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After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, over 4.7 million Hindus and Sikhs ... According to the 1941 census, the Hindu population in Pakistan comprised roughly 3. ...
During and after Pakistan's independence in 1947, about 5 million Hindus and Sikhs emigrated to India, with Punjab alone accounting for migration of 3.9 million people. [2] According to the 1951 census conducted by the Government of Pakistan, Pakistan had 1.6% Hindu population. [3]
After Partition of India in 1947, two-thirds of the Muslims resided in Pakistan (both east and West Pakistan) but a third resided in India. [1] According to 1951 census, Dominion of Pakistan (both East and West Pakistan) had a population of 75 million population, in which West Pakistan had a population of 33.7 million and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) had a population of 42 million.
The Census in Pakistan is a legally decennial census and a descriptive count of Pakistan's population on Census Day, and of their dwellings, conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. [2] The 2017 Census in Pakistan marks the first census to take place in Pakistan since 1998. The most recent census was the 2023 Pakistani census.
Note2: 1947 figures (the year of partition and the accompanying mass population transfer) for Pakistan are estimates based on the annualized growth rates between the 1931 census [d] and 1941 census [e] for adherents of Islam (+1.86% p.a.), Hinduism (+1.90% p.a.), Sikhism (+2.69% p.a.), Christianity (+1.85% p.a.), Jainism (+5.02% p.a.), and ...
Prior to the partition of India in 1947, a third of Lahore district's population was Hindu and Sikh. Hindus and Sikhs used to reside in 'distinct enclaves'. The city's Hindu and Sikh population left en masse during the partition and shifted to East Punjab and Delhi in India. In the process, Lahore lost its entire Hindu and Sikh population.
The Independence of Pakistan in 1947 saw an influx of Muslim refugees from India fleeing to settle. While the original Hindu inhabitants who had stayed in Karachi since prehistoric times were persecuted or killed. Ultimately most of the Hindu population migrated to India to save their faith.
According to the 2023 Cenus, Hinduism is followed by 0.2 percent of the population, [34] which is roughly the same proportion as reported in the 2017 Census. [3] There are 249,716 Hindus in Punjab. [34] However according to the Pakistan Hindu Council, there are 349,230 Hindus in Punjab. [35]