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The only Indian state in which Sikhs make up the majority of the population is Punjab. Located in northwestern India, it shares its western border with Pakistan. Punjab is also bounded by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Himachal Pradesh on the northeast, Haryana on the south and southeast, and Rajasthan on the southwest. It has an area of 19,445 square miles (50,362 square kilometers). The capital of Punjab is Chandigarh, a city that is part of the union territory of Chandigarh and that also serves as the capital of that territory and of Haryana. Punjab’s major cities include Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, and Bathinda. However, most of the state’s people live in rural areas.