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font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">‎لہندا پنجاب</span><br /><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">مغربی پنجاب</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Former_administrative_units_of_Pakistan" title="Former administrative units of Pakistan">Former province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">1947–1955</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px 3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Pakistan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Punjab"><img alt="Flag of Punjab" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/125px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/188px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/250px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> </div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Punjab" class="mw-disambig" title="Flag of Punjab">Flag</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:West_Punjab_map.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/West_Punjab_map.gif/220px-West_Punjab_map.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/West_Punjab_map.gif/330px-West_Punjab_map.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/West_Punjab_map.gif/440px-West_Punjab_map.gif 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><br />Province of West Punjab in Pakistan</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Punjabis" title="Punjabis">Punjabi</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1947–1955</div></th><td class="infobox-data">159,344 km<sup>2</sup> (61,523 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Type</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federated_state" title="Federated state">Self-governing province</a> subject to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">central government</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Governor of Punjab, Pakistan">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1947–1949 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Mudie" title="Francis Mudie">Francis Mudie</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1949–1951 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdur_Rab_Nishtar" title="Abdur Rab Nishtar">Abdur Rab Nishtar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1951–1953 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/I._I._Chundrigar" title="I. I. Chundrigar">I. I. Chundrigar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1953–1954 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mian_Aminuddin" title="Mian Aminuddin">Mian Aminuddin</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1954 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Habib_Rahimtoola" title="Habib Rahimtoola">Habib Rahimtoola</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1954–1955 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mushtaq_Ahmed_Gurmani" title="Mushtaq Ahmed Gurmani">Mian Mushtaq Ahmed</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Punjab,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Punjab, Pakistan">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1947–1949 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Iftikhar_Hussain_Khan_Mamdot" title="Iftikhar Hussain Khan Mamdot">Iftikhar Hussain Khan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1951–1953 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mumtaz_Daultana" title="Mumtaz Daultana">Mumtaz Daultana</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1953–1955 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Feroz_Khan_Noon" title="Feroz Khan Noon">Feroz Khan Noon</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1955 </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_Khan_Dasti" title="Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti">Abdul Hamid Khan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 August 1947</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Disestablished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 October 1955</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political subdivisions</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lahore_Division" title="Lahore Division">Lahore Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargodha_Division" title="Sargodha Division">Sargodha Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multan_Division" title="Multan Division">Multan Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_Division" title="Rawalpindi 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class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baluchistan_(Chief_Commissioner%27s_Province)" title="Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)">Baluchistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Bengal" title="East Bengal">East Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Capital_Territory_(Pakistan)" title="Federal Capital Territory (Pakistan)">Federal Capital Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">Federally Administered Tribal Areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province_(1901%E2%80%932010)" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Frontier Province (1901–2010)">North-West Frontier Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sind_Province_(1936%E2%80%9355)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sind Province (1936–55)">Sind</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">West Punjab</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Princely_states_of_Pakistan" title="Princely states of Pakistan">Princely states</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amb_(princely_state)" title="Amb (princely state)">Amb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitral_(princely_state)" title="Chitral (princely state)">Chitral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dir_(princely_state)" title="Dir (princely state)">Dir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanate_of_Kalat" title="Khanate of Kalat">Kalat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khairpur_(princely_state)" title="Khairpur (princely state)">Khairpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharan_(princely_state)" title="Kharan (princely state)">Kharan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Bela_(princely_state)" title="Las Bela (princely state)">Las Bela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makran_(princely_state)" title="Makran (princely state)">Makran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagar_(princely_state)" title="Nagar (princely state)">Nagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulra" title="Phulra">Phulra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swat_(princely_state)" title="Swat (princely state)">Swat</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">One-unit provinces</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left; padding:0;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West Pakistan</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div 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font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">‎لہندا پنجاب‎</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">مغربی پنجاب</span></span>) was a province in the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Dominion of Pakistan</a> from 1947 to 1955. It was established from the western-half of <a href="/wiki/British_Punjab" class="mw-redirect" title="British Punjab">British Punjab</a>, following the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Pakistan)" title="Independence Day (Pakistan)">independence of Pakistan</a>. The province covered an area of 159,344 km sq (61523 sq mi), including much of the current <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab province</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Islamabad_Capital_Territory" title="Islamabad Capital Territory">Islamabad Capital Territory</a>, but excluding the former <a href="/wiki/State_of_Bahawalpur" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Bahawalpur">Princely state of Bahawalpur</a>. Lahore, being the largest city and the cultural centre, served as the capital of the province. The province was composed of four divisions (<a href="/wiki/Lahore_Division" title="Lahore Division">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sargodha_Division" title="Sargodha Division">Sargodha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan_Division" title="Multan Division">Multan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_Division" title="Rawalpindi Division">Rawalpindi</a>) and was bordered by the <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">state of Bahawalpur</a> to the south-east, the province of <a href="/wiki/Baluchistan_(Chief_Commissioner%27s_Province)" title="Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province)">Baluchistan</a> to the south-west and <a href="/wiki/Sind_Province_(1936%E2%80%931955)" title="Sind Province (1936–1955)">Sind</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province" title="North-West Frontier Province">North-West Frontier Province</a> to the north-west, and <a href="/wiki/Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Jammu and Kashmir">Azad Jammu and Kashmir</a> to the north. It shared <a href="/wiki/International_border" class="mw-redirect" title="International border">International border</a> with Indian state of <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a> to the east and <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Indian-administered Jammu & Kashmir</a> to the north-east. It was dissolved and merged into <a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West Pakistan</a> upon creation of <a href="/wiki/One_Unit_Scheme" title="One Unit Scheme">One Unit Scheme</a>, in 1955. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The creation of Pakistan in 1947 led to the division of the <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(British_India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (British India)">Punjab Province</a> of <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a> into two new provinces. The largely <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> <a href="/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a> became part of the new nation of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> while the largely <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> West Punjab became part of the new nation of the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan" title="Dominion of Pakistan">Dominion of Pakistan</a>. The name of the province was shortened to <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab</a> in 1950. West Punjab was merged into the province of <a href="/wiki/West_Pakistan" title="West Pakistan">West Pakistan</a> in 1955 under the One Unit policy announced by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Chaudhary_Muhammad_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaudhary Muhammad Ali">Chaudhary Muhammad Ali</a>. When that province was dissolved, the area of the former province of West Punjab was combined with the former state of <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur" title="Bahawalpur">Bahawalpur</a> to form a new <a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab Province</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The offices of Governor of West Punjab and Chief Minister of West Punjab lasted from 15 August 1947, until 14 October 1955. The first Governor was <a href="/wiki/Francis_Mudie" title="Francis Mudie">Sir Francis Mudie</a> with <a href="/wiki/Iftikhar_Hussain_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Iftikhar Hussain Khan">Iftikhar Hussain Khan</a> as the first Chief Minister. Both offices were abolished in 1955, when the province of West Pakistan was created. The last Governor of West Punjab, <a href="/wiki/Mushtaq_Ahmad_Gurmani" class="mw-redirect" title="Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani">Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani</a>, became the first <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_West_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of West Pakistan">Governor of West Pakistan</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Governor of West Punjab<sup id="cite_ref-worldstatesmen_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldstatesmen-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>15 August 1947 – 2 August 1949</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Mudie" title="Francis Mudie">Sir Francis Mudie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 August 1949 – 24 November 1951</td> <td>Sardar <a href="/wiki/Abdur_Rab_Nishtar" title="Abdur Rab Nishtar">Abdur Rab Nishtar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 November 1951 – 2 May 1953</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Ibrahim_Chundrigar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar">Ismail Ibrahim Chundrigar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 May 1953 – 24 June 1954</td> <td>Mian Aminuddin </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 September 1954 – 26 November 1954</td> <td>Habib Ibrahim Rahmatullah </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 November 1954 – 14 October 1955</td> <td>Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 October 1955</td> <td>Province of West Punjab dissolved </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Tenure</th> <th>Chief Minister of West Punjab<sup id="cite_ref-worldstatesmen_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worldstatesmen-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th>Political Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>15 August 1947 – 25 January 1949</td> <td>Iftikhar Hussain Khan</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 January 1949 – 5 April 1952</td> <td>Governor's Rule</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 April 1952 – 3 April 1953</td> <td>Mian Mumtaz Daultana</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Muslim_League" title="Pakistan Muslim League">Pakistan Muslim League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 April 1953 – 21 May 1955</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malik_Firoz_Khan_Nun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malik Firoz Khan Nun (page does not exist)">Malik Firoz Khan Nun</a></td> <td>Pakistan Muslim League </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 May 1955 – 14 October 1955</td> <td>Abdul Hamid Khan Dasti</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 October 1955</td> <td>Province of West Punjab dissolved</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religions in West Punjab, Pakistan region (1901)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1901_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1901-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 34">: 34 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1901_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 62">: 62 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1901_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output 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(4.64%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (0.41%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Brown; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> (0.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (0.003%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the Districts & Princely States of West Punjab, Pakistan region (1901)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1901_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1901-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 34">: 34 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1901_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1901-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 62">: 62 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1901_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">District</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princely State</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore District</a> </td> <td>717,519 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001617428313523086♠" style="display:none"></span>61.74% </td> <td>276,375 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001237821925482033♠" style="display:none"></span>23.78% </td> <td>159,701 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001137423425857643♠" style="display:none"></span>13.74% </td> <td>7,296 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999627824068138186♠" style="display:none"></span>0.63% </td> <td>1,047 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998900948189885802♠" style="display:none"></span>0.09% </td> <td>171 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998147146265969887♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>1,162,109 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot District</a> </td> <td>716,953 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001661451284194521♠" style="display:none"></span>66.15% </td> <td>302,012 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001278632246803006♠" style="display:none"></span>27.86% </td> <td>50,982 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000470353138501479♠" style="display:none"></span>4.7% </td> <td>11,939 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000110147623093820♠" style="display:none"></span>1.1% </td> <td>2,008 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999185255404282093♠" style="display:none"></span>0.19% </td> <td>15 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997138388001206743♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>1,083,909 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a> </td> <td>803,283 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001863248561311503♠" style="display:none"></span>86.32% </td> <td>86,269 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000927090329756537♠" style="display:none"></span>9.27% </td> <td>32,234 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000346402875765016♠" style="display:none"></span>3.46% </td> <td>7,614 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999818238970054860♠" style="display:none"></span>0.82% </td> <td>1,068 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999114772684530941♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>67 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997720015904828942♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>930,535 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur District</a> </td> <td>484,657 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001612048074093811♠" style="display:none"></span>61.2% </td> <td>210,459 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001265777705935763♠" style="display:none"></span>26.58% </td> <td>88,049 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001111192494642367♠" style="display:none"></span>11.12% </td> <td>8,672 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000109514169784848♠" style="display:none"></span>1.1% </td> <td>23 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997290455016726420♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996126284789881052♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>791,861 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala District</a> </td> <td>531,908 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001702841052488316♠" style="display:none"></span>70.28% </td> <td>169,594 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001224094440120666♠" style="display:none"></span>22.41% </td> <td>51,607 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000681913379677773♠" style="display:none"></span>6.82% </td> <td>2,748 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999363109261796756♠" style="display:none"></span>0.36% </td> <td>932 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999123150593884489♠" style="display:none"></span>0.12% </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997105708664278531♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>756,797 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat District</a> </td> <td>655,838 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001873812201218309♠" style="display:none"></span>87.38% </td> <td>69,346 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000923938242457511♠" style="display:none"></span>9.24% </td> <td>24,893 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000331664330595778♠" style="display:none"></span>3.32% </td> <td>460 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998612885518314618♠" style="display:none"></span>0.06% </td> <td>11 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997146559580466539♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>750,548 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahawalpur State">Bahawalpur State</a> </td> <td>598,139 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001829737944198524♠" style="display:none"></span>82.97% </td> <td>114,670 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001159070132630115♠" style="display:none"></span>15.91% </td> <td>7,985 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000110767856374943♠" style="display:none"></span>1.11% </td> <td>83 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998115137533865000♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>720,877 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan District</a> </td> <td>570,254 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001802467120538792♠" style="display:none"></span>80.25% </td> <td>133,560 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001187946965070233♠" style="display:none"></span>18.79% </td> <td>4,662 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999656041293169684♠" style="display:none"></span>0.66% </td> <td>1,964 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999276376040279978♠" style="display:none"></span>0.28% </td> <td>134 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998188566137461899♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>52 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997731749190150655♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>710,626 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum District</a> </td> <td>526,725 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001886715554074119♠" style="display:none"></span>88.67% </td> <td>51,801 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000872044281486419♠" style="display:none"></span>8.72% </td> <td>15,070 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000253696015945644♠" style="display:none"></span>2.54% </td> <td>271 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998456215131528000♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </td> <td>151 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998254201051146598♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>594,018 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur District</a> </td> <td>442,921 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001844851495157927♠" style="display:none"></span>84.49% </td> <td>68,489 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001130639626596777♠" style="display:none"></span>13.06% </td> <td>12,756 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000243314850102716♠" style="display:none"></span>2.43% </td> <td>91 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998173578326743079♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996381490828006767♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>524,259 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan District</a> </td> <td>412,012 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001874483443666440♠" style="display:none"></span>87.45% </td> <td>57,815 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001122710649921786♠" style="display:none"></span>12.27% </td> <td>1,027 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999217977752260962♠" style="display:none"></span>0.22% </td> <td>152 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998322615563229466♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>143 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998303513325932985♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>471,149 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery District</a> </td> <td>334,474 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001721492883736782♠" style="display:none"></span>72.15% </td> <td>109,945 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001237162036817332♠" style="display:none"></span>23.72% </td> <td>19,092 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000411832971660058♠" style="display:none"></span>4.12% </td> <td>66 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998142368406293546♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997172567765204298♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996215709706505373♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>463,586 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali District</a> </td> <td>371,674 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001875375658285208♠" style="display:none"></span>87.54% </td> <td>50,202 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001118236973254072♠" style="display:none"></span>11.82% </td> <td>2,633 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999620130573638444♠" style="display:none"></span>0.62% </td> <td>44 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998103629871781585♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>35 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997824328525535342♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>424,588 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargarh District</a> </td> <td>350,177 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001863236338178160♠" style="display:none"></span>86.32% </td> <td>52,221 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001128732226319837♠" style="display:none"></span>12.87% </td> <td>3,225 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999795008578697221♠" style="display:none"></span>0.8% </td> <td>33 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997813497150294831♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>405,656 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang District</a> </td> <td>295,481 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001780261160036440♠" style="display:none"></span>78.03% </td> <td>79,650 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001210327572320733♠" style="display:none"></span>21.03% </td> <td>3,526 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999931092303832899♠" style="display:none"></span>0.93% </td> <td>38 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998100344604497022♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>378,695 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh Tehsil</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1947-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>115,189 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001491284413451901♠" style="display:none"></span>49.13% </td> <td>111,819 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001476911266073827♠" style="display:none"></span>47.69% </td> <td>6,557 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000279657944682575♠" style="display:none"></span>2.8% </td> <td>900 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999383852600601369♠" style="display:none"></span>0.38% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>234,465 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Biloch Trans–Frontier Tract </td> <td>23,951 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001994353800805413♠" style="display:none"></span>99.44% </td> <td>136 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999564619919458629♠" style="display:none"></span>0.56% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>24,087 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>7,951,155 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001762498483615616♠" style="display:none"></span>76.25% </th> <th>1,944,363 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001186460185859577♠" style="display:none"></span>18.65% </th> <th>483,999 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000464144521860628♠" style="display:none"></span>4.64% </th> <th>42,371 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6999406328681169934♠" style="display:none"></span>0.41% </th> <th>5,562 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6998533383711658250♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </th> <th>315 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6997302078153851760♠" style="display:none"></span>0.003% </th> <th>10,427,765 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Territory comprises the contemporary state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1911_census">1911 census</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1911 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" 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style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religions in West Punjab, Pakistan region (1911)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1911_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1911B_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911B-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1911_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1911-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (76.49%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (14.82%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkKhaki; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (7.33%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (1.30%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Brown; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> (0.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (0.005%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the Districts & Princely States of West Punjab, Pakistan region (1911)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1911_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1911B_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911B-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1911_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1911-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">District</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princely State</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore District</a> </td> <td>626,271 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001604416507907095♠" style="display:none"></span>60.44% </td> <td>217,609 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001210015267941761♠" style="display:none"></span>21% </td> <td>169,008 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001163110259246176♠" style="display:none"></span>16.31% </td> <td>21,781 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000210209253801061♠" style="display:none"></span>2.1% </td> <td>1,139 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999109925320269688♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>350 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998337786322163222♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <th>1,036,158 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot District</a> </td> <td>604,801 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001617425499181769♠" style="display:none"></span>61.74% </td> <td>242,325 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001247383245214909♠" style="display:none"></span>24.74% </td> <td>81,761 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000834676633117350♠" style="display:none"></span>8.35% </td> <td>48,620 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000496348844830244♠" style="display:none"></span>4.96% </td> <td>2,029 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999207135295384731♠" style="display:none"></span>0.21% </td> <td>17 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997173548547143441♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>979,553 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala District</a> </td> <td>622,430 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001674049375202373♠" style="display:none"></span>67.4% </td> <td>176,075 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001190677254853972♠" style="display:none"></span>19.07% </td> <td>107,748 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001116683758943664♠" style="display:none"></span>11.67% </td> <td>16,215 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000175597426520355♠" style="display:none"></span>1.76% </td> <td>950 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999102878541593794♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996108293201677678♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>923,419 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur District</a> </td> <td>524,288 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001611264167067928♠" style="display:none"></span>61.13% </td> <td>154,603 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001180250690500646♠" style="display:none"></span>18.03% </td> <td>146,670 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001171001654403406♠" style="display:none"></span>17.1% </td> <td>32,023 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000373354195061040♠" style="display:none"></span>3.73% </td> <td>125 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998145736734168035♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996233178774668857♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>857,711 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan District</a> </td> <td>665,488 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001816678959000872♠" style="display:none"></span>81.67% </td> <td>126,603 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001155365695919967♠" style="display:none"></span>15.54% </td> <td>19,881 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000243977267567504♠" style="display:none"></span>2.44% </td> <td>2,441 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999299556616936913♠" style="display:none"></span>0.3% </td> <td>394 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998483512114187399♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </td> <td>64 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997785400388527754♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>814,871 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahawalpur State">Bahawalpur State</a> </td> <td>654,247 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001838089467501706♠" style="display:none"></span>83.81% </td> <td>109,548 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001140330830689138♠" style="display:none"></span>14.03% </td> <td>16,630 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000213030061193301♠" style="display:none"></span>2.13% </td> <td>199 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998254918714236121♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>15 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997192149784600091♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996256199712800121♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>780,641 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat District</a> </td> <td>650,893 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001872939002245069♠" style="display:none"></span>87.29% </td> <td>49,430 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000662925778599151♠" style="display:none"></span>6.63% </td> <td>44,693 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000599395950291966♠" style="display:none"></span>5.99% </td> <td>570 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998764450118959167♠" style="display:none"></span>0.08% </td> <td>48 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997643747468597193♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>745,634 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur District</a> </td> <td>572,565 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001832984174369986♠" style="display:none"></span>83.3% </td> <td>72,695 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001105758795168803♠" style="display:none"></span>10.58% </td> <td>33,456 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000486727594905770♠" style="display:none"></span>4.87% </td> <td>8,616 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000125348067841586♠" style="display:none"></span>1.25% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996727414506972995♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>29 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997421900414044337♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>687,366 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargarh District</a> </td> <td>494,915 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001869093757079062♠" style="display:none"></span>86.91% </td> <td>68,158 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001119688617833354♠" style="display:none"></span>11.97% </td> <td>6,322 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000111017260181118♠" style="display:none"></span>1.11% </td> <td>60 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998105362790428141♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996175604650713569♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996878023253567847♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>569,461 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a> </td> <td>458,101 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001836214717419915♠" style="display:none"></span>83.62% </td> <td>48,449 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000884385033961451♠" style="display:none"></span>8.84% </td> <td>31,839 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000581187126592884♠" style="display:none"></span>5.81% </td> <td>8,320 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000151872762751744♠" style="display:none"></span>1.52% </td> <td>1,028 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999187650480899992♠" style="display:none"></span>0.19% </td> <td>90 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998164285440476646♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <th>547,827 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery District</a> </td> <td>399,723 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001746728463905219♠" style="display:none"></span>74.67% </td> <td>66,803 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001124795674940547♠" style="display:none"></span>12.48% </td> <td>68,175 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001127358728486322♠" style="display:none"></span>12.74% </td> <td>581 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999108537471581303♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>13 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997242854927806702♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996747245931712930♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>535,299 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock District</a> </td> <td>471,890 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001908751273414947♠" style="display:none"></span>90.88% </td> <td>19,741 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000380166116859532♠" style="display:none"></span>3.8% </td> <td>26,914 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000518301548511091♠" style="display:none"></span>5.18% </td> <td>707 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999136151889275968♠" style="display:none"></span>0.14% </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997173319236702081♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>12 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997231092315602775♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>519,273 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang District</a> </td> <td>422,468 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001819489220718256♠" style="display:none"></span>81.95% </td> <td>73,426 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001142429285816816♠" style="display:none"></span>14.24% </td> <td>19,427 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000376838413581468♠" style="display:none"></span>3.77% </td> <td>201 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998389893041282108♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996775906549815140♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>515,526 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum District</a> </td> <td>452,260 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001884054146508332♠" style="display:none"></span>88.41% </td> <td>34,261 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000669716072912085♠" style="display:none"></span>6.7% </td> <td>24,436 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000477662121878512♠" style="display:none"></span>4.78% </td> <td>450 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998879636416947661♠" style="display:none"></span>0.09% </td> <td>163 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998318623857694375♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996977373796608513♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>511,575 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan District</a> </td> <td>442,234 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001884715720401712♠" style="display:none"></span>88.47% </td> <td>56,485 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001113001640459328♠" style="display:none"></span>11.3% </td> <td>1,042 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999208458368343136♠" style="display:none"></span>0.21% </td> <td>76 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998152042571920137♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>23 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997460128836074100♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>499,860 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali District</a> </td> <td>299,971 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001878708876110575♠" style="display:none"></span>87.87% </td> <td>36,326 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001106410215099435♠" style="display:none"></span>10.64% </td> <td>4,881 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000142979755519557♠" style="display:none"></span>1.43% </td> <td>168 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998492124542661046♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </td> <td>31 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997908086953719787♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>341,377 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh Tehsil</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1947-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>103,356 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001491126031732455♠" style="display:none"></span>49.11% </td> <td>93,052 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001442163585130698♠" style="display:none"></span>44.22% </td> <td>10,553 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000501456423707631♠" style="display:none"></span>5.01% </td> <td>3,486 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000165647407660836♠" style="display:none"></span>1.66% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>210,447 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Biloch Trans–Frontier Tract </td> <td>28,413 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001993913317242103♠" style="display:none"></span>99.39% </td> <td>169 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999591177808094588♠" style="display:none"></span>0.59% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998174904676951061♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>28,587 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>8,494,314 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001764937546067682♠" style="display:none"></span>76.49% </th> <th>1,645,758 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001148205268364373♠" style="display:none"></span>14.82% </th> <th>813,441 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000732527149821447♠" style="display:none"></span>7.33% </th> <th>144,514 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000130139037163477♠" style="display:none"></span>1.3% </th> <th>5,977 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6998538246138869665♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </th> <th>581 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6997523207305811068♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </th> <th>11,104,585 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Territory comprises the contemporary state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1921_census">1921 census</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1921 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:Brown; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 31830.883898555px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 742.73990813088px; border-left-color:DarkKhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DarkKhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DarkKhaki"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 149.35565959509px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 3.0797339314683px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religions in West Punjab, Pakistan region (1921)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1921_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 29">: 29 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1921_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1921-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (75.49%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (15.12%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkKhaki; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (7.26%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (2.08%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Brown; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> (0.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (0.004%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the Districts & Princely States of West Punjab, Pakistan region (1921)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1921_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 29">: 29 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1921_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1921-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">District</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princely State</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore District</a> </td> <td>647,640 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001572455928212308♠" style="display:none"></span>57.25% </td> <td>255,690 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001226007127855915♠" style="display:none"></span>22.6% </td> <td>179,975 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001159081828917315♠" style="display:none"></span>15.91% </td> <td>46,454 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000410611878345602♠" style="display:none"></span>4.11% </td> <td>1,209 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999106864804090031♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>368 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998325279139000261♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <th>1,131,336 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur District</a> </td> <td>594,917 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001607390988735664♠" style="display:none"></span>60.74% </td> <td>181,488 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001185293369938425♠" style="display:none"></span>18.53% </td> <td>160,821 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001164193032304436♠" style="display:none"></span>16.42% </td> <td>42,004 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000428847235679142♠" style="display:none"></span>4.29% </td> <td>231 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998235843518336067♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996204193522368889♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>979,463 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot District</a> </td> <td>580,532 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001619020860013030♠" style="display:none"></span>61.9% </td> <td>217,912 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001232359411104227♠" style="display:none"></span>23.24% </td> <td>74,939 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000799074025695680♠" style="display:none"></span>7.99% </td> <td>62,266 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000663941916545019♠" style="display:none"></span>6.64% </td> <td>2,147 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999228934457781479♠" style="display:none"></span>0.23% </td> <td>27 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997287900808574752♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>937,823 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan District</a> </td> <td>731,605 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001821784324649766♠" style="display:none"></span>82.18% </td> <td>134,013 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001150531752379069♠" style="display:none"></span>15.05% </td> <td>18,562 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000208499950576458♠" style="display:none"></span>2.08% </td> <td>6,006 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999674631345308807♠" style="display:none"></span>0.67% </td> <td>28 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997314513447696413♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>50 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997561631156600738♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>890,264 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat District</a> </td> <td>709,684 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001861218912536436♠" style="display:none"></span>86.12% </td> <td>62,529 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000758804726920584♠" style="display:none"></span>7.59% </td> <td>49,456 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000600160670642172♠" style="display:none"></span>6% </td> <td>2,373 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999287969360933734♠" style="display:none"></span>0.29% </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996485409795084255♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>824,046 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahawalpur State">Bahawalpur State</a> </td> <td>647,207 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001828487527378067♠" style="display:none"></span>82.85% </td> <td>114,621 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001146725960744555♠" style="display:none"></span>14.67% </td> <td>19,071 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000244127236488899♠" style="display:none"></span>2.44% </td> <td>283 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998362267358430908♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996128009667290073♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997102407733832059♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>781,191 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur District</a> </td> <td>596,100 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001828010967915790♠" style="display:none"></span>82.8% </td> <td>82,182 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001114154667614922♠" style="display:none"></span>11.42% </td> <td>30,361 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000421728585755599♠" style="display:none"></span>4.22% </td> <td>11,270 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000156545606582971♠" style="display:none"></span>1.57% </td> <td>3 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996416714125775435♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996277809417183623♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>719,918 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery District</a> </td> <td>513,055 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001718779858388928♠" style="display:none"></span>71.88% </td> <td>94,791 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001132800307094843♠" style="display:none"></span>13.28% </td> <td>95,520 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001133821621606475♠" style="display:none"></span>13.38% </td> <td>10,408 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000145814011482433♠" style="display:none"></span>1.46% </td> <td>12 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997168117615083512♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>713,786 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala District</a> </td> <td>443,147 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001710648656710194♠" style="display:none"></span>71.06% </td> <td>101,566 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001162875392290656♠" style="display:none"></span>16.29% </td> <td>50,802 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000814681653225483♠" style="display:none"></span>8.15% </td> <td>27,308 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000437922258696143♠" style="display:none"></span>4.38% </td> <td>754 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999120914524336052♠" style="display:none"></span>0.12% </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996641456362525477♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>623,581 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang District</a> </td> <td>475,388 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001833196917409067♠" style="display:none"></span>83.32% </td> <td>85,339 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001149570859455376♠" style="display:none"></span>14.96% </td> <td>9,376 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000164330069282931♠" style="display:none"></span>1.64% </td> <td>449 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998786947537415061♠" style="display:none"></span>0.08% </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997122686698483417♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>570,559 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a> </td> <td>470,038 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001825752252188944♠" style="display:none"></span>82.58% </td> <td>57,185 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001100461329810408♠" style="display:none"></span>10.05% </td> <td>31,718 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000557214734445490♠" style="display:none"></span>5.57% </td> <td>9,286 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000163134372408752♠" style="display:none"></span>1.63% </td> <td>954 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999167596587635096♠" style="display:none"></span>0.17% </td> <td>43 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997755414388711649♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>569,224 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargarh District</a> </td> <td>493,369 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001867877033060206♠" style="display:none"></span>86.79% </td> <td>69,878 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001122921203634969♠" style="display:none"></span>12.29% </td> <td>4,869 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999856497524970183♠" style="display:none"></span>0.86% </td> <td>356 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998626233556971422♠" style="display:none"></span>0.06% </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997105544981512037♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>568,478 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheikhupura_District" title="Sheikhupura District">Sheikhupura District</a> </td> <td>330,880 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001632494480392250♠" style="display:none"></span>63.25% </td> <td>85,781 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001163974882200579♠" style="display:none"></span>16.4% </td> <td>82,965 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001158591950452560♠" style="display:none"></span>15.86% </td> <td>23,431 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000447895858621579♠" style="display:none"></span>4.48% </td> <td>78 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998149101092452235♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>523,135 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock District</a> </td> <td>465,694 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001909116464844245♠" style="display:none"></span>90.91% </td> <td>26,184 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000511157659653801♠" style="display:none"></span>5.11% </td> <td>19,809 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000386706465019941♠" style="display:none"></span>3.87% </td> <td>557 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999108736181036956♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996976087801049880♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>512,249 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum District</a> </td> <td>422,979 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001886622032917739♠" style="display:none"></span>88.66% </td> <td>34,837 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000730231329705618♠" style="display:none"></span>7.3% </td> <td>18,626 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000390426522005248♠" style="display:none"></span>3.9% </td> <td>430 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998901339012467824♠" style="display:none"></span>0.09% </td> <td>195 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998408746761467966♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996209613723829726♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>477,068 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan District</a> </td> <td>411,431 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001877154345360429♠" style="display:none"></span>87.72% </td> <td>56,346 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001120127405916614♠" style="display:none"></span>12.01% </td> <td>932 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999198698651748633♠" style="display:none"></span>0.2% </td> <td>47 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998100202109787400♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>296 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998631060095682355♠" style="display:none"></span>0.06% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>469,052 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali District</a> </td> <td>308,876 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001862288354433913♠" style="display:none"></span>86.23% </td> <td>45,974 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001128345500481567♠" style="display:none"></span>12.83% </td> <td>2,986 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999833600871009617♠" style="display:none"></span>0.83% </td> <td>369 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999103013637442246♠" style="display:none"></span>0.1% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>358,205 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh Tehsil</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1947-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>106,168 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001498794920342590♠" style="display:none"></span>49.88% </td> <td>90,645 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001425865284779350♠" style="display:none"></span>42.59% </td> <td>12,303 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000578015400589150♠" style="display:none"></span>5.78% </td> <td>3,733 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000175382548191440♠" style="display:none"></span>1.75% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>212,849 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Biloch Trans–Frontier Tract </td> <td>26,578 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001993273039838553♠" style="display:none"></span>99.33% </td> <td>180 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999672696016144704♠" style="display:none"></span>0.67% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>26,758 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>8,975,288 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001754924663459496♠" style="display:none"></span>75.49% </th> <th>1,797,141 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001151160170527593♠" style="display:none"></span>15.12% </th> <th>863,091 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000725958523793242♠" style="display:none"></span>7.26% </th> <th>247,030 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000207780563269278♠" style="display:none"></span>2.08% </th> <th>5,930 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6998498781014527312♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </th> <th>505 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6997424762921309094♠" style="display:none"></span>0.004% </th> <th>11,888,985 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Territory comprises the contemporary state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1931_census">1931 census</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1931 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 227364.18975613px; border-left-color:grey"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:grey"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:grey"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 159154.92214786px; border-left-color:Brown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Brown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Brown"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 26525.698184823px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 666.56877444004px; border-left-color:DarkKhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DarkKhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DarkKhaki"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 124.33936071722px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 1.7594734150939px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religions in West Punjab, Pakistan region (1931)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 227">: 227 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1931_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1931-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (75.28%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (13.94%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkKhaki; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (8.41%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (2.31%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Brown; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> (0.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (0.003%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the Districts & Princely States of West Punjab, Pakistan region (1931)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 277">: 277 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1931_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1931-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">District</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princely State</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore District</a> </td> <td>815,820 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001591787141748333♠" style="display:none"></span>59.18% </td> <td>259,725 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001188401749639118♠" style="display:none"></span>18.84% </td> <td>244,304 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001177215520430591♠" style="display:none"></span>17.72% </td> <td>57,097 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000414175558731148♠" style="display:none"></span>4.14% </td> <td>1,450 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999105181456146586♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>174 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998126217747375904♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>1,378,570 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan District</a> </td> <td>942,937 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001802567878117286♠" style="display:none"></span>80.26% </td> <td>182,029 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001154931483530513♠" style="display:none"></span>15.49% </td> <td>39,453 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000335798791386501♠" style="display:none"></span>3.36% </td> <td>9,924 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999844667631287769♠" style="display:none"></span>0.84% </td> <td>440 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998374499957443186♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>117 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997995829432292109♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>1,174,900 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur District</a> </td> <td>720,996 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001626217374197790♠" style="display:none"></span>62.62% </td> <td>173,344 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001150557041249801♠" style="display:none"></span>15.06% </td> <td>211,391 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001183602567766041♠" style="display:none"></span>18.36% </td> <td>45,518 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000395344252100358♠" style="display:none"></span>3.95% </td> <td>95 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997825117622688476♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996607981406191509♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>1,151,351 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery District</a> </td> <td>697,542 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001697701075845292♠" style="display:none"></span>69.77% </td> <td>136,783 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001136814193636149♠" style="display:none"></span>13.68% </td> <td>148,155 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001148188787043445♠" style="display:none"></span>14.82% </td> <td>17,245 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000172489327566685♠" style="display:none"></span>1.72% </td> <td>38 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997380086659758424♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>9 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996900205246796269♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>999,772 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahawalpur State">Bahawalpur State</a> </td> <td>799,176 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001811665915101583♠" style="display:none"></span>81.17% </td> <td>149,454 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001151789740527233♠" style="display:none"></span>15.18% </td> <td>34,896 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000354413718297156♠" style="display:none"></span>3.54% </td> <td>1,054 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999107047242974897♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </td> <td>12 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997121875418946752♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997203125698244587♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>984,612 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot District</a> </td> <td>609,633 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001622317701714037♠" style="display:none"></span>62.23% </td> <td>206,421 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001210716024732114♠" style="display:none"></span>21.07% </td> <td>94,955 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000969307392583019♠" style="display:none"></span>9.69% </td> <td>66,365 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000677458639447865♠" style="display:none"></span>6.77% </td> <td>2,236 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999228252470098007♠" style="display:none"></span>0.23% </td> <td>7 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996714564977945462♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>979,617 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat District</a> </td> <td>786,750 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001852913021843462♠" style="display:none"></span>85.29% </td> <td>73,356 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000795249922216067♠" style="display:none"></span>7.95% </td> <td>59,188 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000641655112003443♠" style="display:none"></span>6.42% </td> <td>3,097 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999335744725598882♠" style="display:none"></span>0.34% </td> <td>32 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997346910920864198♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>4 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996433638651080248♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>922,427 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur District</a> </td> <td>679,546 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001827211530268171♠" style="display:none"></span>82.72% </td> <td>90,561 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001110239929883504♠" style="display:none"></span>11.02% </td> <td>40,074 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000487820910784063♠" style="display:none"></span>4.88% </td> <td>11,294 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000137481892658462♠" style="display:none"></span>1.37% </td> <td>14 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997170422038004114♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996121730027145796♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>821,490 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala District</a> </td> <td>521,343 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001708213677326805♠" style="display:none"></span>70.82% </td> <td>92,764 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001126014415775303♠" style="display:none"></span>12.6% </td> <td>71,595 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000972575794212498♠" style="display:none"></span>9.73% </td> <td>49,364 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000670580787841410♠" style="display:none"></span>6.71% </td> <td>1,071 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999145489025155609♠" style="display:none"></span>0.15% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996135844094449682♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>736,138 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheikhupura_District" title="Sheikhupura District">Sheikhupura District</a> </td> <td>445,996 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001640125615014094♠" style="display:none"></span>64.01% </td> <td>81,887 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001117530126361355♠" style="display:none"></span>11.75% </td> <td>119,477 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001171482004558424♠" style="display:none"></span>17.15% </td> <td>49,266 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000707101152236441♠" style="display:none"></span>7.07% </td> <td>100 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998143527209888450♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>6 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996861163259330703♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>696,732 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang District</a> </td> <td>552,853 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001831566724275118♠" style="display:none"></span>83.16% </td> <td>102,990 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001154911082933608♠" style="display:none"></span>15.49% </td> <td>8,476 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000127490663068770♠" style="display:none"></span>1.27% </td> <td>494 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998743043741811853♠" style="display:none"></span>0.07% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997300827425834758♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>664,833 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a> </td> <td>524,965 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001827554515832567♠" style="display:none"></span>82.76% </td> <td>59,485 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000937721188542098♠" style="display:none"></span>9.38% </td> <td>41,265 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000650501216192144♠" style="display:none"></span>6.51% </td> <td>7,486 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000118009259770129♠" style="display:none"></span>1.18% </td> <td>1,077 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999169778216367124♠" style="display:none"></span>0.17% </td> <td>79 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998124535553324074♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>634,357 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargarh District</a> </td> <td>513,265 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001867917987740435♠" style="display:none"></span>86.79% </td> <td>72,577 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001122725850771507♠" style="display:none"></span>12.27% </td> <td>5,287 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999894018177975058♠" style="display:none"></span>0.89% </td> <td>246 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998415979708306911♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>591,375 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock District</a> </td> <td>531,793 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001910666826494965♠" style="display:none"></span>91.07% </td> <td>31,932 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000546818275224330♠" style="display:none"></span>5.47% </td> <td>19,522 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000334303719432837♠" style="display:none"></span>3.34% </td> <td>710 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999121583670114391♠" style="display:none"></span>0.12% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996342489211589834♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996171244605794917♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>583,960 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum District</a> </td> <td>482,097 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001890996828541646♠" style="display:none"></span>89.1% </td> <td>36,068 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000666597668349732♠" style="display:none"></span>6.67% </td> <td>22,030 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000407151675550199♠" style="display:none"></span>4.07% </td> <td>672 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999124196970481041♠" style="display:none"></span>0.12% </td> <td>209 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998386267363549667♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>541,076 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan District</a> </td> <td>432,911 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001881613460300910♠" style="display:none"></span>88.16% </td> <td>57,217 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001116521126416370♠" style="display:none"></span>11.65% </td> <td>760 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999154772281099046♠" style="display:none"></span>0.15% </td> <td>31 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997631307988693477♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>125 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998254559672860273♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>491,044 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali District</a> </td> <td>357,109 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001867740359965884♠" style="display:none"></span>86.77% </td> <td>49,794 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001120994608044438♠" style="display:none"></span>12.1% </td> <td>4,231 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000102809211277667♠" style="display:none"></span>1.03% </td> <td>380 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998923363277842440♠" style="display:none"></span>0.09% </td> <td>20 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997485980672548652♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997121495168137163♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>411,539 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh Tehsil</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1947-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>125,828 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001508677530592691♠" style="display:none"></span>50.87% </td> <td>101,318 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001409592380428762♠" style="display:none"></span>40.96% </td> <td>15,730 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000635907552867647♠" style="display:none"></span>6.36% </td> <td>4,487 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000181393336917809♠" style="display:none"></span>1.81% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>247,363 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Biloch Trans–Frontier Tract </td> <td>29,469 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001994163686660819♠" style="display:none"></span>99.42% </td> <td>173 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999583631333918089♠" style="display:none"></span>0.58% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>29,642 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>10,570,029 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001752808280554994♠" style="display:none"></span>75.28% </th> <th>1,957,878 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001139442074446196♠" style="display:none"></span>13.94% </th> <th>1,180,789 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000840970007545155♠" style="display:none"></span>8.41% </th> <th>324,730 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000231276028613188♠" style="display:none"></span>2.31% </th> <th>6,921 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6998492920701515683♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </th> <th>451 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6997321206814598429♠" style="display:none"></span>0.003% </th> <th>14,040,798 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Territory comprises the contemporary state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1941_census">1941 census</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1941 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:grey; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 14468.400805978px; border-left-color:Brown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Brown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Brown"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 9946.8488377695px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 647.1560074244px; border-left-color:DarkKhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DarkKhaki"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DarkKhaki"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 116.93609877053px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 0.37699290440249px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religions in West Punjab, Pakistan region (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1941_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1941-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (75.06%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (13.68%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkKhaki; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (8.82%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (2.28%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Brown; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> (0.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (0.11%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>At Independence there was a Muslim majority in West Punjab with a significant Hindu and Sikh minority. Nearly all of these minorities left West Punjab for India, to be replaced by large numbers of Muslims fleeing from the opposite direction. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religion in the Districts & Princely States of West Punjab, Pakistan region (1941)<sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WestPunjab1941_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WestPunjab1941-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">District</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">Princely State</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-dharmi-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a></span> </th> <th colspan="2">Others<sup id="cite_ref-others_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-others-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore District</a> </td> <td>1,027,772 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001606221042542210♠" style="display:none"></span>60.62% </td> <td>284,689 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001167920961439209♠" style="display:none"></span>16.79% </td> <td>310,646 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001183231438472314♠" style="display:none"></span>18.32% </td> <td>70,147 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000413755068937550♠" style="display:none"></span>4.14% </td> <td>1,951 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999115077785150777♠" style="display:none"></span>0.12% </td> <td>170 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998100272801002728♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>1,695,375 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan District</a> </td> <td>1,157,911 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001780088430291585♠" style="display:none"></span>78.01% </td> <td>249,872 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001168339584176865♠" style="display:none"></span>16.83% </td> <td>61,628 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000415189852950786♠" style="display:none"></span>4.15% </td> <td>14,290 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999962721976807091♠" style="display:none"></span>0.96% </td> <td>552 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998371884206576287♠" style="display:none"></span>0.04% </td> <td>80 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997538962618226503♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>1,484,333 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur District</a> </td> <td>877,518 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001628457249669663♠" style="display:none"></span>62.85% </td> <td>204,059 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001146142139432287♠" style="display:none"></span>14.61% </td> <td>262,737 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001188165909310644♠" style="display:none"></span>18.82% </td> <td>51,948 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000372039060233974♠" style="display:none"></span>3.72% </td> <td>35 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997250661567494207♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996572940725701046♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>1,396,305 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahawalpur State">Bahawalpur State</a> </td> <td>1,098,814 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001819271269429298♠" style="display:none"></span>81.93% </td> <td>174,408 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001130037898642195♠" style="display:none"></span>13% </td> <td>46,945 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000350020019251287♠" style="display:none"></span>3.5% </td> <td>3,048 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999227257645900079♠" style="display:none"></span>0.23% </td> <td>351 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998261704178841627♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>17,643 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000131545493655351♠" style="display:none"></span>1.32% </td> <th>1,341,209 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery District</a> </td> <td>918,564 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001691115737456013♠" style="display:none"></span>69.11% </td> <td>210,966 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001158728104593850♠" style="display:none"></span>15.87% </td> <td>175,064 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001131715901626886♠" style="display:none"></span>13.17% </td> <td>24,432 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000183823225137555♠" style="display:none"></span>1.84% </td> <td>49 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997368669696780460♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>28 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997210668398160262♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>1,329,103 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot District</a> </td> <td>739,218 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001620932266103988♠" style="display:none"></span>62.09% </td> <td>231,319 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001194304563556229♠" style="display:none"></span>19.43% </td> <td>139,409 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001117101513065551♠" style="display:none"></span>11.71% </td> <td>75,831 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000636969265777234♠" style="display:none"></span>6.37% </td> <td>3,250 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999272995228043413♠" style="display:none"></span>0.27% </td> <td>1,470 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999123477841607328♠" style="display:none"></span>0.12% </td> <th>1,190,497 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat District</a> </td> <td>945,609 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001855791925803111♠" style="display:none"></span>85.58% </td> <td>84,643 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000766033275653603♠" style="display:none"></span>7.66% </td> <td>70,233 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000635620370839638♠" style="display:none"></span>6.36% </td> <td>4,449 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999402641924717091♠" style="display:none"></span>0.4% </td> <td>10 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996905016688507736♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>8 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996724013350806188♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>1,104,952 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur District</a> </td> <td>835,918 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001836820929783236♠" style="display:none"></span>83.68% </td> <td>102,172 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001102282362669320♠" style="display:none"></span>10.23% </td> <td>48,046 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000480978976315444♠" style="display:none"></span>4.81% </td> <td>12,770 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000127837937134167♠" style="display:none"></span>1.28% </td> <td>13 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997130140421514814♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996200216033099714♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>998,921 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala District</a> </td> <td>642,706 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001704540720911520♠" style="display:none"></span>70.45% </td> <td>108,115 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001118516740222355♠" style="display:none"></span>11.85% </td> <td>99,139 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001108677159588438♠" style="display:none"></span>10.87% </td> <td>60,829 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000666813558801798♠" style="display:none"></span>6.67% </td> <td>1,445 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999158402339750546♠" style="display:none"></span>0.16% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>912,234 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sheikhupura_District" title="Sheikhupura District">Sheikhupura District</a> </td> <td>542,344 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001636174675193663♠" style="display:none"></span>63.62% </td> <td>89,182 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001104611335025595♠" style="display:none"></span>10.46% </td> <td>160,706 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001188509667944465♠" style="display:none"></span>18.85% </td> <td>60,054 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000704439137228037♠" style="display:none"></span>7.04% </td> <td>221 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998259235103952103♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996117300952014526♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>852,508 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang District</a> </td> <td>678,736 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001826083728583756♠" style="display:none"></span>82.61% </td> <td>129,889 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001158086781048913♠" style="display:none"></span>15.81% </td> <td>12,238 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000148947641946323♠" style="display:none"></span>1.49% </td> <td>763 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998928640715844460♠" style="display:none"></span>0.09% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996608545685350236♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>821,631 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi District</a> </td> <td>628,193 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001800010442786899♠" style="display:none"></span>80% </td> <td>82,478 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001105036607062125♠" style="display:none"></span>10.5% </td> <td>64,127 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000816664140870648♠" style="display:none"></span>8.17% </td> <td>9,014 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000114794245260311♠" style="display:none"></span>1.15% </td> <td>1,337 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999170268366888215♠" style="display:none"></span>0.17% </td> <td>82 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998104427868996511♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <th>785,231 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargarh District</a> </td> <td>616,074 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001864241936230534♠" style="display:none"></span>86.42% </td> <td>90,643 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001127155961500963♠" style="display:none"></span>12.72% </td> <td>5,882 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999825139685964348♠" style="display:none"></span>0.83% </td> <td>227 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998318440511244316♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>23 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997322648976150629♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>712,849 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock District</a> </td> <td>611,128 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001904202700203439♠" style="display:none"></span>90.42% </td> <td>43,209 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000639304605141483♠" style="display:none"></span>6.39% </td> <td>20,120 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000297688181986314♠" style="display:none"></span>2.98% </td> <td>1,392 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999205955243203255♠" style="display:none"></span>0.21% </td> <td>13 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997192343258738672♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>13 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997192343258738672♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>675,875 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum District</a> </td> <td>563,033 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001894188591267005♠" style="display:none"></span>89.42% </td> <td>40,888 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000649368387283255♠" style="display:none"></span>6.49% </td> <td>24,680 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000391958809385412♠" style="display:none"></span>3.92% </td> <td>893 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999141823021386212♠" style="display:none"></span>0.14% </td> <td>159 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998252518033599191♠" style="display:none"></span>0.03% </td> <td>5 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996794081866664125♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>629,658 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan District</a> </td> <td>512,678 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001881874946245807♠" style="display:none"></span>88.19% </td> <td>67,407 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001115949084028554♠" style="display:none"></span>11.59% </td> <td>1,072 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999184398383073879♠" style="display:none"></span>0.18% </td> <td>87 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998149651672830480♠" style="display:none"></span>0.01% </td> <td>106 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998182334222069321♠" style="display:none"></span>0.02% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>581,350 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali District</a> </td> <td>436,260 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001861627307577604♠" style="display:none"></span>86.16% </td> <td>62,814 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001124059638055699♠" style="display:none"></span>12.41% </td> <td>6,865 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000135585922764412♠" style="display:none"></span>1.36% </td> <td>358 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6998707061330657823♠" style="display:none"></span>0.07% </td> <td>23 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997454257279472903♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>1 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6996197503164988218♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>506,321 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh Tehsil</a><sup id="cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shakargarh1947-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>149,600 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001513198744446922♠" style="display:none"></span>51.32% </td> <td>116,553 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001399831906828356♠" style="display:none"></span>39.98% </td> <td>20,573 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000705751187801238♠" style="display:none"></span>7.06% </td> <td>4,779 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7000163942299445978♠" style="display:none"></span>1.64% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>291,505 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <td>Biloch Trans–Frontier Tract </td> <td>40,084 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="7001995974755255180♠" style="display:none"></span>99.6% </td> <td>160 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6999397555036525369♠" style="display:none"></span>0.4% </td> <td>2 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="6997496943795656711♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="5000000000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>0% </td> <th>40,246 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <th>13,022,160 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001750552316605843♠" style="display:none"></span>75.06% </th> <th>2,373,466 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7001136798380966383♠" style="display:none"></span>13.68% </th> <th>1,530,112 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000881903698208592♠" style="display:none"></span>8.82% </th> <th>395,311 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7000227843604156125♠" style="display:none"></span>2.28% </th> <th>9,520 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6998548699912617233♠" style="display:none"></span>0.05% </th> <th>19,534 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="6999112587227868330♠" style="display:none"></span>0.11% </th> <th>17,350,103 </th> <th><span data-sort-value="7002100000000000000♠" style="display:none"></span>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="15"><span style="font-size:85%;">Note: Territory comprises the contemporary state of <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official language of West Punjab was <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> but most of the population spoke <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>. The linguist <a href="/wiki/George_Abraham_Grierson" title="George Abraham Grierson">George Abraham Grierson</a> in his multi volume <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_Survey_of_India" title="Linguistic Survey of India">Linguistic Survey of India</a> (1904–1928) considered the various dialects up to then called "Western Punjabi", spoken in North, West, and South of Lahore in what is now Pakistani Punjab, as constituting instead a distinct language from Punjabi. (The local dialect of Lahore is the Majhi dialect of Punjabi, which has long been the basis of standard literary Punjabi.) Grierson proposed to name this putative language "<a href="/wiki/Lahnda" title="Lahnda">Lahnda</a>", and he dubbed as "Southern Lahnda" the coherent dialect cluster now known as Saraiki spoken in <a href="/wiki/Multan" title="Multan">Multan</a> <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan" title="Dera Ghazi Khan">Dera Ghazi Khan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur" title="Bahawalpur">Bahawalpur</a> division and "North Lahnda" now known as <a href="/wiki/Potwari_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Potwari language">Potwari</a> spoken in <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" title="Rawalpindi">Rawalpindi</a> division and "Western Lahnda" now known as <a href="/wiki/Hindko" title="Hindko">Hindko</a> spoken in the regions bordering Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contemporary_usage">Contemporary usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Contemporary usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term is often used to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Pakistani Punjab</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Punjab" title="History of Punjab">History of Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab region">Punjab region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab (Pakistan)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab (India)">Punjab (India)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahawalpur State">Bahawalpur State</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Punjab&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-WestPunjab1901-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1901_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1901_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1901 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of all <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur</a> (inscribed as the <i><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Canal_Colonies#Chenab_Colony" title="Punjab Canal Colonies">Chenab Colony</a></i> on the 1901 census), <a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargargh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh</a> – then part of <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur_district" title="Gurdaspur district">Gurdaspur District</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a>. See 1901 census data here: <sup id="cite_ref-Census1901_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1901-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 34">: 34 </span></sup><br />Immediately following the partition of India in 1947, these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>. The state that makes up this region in the contemporary era is <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-others-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-others_5-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tribal_religions_in_India" title="Tribal religions in India">Tribals</a>, others, or not stated</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Shakargarh1947-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Shakargarh1947_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Part of <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur_district" title="Gurdaspur district">Gurdaspur District</a> which was awarded to Pakistan as part of the <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WestPunjab1911-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1911_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1911_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1911 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of all <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargargh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh</a> – then part of <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur_district" title="Gurdaspur district">Gurdaspur District</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a>. See 1911 census data here: <sup id="cite_ref-Census1911_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census1911B_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1911B-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 27">: 27 </span></sup><br />Immediately following the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India in 1947</a>, these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>. The state that makes up this region in the contemporary era is <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WestPunjab1921-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1921_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1921_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1921 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of all <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheikhupura_District" title="Sheikhupura District">Sheikhupura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargargh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh</a> – then part of <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur_district" title="Gurdaspur district">Gurdaspur District</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a>. See 1921 census data here: <sup id="cite_ref-Census1921_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1921-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 29">: 29 </span></sup><br />Immediately following the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India in 1947</a>, these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>. The state that makes up this region in the contemporary era is <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WestPunjab1931-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1931_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1931_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1931 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of all <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheikhupura_District" title="Sheikhupura District">Sheikhupura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargargh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh</a> – then part of <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur_district" title="Gurdaspur district">Gurdaspur District</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a>. See 1931 census data here: <sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 277">: 277 </span></sup><br />Immediately following the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India in 1947</a>, these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>. The state that makes up this region in the contemporary era is <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" title="Punjab, Pakistan">Punjab, Pakistan</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ad-dharmi-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ad-dharmi_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Including <a href="/wiki/Ad-Dharmi" title="Ad-Dharmi">Ad-Dharmis</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WestPunjab1941-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1941_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-WestPunjab1941_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1941 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of all <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">districts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lahore_District" title="Lahore District">Lahore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sialkot_District" title="Sialkot District">Sialkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sheikhupura_District" title="Sheikhupura District">Sheikhupura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujrat_District" title="Gujrat District">Gujrat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahpur_District" title="Shahpur District">Shahpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhelum_District" title="Jhelum District">Jhelum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" title="Rawalpindi District">Rawalpindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Attock_District" title="Attock District">Attock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mianwali_District" title="Mianwali District">Mianwali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_District" title="Montgomery District">Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyallpur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyallpur District">Lyallpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jhang_District" title="Jhang District">Jhang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Multan_District" title="Multan District">Multan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muzaffargarh_District" title="Muzaffargarh District">Muzaffargargh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dera_Ghazi_Khan_District" title="Dera Ghazi Khan District">Dera Ghazi Khan</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsil</a> (<a href="/wiki/Shakargarh_Tehsil" title="Shakargarh Tehsil">Shakargarh</a> – then part of <a href="/wiki/Gurdaspur_district" title="Gurdaspur district">Gurdaspur District</a>), one <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a>. See 1941 census data here: <sup id="cite_ref-Census1941_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1941-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 42">: 42 </span></sup><br />Immediately following the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India in 1947</a>, these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included <a href="/wiki/Bahawalpur_(princely_state)" title="Bahawalpur (princely state)">Bahawalpur</a>. 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