The Demographic Consequences of Partition of India (1947) in Punjab

Abstract

he advent of Independence in the Indian subcontinent saw some major movements of population and
inter-community violence in the country especially in the Punjab province which perhaps witnessed the
largest movement of mass population in modern times. Some aspects of this adversity and loss have been
explored but most of the studies have not explored the demographic characteristics witnessed by the
Punjab region after the partition despite the fact they nearly 9.2 million people were displaced because of
this political turmoil.
In the present paper we have tried to analyse and study the magnitude of demographic debacle
associated with Partition in the state of Punjab.