British Indians

The term "British Indian" refers to people who were born in the United Kingdom (UK) yet have ancestral origins in India. People who were born in the United Kingdom but are of Indian descent are included in this category, as are Indians who made the journey to the United Kingdom. There are around 1.4 million individuals of Indian descent living in the United Kingdom at this time, making them the single biggest visible ethnic minority community in the nation. They are one of the biggest Indian populations in the world and make up the largest segment of British Asians. This is mostly owing to the close relationships that exist between the Indian and British governments (including historical links such as India having been part of the British Empire). The Indian population in the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and Nepal are all larger than the British Indian community, making the Indian community in the United Kingdom the sixth biggest in the Indian diaspora. There are also minor populations of people who speak Tamil, Konkani, and Marathi, although Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, and Malayali make up the vast majority of British Indians.

The census taken in the United Kingdom in 2011 revealed that there were 1,451,862 people of Indian origin living there. This represents 2.3% of the overall population of the UK (not including those of mixed ethnic backgrounds). The number 1,053,411 was the corresponding amount from the Census taken in 2001. (1.8 per cent of the total UK population).

An projected number of 880,000 people born in India will make up the biggest portion of the population of the United Kingdom who were not born there.

According to the census completed in 2011, the cities in the United Kingdom that are home to the greatest number of people who were born in India are London (262,247), Leicester (37,224), Birmingham (27,206), and Wolverhampton (14,955).