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Sindhi Hindus

For demographics of Hindus in Sindh, see Hinduism in Sindh.

Sindhi Hindus
Total population
c. 7 million
Regions with significant populations
 Pakistan4,176,986[1][2][3]
 India2,772,264[a][4][5]
Languages
Sindhi
Additionally Hindi–Urdu, and English
Religion
Hinduism (incl. Nanakpanthi)
Related ethnic groups
Sindhi Muslims, Punjabi Hindus, Gujarati Hindus, Rajasthani Hindus
Jhulelal, the Ishtadevata of the Sindhi Hindus.

Sindhi Hindus are Sindhis who follow Hinduism. They are spread across modern-day Sindh, Pakistan and India. After the partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were among those who fled from Pakistan to the dominion of India, in what was a wholesale exchange of Hindu and Muslim populations in some areas. Some later emigrated from the Indian subcontinent and settled in other parts of the world.[6][7][8]

According to the 2017 Pakistani census, there are 4.18 million Sindhi Hindus residing within the Sindh province of Pakistan with major population centers being Mirpur Khas Division and Hyderabad Division that combined account for more than 2 million of them.[3] Meanwhile, the 2011 census listed 2.77 million speakers of Sindhi in India, including speakers of Kutchi,[9] a number that does not include Sindhi Hindus who no longer speak the Sindhi language. The vast majority of Sindhi Hindus living in India belong to the Lohana jāti, which includes the sub-groups of Amil, Bhaiband and Sahiti.[10][11]

  1. ^ Centre for Land Warfare Studies https://archive.claws.in Archived 3 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine › roots-of-si... Roots of Sindhi-Hindu Exodus from Pakistan
  2. ^ "Hindu Population (PK) – Pakistan Hindu Council". Archived from the original on 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Table 9: Population by Religion, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ Data on Language and Mother Tongue. "Census of India 2011" (PDF). p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Scheduled Languages in descending order of speaker's strength – 2011" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 29 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. ^ Rita Kothari, Burden of Refuge: Sindh, Gujarat, Partition, Orient Blackswan
  7. ^ Nil (4 June 2012). "Who orchestrated the exodus of Sindhi Hindus after Partition?". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  8. ^ Nandita bhavnani (2014). The making of exile: sindhi hindus and the partition of india. Tranquebar Press. ISBN 978-93-84030-33-9. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  9. ^ Data on Language and Mother Tongue. "Census of India 2011" (PDF). p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  10. ^ Ramey, S. (27 October 2008). Hindu, Sufi, or Sikh: Contested Practices and Identifications of Sindhi Hindus in India and Beyond. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-61622-6. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  11. ^ Schaflechner, Jürgen (2018). Hinglaj Devi: Identity, Change, and Solidification at a Hindu Temple in Pakistan. Oxford University Press. pp. 71–75.


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