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Hinduism in Sindh
 Devotee at Karachi's Panchmukhi Hanuman Temple | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
 4,901,407 (2023) 8.81% of the Sindh population | |
| Scriptures | |
| Bhagavad Gita, Vedas | |
| Languages | |
| Sanskrit (sacred) Sindhi, Dhatki (majority) Urdu and other languages (minority) |
Hinduism is the second-largest religion in Sindh, numbering 4.9 million people and comprising 8.8 percent of the province's population in the 2023 Pakistani census. Sindh has the largest population and the highest percentage of Hindus in Pakistan.[1] Sindh has the Shri Ramapir Temple, whose annual festival is the country's second-largest Hindu festival[2] (after the Hinglaj Yatra).[3]
- ^ "TABLE 9 : POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS - 2023" (PDF). Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Hindu's converge at Ramapir Mela near Karachi seeking divine help for their security - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "In a Muslim-majority country, a Hindu goddess lives on". Culture & History. 10 January 2019. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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