Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans
Total population
	c. 1,697,506
Regions with significant populations
	Cape Town • Durban • Johannesburg • Pretoria • Pietermaritzburg
Languages
	South African English • Afrikaans • Hindi–Urdu • Tamil • Telugu • Bhojpuri (Naitali) • Awadhi • Gujarati • Kutchi • Bengali • Sindhi • Memoni • Konkani • Marathi • Malayalam • Kannada • Tulu • Punjabi • Marwari • Odia • Other languages of the Indian subcontinent
Religion
	Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, others
Related ethnic groups
	Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa, Indo-Mauritians, Indo-Fijians, Indo-Caribbeans, Indian Singaporeans, Malaysian Indians, Indian people, Indian diaspora

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around the city of Durban, making it one of the largest ethnically Indian-populated cities outside of India.^[4]

As a consequence of the policies of apartheid, Indian (synonymous with Asian)^[5]^[6]^[7] is regarded as a race group in South Africa.^[8]^[9]

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^ "Chilli city". 14 November 2010.
^ "South Africa – Religion". Countrystudies.us. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
^ Mukherji, Anahita (23 June 2011). "Durban largest 'Indian' city outside India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
^ "Statistical Release P0302: Mid-year population estimates, 2011" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. p. 3.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "apartheid | Definition, Facts, Beginning, & End". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 June 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference Pillay2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Posel, Deborah (2001). "What's in a name? Racial categorisations under apartheid and their afterlife" (PDF). Transformation: 50–74. ISSN 0258-7696. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2006.

[1] ttps://census.statssa.gov.za/assets/documents/2022/P03014_Census_2022_Statistical_Release.pdf%7C ^{[bare URL]}

[2] "Chilli city". 14 November 2010.

[auto-3] "South Africa – Religion". Countrystudies.us. Retrieved 6 November 2011.

[4] Mukherji, Anahita (23 June 2011). "Durban largest 'Indian' city outside India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

[midyear2020-5] "Statistical Release P0302: Mid-year population estimates, 2011" (PDF). Statistics South Africa. p. 3.

[leej2016-6] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[britannicaApartheid-7] "apartheid | Definition, Facts, Beginning, & End". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 June 2023.

[Pillay2019-8] Cite error: The named reference Pillay2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Posel2001-9] Posel, Deborah (2001). "What's in a name? Racial categorisations under apartheid and their afterlife" (PDF). Transformation: 50–74. ISSN 0258-7696. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2006.

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Total population
c. 1,697,506^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Cape Town • Durban • Johannesburg • Pretoria • Pietermaritzburg
Languages
South African English • Afrikaans • Hindi–Urdu • Tamil • Telugu • Bhojpuri (Naitali) • Awadhi • Gujarati • Kutchi • Bengali • Sindhi • Memoni • Konkani • Marathi • Malayalam • Kannada • Tulu • Punjabi • Marwari • Odia • Other languages of the Indian subcontinent^[2]
Religion
Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, others^[3]
Related ethnic groups
Indian diaspora in Southeast Africa, Indo-Mauritians, Indo-Fijians, Indo-Caribbeans, Indian Singaporeans, Malaysian Indians, Indian people, Indian diaspora