Sikh population fell to 2.08 crores, the biggest drop on record during the decade 2001-2011.
The population of Sikhs in India has declined by 0.2 percent while other main minority community Muslim population has increased by 14.2 percent. This was revealed in report of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India on Population data by Religious Communities of Census 2011.
The distribution is total population by six major religious communities namely, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain besides “Other Religions and Persuasions” and “Religion not stated”.
The data are released by sex and residence up to sub-districts and towns. Total Population in 2011 is 121.09 crores ; Hindu 96.63 crores (79.8%); Muslim 17.22 crores (14.2%); Christian 2.78 crores (2.3%); Sikh 2.08 crores (1.7%); Buddhist 0.84 crores (0.7%); Jain 0.45 crores (0.4%), Other Religions & Persuasions (ORP) 0.79 crores (0.7%) and Religion Not Stated 0.29 crores (0.2%).
The population of Sikhs in Punjab is 14,592,387 (1.46 crores approximately) which is 60 percent of the total population. It implies that about 62 lakh Sikhs are living in rest of India. It is estimated that about 50 lacs Sikh NRIs are living abroad, majority of them from Punjab.
SIKHS REPORT LOWEST SEX RATIO
Sikhs have the worst sex ratio while the Christians have the best with women outnumbering males in the community, latest Census figures show.
According to Census 2011, Sikh community has a population of 2,08,33,116, of which 47.4 per cent are females while 52.55 per cent are males as compared to Christians where women constitute 50.5 per cent and males are 49.4 per cent of the total 2,78,19,588 persons belonging to the community.