Editing Jat people (section)

==People Demographics== 
[[Image:Ethnic Groups-The Jat People Religious Demographic.jpg|thumb|The Jat People Religious Demographic]]
[[Image:Ethnic Groups-The Jat People Regional Demographic Distribution.jpg|thumb|The Jat People are mainly concentrated in the greater [[Punjab region]]]]
[[Image:The Punjab region.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''The [[Punjab region]] is the old land which includes [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Delhi]], Punjab State and Pakistan Punjab province''']]
[[Image:Jat distribution.gif|250px|thumb|South Asian map distribution of Jat people. Jat people, in South Asia, are mostly concentrated in the greater [[Punjab region]]]]

The census in 1931 in India recorded population on the basis of ethnicity. In 1925, according to Professor Qanungo<ref>Kalika Ranjan Qanungo: History of the Jats, Delhi 2003. Edited and annotated by [[Dr Vir Singh]]</ref> the population of Jatts was around nine million in South Asia and was made up of followers of three major religions as shown below.


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"; border="5"  
! Religion !! Jat Population %  
|- 
| Hinduism || 47% 
|- 
| Sikhism || 20%                           
|- 
| Islam || 33%  
|} 
  

Professor B.S. Dhillon, states by taking population statistical analysis into consideration the Jatt population growth of both India and Pakistan since 1925, Professor Quanungo's figure of nine million could be translated into a minimum population statistic (1988) of '''30 million'''.<ref>History and study of the Jats. Professor B. S. Dhillon, year=1994, Beta Publishers, ISBN 1895603021</ref>

According to earlier census reports, the Jati or Jat people accounted for approximately 25% of the entire Sindhi-Punjabi speaking area, making it the one of "largest single socially distinctive group"  in the region.<ref>''The People of Asia'' by Gordon T. Bowles. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London. 1977, p. 158.</ref> 

Hukum Singh Pawar (Pauria) states, adequate statistics about Jat people population are available in the Census Report of India of 1931, which is the last and the most comprehensive source of information on the Jat people, who were estimated to be approximately ten million in number at that time.<ref>Census of India 1931, Vol.I, Pt.2; Delhi:1933.Encly. Brit. Vol.12, 1968 Jats, p.969</ref> From 1931 to 1988 the estimated increase in the Jat people population of the Indian subcontinent including Pakistan respectively is 3.5% Hindu, 3.5% Sikh and 4.0% Muslim.<ref>Dr. Sukhbir Singh q. in "Suraj Sujan", August, September and October Issuies, 1990, Maharaja Suraj Mal Sansthan, C-4, Janakpuri, New Delhi.</ref> Dr Sukhbir Singh estimates that the population of Hindu Jatts, numbered at 2,210,945 in the 1931 census, rose to about 7,738,308 by 1988, whereas Muslim Jatts, numbered at 3,287,875 in 1931, would have risen to about 13,151,500 in 1988. The total population of Jatts was given as 8,406,375 in 1931, and estimated to have been about 31,066,253 in 1988. 

The region-wise break-up of the total Jatt people population ''(including the Jat Hindu, Jat Sikh and Jat Muslim)'' is given in the following table. The Jat people, approximately 73%, are located mainly in the [[Punjab region]]:<ref>Hukum Singh Pawar (Pauria):The Jats - Their Origin, Antiquity and Migration. 1993, ISBN 81-85253-22-8</ref> 

   
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"; border="5"  
! Name of region !! Jat Population 1931 !! Jat Population 1988 !! Approx <br />Percentage
|- 
| [[Punjab region]] || 6,068,302 || 22,709,755 || 73 %
|- 
| [[Rajasthan]] || 1,043,153 || 3,651,036 || 12 %
|- 
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 810,114 || 2,845,244 || 9.2 %
|- 
| Jammu & Kashmir || 148,993 || 581,477 || 2 %
|- 
| [[Balochistan]] || 93,726 || 369,365 || 1.2 %
|- 
| NWFP || 76,327 || 302,700 || 1 %
|- 
| Bombay Presidency || 54,362 || 216,139 || 0.7 %
|- 
| [[Delhi]] || 53,271 || 187,072 || 0.6 %
|- 
| CP & Brar || 28,135 || 98,473 || 0.3 %
|- 
| Ajmer-Marwar || 29,992 || 104,972 || 0.3 %
|- 
| '''Total''' || '''8,406,375''' || '''31,066,253''' || 100 %
|}