▁that ▁year , ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁respond ents ▁nation wide ▁reporting ▁S ara iki ▁as ▁their ▁native ▁language ▁was ▁ 9 . 8 3 . ▁In ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁it ▁was ▁ 1 0 . 5 3 ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁national ▁population ▁of ▁ 1 3 2 ▁million , ▁for ▁a ▁figure ▁of ▁ 1 3 . 9 ▁million ▁S ara iki ▁speak ers ▁resident ▁in ▁Pakistan . ▁Also ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁census , ▁ 1 2 . 8 ▁million ▁of ▁those , ▁or ▁ 9 2 %, ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁P un j ab . ▁ ▁India ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁census ▁of ▁India , ▁S ara iki ▁is ▁spoken ▁by ▁ 1 0 9 , 0 0 0 ▁people ▁in ▁India . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Indian ▁national ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁it ▁is ▁spoken ▁in ▁urban ▁areas ▁throughout ▁north west ▁and ▁north ▁central ▁India , ▁mainly ▁by ▁the ▁descend ants ▁of ▁migr ants ▁from ▁western ▁P un j ab ▁after ▁the ▁independence ▁of ▁Pakistan ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁speak ers ▁went ▁to ▁And h ra ▁Pr adesh ▁and ▁settled ▁there ▁before ▁the ▁independence ▁movement ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁past oral ▁and ▁nom adic ▁way ▁of ▁life , ▁and ▁these ▁are ▁Muslim s .< ref > {{ cite ▁web | title = K ah an ▁se ▁aa ▁g ai ▁() | url = http :// www .