Places in Pakistan with Hindu and Sikh populations before 1947

This is a list of locations in Pakistan

Pakistan

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which used to have prominent Sikh and Hindu populations before the independence in 1947.

List of localities

Place Raghan	Tehsil Phalia	District Gujrat	Province Punjab
Baffa, Balakot Balakot Balakot , is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake and later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims , a Saudi relief organization... , Bhata, Daddar, Dakhali Sair, Jabori, Karchhan, Mallachh, Muh, Sankiari, Samadhra, Sihalian, Battal Battal Battal is a village and union council of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan .and majority of the people is Pashtun .... , Uggi, Sum Ilahi Mung Sum Alahi Mong Sum Alahi Mong is a village and union council of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan .... , Garhi Jalli, Havelian Havelian Havelian is the second largest municipality in Abbottabad District, in what used to be the Hazara District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.-villages:... , Mohri, Diwal, Akhroota, Pipal, Jaba, Gohra, Phulgara, Dhanak.		Hazara	khyber pakhtunkhwa
Kohat		Kohat District Kohat District Kohat is a district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, Kohat city is the capital of the district. It is inhabited by various Pashtun tribes such as Afridi,Khattaks, Bangash and the Orakzaies. The main language of the district is Pashto....	khyber pakhtunkhwa
Jhan, Taurwan, Dhurnala, Dhiba, Suka, Panchnad, Pindi Gheb, Khunda, Kasran, Bhakot, Mathial, Kannath, Dumel, Basal, Mianwala, Jhattan, Jand, Panal, Rajar, Chakri, Chauntra, Sangral,Mohotta		Campbellpur	Punjab
Narali Narali Narali is one of the oldest & largest towns of Tehsil Gujar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. Narali used to be the hub of trade before partition.It had a large Hindu population that dominated the trade circle.It still has a number of remains & ruins of Hindu culture & temples.It is culturally richer than... , Gorsian	Gujar Khan Gujar Khan Gujar Khan is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab. It is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab...	Rawalpindi	Punjab
Dhudial, Adiala, Mandra, Adhwal, Mughal, Machhian, Nakrali, Bhagpur, Thoha Khalsa Thoha Khalsa Thoha Khalsa is a town in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. It is located at 33°31'0N 73°25'60E at an altitude of 700 metres and lies south-east of the city of Islamabad.... , Thamali, Sayad, Adhwal, Chaklala, Banda, Bemali, Tarlai, Harial, Harnali, Tainch, Takht Pari, Sagari, Mankaiali, Kahuta, Dera Khalsa, Sukho, Daulatala, Duberan.		Rawalpindi	Punjab
Athwal,Bhasin,Bhagwal,Chak Sewak,Dhab Kalan,Deri Dhok ,Dharogi,Darwal,Ghugg,Jia Bagha ,Jhanel,Jhelum,Fatahi ,Hasail, Kaser,Mangwal,Namazian,Narang,Tarakwal ,Ranjha,Rupwal, Sarkal,Sahola,Tahar ,Gah,Waswal,Thomal Kamal,Sarkal Kana,Narang,		Jhelum	Punjab
Rajar,Dhari, Dhudhambar ,Pand and Tali Pandi, Pindi Gheb, Khunda ,Kasran, Bhakot ,Mathial ,Kannath, Dumel, Basal ,Mianwala, Jhattan, Jand	Fatehjang	Campbellpur	Punjab
Garhi Habibullah Garhi Habibullah Garhi Habibullah is a town and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Mansehra Tehsil and lies to the east of the district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier . It is in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir...	Mansehra	Abbottabad	khyber pakhtunkhwa
Bahowal, Baowal, Dinga, Jalalpur Jattan, Kila Sura Singh, Hamirpur Sandhuan, Lala Musa, Kotla Kasmi, Jhettapur, Kunjah, Kang 5, Pagriwala, Randher, k Shadiwal, Kotla Kasim Khan, Kiladar, Chuhamal, Jukaliyaan, Mangat, Mithechak, Barnali.		Gujrat	Punjab
Bujragwal,Ramgarh	Kharian	Gujrat	Punjab
Sanowal	P.S. Jalalpur Jattan	Gujrat	Punjab
Dara Sikhan,Kunjah ,Chak Zahir	Teh. Phalia	Gujrat	Punjab
Dharokan Kalan	Phalia Jhanian & Bhairowal	Gujrat	Punjab
Balaksar,Gung	Chakwal	Jhelum	Punjab
Wasnal	Pind Dadan Khan	Jhelum	Punjab
Multan,Kasba Maral,Traggar, Shujabad		Multan	Punjab
Bhawanipura, Bhikho Chak, Bhopalwala, Viran Datta, Kotla Pathanan, Mengian, Narowal Narowal Narowal is a city in the northeast of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Narowal District and tehsil. It is situated on the banks of Ravi River about 4–5 km from the Indian border.-Etymology:... , Sambrial Sambrial Sambrial is a town of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the capital of Sambrial Tehsil - an administrative subdivision of the district.- Tribes & clans :... , Sialkot Sialkot Sialkot is a city in Pakistan situated in the north-east of the Punjab province at the foothills of snow-covered peaks of Kashmir near the Chenab river. It is the capital of Sialkot District. The city is about north-west of Lahore and only a few kilometers from Indian-controlled Jammu.The... .		Sialkot Sialkot District Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...	Punjab
V. Panj	Teh. Pasrur	Sialkot	Punjab
Khan Khasa,V. Loharian	Narowal	Sialkot	Punjab
Chak 38 B,Chak 29,Khiyali,Chak 133 S.B, Chaks No 45,Chaks No19,Chaks No20,Chaks No 26, Chaks No25, , Chaks No 37, , Chaks No 42, Chaks No 44, Chaks No 30,Chaks No 36	Sargodha	Sargodha	Punjab
Bahawalpur,Bhattian Dist		Bhawalpur State	Punjab
Chak. Ramdas,Chhajjoke,Dhamoli,Dhup Sari,Dehsar Pain, Hamidpur Kalan.Hafizabad,Kamoke,Korotana,Kila Khazana, Ladhewala,Lohianwala,Ladhewali Cheema Rahimpur, Mirzapur,Mirza Jan,Nagare,Nangal,Nandpur,Ramnagar, Dunna Singh,Tatle Wali,Thapnala,Wadhon, Lohianwala,Wassianwala,Tarigri,V. Wadhon		Gujranwala	Punjab
Kiska Kola,Wazirabad,Dharaunkal,	Wazirabad	Gujranwala	Punjab
Dhariwal	P.S. Kila Didar Singh	Gujranwala	Punjab
Chak Purian	P.O. Bura Kalan	Gujranwala	Punjab
V. Khot,Chajjuke ,	P. S. Wadhan	Gujranwala	Punjab
Mangat Niwen,Sagar,Chamke Chattha	P. S. Hafizabad	Gujranwala	Punjab
Jhatanwali	Teh. Wazirabed	Gujranwala	Punjab
Mari Thakran	P. S. Kamoke	Gujranwala	Punjab
Lahore,Singhpura		Lahore	Punjab
Nanaksar, Basti Gagishah, Mandi Shah Jiwana Shah Jiwana Shah Jiwana is a town of Jhang District in the Punjab, Pakistan. it is located on the Jhang-Lalian road at 31°31'13N 72°20'21E 34 km from Jhang... & Chund Chund Bharwana Chund Bharwana is a town of Jhang District in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It lies at the intersection of two main highways, the Jhang–Lalian road and Jhang–Sargodha road. The main castes of the town are Rajput , Khokhar, Arain, Thaheem and Bharwana . Chund Bharwana is situated... , Laliani, Valla ,Vinoke, Saghra, Ratti, Tarkhanwala, Sabanwala, Ahmednagar Ahmeda Nagar Ahmeda Nagar is a town situated at the Faisalabad-to-Sargodha road in the Jhang District of Punjab province in Pakistan.... , Bakshwala, Wadh, Sayadan Dammi,Kalowal,Jhanagar, Kardiwal. ,Kawewala, Chak 54. ,Dawar. ,Jabana Kharkat , Gilotra, Ghilla ,Chak 58, Haveli Sikhan, Sheikhan Sheikhan Sheikhan City is situated in District Chiniot in Punjab province of Pakistan.-Southern side:The village Sheikhan is situated in some distance about 2.5 km from the right bank of river Chenab in Utar region which flows in south east of village...		Jhang	Punjab
Lyallpur,Chak 37,Udhowali ,Jaranwala ,		Lyallpur	Punjab
Kila Sardha Singh,Mirdad Muafi,V. Chak 142/92,Chak 16/14L.		Montgomery	Punjab
Sharifpura ,Sangla Hill,		Sheikhupura	Punjab
Haiderabed Thal	Bhakkar	Mianwali	Punjab

Demographics in 1941 census

The religious demographics

Demographics

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of the Punjab pre-1947 were radically different owing to the mass exchange of populations at the time of independence. There were substantial populations of Hindus and Sikhs in the districts which went on to become part of Pakistani Punjab.

Percentage Composition of selected Punjab District Populations of Hindus and Sikhs : 1941 that became part of Pakistan

-District	Hindu	Sikh
Attock Attock District Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...	6.4	3.0
Dera Ghazi Khan Dera Ghazi Khan District Dera Ghazi Khan is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 5,306 m² and it is a long narrow strip of country, 198 m...	10.9	0.2
Gujranwala Gujranwala District Gujranwala District is a district in Punjab, Pakistan.- History :The village of Asarur which has been identified as the location of Taki, an ancient town, visited by the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsiang contains immense ruins of Buddhist origin...	11.8	10.9
Gujrat Gujrat District Gujrat is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is an ancient district located in between two famous rivers, the Jhelum and Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice and sugar cane as main crops...	7.7	5.4
Jhang Jhang District Jhang District is a district of the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Jhang is the district's capital. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district's population was 2.8 million, of which 23 percent lived in urban areas. By 2008, according to estimates, the population had...	15.9	5.5
Jhelum Jhelum District Jhelum District is in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According the 1998 census the district had a population of 936,957, of which 31.48% were urban. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as...	7.7	6.4
Lahore Lahore District Lahore District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan that contains the city of Lahore, the district and provincial capital. The total area is...	16.3	18.4
Lyallpur (Faisalabad today) Faisalabad District Faisalabad District is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 5,429,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City....	7.2	19.8
Mianwali Mianwali District Mianwali is a district in the northwest of Punjab province, Pakistan. It borders eight districts: Attock District in the north, Chakwal District in the northeast, Khushab District in the east, and Bhakkar District in the south, while Lakki Marwat lies to the west, Kohat and Karak districts to the...	20.3	1.2
Montgomery (Sahiwal today) Sahiwal District Sahiwal District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. As of 1998, it had a population of 1,843,194 people, 16.27% of which were located in urban areas. Since 2008, Sahiwal District along with Okara District and Pakpattan District has comprised the Sahiwal Division...	14.4	13.2
Multan Multan District Multan District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,116,851 of which 41.64% were urban. Its capital is the city of Multan....	20.5	5.2
Muzaffargarh Muzaffargarh District Muzaffargarh is a district in the south of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Saraiki Waseb. It is spread over an area of 8,249 km². Muzaffargarh District lies in the strip between the rivers Chenab and Indus, which pass along the Eastern and Western boundaries respectively of...	12.7	0.8
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi is a district of Pakistan in the north of the Punjab province which contains the city of Rawalpindi. The district has an area of . It was part of Rawalpindi Division, until the year 2000 when the division was abolished...	10.5	8.2
Shahpur/Sargodha Sargodha District Sargodha District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region are also famous for citrus fruit; kino is a newly developed variety...	10.1	4.8
Sheikhupura Sheikhupura District Sheikhupura District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan. Sheikhupura is the headquarters of Sheikhupura District. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 3,321,029 of which 25.45% were urban....	9.1	18.9
Sialkot Sialkot District Sialkot District or the District of Sialkot , is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the north-east of the province...	19.4	11.7

Source: Census of India 1941

Major Hindu and Sikh temples in Pakistan

Nankana Sahib

Nankana Sahib , earlier known as Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak Dev, the central figure in Sikhism who was born here, so it is a city of high historic and religious value and is a popular pilgrimage site...

Katasraj temple

Katasraj Mandir , कटासराज मन्दिर ) is a Hindu mandir situated in Katas village in the Chakwal district of Punjab in Pakistan. Dedicated to Shiva, the temple has existed since the days of Mahābhārata and the Pandava brothers spent a substantial part of their exile at the site...

Sharada tirratha temple
hinglaj devi mandir

List of localities

Demographics in 1941 census

Major Hindu and Sikh temples in Pakistan

See also