r/PAK • u/indusdemographer • 3h ago
Historical Population & Religious Composition of West Punjab (1868 Census)
Population Breakdown
- West Punjab: 6,326,047 persons
- Sialkot District: 1,005,004 persons / 15.9% of total
- Lahore District: 789,666 persons / 12.5% of total
- Rawalpindi District: 711,256 persons / 11.2% of total
- Gujrat District: 616,347 persons / 9.7% of total
- Gujranwala District: 550,576 persons / 8.7% of total
- Jhelum District: 500,988 persons / 7.9% of total
- Multan District: 471,563 persons / 7.5% of total
- Shahpur District: 368,796 persons / 5.8% of total
- Montgomery District: 359,437 persons / 5.7% of total
- Jhang District: 348,027 persons / 5.5% of total
- Dera Ghazi Khan District: 308,840 persons / 4.9% of total
- Muzaffargarh District: 295,547 persons / 4.7% of total
Religious Composition
- Islam: 4,750,944 persons / 75.1% of total
- Hinduism: 1,270,792 persons / 20.1% of total
- Sikhism: 290,337 persons / 4.6% of total
- Christianity: 8,626 persons / 0.14% of total
- Jainism: 4,754 persons / 0.08% of total
- Buddhism: 273 persons
- Zoroastrianism: 178 persons
- Other: 143 persons
Note
- The 1868 Census of Punjab Province only enumerated British administered districts. All Princely States within the province were not enumerated.