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 Durga Mata in Ganga Talao | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 630,500 (2011) (48.5% of total population) | |
| Religions | |
| Hinduism Majority Sanātana Dharma Minority Arya Samaj and Others | |
| Languages | |
Hinduism came to Mauritius when Indians were brought as indentured labour to colonial French and later in much larger numbers to British plantations in Mauritius and neighboring islands of the Indian Ocean.[1][2][3] The migrants came primarily from what are now the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, with another influx of migrants from the Sindh region of Pakistan, following the Partition of India.[1]
Hinduism is the largest religion in Mauritius, with Hindus representing approximately 48.5% of the population in 2011.[4][5] Mauritius is the only country in Africa where Hinduism is the most practiced religion and percentage wise ranks third in the world after Nepal and India.
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- ^ Meenakshi Thapan (2005). Transnational Migration and the Politics of Identity. SAGE Publications. pp. 65–67. ISBN 978-0-7619-3425-7.
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- ^ "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.