Sikh Population?

[guptveer1469]

From another site:

The Sikh population of the world, as broken down by Dr. Dalvinder Singh Ji is as follows:

(Dr. Dalvinder Singh Ji has put these figures down in 'crores, 'lacs' etc. I have attempted to standardise them in western terms for ease.)

Mainstream Sikhs in India 20,000,000 (many many youth are monas)

Sikligar 40,000,000

Vanjaras 50,000,000

Satnamias 10,000,000

Johari (Maharashthra) 20,000

Assami (20 villages in Assam) 20,000

Bihari - Kishanganj and Patna in Bihar 20,000

Tharu - Bijnaur, UP 20,000

Lamas - Larmapa and Naingmapa tribes of Tibet origin 100,000

Sindhis 200,000

Canada, America, UK, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Kenya etc. 1,000,000

Other Sikhs * 1,000,000

TOTAL 122,380,000

Other Sikhs * include: Nirankari, Namdhari, Radhaswami, Sehajdhari, Satkartari, Gangushahi. Suthreshahi, Nirmala, Ramdasia, Ramraia, Bandai, Niranjani, Mahima Shahi, Singhji, Nanakshahi, Bihari, Brandavani Hiradasi, Gulabdasi, Gahir Gambiri.

This is the first time I have seen anyone take a serious look at world Sikh population figures and also to break down the figures.

Most of these various 'Sikh' tribes live below the poverty line and are regarded as indigenous tribes, but they are all linked to Sikhi in one way or another and as such should be considered part of the 'Sikh' population. Bachitar Singh who plunged a spear into the forehead of an enraged elephant and turned it back, was a Vanjara. Bhai Mani Singh was a Vanjara Sikh. Makhan Shah was a Lubana Sikh, to name a few prominent ones.

My purpose of writing this is because our (world) population is still being bandied about as being between 20 million to 30 million in different publications of authority. The Sikh Times of UK once put our population down as around 155 million without much substantiation. Dr. Dalvinder Singh has attempted a breakdown and comes up with 122,380,000 (122.3 million).

It is time that our scholars took a serious look at this issue so that our population can be stated more accurately, and with some validation, so that figures of Sikhs in so-called western official publications like Encyclopedias, information on internet like Wikipedia etc. can be standardised.

I also recommend that Dr.Dalvinder Singh's article is read by all. In fact i strongly recommend that as many of us contribute to and read the Sikh Review besides other Sikh publications.

[saint-soldier]

Good read but i highly doubt that sikh population can be 122.3 million. I think its more like 60-70 million. The population in canada, uk, aus...... is way more than just 1 million.

[Heera Singh]

naamdhari? radhaswami? ummm.. i dunno bout that one..

[Singhballer]

^^ hah

You mught aswell and Nirankaris to that then.

[guptveer1469]

Good read but i highly doubt that sikh population can be 122.3 million. I think its more like 60-70 million. The population in canada, uk, aus...... is way more than just 1 million.

NRIS' (Non-resident Indian Sikhs) are more than one million....

Africa (East African Sikhs) - 100,000

Asia (Outside India) - >180,000

Europe - 850,000

Australia - 55,000

North America - 900,000

South America - ?20,000?

That makes NRIS population at around 2.15 million...

Agree that 122 million is a bit exagerrated... It is obviously not more than 90 million...

naamdhari? radhaswami? ummm.. i dunno bout that one..

Yeh that 1 million are socalled Sikh sects like Nirankari etc

Agree singhballer its done.. Altough there arent many nirankaris anymore like they were once...

[jassa]

naamdhari? radhaswami? ummm.. i dunno bout that one..

sgpc added nihungs to the same list recently

[Kharku]

theres only about 3 million sikhs, the rest wouldent be considered sikh right?

[Punjabi_Link]

theres only about 3 million sikhs, the rest wouldent be considered sikh right?

Naw...that is too many still.

There is prolly only couple thousand real sikhs.

[guptveer1469]

i think... there are no real sikhs today... maybe i'm being harsh

but its true... u know, the best sikhs right now, are far worser than the worst real sikhs in 17th century!

this is plain truth!

[SUKHUK]

From another site:

The Sikh population of the world, as broken down by Dr. Dalvinder Singh Ji is as follows:

(Dr. Dalvinder Singh Ji has put these figures down in 'crores, 'lacs' etc. I have attempted to standardise them in western terms for ease.)

Mainstream Sikhs in India 20,000,000 (many many youth are monas)

Sikligar 40,000,000

Vanjaras 50,000,000

Satnamias 10,000,000

Johari (Maharashthra) 20,000

Assami (20 villages in Assam) 20,000

Bihari - Kishanganj and Patna in Bihar 20,000

Tharu - Bijnaur, UP 20,000

Lamas - Larmapa and Naingmapa tribes of Tibet origin 100,000

Sindhis 200,000

Canada, America, UK, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Kenya etc. 1,000,000

Other Sikhs * 1,000,000

TOTAL 122,380,000

Other Sikhs * include: Nirankari, Namdhari, Radhaswami, Sehajdhari, Satkartari, Gangushahi. Suthreshahi, Nirmala, Ramdasia, Ramraia, Bandai, Niranjani, Mahima Shahi, Singhji, Nanakshahi, Bihari, Brandavani Hiradasi, Gulabdasi, Gahir Gambiri.

This is the first time I have seen anyone take a serious look at world Sikh population figures and also to break down the figures.

Most of these various 'Sikh' tribes live below the poverty line and are regarded as indigenous tribes, but they are all linked to Sikhi in one way or another and as such should be considered part of the 'Sikh' population. Bachitar Singh who plunged a spear into the forehead of an enraged elephant and turned it back, was a Vanjara. Bhai Mani Singh was a Vanjara Sikh. Makhan Shah was a Lubana Sikh, to name a few prominent ones.

My purpose of writing this is because our (world) population is still being bandied about as being between 20 million to 30 million in different publications of authority. The Sikh Times of UK once put our population down as around 155 million without much substantiation. Dr. Dalvinder Singh has attempted a breakdown and comes up with 122,380,000 (122.3 million).

It is time that our scholars took a serious look at this issue so that our population can be stated more accurately, and with some validation, so that figures of Sikhs in so-called western official publications like Encyclopedias, information on internet like Wikipedia etc. can be standardised.

I also recommend that Dr.Dalvinder Singh's article is read by all. In fact i strongly recommend that as many of us contribute to and read the Sikh Review besides other Sikh publications.

I LIVE IN UK SO I CAN TELL ONLY SIKH PAPULATION IN UK

UK SIKH--800,000

i think... there are no real sikhs today... maybe i'm being harsh

but its true... u know, the best sikhs right now, are far worser than the worst real sikhs in 17th century!

this is plain truth!

VEER UR THINK IS WRONG .. IN UK THERE IS SO MANY REAL SIKH ,,,,