page_title: Punjabi diaspora
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Punjabi diaspora / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Sign in the Latin and Gurmukhī scripts on the Southall (ਸਾਊਥਹਾਲ) train station. Southall, London, England, UK. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ: ਸਾਊਥਾਲ ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਵਿਖੇ ਲਾਤੀਨੀ ਅਤੇ ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ ਲਿੱਪੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ। ਸਾਊਥਾਲ, ਲੰਡਨ, ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ, ਯੂਕੇ।
context_page_description: The Punjabi diaspora refers to the descendants of ethnic Punjabis who emigrated out of the Punjab region in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent to the rest of the world. Punjabis are one of the largest ethnic groups in both the Pakistani and Indian diasporas. The Punjabi diaspora numbers around 10 million, mainly concentrated in Britain, North America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
context_section_description: In the United Kingdom, around two-thirds of direct migrants (excluding South Asians that immigrated from the Caribbean, Fiji and other regions) from South Asia were Punjabi.  The remaining third is mostly Gujarati and Bengali. They form a majority of both the South Asian British Sikh and Hindu communities.
  Most "twice-migrants" were also Punjabi or Gujarati.
  United Kingdom is also known as the birth place of bhangra music, a style of non traditional Punjabi music created by the Punjabi diaspora.
caption: British sign from Southall in English and Punjabi
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