РІР‚СљPost IndiaРІР‚в„ўs and PunjabРІР‚в„ўs Partition in 1947, compensatory land was given to those who had to forfeit their land in West Punjab, in parts of Punjab and UP. However, land was only given to those who already owned some acres in their native regions. The first settlement of Sikh farmers was set up in 1952, when refugees from Punjab were granted 12 acres of land per family. Known as РІР‚Вmini PunjabРІР‚в„ў, the Terai belt, a marshy plain south of the Himalayas on the Nepal border, stretches from Saharanpur in the west to Kushinagar in the east and includes districts such as Nalital, Pilibhit, Rampur, Bijnor and Lakhimpur Kheri.Р”Р„ccording to the 1963 Census, UP witnessed a 43.58 per cent rise in Sikh population from 1,97,612 in 1951 to 2,83,737 in 1961.Р”Р„ report in the Economic and Political Weekly magazine noted that this migration was fuelled by the agricultural potential of the land, which had been lying barren prior to Independence. Also read: MoS Ajay Mishra - Lakhimpur Kheri strongman who РІР‚Вdelivers justice on the spotРІР‚в„ўР”Р„ sizable population of Sikhs moved to Uttar Pradesh and settled in various districts in the Terai belt after Partition.

Sikh population in world 2017