region, Muslims are 2,518,159 comprising (4.12%) of the region and others are 795,357 including Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and atheists together comprising remaining (1.3%) of the region.
Sikhs are the majority in Punjab, while Hindus form the majority in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh. Muslims survived in districts of Malerkotla and Nuh. Christians have dominance in Punjab while Bhuddhist dominate Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. [23]
Languages spoken in East Punjab (2011) [24]
As per 2011 census, Punjabi is the most spoken language and is spoken by 28,166,306 people, followed by Hindi which is spoken by 16,259,205 people, Haryanvi by 9,423,138 people and Western Pahari language by 4,599,283 people. While 2,580,928 people speaks other languages like Nepali. [25]
Since it ceased to be the name of a state, "East Punjab" has been used in India to refer to the eastern part of the present Punjab state, while in Pakistan it means the eastern part of Pakistan's Punjab province, although Pakistanis also sometimes refer to the current Indian Punjab as "East Punjab". [26] Terms East and West Punjab are also often used in modern India and Pakistan when making a comparison between the two territories.
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Punjab, also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India. Punjab's major cities are Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Sialkot, Chandigarh, Shimla, Jalandhar, Patiala, Gurugram, and Bahawalpur.
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