North-West Frontier Province

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North-West Frontier Province
Native names
  • Urdu:شمال مغربی سرحدی صوبہ
    romanised:Śamāl Maġribī Sarhadī Sūbāh
    Pashto:شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت
    romanised:Śamāl Lwedəyz Sarhadī Walāyat
    Punjabi:اُترا لہندا سرحدی صوبہ
    romanised:Utrā Léhndā Sarhadī Sūbāh
1901–2010
Flag of NWFP.svg
British Raj Red Ensign (3-2).svg
  • Top: Flag in Pakistan
  • Bottom: Flag in British India
Coat of arms of NWFP.svg
Coat of arms (Pakistan)
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NWFP (1901-1955) map.gif
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Status
Capital Peshawar
Official languages
Native languages
Demonym(s) Sarhadī
Chief Commissioner  
 1901–1908
Harold Arthur Deane (first)
 1931–1932
Ralph Griffith (last)
Governor  
 1932–1937
Ralph Griffith (first)
 2008–2010 [b]
Owais Ahmed Ghani (last)
Chief Minister  
 1937
Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum (first)
 2008–2010 [c]
Haider Khan Hoti (last)
Legislature Legislative Council (1932–1937)
Provincial Assembly (1937–1955; 1970–2010)
History 
9 November 1901
14 August 1947
14 October 1955
1 July 1970
  Renamed
19 April 2010
Area
1970–201074,521 km2 (28,773 sq mi)
1947–195534,169 km2 (13,193 sq mi)
Date format
  • dd-mm-yyyy
Preceded by
Succeeded by
British Raj Red Ensign.svg 1901:
British Punjab
Flag of Phulra.jpg 1950:
Phulra State
Flag of the State of Amb.svg 1970:
Amb State
Flag of Swat.svg Swat State
Flag of the State of Dir 2.svg Dir State
Flag of State of Chitral.svg Chitral State
Blank.png Hazara Tribal Agency
Blank.png Kohistan Tribal Agency
1955:
West Pakistan
Flag of Pakistan.svg
2010:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa flag.png
Today part of Pakistan

The North-West Frontier Province (abbr.NWFP) was a province of Pakistan from 1947 to 1955 and from 1970 to 2010; and prior, a province of British India from its establishment in 1901 to Pakistan's independence in 1947. It was established from the north-western districts of British Punjab during the British Raj. [1] Following the referendum in 1947 to join either Pakistan or India, the province voted hugely in favour of joining Pakistan and it acceded accordingly on 14 August 1947. It was dissolved to form a unified province of West Pakistan in 1955 upon promulgation of One Unit Scheme and was reestablished in 1970. It was known by this name until 19 April 2010, when it was dissolved and redesignated as the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the enactment of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan.

Contents

The province covered an area of 70,709 km2 (27,301 sq mi), including much of the current Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province but excluding the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and the former princely states of Amb, Chitral, Dir, Phulra and Swat. Its capital was the city of Peshawar, and the province was composed of six divisions (Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, Mardan, and Peshawar Division; Malakand was later added as the seventh division). Until 1947, the province was bordered by five princely states to the north, the minor states of the Gilgit Agency to the northeast, the province of Punjab to the east and the province of Balochistan to the south. The Kingdom of Afghanistan lay to the northwest, with the Federally Administered Tribal Areas forming a buffer zone between the two.

History

Formation

The northwestern frontier areas were annexed by the East India Company after the Second Sikh War (1848–49). The territories thenceforth formed a part of Punjab until the province, then known as North West Frontier Province, was created in 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. [2] This region, along with the 'Frontier Tribal Areas', acted as a buffer zone with Afghanistan.

Inside Pakistan

Before the Partition of India, the 1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum was held in July 1947 to decide the future of NWFP, in which the people of the province decided in favor of joining Pakistan. Chief Minister Dr Khan Sahib, along with his brother Bacha Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgars, boycotted the referendum, citing that it did not have the options of the NWFP becoming independent or joining Afghanistan. [3] [4]

As a separate province, the NWFP lasted until 1955 when it was merged into the new province of West Pakistan, under the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ali. It was recreated after the dissolution of the One Unit system and lasted under its old nomenclature until April 2010, when it was renamed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Government

The offices of Governor and Chief Minister of the North-West Frontier Province lasted until 14 October 1955.

TenureGovernors of the North-West Frontier Province [5]
14 August 1947 – 8 April 1948 Sir George Cunningham
8 April 1948 – 16 July 1949 Sir Ambrose Dundas Flux Dundas
16 July 1949 – 14 January 1950 Sahibzada Mohammad Kursheed
14 January 1950 – 21 February 1950 Mohammad Ibrahim Khan Jhagra (acting)
21 February 1950 – 23 November 1951 Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar
24 November 1951 – 17 November 1954 Khwaja Shahabuddin
17 November 1954 – 14 October 1955Qurban Ali Khan
14 October 1955North-West Frontier Province dissolved
TenureChief Ministers of the North-West Frontier Province [5] Political party
1 April 1937 – 7 September 1937Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan Non-party government nominee
7 September 1937 – 10 November 1939 Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (1st time) Indian National Congress
10 November 1939 – 25 May 1943Governor's rule
25 May 1943 – 16 March 1945Sardar Aurangzeb Khan Muslim League
16 March 1945 – 22 August 1947 Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (2nd time)Indian National Congress
14 August 1947Independence of Pakistan
23 August 1947 – 23 April 1953 Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri Pakistan Muslim League
23 April 1953 – 18 July 1955 Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan
19 July 1955 – 14 October 1955 Sardar Bahadur Khan

Demographics

Population history
YearPop.±% p.a.
18551,209,736    
18681,713,596+2.71%
18811,955,515+1.02%
18912,281,708+1.55%
19012,050,724−1.06%
19112,196,933+0.69%
19212,251,340+0.24%
19312,425,076+0.75%
19413,038,067+2.28%
Source: Census of India
[6] :31 [7] :11–13 [8] :1–2 [9] :7 [10] :30 [11] :345–346 [12] [13]

Population

Historical population, language, and religious counts in North-West Frontier Province were enumerated in all districts (Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, and Dera Ismail Khan), detailed in the population, language, and religious tables above and below. Separate population counts were taken in the Agencies and Tribal Areas, as detailed on the respective article page.

At independence, there was a clear Muslim Pashtun, Hindkowan, and Punjabi majority in the North-West Frontier Province, although there were also significant Hindu and Sikh Pashtun, Hindkowan, and Punjabi minorities scattered across the province.

Population of North–West Frontier Province by District (1855–1941)
Census
Year
Peshawar
District
Dera Ismail Khan
District
Hazara
District
Bannu
District
Kohat
District
Mardan
District
North-West
Frontier Province
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
1855 [6] 450,099362,041296,364101,2321,209,736
1868 [7] 523,152394,889365,320284,816145,4191,713,596
1881 [7] 592,674441,649407,075332,577181,5401,955,515
1891 [8] 703,768486,201516,288372,276203,1752,281,708
1901 [9] 788,707252,379560,288231,485217,8652,050,724
1911 [10] 865,009256,120603,028250,086222,6902,196,933
1921 [11] 907,367260,767622,349246,734214,1232,251,340
1931 [12] 974,321274,064670,117270,301236,2732,425,076
1941 [13] 851,833298,131796,230295,930289,404506,5393,038,067

Language

The languages of the North-West Frontier Province included Pashto, Hindko, Kohistani and others, although most of the population spoke either Pashto or Lahnda/Western Punjabi (primarily Hindko and Saraiki). Prior to the arrival of the British, the official language , for governmental uses and such, was Persian.

Language in North–West Frontier Province (1881–1931)
Mother
Tongue
1881 [7] :1681891 [8] :1161901 [9] :1811911 [10] :3301921 [11] :3701931 [12] :357
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Greater Punjabi [a] 1,050,0611,226,648876,604916,3651,000,2551,102,905
Pashto 870,8161,023,0211,088,6061,221,8591,202,3261,279,471
Hindustani 17,64515,68615,59816,9958,81419,221
English 4,5545,2044,6015,7209,7627,852
Persian 4,0283,9622,8513,4542,3526,030
Kashmiri 3,7362,2188215333431,796
Balochi 2,51055492
Nepali 1,0202,6555,1794,1495,140
Dogri 62433667446
Sindhi 2041011967
Bengali 202106217
Tibetan 38
Turkish 32151162362
Tamil 233768
Gujarati 162829711
Marathi 1612191
Arabic 117125424
German 11053
French 1449
Chinese 02215
Italian02
Portuguese 03414
Chitrali 7141
Dutch 21
Spanish 21
Oria1
Turanian 1
Armenian 02
Russian 01
Greek 02
Gujari 53,02125,66822,637596
Odki 30895
Purbi 35998
Kohistani 117222377
Marwari 49
Pashayi 16
Danish 2
Irish 11
Welsh 19
Scotch 1
Japanese 1
East African Dialects 02
Other Indo-Aryan or
Dravidian languages
06315,8864201,545
Other Asian languages 00206
Other European languages 0020
Not returned21,239
Total1,955,5152,281,7082,050,7242,196,9332,251,3402,425,076

Districts

Language in the Districts of North–West Frontier Province (1931) [12] :357
District Pashto Greater Punjabi [a] Hindustani English Persian OthersTotal
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar District 781,773167,99411,7985,8643,9522,940974,321
Hazara District 29,375630,7044,113257245,644670,117
Dera Ismail Khan District 53,643217,5614193361,678427274,064
Bannu District 228,38139,8141,18155613356270,301
Kohat District 186,29946,8321,710839363230236,273
Total1,279,4711,102,90519,2217,8526,0309,5972,425,076
Language in the Districts of North–West Frontier Province (1921) [11] :370
District Pashto Greater Punjabi [a] Gujari English Hindustani OthersTotal
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar District 738,325153,90407,1376,0411,960907,367
Hazara District 31,975562,29822,6373554454,639622,349
Dera Ismail Khan District 59,211200,03501,2370284260,767
Bannu District 201,59244,773018748134246,734
Kohat District 171,22339,24508462,280529214,123
Total1,202,3261,000,25522,6379,7628,8147,5462,251,340
Language in the Districts of North–West Frontier Province (1911) [10] :330
District Pashto Greater Punjabi [a] Gujari Hindustani English OthersTotal
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar District 709,465134,9622711,2245,0284,303865,009
Hazara District 29,151542,13125,6415151445,446603,028
Dera Ismail Khan District 71,015182,13902,531247188256,120
Bannu District 218,84529,87501,20412141250,086
Kohat District 193,38327,25801,521180348222,690
Total1,221,859916,36525,66816,9955,72010,3262,196,933
Language in the Districts of North–West Frontier Province (1901) [9] :181
District Pashto Greater Punjabi [a] Gujari Hindustani English OthersTotal
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar District 619,025153,637558,6204,0583,312788,707
Hazara District 31,564471,47452,9661,114893,081560,288
Dera Ismail Khan District 73,132174,63201,9491592,507252,379
Bannu District 195,82033,65601,714124171231,485
Kohat District 169,06543,20502,2011713,223217,865
Total1,088,606876,60453,02115,5984,60112,2942,050,724

Religion

Religious counts below is for the entirety of NWFP (Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu, and Dera Ismail Khan). The Agencies and Tribal Areas constituted a separate administrative division where religious composition was not enumerated, except at small Trans-Frontier Posts in the region.

Religion in North–West Frontier Province (1855–1941)
Religious
group
1855 [6] :311881 [7] :17–181891 [8] :14–151901 [9] :34–361911 [10] :307–3081921 [11] :345–3461931 [12] :373–3751941 [13] :22
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Islam Star and Crescent.svg 1,099,134 [d] 1,787,3412,088,0151,890,4792,039,9942,062,7862,227,3032,788,797
Hinduism Om.svg 110,602 [e] 154,081166,984129,306119,942149,881142,977180,321
Sikhism Khanda.svg 9,20521,11025,73330,34528,04042,51057,939
Christianity Christian cross.svg 4,7255,4375,1196,58510,61012,21310,889
Jainism Jain Prateek Chihna.svg 106108374301
Zoroastrianism Faravahar.svg 52484649206024
Buddhism Dharma Wheel (2).svg 00000225
Judaism Star of David.svg 441401171
Others5200000
Total Population1,209,7361,955,5152,281,7082,050,7242,196,9332,251,3402,425,0763,038,067

Adherents of Islam who were indigenous to frontier regions that continued to have relatively large Hindu populations, and who were also relatively recent converts, were influenced by some traditions of Hinduism; in contrast, Muslims in frontier regions that had been further influenced by orthodox Islam and converted at a much earlier date were noted in their relatively different cultural habits.

"The high road, along which the Mohammedan conquerors and rulers of India passed and repassed lay through the north (the Khyber, Kurram and other routes); and it is probable that Islam never took so firm a hold of the inhabitants of the southern district as of the people to the north of them. In this connection it is interesting to notice that the Mussalman of the Derajat is less strict in his observance of the duties of his religion, such as fasts, prayers and the like, than his northern neighbours. Through Hazara lay the road by which the Emperors of Delhi went to and fro between the capital and their summer retreat in Kashmir, and it was natural that Islam should thoroughly permeate the district. Similarly Kohat, from its situation with regard to the Kurram Valley, which at no very distant period was, nominally at least, a portion of the Afghan kingdom, has been more influenced in the past by its Mohammedan neighbours to the west than have the districts to the south of it. There is no need to consider here the probable date at which the bulk of the Pathans living in the Province, or rather their ancestors, were converted to Islam. It is enough to notice that they had long been Mohammadan when they settled in their present homes, and that their fanaticism and intolerance, especially in the districts where they are strongest, rendered the Province no very inviting place of residence for settlers of a different creed. If no fanaticism in its inhabitants acted as a bar to the settlement of Hindus in Hazara, the absence of any large trade centres was at least equally efficacious. The only other district in which there is a non-Pathan element in the population in any way commensurate to that of Hazara is Dera Ismail Khan. The population here is mainly composed of tribes of Indian origin. Its conversion to Islam is of much later data; fanaticism does not exist, and no particular dislike to the Hindu seems to have existed." [10] :64–65

Excerpt from the Census of India (North-West Frontier Province), 1911 AD

Similarly, adherents of Hinduism who belonged to the various castes and tribes who were indigenous to the frontier regions had considerable Islamic influence, owing to their status as a religious minority in the region for centuries, and thus formed religious syncretism that incorporated aspects from both faiths into their cultures and traditions.

"Hinduism, as it exists in the North-West Frontier Province, is but a pale reflection of the system which flourishes in the United Provinces and other areas to the east. Even of the Derajat, where, as we have seen, the Hindu population is proportionately most numerous, the writer of the Dera Ismail Khan Gazetteer notes, "the Hindus of this district are less particular in the matter of caste prejudices and observances than down country Hindus. Most of them will drink water that has been carried in Mussaks (skins for carrying water) or out of lotas detached from a working well. They habitually ride on donkeys and do a multitude of other things which an orthodox Hindu would shrink from. All idolatrous observances are kept very much in the background. Except a few small images (thakurs) kept in their mandirs they have no idols at all. Nor is it their habit to take their gods about in procession. No one, in fact, sees anything of their worship. They burn their dead, and throw the ashes into the Indus. They always keep a few of the bones, and take them, when the opportunity offers, to the Ganges... There are a good many dharamsalas, mandirs, and dawaras at Dera Ismail Khan and in the cis-Indus tehsils." [10] :93

Excerpt from the Census of India (North-West Frontier Province), 1911 AD

Lastly, decadal census reports throughout the colonial era frequently detailed the difficulty of differentiating adherents of Hinduism with adherents of Sikhism, owing to the traditional ability of the former in assimilating and integrating followers of varied thought into Hinduism.

"The Sikh religion was born out of Hinduism, and fears have been expressed of its being reabsorbed into it. Truly wonderful is the strength and vitality of Hinduism. It is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests; when a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes it in its folds, and finally causes it to disappear in its capacious interior. In this way, many centuries ago, Hinduism on its own ground disposed of Buddhism which was largely a Hindu reformation in this way in a prehistoric period it absorbed the religion of the Scythian invaders of Northern India; in this way it has converted educated Islam in India into a semi-paganism; and in this way it is disposing of the reformed and once hopeful religion of Baba Nanak. Hinduism has embraced Sikhism in its folds; the still comparatively young religion is making a vigorous struggle for life, but its ultimate destruction is, it is apprehended, inevitable without State support. Notwithstanding the Sikh Guru's powerful denunciation of Brahmans, secular Sikhs now rarely do anything without their assistance. Brahmans help them to be born, help them to wed, help them to die and help their souls after death to obtain a state of bliss. And Brahmans, with all the deftness of Roman Catholic missionaries in Protestant countries have partially succeeded in persuading the Sikhs to restore to their niches the images of Devi, the Queen of Heaven, and the Saints and gods of the ancient faith." [10] :62

Excerpt from the Census of India (North-West Frontier Province), 1911 AD)

Districts

Religion in North–West Frontier Province (1941) [13] :22
  1. Islam (91.8%)
  2. Hinduism (5.94%)
  3. Sikhism (1.91%)
  4. Christianity (0.36%)
  5. Others [f] (0.00%)

Tehsils

Religion in the Tehsils of North–West Frontier Province (1941) [13] :30
Tehsil Islam Star and Crescent.svg Hinduism Om.svg Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg [t] Others [u] Total
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar Tehsil 335,87133,55115,4542,618 [t] 1,835 [u] 389,329
Abbottabad Tehsil 284,22817,5586,035278 [t] 419 [u] 308,518
Mardan Tehsil 281,1618,7099,091360 [t] 63 [u] 299,384
Charsadda Tehsil 239,6342,5331,940127 [t] 12 [u] 244,246
Mansehra Tehsil 237,3064,91096522 [t] 0243,203
Nowshera Tehsil 194,08415,1286,636652 [t] 1,758 [u] 218,258
Swabi Tehsil 202,4141,9682,74716 [t] 10 [u] 207,155
Haripur Tehsil 178,5457,2782,01114 [t] 6 [u] 187,854
Bannu Tehsil 157,09724,5175,285467 [t] 232 [u] 187,598
Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil 155,10030,0651,740195 [t] 485 [u] 187,585
Kohat Tehsil 100,8689,1563,613596 [t] 383 [u] 114,616
Teri Tehsil 110,1462,46286015 [u] 112,709
Marwat Tehsil 100,5516,95481700108,332
Hangu Tehsil 55,2105,9096500310 [u] 62,079
Tank Tehsil 49,8475,27940181 [t] 56 [u] 55,664
Kulachi Tehsil 50,8103,8232490054,882
Amb Tehsil 47,2884331950047,916
Phulra Tehsil 8,6378814008,739
Total2,788,797180,32157,9295,426 [t] 5,583 [u] 3,038,067
Religion in the Tehsils of North–West Frontier Province (1931) [12] :393–396
Tehsil Islam Star and Crescent.svg Hinduism Om.svg Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg OthersTotal
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar Tehsil 240,64223,5389,7364,99140 [v] 278,947
Abbottabad Tehsil 235,45413,3784,5993471 [w] 253,779
Mansehra Tehsil 203,3744,308966120208,660
Mardan Tehsil 187,1805,9415,1742660198,561
Charsadda Tehsil 173,9702,1451,653920177,860
Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil 143,55925,9828945840171,019
Haripur Tehsil 160,6307,0162,019700169,735
Bannu Tehsil 138,15217,7894,9799620161,882
Nowshera Tehsil 142,9629,2714,6783,59932 [x] 160,542
Swabi Tehsil 153,9291,4263,030260158,411
Marwat Tehsil 99,5228,39250320108,419
Teri Tehsil 100,1792,78827170103,011
Kohat Tehsil 77,4087,6152,1841,103088,310
Kulachi Tehsil 46,7094,7314101051,851
Tank Tehsil 45,4395,10957472051,194
Hangu Tehsil 40,8582,9901,03866044,952
Amb Tehsil 30,742509453031,299
Phulra Tehsil 6,594491006,644
Total2,227,303142,97742,51012,21373 [m] 2,425,076
Religion in the Tehsils of North–West Frontier Province (1921) [11] :510–516
Tehsil Islam Star and Crescent.svg Hinduism Om.svg Sikhism Khanda.svg Christianity Christian cross.svg OthersTotal
Pop. %Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%
Peshawar Tehsil 225,89725,4148,2233,67123 [n] 263,228
Abbottabad Tehsil 214,72013,5803,3443900232,034
Mansehra Tehsil 195,8124,59246870200,879
Mardan Tehsil 161,7266,8462,8741960171,642
Charsadda Tehsil 161,4062,183787620164,438
Haripur Tehsil 153,6457,36296860161,981
Swabi Tehsil 155,1163,0631,06210159,242
Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil 129,91924,6858845290156,017
Nowshera Tehsil 132,07710,6382,3803,7220148,817
Bannu Tehsil 123,38416,1302,7772440142,535
Marwat Tehsil 96,3117,37950900104,199
Teri Tehsil 89,9242,2394529092,237
Kohat Tehsil 67,5356,4152,1951,026077,171
Tank Tehsil 47,89510,224811707059,637
Kulachi Tehsil 40,5014,4022091045,113
Hangu Tehsil 40,0374,22543419044,715
Amb Tehsil 21,244440700021,754
Phulra Tehsil 5,637640005,701
Total2,062,786149,88128,04010,61023 [n] 2,251,340

Cities

Religion in Urban North–West Frontier Province (1941) [13] :19
  1. Islam (66.3%)
  2. Hinduism (24.3%)
  3. Sikhism (7.50%)
  4. Others (1.90%)

Castes and tribes

Castes and Tribes of North-West Frontier Province (1931–1941)
Caste or
Tribe
1931 [12] :377–3831941 [13] :26 [ae]
Pop. %Pop.%
Pathan 905,122795,400
Awan 280,995178,896
Gujar 121,170114,746
Tanoli 86,003113,850
Sayyid 81,97271,271
Jat 73,91943,041
Arora 60,28317,817
Swathi 46,55637,245
Tarkhan 45,088
Julaha 40,055
Dhund 39,322
Baluch 37,145
Khatri 33,80413,946
Lohar 28,968
Baghban 28,422
Qureshi 27,211
Karlal 27,185
Mochi 26,628
Kumhar 23,109
Kashmiri 21,704
Nai 17,178
Brahman 16,37913,478
Mughal 16,047
Rajput 14,681
Sheikh 13,046
Dhobi 11,699
Qassab 11,534
Mirasi 10,869
Sarara9,984
Sonar 9,532
Chuhra 8,4443,838
Paracha &
Banjara
8,259
Teli 7,174
Gakhar 7,098
Maliar 6,622
Mallah 6,578
Bhatia 6,522
Arain 6,480
Mashwani 6,084
Rangrez 5,703
Turk5,277
Bhatiara 4,998
Khoja 4,986
Gurkha 4,565
Machhi 4,130
Chamar 2,90112,990
Penjara 2,573
Darzi 2,177
Jhinwar 1,108
Others or
Not Stated
157,7871,621,549
Total2,425,0763,038,067

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Includes speakers of Western Punjabi (Lahnda) (Hindko-Saraiki: Peshawari, Pahari-Pothwari, Derawali, Chinawab, Multani, Chachhi, Ghebi, Tanoli, Kohati, Awankari, Hariani, and others) and also includes speakers of Standard Punjabi. Both are included as one on table for continuity between censuses, as enumeration results frequently shifted as standardization of the various Punjabi dialects and languages was an ongoing process, with speakers of Standard Punjabi comprising a majority as per the 1911 census, while speakers of Western Punjabi (Lahnda) comprised a majority as per the 1921 and 1931 census.
  2. Continued as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till 2011
  3. Continued as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa till 2013
  4. Includes all Abrahamic religions and others (Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, others).
  5. Includes all Dharmic religions (Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, others).
  6. 1 2 Included 71 Jews, 25 Buddhists, 24 Parsis (Zoroastrians), and 1 Jain.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Including Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
  8. Including 70 Jews, 24 Parsis (Zoroastrians), and 18 Buddhists
  9. Including 2 Buddhists
  10. Including 5 Buddhists, 1 Jain, and 1 Jew.
  11. Including 59 Parsis (Zoroastrians), 11 Jews, and 2 Buddhists
  12. Including 1 Parsi (Zoroastrian)
  13. 1 2 3 4 Included 60 Parsis (Zoroastrians), 11 Jews, and 2 Buddhists.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Included 20 Parsis (Zoroastrians) and 3 Jains.
  15. Included 39 Parsis (Zoroastrians), 3 Jains, and 3 Others.
  16. Included 13 Parsis (Zoroastrians), and 2 Jains.
  17. Included 60 Jains.
  18. Included 41 Jains.
  19. Included 106 Jains, 52 Parsis (Zoroastrians) and 3 Others.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Tehsil and city religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Jainism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated
  22. 1 2 Including 27 Parsis (Zoroastrians), 11 Jews, and 2 Buddhists.
  23. 1 2 Including 1 Parsi (Zoroastrian)
  24. Including 32 Parsis (Zoroastrians).
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Includes total Municipality and Cantonment population.
  26. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes total Cantonment and Notified area population.
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Includes total Notified area population.
  28. Including 27 Parsis (Zoroastrians)
  29. Including 3 Parsis (Zoroastrians).
  30. Including 2 Parsis (Zoroastrians).
  31. During the 1941 census, many traditional census datasets including caste/tribe enumeration were not extensive due to World War II.

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