Population of the Sikhs:

[Nalwa]

Can we discuss this article http://www.sikhreview.org/pdf/january2008/pdf-files/demography.pdf

[tuhintuhin]

wow....so many types of sikhs.....I thought there was only one "Guru da sikh"

[proactive]

The numbers for Sikligars and Vanjaras are highly inflated. For Sikligars, I would be surprised if there are more than 300,000 let alone 40 Million as claimed in the article. Vanjaras are probably 4 Million and Satnamis about the same number. Vanjaras and Satnams are not Sikhs but they do display many rituals which point to a relationship with Sikhism in the past. Some have converted to Sikhism in the last decade. Sikligars are Sikhs but are normally counted as Hindus in the Census due to their illiteracy and the bias of the Hindu enumerators.

Assamese, Bihari and Johri number about 30,000 in total.

The above being said, it is possible that the population of Sikhs in India is much larger than that which is published in the census reports.

[jio]

wow

Raj Karega Khalsa

[gurdeepsinghjohal]

Missionaries have taken care to educate sikligar in india. Mission Sikligar. In 1984 sikligar were also victim to violence.