The demographic impact of Partition in the Punjab in 1947

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ID4268109
AuthorsK Hill (0000-0003-0655-0014), William Seltzer (0000-0002-6792-3075, Fordham University), Jennifer Leaning (0000-0001-5390-2858, Harvard University), J Malik, Saman Malik (Cambridge Health Alliance), S J Malik, Russell (0000-0003-0563-1066), S S Russell (0000-0001-5531-7847)
Year2008
Volume62
Issue2
Pages155-170
Publication date2008-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00324720801955206
PMID18587692
OpenAlexW2011860299
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

We use data from the 1931, 1941, and 1951 censuses of India and the 1951 census of Pakistan to examine the demographic consequences of Partition in the Punjab in 1947. Had growth rates for the period 1931-41 for the Punjab as a whole continued to 1951, the population of the Punjab would have been 2.9 million larger than that recorded in 1951. Population losses from migration and mortality above age 20 were approximately 2.7 million greater between 1941 and 1951 than would have been predicted by loss rates between 1931 and 1941. We estimate a net Partition-related population movement out of the combined Punjab of about 400,000. We conclude from several lines of analysis that Partition-related population losses in the Punjab, either from deaths or unrecorded migration, were in the range 2.3-3.2 million. Partition was also marked by a dramatic religious homogenization at the district level

Combinatorics · Geography · Partition (number theory) · Sociology · Statistics · Demography · Mathematics · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · South Asian Studies and Diaspora

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