Sikhism was recorded as the religion of 336,179 people in the United Kingdom at the 2001 Census. (Other sources regard the Sikh population as being between 600,000 and 750,000.) While England

England

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 is home to the majority of Sikhs in the UK, small communities also exist in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

, Scotland

Scotland

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 and Wales

Wales

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. For details about Sikhism in the individual countries of the United Kingdom

Countries of the United Kingdom

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, see:

• Sikhism in England
  Sikhism in England
  The arrival of Sikhism in England is relatively recent but today there are just over 336,000 adherents and 300 gurudwaras in England with the largest communities in London, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Bradford, Leeds and Huddersfield. Leicester is also important having the largest Sikh...
  
  
• Sikhism in Northern Ireland
• Sikhism in Scotland
  Sikhism in Scotland
  The arrival of Sikhism in Scotland is relatively recent. According to the Scottish Sikh Association, the first Sikhs settled in Glasgow in the early 1920s with the first Gurdwara established in South Portland Street. However, the bulk of Sikhs in Scotland come from families who immigrated during...
  
  
• Sikhism in Wales
  Sikhism in Wales
  The arrival of Sikhism in Wales is relatively recent and today there are around 2,000 Sikhs in the country, representing 0.1% of the population....
  
  

Literature

Sikhs in Britain: the making of a community (Zed, 2006) by Prof. Gurharpal Singh and Dr. Darshan Singh Tatla.

External links

• Network of Sikh Organisations UK
• Sikhism in United Kingdom
• Reassessing what we collect website – Sikh London History of Sikh London with objects and images