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Written by Adam Kemp   

Sikhs in the UK: Key Information

  

Sikh Populations

Global

c. 1,188,243,000

UK

1,591,126

England

1,524,887

Wales

21,739

Scotland

42,557

Northern Ireland

1,943

 

As a proportion of the population in local authority areas, the 2001 Census shows that, in England, the greatest concentration of respondents identifying themselves as Sikhs is to be found in:

 

Local Authority

% of Population

Total Numbers

Slough

9.1%

10,820

Hounslow

8.6%

18,265

Ealing

8.5%

25,625

Wolverhampton

7.6%

17,944

Sandwell

6.9%

19,429

 

 

Sikh Organisations

 

UK

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Local

244

233

4

6

1

Regional

3

3

0

0

0

National

29

0

0

0

1

 

Sikh Places of Worship

UK

170

England

159

Wales

4

Scotland

6

Northern Ireland

1

 

Written by Professor Paul Weller  

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