Ethnically speaking, how many Punjabis in India

[SikhRaja]

Speaking in platonic generalities, as per the Census Bureau of India, demographic information with regard to Punjabis has solely been collected on a linguistic basis, e.g. how many people speak Punjabi as their mother tongue, or the population of Punjab province, which in itself is inaccurate owing to the fact that not the entire population is going to ethnically be of Punjabi stock. 

That said, what is total ethnic composition of Punjabis in India, as well as abroad in the form of the diaspora?

[Amit12]

21 hours ago, SikhRaja said:

Speaking in platonic generalities, as per the Census Bureau of India, demographic information with regard to Punjabis has solely been collected on a linguistic basis, e.g. how many people speak Punjabi as their mother tongue, or the population of Punjab province, which in itself is inaccurate owing to the fact that not the entire population is going to ethnically be of Punjabi stock. 

That said, what is total ethnic composition of Punjabis in India, as well as abroad in the form of the diaspora?

lol, how can someone here calculate that ? XD

[kds1980]

It will be around 30-40 millions