Sikhism . Facts

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Sikh Populations

Sikhism has the worlds 5th largest following. [More]

World Wide: .38%
India: 1.9%
UK: 500,000
US: 700,000

Literacy Facts

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Four minorities in India have recorded the highest literacy rates in the country - topping the list are the predominantly business vegetarian Jain community who boast a 94.1 literacy rate, followed by Christians (80.3 percent), Buddhists (72.2 percent) and Sikhs (69.4 percent). Source: One world
1991: In the State of Punjab only 58.51% of the 20,281,969 people were literate. Compare that to 62% of Tamil Nadu, 75.5% of Goa and 89.81% of Kerala. (s)
Number of people who can read and write (age 15+) total population: 77%, male: 83%, female: 71% (1995 est.) Source: CIA

Gender Disparity

Sikh community has one of the lowest sex ratios of women to men. [More]
Small Families, Less Women Cut India's Sikh Population [More]

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