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Little India
India Square in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area, is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere.[1]

Little India (also known as Indian Street, India Bazaar, or India Town) is an Indian or South Asian[2][3][4] sociocultural environment outside India or the Indian subcontinent. It especially refers to an area with a significant concentration of South Asian residents and a diverse collection of Indian businesses. Frequently, Little Indias have Hindu temples, mosques, and gurdwaras. They may also host celebrations of national and religious festivals and serve as gathering places for South Asians. As such, they are microcosms of India. Little Indias are often tourist attractions and are frequented by fans of Indian cuisine, Indian culture, Indian clothing, Indian music, and Indian cinema.[5][6][7]

North America

Canada

British Columbia

Vaisakhi Parade at Punjabi Market in Vancouver, 2017
See also: Indo-Canadians in British Columbia
See also: South Asian Canadians in Greater Vancouver

Manitoba

Ontario

Gerrard India Bazaar in Toronto
See also: South Asian Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area

Quebec

United States

Arizona

California

Little India in Artesia, California

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Chicago's Little India on Devon Avenue

Maryland

Massachusetts

New Jersey

See also: Indians in New Jersey
Aerial view of exurban Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey housing tracts in 2010. Since then, significant new housing construction is rendering an increasingly affluent and suburban environment to Monroe Township.

New Jersey, and Middlesex County in Central New Jersey), are home to by far the highest per capita Indian American populations of any U.S. state and U.S. county, respectively, at 3.9%[57] and 14.1%,[58] by 2013 U.S. Census estimates.[59]

India Square

India Square, also known as Little Gujarat, is a commercial and restaurant district in Bombay, on Newark Avenue, in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. The area is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere,[1] and is a rapidly growing Indian American ethnic enclave within the New York metropolitan area.[62][1] The neighborhood is centered on Newark Avenue, between Tonnele Avenue and JFK Boulevard, and is considered to be part of the larger Journal Square District. This area has been home to the largest outdoor Navratri festivities in New Jersey as well as several Hindu temples.[63] This portion of Newark Avenue is lined with groceries including Patel Brothers and Subzi Mandi Cash & Carry,[64] electronics vendors, video stores, clothing stores, and restaurants and is one of the busier pedestrian areas of this part of the city, often stopping traffic for hours.

Oak Tree Road (Edison/Iselin)

Oak Tree Road is a rapidly growing South Asian-focused commercial strip in Middlesex County, New Jersey.[65][66] The Oak Tree Road strip runs for about one-and-a-half miles through Edison and neighboring Iselin, New Jersey, near the area's sprawling Chinatown and Koreatown.[67] Little India in Edison and Iselin is the largest and most diverse South Asian cultural hub in the United States.[68][69] The zone is home to approximately 400 South Asian establishments and businesses, including dining, apparel and electronics retailing, and entertainment.[70][71][72][73] Around 60 Indian and Pakistani restaurants are found in the area.[74][75] In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi as well.[76]

New York

See also: Indians in the New York City metropolitan region, Curry Hill, and Curry Row
A South Asian shopping center in Hicksville, Nassau County, New York, on Long Island
Little India on 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens

North Carolina

Ohio

Little India on Sancus Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio

Pennsylvania

Texas

Mahatma Gandhi District in Houston

Africa

Mauritius[105]

South Africa

Asia

Bahrain

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Pasar Baru, Jakarta

Japan

Malaysia

Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur
Little India, Penang

Myanmar

Philippines

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Little India, Singapore

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

In the UAE, Indians constitute more than 27% of the population.[113] Here are some areas with a comparatively larger concentration of Indians.

Oman

The Sultanate of Oman is home to many expatriates, of which Indians form the largest constituency.[114] The southeastern side of the business district of Ruwi is known as Muscat's Little India.[115]

Europe

France

Germany

  • Frankfurt, on the corner of Münchner and Weser street.

Italy

  • Via Principe Amedeo, 303/305, 00185 Roma, Italy

Spain

The Netherlands

  • The Hague, Paul Krügerlaan, Transvaal (shopping street)

Norway

  • Tøyengata and Oslo

United Kingdom

Southall, West London
Brick Lane, East London
Tooting, South London
Ealing Road, Wembley
Golden Mile, Leicester
Curry Mile, Rusholme, Manchester

Oceania

Australia

New South Wales

Queensland

South Australia

Victoria

New Zealand

See also

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