Dominant Ethnic Group in each Pakistani District as of the 2017 Pakistan Census (Territories of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir not included).
Pakistan is a very diverse country with lots of different ethnic groups and languages .[ 1] The 17 major groups are Punjabis , Pashtuns , Gujjar ,[ 2] [ 3] Sindhis , Saraikis , Muhajirs (Indians), Balochs , Paharis , Brahuis , Shina , Burusho Hazaras , Baltis , Kohistanis , Khetranis , Siddis and Kashmiris . There are also many other smaller groups like Makranis , Uzbeks , Tajiks , Thari , Kho , Pamiris , Nuristanis , Kalash and many others.[ 4] [ 5]
Ethnic groups in Pakistan (Pakistan Census 2017)[ 6]
Others (2.26%)
↑ Morin, Rich. "The most (and least) culturally diverse countries in the world" . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 2023-11-26 .
↑ Tyagi, Vidya Prakash (2009). Martial races of undivided India . Kalpaz Publisher. ISBN 978-81-7835-775-1 . The Gujjar or Gurjar are an ethnic group in India and Pakistan . Alternative spellings include Gurjara , Gujjar and Goojar. The Gujjars follow Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam. The Hindu Gujjars belong to the traditional Kshatriya Varna in Hinduism, while the Muslim Gujjars are considered to be a Potwari race in India and Pakistan
↑ Harriss-White, Barbara; Heyer, Judith (2009-12-21). The Comparative Political Economy of Development: Africa and South Asia . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-17193-3 . Gujjar : multi-religious, 'martial' ethnic group in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
↑ Ashraf, Hina (2023-03-01). "The ambivalent role of Urdu and English in multilingual Pakistan: a Bourdieusian study" . Language Policy . 22 (1): 25–48. doi :10.1007/s10993-022-09623-6 . ISSN 1573-1863 . PMC 8939399 . PMID 35340722 .
↑ Ali, Shaheen Sardar; Rehman, Javaid (2013-02-01). Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities of Pakistan: Constitutional and Legal Perspectives . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77868-1 .
↑ "Pakistan Census 2017" , Pakistan Bureau of Statistics , retrieved 26 Nov 2023