After Partition, 1.2 million Haryanvi-speaking Muslims migrated from
Haryana and
Delhi in
India to
Pakistan. Today in Pakistan, it is a "
mother tongue" of millions of
Muley Jat and
Ranghar Muslims. They live in thousands of villages in
Punjab, Pakistan, and hundreds of villages in
Sindh and all over
Pakistan. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, many Uttar Pradesh Ranghars also migrated to
Sindh in Pakistan and mostly settling in
Karachi. These people have settled down mainly in the districts of
Lahore,
Sheikhupura,
Bhakkar,
Bahawalnagar,
Rahim Yar Khan District (specially in Khanpur tehsil),
Okara,
Layyah,
Vehari,
Sahiwal,
Phullarwan in
Sargodha District and
Multan of Punjab. In districts of
Pakpattan,
Okara, and Bahawalnagar which have the densest concentrations of Rāngrri Speakers, they consist mostly of small peasants, with many serving in the army, police and Civil Services. They maintain an overarching tribal council (
panchayat in the Rānghari language), which deals with a number of issues, such as punishments for petty crime or co-operation over village projects.
Haryanvi Speakers are also found in
Mirpur Khas and
Nawabshah Districts of Sindh. Most Ranghar are now bilingual, speaking
Urdu language as National.
Punjabi,
Saraiki and
Sindhi as Regional, as well as still speaking Rāngrri language as "First Language" or "Mother Language" or "Village Language" or "
Community language". A large number of
Ranghars are also found in the capital city of
Islamabad. They speak Urdu with Rāngrri accent.
Muley Jats, in addition, the
Odh community in Pakistan also speak Rānghari as their mother tongue. ==In popular culture==