British Indians

Indian Britons

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Regions with significant populations
Throughout the United Kingdom In paticular London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow, Preston, Sheffield, Liverpool, Nottingham, Southampton, Bristol, Newcastle upon Tyne, Slough, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Stoke on Trent, Coventry
Languages
English (British English, Indian English) · Hindi · Urdu · Gujarati and Various Other Languages of India
Religion
Hinduism · Sikhism · Christianity · Islam · Buddhism · Jainism · Zoroastrianism · Judaism and Others
Related ethnic groups
Asian British · Indian Diaspora · Demographics of India · Anglo-Indians

Indian British or Indian Britons refer to citizens of the United Kingdom who's ancestral roots lie in the South Asian country of India. This includes people born in the UK, who are of Indian descent or Indian born people who have migrated to the UK. Today Indians number around one and a half million in the UK (not including those of mixed Indian and Other ancestry), making them the single largest ethnic minority population in the country. They make up the largest subgroup of Asian Britons, and are one of the largest Indian communities in the Indian diaspora, largely thanks to the Indian-British relations (including historical links such as India once being part of the British Empire and still being part of The Commonwealth of Nations).

Demographics

Population

According to the 2001 UK Census 1,053,411 people (1.8% of the country's population) was of full Indian descent. Between 2001 and 2005, National Statistics has released estimates for the number of Indian's in England only. They were as follows: 2001 - 1,045,600, 2002 - 1,074,700, 2003 - 1,109,100, 2004 - 1,156,000, 2005 - 1,215,400. In 2008, including those of Partial Indian heritage, there are likely to be at least 1,500,000 in England alone, with around 1,600,000 in the UK as a whole.

Population Spread

The table below shows the dispersity of Indian people in the United Kingdom. The figures for all of the English regions, cities and boroughs are based on 2005 estimates, whilst the figures for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are from the 2001 Census.

Region	Population	Indian Population	Indians as Percentage of Population	Cities / Boroughs with Significant Indian communities
Greater London [1]	7,456,100	480,300	6.4%	Harrow - 22.0% of city's population Hounslow - 18.3% Brent - 18.1% Ealing - 15.0% Redbridge - 14.3% Newham - 12.1% Hillingdon - 10.0%]] Barnet - 8.8%Croydon - 7.5%
West Midlands [2]	5,350,700	193,300	3.6%
East Midlands [3]	4,327,500	136,800	3.2%
South East [4]	8,184,600	122,500	1.5%
North West [5]	6,839,800	90,800	1.3%
East [6]	5,563,000	74,800	1.3%
Yorkshire and the Humber [7]	5,107,500	67,500	1.3%
South West [8]	5,086,700	33,300	0.7%
Scotland [9]	5,094,800	17,000	0.3%
North East [10]	2,549,700	16,200	0.6%
Wales [11]	2,903,085	8,200	0.3%
Northern Ireland [12]	1,685,267	1,600	0.1%

Notable Indian Britons

• List of Notable Indian Britons