Total population | |
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(c. 26 million) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Pakistan | 21,300,000 |
India | 3,810,000 |
United Arab Emirates | 341,000 |
Malaysia | 30,500 |
United Kingdom | 30,000 |
Afghanistan | 19,500 |
Canada | 11,500 |
Indonesia | 10,000 |
United States | 9,800 |
Singapore | 8,800 |
Hong Kong | 7,500 |
Oman | 700 |
Languages | |
Sindhi | |
Religion | |
Mainly Islam,Hinduism, Sikhism |
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Sindhis (Sindhi: سنڌي (Perso-Arabic), सिन्धी (Devanagari), (Khudabadi)) are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who speak the Sindhi language and are native to the Sindh province of Pakistan, which was previously a part of pre-partition British India. Today, Sindhis are both Indian and Pakistani. Indian Sindhis are predominantly Hindu, while Pakistani Sindhis are predominantly Muslim.
Sindhi culture is highly influenced by Sufi doctrines and principles. Some of the popular cultural icons are Raja Dahir, Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, Jhulelal, Sachal Sarmast and Shambumal Tulsiani.
After the partition of India in 1947, most Sindhi Hindus and Sindhi Sikhs migrated to India and other parts of the world. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, Hindus constituted about 8% of the total population of Sindh province. Most of them live in urban areas such as Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Mirpur Khas. Hyderabad is the largest centre of Sindhi Hindus in Pakistan with 100,000–150,000 people.