Jat Sikh
Jat Sikh or Jatt Sikh (Gurmukhi: ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ) is an ethnoreligious group and a subgroup of the Jat people and the Sikh people from the Indian subcontinent. They are one of the dominant communities in the Punjab, India owing to their large land holdings. They form an estimated 20–25% of the population of the Indian state of Punjab. They form at least half of the Sikh population in Punjab, with some sources estimating them to be about 60–66% appx. two-third of the Sikh population.
ਜੱਟ ਸਿੱਖ | |
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Regions with significant populations | |
India | |
Languages | |
Punjabi and its dialects • Lahnda • Hindi • Urdu | |
Religion | |
Sikhism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Jat people |
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