GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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827, 578, 868
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138, 188, 240
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24, 080, 016
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19, 215, 730
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sikhs number about 25-30 million worldwide, of whom 24–28 million live in India, which thus represents around 90% of the total Sikh population. About 76% of all Indian Sikhs live in the northern Indian State of Punjab, forming a majority of about 58 per cent of the state’s population, roughly around 16 million.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the time of the Partition of India in 1947, it is estimated that the Sikh population increased to over 2 million persons in the region which became Pakistan with significant populations existing in the largest cities in the Punjab such as Lahore, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad (then Lyallpur).
Detailed explanation-3: -There are more than 25 million Sikhs around the world, which makes Sikhism the world’s fifth largest religion.