Sri Lankans in India

Sri Lankans in India
Total population
~200,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Tamil Nadu · Kerala · Delhi · Pondicherry · Maharashtra · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Karnataka · Andhra Pradesh · Odisha · Chhattisgarh · West Bengal · Uttar Pradesh · Jharkhand · Bihar · Gujarat · Assam · Goa
Languages
Tamil · Sinhala · English
Religion
Hinduism · Roman Catholicism · Buddhism
Related ethnic groups
Sri Lankan
[2] · [3] · [4] · [5]

Sri Lankans in India mainly refer to Tamil people of Sri Lankan origin in India and non resident Sri Lankans. They are partly who migrated to India and their descendants and mostly refugees from Sri Lanka because of the recently concluded Sri Lankan Civil War. There is also a small population of Sinhalese people in India, numbering about 3,500 and mostly located in Delhi and Chennai. 57 Sri Lankans have become Indian citizens through naturalization since 2017. [6] According to records with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, as on January 1,2021, there were 58,843 Sri Lankan refugees staying in 108 refugee camps in Tamil Nadu and 54 in Odisha.[7]

  1. ^ THE SRI LANKAN TAMIL DIASPORA AFTER THE LTTE. International Crisis Group. 201. Archived from the original on 2010-05-16.
  2. ^ "Rediff on the NeT: Kerala is new sanctuary for fleeing Lankan Tamils".
  3. ^ "Travails of Sri Lankan Refugees". 24 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Close watch on Sri Lankan repatriates in Kerala". 22 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-05-23.
  5. ^ "Conditions in Sri Lankan Tamil refugee camps". 18 June 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.
  6. ^ "Amid CAA debate, RTI reveals Pakistanis got bulk of Indian citizenship since 2017". Hindustan Times. 2020-08-21. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
  7. ^ "Over 58,000 Sri Lankan & 72,000 Tibetan refugees living in India: MHA".