Editing West Pakistan (section)

=== Religion ===
With the exception of the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]], all [[administrative division]]s in the region that would compose West Pakistan after independence collected religious data, with a combined total population of 27,266,001, for an overall response rate of 92 percent. Similar to the contemporary era, where censuses do not collect religious data in [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Gilgit–Baltistan]], the total number of responses for religion is slightly smaller than the total population, as detailed in the table breakdown below.

According to the 1961 census, in West Pakistan, Muslims made up 97.2% of the population, Christians 1.4%, and the remaining 1.4% belonging to other religions.<ref name=":1" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in West Pakistan ([[Census in British India|1941 Census]]){{efn|name=Pakistan1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of all [[administrative division]]s that compose the region of contemporary Pakistan, including [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]],<ref name="punjab1941"/>{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941}} [[Sindh]],<ref name="sindh1941"/>{{efn|name=Sindh1941}} [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]],<ref name="NWFP1941"/> [[Balochistan]],<ref name="baluchistan1941"/> [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{efn|name=AJK1941}} and [[Gilgit–Baltistan]].<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{efn|name=GilgitBaltistan1941}}}}
! rowspan="2" |Religious<br>group
! colspan="2" |West Pakistan{{efn|name=Pakistan1941}}
! colspan="2" |[[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]<ref name="punjab1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541|jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=21 August 2022|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |volume=6 |author1=India Census Commissioner |page=42}}</ref>{{rp|42}}{{efn|name=WestPunjab1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of all [[Districts of British India|districts]] ([[Lahore District|Lahore]], [[Sialkot District|Sialkot]], [[Gujranwala District|Gujranwala]], [[Sheikhupura District|Sheikhupura]], [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]], [[Shahpur District|Shahpur]], [[Jhelum District|Jhelum]], [[Rawalpindi District|Rawalpindi]], [[Attock District|Attock]], [[Mianwali District|Mianwali]], [[Montgomery District|Montgomery]], [[Lyallpur District|Lyallpur]], [[Jhang District|Jhang]], [[Multan District|Multan]], [[Muzaffargarh District|Muzaffargargh]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan District|Dera Ghazi Khan]]), one [[tehsil]] ([[Shakargarh Tehsil|Shakargarh]] – then part of [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur District]]), one [[princely state]] ([[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur]]), and one tract (Biloch Trans–Frontier) in Punjab Province, British India that ultimately fell on the western side of the [[Radcliffe Line]]. See 1941 census data here:<ref name="punjab1941"/><br>Immediately following the [[Partition of India|partition of India in 1947]], these districts and tract would ultimately make up the subdivision of West Punjab, which also later included [[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur]]. The state that makes up this region in the contemporary era is [[Punjab, Pakistan]].}}
! colspan="2" |[[Sindh]]<ref name="sindh1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215545|jstor=saoa.crl.28215545 |access-date=21 August 2022|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 12, Sind |year=1941 |volume=12 |author1=India Census Commissioner |page=28}}</ref>{{efn|name=Sindh1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of all [[Districts of British India|districts]] ([[Dadu District|Dadu]], [[Hyderabad District, Sindh|Hyderabad]], [[Karachi]], [[Larkana District|Larkana]], [[Nawabshah District|Nawabshah]], [[Sukkur District|Sukkur]], [[Tharparkar district|Tharparkar]], [[Upper Sind Frontier District|Upper Sind Frontier]]), and one [[princely state]] ([[Khairpur (princely state)|Khairpur]]), in Sindh Province, British India. See 1941 census data here: <ref name="sindh1941"/>}}
! colspan="2" |[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber<br>Pakhtunkhwa]]<ref name="NWFP1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215543|jstor=saoa.crl.28215543 |access-date=21 August 2022|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 10, North-West Frontier Province |year=1941 |volume=10 |author1=India Census Commissioner |page=22}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |[[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]]<ref name="baluchistan1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215993|jstor=saoa.crl.28215993 |access-date=22 January 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan |year=1942 |volume=14 |author1=India Census Commissioner |pages=13–18}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |[[Azad Jammu and Kashmir|AJK]]<ref name="JammuKashmir1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215644|jstor=saoa.crl.28215644 |access-date=28 January 2023|title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 22, Jammu & Kashmir |year=1941 |volume=22 |author1=India Census Commissioner |pages=337–352}}</ref>{{efn|name=AJK1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of two [[Districts of British India|districts]] ([[Mirpur District|Mirpur]] and [[Muzaffarabad District|Muzaffarabad]]) and one [[Jagir]] ([[Poonch jagir|Poonch]]) in the [[Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir]] that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary self-administrative territory of [[Azad Jammu and Kashmir]]. See 1941 census data here:<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>}}
! colspan="2" |[[Gilgit–Baltistan|Gilgit–<br>Baltistan]]<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>{{efn|name=GilgitBaltistan1941|1941 figure taken from [[Census in British India|census data]] by combining the total population of one [[Districts of British India|district]] ([[Astore District|Astore]]) and one agency ([[Gilgit Agency|Gilgit]]) in the [[Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir]] that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary administrative territory of [[Gilgit–Baltistan]]. See 1941 census data here:<ref name="JammuKashmir1941"/>}}
|-
!Total<br>Population
!Percentage
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|-
| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
! 21,113,214
! {{Percentage | 21113214 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 13,022,160
| {{Percentage | 13022160 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 3,462,015
| {{Percentage | 3462015 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 2,788,797
| {{Percentage | 2788797 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 785,181
| {{Percentage | 785181 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 939,460
| {{Percentage | 939460 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 115,601
| {{Percentage | 115601 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]{{efn|name=ad-dharmiB|Including [[Ad-Dharmi]]s}}
! 3,981,565
! {{Percentage | 3981565 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 2,373,466
| {{Percentage | 2373466 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 1,279,530
| {{Percentage | 1279530 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 180,321
| {{Percentage | 180321 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 54,394
| {{Percentage | 54394 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 93,559
| {{Percentage | 93559 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 295
| {{Percentage | 295 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
! 1,672,753
! {{Percentage | 1672753 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 1,530,112
| {{Percentage | 1530112 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 32,627
| {{Percentage | 32627 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 57,939
| {{Percentage | 57939 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 12,044
| {{Percentage | 12044 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 39,910
| {{Percentage | 39910 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 121
| {{Percentage | 121 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
! 432,724
! {{Percentage | 432724 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 395,311
| {{Percentage | 395311 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 20,304
| {{Percentage | 20304 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 10,889
| {{Percentage | 10889 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 6,056
| {{Percentage | 6056 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 136
| {{Percentage | 136 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 28
| {{Percentage | 28 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Tribal religions in India|Tribal]]
! 37,603
! {{Percentage | 37603 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 37,598
| {{Percentage | 37598 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| 3
| {{Percentage | 3 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 2
| {{Percentage | 2 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Jainism]] [[File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg|15px]]
! 13,215
! {{Percentage | 13215 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 9,520
| {{Percentage | 9520 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 3,687
| {{Percentage | 3687 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 1
| {{Percentage | 1 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Zoroastrianism]] [[File:Faravahar.svg|15px]] 
! 4,253
! {{Percentage | 4253 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 312
| {{Percentage | 312 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 3,841
| {{Percentage | 3841 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 24
| {{Percentage | 24 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 76
| {{Percentage | 76 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Judaism]] [[File:Star_of_David.svg|15px]] 
! 1,180
! {{Percentage | 1180 | 27266001 | 3 }}
| 7
| {{Percentage | 7 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 1,082
| {{Percentage | 1082 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 71
| {{Percentage | 71 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 20
| {{Percentage | 20 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Buddhism]] [[File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg|15px]]
! 266
! {{Percentage | 266 | 27266001 | 3 }}
| 87
| {{Percentage | 87 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 111
| {{Percentage | 111 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 25
| {{Percentage | 25 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 43
| {{Percentage | 43 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
| Others
! 19,228
! {{Percentage | 19228 | 27266001 | 2 }}
| 19,128
| {{Percentage | 19128 | 17350103 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 4840795 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 3038067 | 2 }}
| 11
| {{Percentage | 11 | 857835 | 2 }}
| 89
| {{Percentage | 89 | 1073154 | 2 }}
| 0
| {{Percentage | 0 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 27,266,001
! {{Percentage | 27266001 | 29643600 | 2 }}
! 17,340,103
! {{Percentage | 17340103 | 17340103 | 2 }}
! 4,840,795
! {{Percentage | 4840795 | 4840795 | 2 }}
! 3,038,067{{efn|name=KPK1941|Religious data only collected in [[North-West Frontier Province|North West Frontier Province]], and not in the [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas]]. Total responses to religion includes North West Frontier Province, and total population includes both North West Frontier Province and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, both [[administrative division]]s which later amalgamated to become [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]].}}
! {{Percentage | 3038067 | 5415666 | 2 }}
! 857,835
! {{Percentage | 857835 | 857835 | 2 }}
! 1,073,154
! {{Percentage | 1073154 | 1073154 | 2 }}
! 116,047
! {{Percentage | 116047 | 116047 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 29,643,600
! {{Percentage | 29643600 | 29643600 | 2 }}
! 17,340,103
! {{Percentage | 17340103 | 17340103 | 2 }}
! 4,840,795
! {{Percentage | 4840795 | 4840795 | 2 }}
! 5,415,666{{efn|name=KPK1941}}
! {{Percentage | 5415666 | 5415666 | 2 }}
! 857,835
! {{Percentage | 857835 | 857835 | 2 }}
! 1,073,154
! {{Percentage | 1073154 | 1073154 | 2 }}
! 116,047
! {{Percentage | 116047 | 116047 | 2 }}
|}