The current agitations should be a wake-up call for Punjab’s policy makers. In 1947, the Sikh population of Punjab rose from 13% to 33%. Hindu plays important role in electoral of Punjab state forming significant 38.49% of total population. Pakistan in 2017 conducted its first census since 1998.Before 1998, the census was last been held in 1981. Just few decades back, Muslims in Punjab were very few in numbers but today they form a staggering 1.93% of the Punjab's population and are likely to increase sharply in the 2021 census. The state of Punjab has the biggest population of Sikhs in the country and is the solitary state where Sikhs structure a larger part with around 57 of the state population following Sikhism. Christian Population in Punjab is 3.48 Lakhs (1.26 percent) of total 2.77 Crore. Nearly 60% of the Indian Punjab population in Sikh, followed by 37% Hindu, while the rest are Jains, Muslims, and Christians. India’s Population Will Be 1.52 Billion by 2036, With 70% of Increase in Urban Areas. The Hindu population increased from 28% to 64%. Hinduism is followed with majority in … Stages: Dependency Ratio. Muslim Population in Punjab is 5.35 Lakhs (1.93 percent) of total 2.77 Crore. District wise population of Punjab. There are three types of age dependency ratio: Youth, Elderly, and Total. (Kanwar Chander Deep Singh, 'Study of Hindu right wing in Punjab a case study of Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh from 1935 to 1984', Punjab University, 2008, pp.397-403) Punjab was then divided into … Migration from UP and Bihar has led to an increase in Hindu as well as SC population in Punjab, from 24.7% in 1971 to 31.9% in 2011. Youth Dependency Ratio Definition: population ages 0-15 divided by the population ages 16-64. The UNDP forecasts about 10.8 billion at this time. But the basic fault line will remain. The population is stable, neither increasing nor decreasing. All three ratios are commonly multiplied by 100. From a food-scarce economy, the Indian economy has shifted to surplus-in-some crops economy. The urban population in Punjab is around 40 per cent. Population, decadal growth rate and net change of Punjab from 1901 to 2011. At a time when India is fuming diplomatically at the conversion of two minor Hindu girls to Islam in the Sindh province of Pakistan, a look at the religious composition of Pakistan’s population shows that the Hindu population has increased exponentially over a three-decade period. The population growth rate has slumped from 23.89% during 1971-81 to 13.89% during 2001-11. This needs to increase by way of more industrialisation. Seen this way, they argue, world population is expected to peak by 2061 at 9.73 billion and by 2100 reach 8.79 billion. 5 most populated The five southern states will account for only 9% of the growth. 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