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| Total population | |
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| c. 605,000 (2022) (47.9% of total population) | |
| Religions | |
| Hinduism Majority Sanātana Dharma Minority Arya Samaj and Others | |
| Languages | |
Hinduism came to Mauritius when Indians were brought as indentured labourers to French Mauritius and later, in much larger numbers, to British Mauritius' plantation fields and neighbouring islands in the Indian Ocean.[1][2] These immigrants primarily came from what are now the Nepali Province of Madhesh, the Indian States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Later on, there was another influx of free immigrants from the Indian States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and lastly from the Pakistani Province of Sindh, following the Partition of India.[3]
Hinduism is the largest religion in Mauritius, with Hindus representing approximately 47.9% of the current population according to the 2022 census.[4][5] Mauritius is the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the most commonly practiced religion. Mauritius is ranked third in the world after Nepal in first place and India in second place in percentage of Hindus.
- ^ Meenakshi Thapan (2005). Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity. SAGE Publications. pp. 65–67. ISBN 978-0-7619-3425-7.
- ^ Malik, Rajiv (2003). "The Hindus of Mauritius". Hinduism Today. Himalayan Academy. Retrieved 2007-04-25.
- ^ Paul Younger (2009). New Homelands: Hindu Communities in Mauritius, Guyana, Trinidad, South Africa, Fiji, and East Africa. Oxford University Press. pp. 3–8, 30–31, 53–54. ISBN 978-0-19-974192-2.
- ^ "Africa: Mauritius". CIA The World Factbook. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Resident population by religion and sex" (PDF). Statistics Mauritius. p. 68. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
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