British Indians
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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 England 1,395,702 (2011 census) Wales 17,256 (2011 census) Scotland 32,706 (2011 census) Northern Ireland 6,198 (2011 census)2.3% of the UK's population (2011 census) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
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Throughout the United Kingdom In particular London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow, Preston, Sheffield, Liverpool, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne, Slough, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Coventry, Belfast |
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| Languages | |
| Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Urdu, English (British English, Indian English) | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, other religions (mainly Jainism, Baha'i and Zoroastrian) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
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British Asian, Indian Diaspora, Indian people, Anglo-Indians Indian Americans, Indo-Canadians, Indo-Caribbeans |
United Kingdom 1,451,862
(2011 census)
The term British Indian (also Indian British or Indian Britons) refers to citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots lie in India. This includes people born in the UK who are of Indian descent, and Indian-born people who have migrated to the UK. Today, Indians comprise about 1.4 million people in the UK (not including those of mixed Indian and other ancestry), making them the single largest visible ethnic minority population in the country. They make up the largest subgroup of British Asians, and are one of the largest Indian communities in the Indian diaspora, mainly due to the Indian-British relations (including historical links such as India having been under British colonial rule and still being part of the Commonwealth of Nations). The British Indian community is the sixth largest in the Indian diaspora, behind the Indian communities in the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Nepal. The largest group of British Indians are those of Punjabi origin, accounting for an estimated 45 percent of the British Indian population (based on data for England and Wales), with smaller groups including Gujarati and Malayali communities.
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