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Khalilabad is a Nagar Palika Parishad city in the district of Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Khalilabad city is divided into 25 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Khalilabad Nagar Palika Parishad has a population of 47,847 of which 25,154 are males while 22,693 are females as per a report released by Census India 2011.
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 53.67% of the population in the district spoke Bhojpuri, 36.42% Hindi and 9.49% Urdu as their first language. [ 9 ] Bhojpuri is the native language of the district. [ 10 ]
There are also religious and sectarian groups such as Ahmadis, Christians, Hindus, Kalasha, Parsis and Sikhs, and Shia Muslim sects including Ismailis and Bohras. [1] According to the 1941 census of India, there were 5.9 million non-Muslims in the territories that came to form Pakistan in 1947 (West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
The Kalasha people practice a religion which is based on an older set of Ancient Hinduism, but which has some Vedic influence, alongside animism and shamanism. [165] [166] Though having some cultural and religious similarities to the Hindus, they are considered a separate ethnic religion people by the government of Pakistan. [167]
Hunza Valley has a diverse religious history with it being home to several historic religious sites like the ancient watchtowers in Ganish village, Baltit Fort on top of karimabad which was built by the Mirs about 800 years ago , which is a historic landmark for hunza and Altit Fort (at the bottom of the valley). In the 8th century AD, a huge ...
Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistan's second Prime Minister, argued against equal rights for all citizens in an Islamic state. [17] However, The Constitution of Pakistan establishes Islam as the state religion, [18] and provides that all citizens have the right to profess, practice and propagate their religion subject to law, public order, and morality. [19]
Khalilabad is a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 25°9'40N 69°36'30E with an altitude of 9 metres (32 feet). [1] References
Growth in the number of religious madrassahs in Pakistan from 1988 to 2002 [81] The famed Data Durbar shrine of Sufi saint Ali Hujweiri in Lahore is known for devotees from over the world. According to the CIA World Factbook and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies , 96–97% of the total population of Pakistan is Muslim.