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{{India census population
|title=Hyderabad Population
|1941=
|1951=
|1961=
|1971=1796000
|1981=2546000
|1991=4359262
|2001=5637483
|2011=7674689
|footnote=World Gazetteer<ref>[http://population.city/india/hyderabad/ Hyderabad · Population], population.city</ref>
}}
Today the city of [[Hyderabad, India]] covers an area of {{convert|625|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="TOI_area"/> has a population of 6,809,970 making it the [[List of most populous cities in India|fourth most populous city]] in India.<ref name="2011UA">{{cite web|title=Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|work=[[Government of India]]|format=PDF|accessdate=17 October 2011}}
* {{cite news|title=hyderabad-district-records-highest-literacy-rate|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/hyderabad-district-records-highest-literacy-rate|work=[[The Siasat Daily]]|accessdate=6 April 2011|date=1 April 2011}}</ref> There are 3,500,802 male and 3,309,168 female citizens. The area under the municipality increased from {{convert|170|km2|sqmi}} to {{convert|625|km2|sqmi}} in 2007 when the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation was created.<ref name="hindu 6/26/07 ghmc">{{cite web|title=GHMC allowed to have development control|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062660600300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629202438/http://www.hindu.com/2007/06/26/stories/2007062660600300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2007|date=26 June 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=25 April 2012}}</ref> As a consequence, the total population leaped from 3,637,483 in 2001 census to 6,809,970 in 2011 census, an increase of over 87%. By comparison, the city population in 1897 was 415,039.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indias populus cities|url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC18970822.2.151.31&srpos=42&e=-------en--20--41--txt-txIN-hyderabad------#|work=San Francisco Call|volume=82 and 83|date=22 August 1897|accessdate=11 May 2015}}</ref>

Migrants from rest of India constitute 24% of the city population.<ref name="center for good governance Hyderabad">{{cite web|title=Survey of child labour in slums of Hyderabad:Final Report|url=http://www.cgg.gov.in/publicationdownloads/Survey%20of%20Child%20Labour%20in%20slums%20of%20Hyderabad.pdf|work=Center for good governance Hyderaba|date=17 December 2008|format=PDF|accessdate=16 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629112955/http://cgg.gov.in/publicationdownloads/Survey%20of%20Child%20Labour%20in%20slums%20of%20Hyderabad.pdf|archivedate=29 June 2012}}</ref> The sex ratio is 945 female per 1000 males,<ref name="2011city">{{cite web|title=Hyderabad (Greater Hyderabad) City|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/392-hyderabad.html|work=[[Census of India, 2011]]|year=2012|accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> higher than the national average of 926 per 1000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Urban sex ratio below national mark|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-21/ranchi/30184422_1_rural-areas-urban-areas-ratio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507123915/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-21/ranchi/30184422_1_rural-areas-urban-areas-ratio|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 May 2013|date=21 September 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=16 April 2012}}</ref> Among children aged 0–6 years, 373,794 are boys and 352,022 are girls giving rise to the ratio of 942 girls per 1000 boys.<ref name="2011city"/> The city's population density is {{convert|18480|/sqkm|/sqmi|abbr=on}}.<ref name="TOI_City Density">{{cite news|title=Sex ratio goes up in state|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-01/hyderabad/29370284_1_sq-km-population-density-census-operations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507093718/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-01/hyderabad/29370284_1_sq-km-population-density-census-operations|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 May 2013|date=1 April 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=16 April 2011}}</ref> Hyderabad city's literacy rate is 82.96% (male 85.96% and female 79.79%), higher than the national average of 74.04%.<ref>{{cite news|title=AP slips further in national literacy ratings|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-23/hyderabad/29573936_1_literacy-rate-dropout-rate-remedial-classes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506230243/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-23/hyderabad/29573936_1_literacy-rate-dropout-rate-remedial-classes|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=18 February 2012}}</ref> Hyderabad city is governed by [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] that comes under the Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration, which has a population of 7.7 million the [[List of million-plus agglomerations in India|sixth most populous urban agglomeration]] in the country, with 3,985,240 males and 3,764,094 are females.<ref name="2011UA"/><ref name="2011city"/> A proposal to expand the area covered by the city to make it {{convert|721|km2|sqmi}} by merging the surrounding ''[[gram panchayat]]''s and around 30 villages is being considered, as of 2009.<ref name="TOI_area">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/New-geographical-map-of-Hyderabad-released/articleshow/45543021.cms|title=New geographical map of Hyderabad released}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Expansion of city on cards|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-20/hyderabad/28097735_1_gram-panchayats-sarpanches-villages|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103083657/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-12-20/hyderabad/28097735_1_gram-panchayats-sarpanches-villages|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|date=20 December 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref>

==Ethnic groups, Language and Religion==
Residents of Hyderabad are called ''Hyderabadi'' and [[Telugu people]] and [[Hyderabadi Muslims]] comprise the majority of Hyderabad's population. The minority communities of Hyderabad are [[Kannada people|Kannadiga]] (including [[Nawayath]]i), [[Marwari people|Marwari]], [[Odia people|Odia]] , [[Bengali people|Bengali]], [[Tamil People|Tamil]], [[Malayali]], [[Gujarati people|Gujrati]], [[Marathis]], [[Hindustani people|Hindavi]], Sindhi, [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]], [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]], [[Pashtun diaspora|Pathan]], and [[Turkish people|Turkish]]. Among the foreign-origin communities [[Hadhrami people|Yemeni Arabs]] form the majority with [[Afro-Arab|African Arabs]], [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]], [[Pashtun diaspora|Pathani]] and [[Turkish people|Turks]] as minorities - who kept settling here during Muslim rule, but which declined after the inception of Hyderabad State into the Indian Union.<ref name="Sabrina Kran">{{cite web|title=Cultural, spatial and socio-economic fragmentation in the Indian megacity Hyderabad |url=http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/urbanplanet/identities/ws2/050%20Krank.pdf |work=Irmgard Coninx Stiftung |author=Sabrina Kran |year=2007 |format=PDF |accessdate=17 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508110230/http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/urbanplanet/identities/ws2/050%20Krank.pdf |archivedate=8 May 2013 }}</ref>

[[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Urdu]] are the official languages of Hyderabad, while English is commonly used.<ref name="TOI_Language">{{cite news|title=MCH plans Citizens' Charter in Telugu, Urdu|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-01/hyderabad/27128811_1_telugu-mch-plans-urdu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506204722/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-01/hyderabad/27128811_1_telugu-mch-plans-urdu|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 May 2013|date=1 May 2002|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Grammatical Categories and Socio cultural Variables in the English of Hyderabad |url=https://southasiadissertations.uchicago.edu/content/zimmerman-ellen-kay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118215115/https://southasiadissertations.uchicago.edu/content/zimmerman-ellen-kay |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 January 2017 |work=[[The University of Chicago]] |year=1988 |author=Zimmerman, Ellen Kay |accessdate=25 October 2011 }}</ref> Telugu in Hyderabad has a varied dialect called the Telangana dialect,<ref>{{cite news|title=Espousing Telangana's cause|url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300030201.htm|work=The Hindu |date=23 September 2003|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> and the [[Hyderabadi Urdu|Urdu]] spoken in the city is called [[Deccani Urdu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=National level Urdu meet to celebrate I-Day|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-15/hyderabad/27256080_1_urdu-academy-urdu-channel-urdu-poets|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204144443/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-15/hyderabad/27256080_1_urdu-academy-urdu-channel-urdu-poets|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 December 2011|date=15 August 2001|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref> A significant population of the city speaks different languages such as [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hyderabadi brand of humour|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2319137.ece|work=The Hindu |date=3 August 2011|accessdate=25 October 2011}}
* {{cite news|title=Where have all the young ones gone?|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080203/jsp/7days/story_8857329.jsp|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] |date=3 February 2008|accessdate=25 October 2011}}
* {{cite news|title=City Tamils lob the ball back to Naidu|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-19/hyderabad/27215170_1_tamil-medium-tamil-nadu-tamil-community|date=19 August 2003|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=9 October 2011}}
* {{cite news|title=Kannadigas' meet in Hyderabad|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/14/stories/2004101401820300.htm|date=14 October 2004|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Greater Hyderabad City<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/392-hyderabad.html|title=Hyderabad (Greater Hyderabad) City Census 2011 data|work=Census 2011 India|accessdate=31 March 2017}}</ref>
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|right1=Percent
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|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|64.93}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|30.13}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|yellow|2.75}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|2.19}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
†<small>Includes [[Jain]]s (0.29%), [[Sikh]]s (0.25%).</small>
}}<ref>{{cite news|title=National level Urdu meet to celebrate I-Day|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-11/hyderabad/30386295_1_muslim-masses-telangana-telugu-culture|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103082259/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-11/hyderabad/30386295_1_muslim-masses-telangana-telugu-culture|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|date=15 August 2001|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref>
Though Hindus form a majority of the population, Muslims have substantial presence across the city and are predominant in and around [[Old City, Hyderabad|Old City]]. The other religious communities are [[French language|French]]-speaking Christian, [[Sikh]], [[Jain]], [[Buddhist]] and [[Zoroastrian]]. Iconic temples, mosques and churches are housed in the city.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Muslim population in AP|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Aug04-Print-Edition/163108200423.htm|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]|date=16–31 Aug 2004|accessdate=23 May 2012}}
* {{cite book|title=Hyderabad: an expat survival guide|publisher=A Chillibreeze Publication|page=21|year=2007|isbn=978-81-904055-5-3|author=Chillibreeze}}
* {{cite journal|doi=10.1080/19472498.2011.577568|title=Hindu temples in Hyderabad: State patronage and politics in South Asia|journal=South Asian History and Culture|volume=2|issue=3|pages=352|year=2011|last1=Leonard|first1=Karen}}</ref> After the expansion of city limits and formation of [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]] in 2007, the Hyderabad city's religious statistics of 2011 census are: Hindus (64.93%), Muslims (30.13%), Christians (2.75%), Jains (0.29%), Sikhs (0.25%), Buddhists (0.04%) and remaining others.<ref name="India_census">{{cite web|title=Census GIS household|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/maps/censusgis/Census_GIS/page/Religion_WhizMap/housemap.htm|work=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]|accessdate=17 April 2012}}</ref> The population of [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad district]] is 39.43 lakhs, where Hindus are 20.46 lakhs (51.89%) and Muslims are 17.13 lakhs (43.35%).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Muslim-population-stabilizing-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/48689535.cms|title='Muslim population 'stabilizing' in Hyderabad'}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Christian-women-outnumber-men-study/article14005146.ece|title=Christian women outnumber men: study}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Hyderabad}}
* [[Demographics of Telangana]]
* [[Hyderabadi Muslims]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Demographics by city in India|Hyderabad, India]]

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	==Ethnic groups, Language and Religion==		==Ethnic groups, Language and Religion==
	Residents of Hyderabad are called ''Hyderabadi'' ~~and~~ [[Telugu people]] and [[Hyderabadi Muslims]] ~~comprise the majority of Hyderabad's population~~. The minority communities of Hyderabad are [[Kannada people\|Kannadiga]] (including [[Nawayath]]i), [[Marwari people\|Marwari]], [[Odia people\|Odia]] , [[Bengali people\|Bengali]], [[~~Tamil People~~\|Tamil]], [[Malayali]], [[Gujarati people\|~~Gujrati~~]], [[Marathis]], [[Hindustani people\|Hindavi]], Sindhi, [[Iranian peoples\|Iranian]], [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]], [[Pashtun diaspora\|Pathan]], and [[~~Turkish people~~\|~~Turkish~~]]. Among the foreign-origin communities [[Hadhrami people\|Yemeni Arabs]] form the majority with [[Afro-Arab\|African Arabs]], [[Iranian peoples\|Iranian]], [[Pashtun diaspora\|Pathani]] and [[~~Turkish people~~\|~~Turks~~]] as minorities - who kept settling here during Muslim rule, but which declined after the ~~inception~~ of Hyderabad State into the Indian Union.<ref name="Sabrina Kran">{{cite web\|title=Cultural, spatial and socio-economic fragmentation in the Indian megacity Hyderabad \|url=http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/urbanplanet/identities/ws2/050%20Krank.pdf \|work=Irmgard Coninx Stiftung \|author=Sabrina Kran \|year=2007 \|format=PDF \|accessdate=17 April 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508110230/http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/urbanplanet/identities/ws2/050%20Krank.pdf \|archivedate=8 May 2013 }}</ref>		Residents of Hyderabad are called ''Hyderabadi''. They are predominantly [[Telugu people]] (mostly [[Hindu]]) and [[Hyderabadi Muslims]]. The minority communities of Hyderabad are [[Kannada people\|Kannadiga]] (including [[Nawayath]]i), [[Marwari people\|Marwari]], [[Odia people\|Odia]], [[Bengali people\|Bengali]], [[Tamils\|Tamil]], [[Malayali]], [[Gujarati people\|Gujarati]], [[Marathis]], [[Hindustani people\|Hindavi]], Sindhi, [[Iranian peoples\|Iranian]], [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]], [[Pashtun diaspora\|Pathan]], and [[Turkic peoples\|Turkic]]. Among the foreign-origin communities [[Hadhrami people\|Yemeni Arabs]] form the majority with [[Afro-Arab\|African Arabs]], [[Iranian peoples\|Iranian]], [[Pashtun diaspora\|Pathani]] and [[Turkic peoples\|Turkic]] as minorities - who kept settling here during Muslim rule, but which declined after the [[Instrument of Accession\|accession]] of [[Hyderabad State]] into the Indian Union.<ref name="Sabrina Kran">{{cite web\|title=Cultural, spatial and socio-economic fragmentation in the Indian megacity Hyderabad \|url=http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/urbanplanet/identities/ws2/050%20Krank.pdf \|work=Irmgard Coninx Stiftung \|author=Sabrina Kran \|year=2007 \|format=PDF \|accessdate=17 April 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508110230/http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/fileadmin/user_upload/pdf/urbanplanet/identities/ws2/050%20Krank.pdf \|archivedate=8 May 2013 }}</ref>

	[[Telugu language\|Telugu]] and [[Urdu]] are the official languages of Hyderabad, while English is commonly used.<ref name="TOI_Language">{{cite news\|title=MCH plans Citizens' Charter in Telugu, Urdu\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-01/hyderabad/27128811_1_telugu-mch-plans-urdu\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506204722/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-01/hyderabad/27128811_1_telugu-mch-plans-urdu\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=6 May 2013\|date=1 May 2002\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Grammatical Categories and Socio cultural Variables in the English of Hyderabad \|url=https://southasiadissertations.uchicago.edu/content/zimmerman-ellen-kay \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118215115/https://southasiadissertations.uchicago.edu/content/zimmerman-ellen-kay \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=18 January 2017 \|work=[[The University of Chicago]] \|year=1988 \|author=Zimmerman, Ellen Kay \|accessdate=25 October 2011 }}</ref> Telugu in Hyderabad has a varied dialect called the Telangana dialect,<ref>{{cite news\|title=Espousing Telangana's cause\|url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300030201.htm\|work=The Hindu \|date=23 September 2003\|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> and the [[Hyderabadi Urdu\|Urdu]] spoken in the city is called [[Deccani Urdu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=National level Urdu meet to celebrate I-Day\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-15/hyderabad/27256080_1_urdu-academy-urdu-channel-urdu-poets\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204144443/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-15/hyderabad/27256080_1_urdu-academy-urdu-channel-urdu-poets\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 December 2011\|date=15 August 2001\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref> A significant population of the city speaks different languages such as [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], [[Odia language\|Odia]], [[Bengali language\|Bengali]], [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Hyderabadi brand of humour\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2319137.ece\|work=The Hindu \|date=3 August 2011\|accessdate=25 October 2011}}		[[Telugu language\|Telugu]] and [[Urdu]] are the official languages of Hyderabad, while English is commonly used.<ref name="TOI_Language">{{cite news\|title=MCH plans Citizens' Charter in Telugu, Urdu\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-01/hyderabad/27128811_1_telugu-mch-plans-urdu\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506204722/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-05-01/hyderabad/27128811_1_telugu-mch-plans-urdu\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=6 May 2013\|date=1 May 2002\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Grammatical Categories and Socio cultural Variables in the English of Hyderabad \|url=https://southasiadissertations.uchicago.edu/content/zimmerman-ellen-kay \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118215115/https://southasiadissertations.uchicago.edu/content/zimmerman-ellen-kay \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=18 January 2017 \|work=[[The University of Chicago]] \|year=1988 \|author=Zimmerman, Ellen Kay \|accessdate=25 October 2011 }}</ref> Telugu in Hyderabad has a varied dialect called the Telangana dialect,<ref>{{cite news\|title=Espousing Telangana's cause\|url=http://www.hindu.com/br/2003/09/23/stories/2003092300030201.htm\|work=The Hindu \|date=23 September 2003\|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> and the [[Hyderabadi Urdu\|Urdu]] spoken in the city is called [[Deccani Urdu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=National level Urdu meet to celebrate I-Day\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-15/hyderabad/27256080_1_urdu-academy-urdu-channel-urdu-poets\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204144443/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-08-15/hyderabad/27256080_1_urdu-academy-urdu-channel-urdu-poets\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 December 2011\|date=15 August 2001\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref> A significant population of the city speaks different languages such as [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language\|Marathi]], [[Odia language\|Odia]], [[Bengali language\|Bengali]], [[Kannada]], [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Hyderabadi brand of humour\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2319137.ece\|work=The Hindu \|date=3 August 2011\|accessdate=25 October 2011}}
	* {{cite news\|title=Where have all the young ones gone?\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080203/jsp/7days/story_8857329.jsp\|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] \|date=3 February 2008\|accessdate=25 October 2011}}		* {{cite news\|title=Where have all the young ones gone?\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080203/jsp/7days/story_8857329.jsp\|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]] \|date=3 February 2008\|accessdate=25 October 2011}}
	* {{cite news\|title=City Tamils lob the ball back to Naidu\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-19/hyderabad/27215170_1_tamil-medium-tamil-nadu-tamil-community\|date=19 August 2003\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=9 October 2011}}		* {{cite news\|title=City Tamils lob the ball back to Naidu\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-19/hyderabad/27215170_1_tamil-medium-tamil-nadu-tamil-community\|date=19 August 2003\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=9 October 2011}}
	* {{cite news\|title=Kannadigas' meet in Hyderabad\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/14/stories/2004101401820300.htm\|date=14 October 2004\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>		* {{cite news\|title=Kannadigas' meet in Hyderabad\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/10/14/stories/2004101401820300.htm\|date=14 October 2004\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=National level Urdu meet to celebrate I-Day\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-11/hyderabad/30386295_1_muslim-masses-telangana-telugu-culture\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103082259/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-11/hyderabad/30386295_1_muslim-masses-telangana-telugu-culture\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|date=15 August 2001\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref>

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	\|caption=Distribution of religions<br />		\|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
	†<small>Includes [[Jain]]s (0.29%), [[Sikh]]s (0.25%).</small>		†<small>Includes [[Jain]]s (0.29%), [[Sikh]]s (0.25%).</small>
	}}<ref>{{cite news\|title=National level Urdu meet to celebrate I-Day\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-11/hyderabad/30386295_1_muslim-masses-telangana-telugu-culture\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103082259/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-11/hyderabad/30386295_1_muslim-masses-telangana-telugu-culture\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 January 2013\|date=15 August 2001\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref>		}}
	Though Hindus form a majority of the population, Muslims have substantial presence across the city and are predominant in and around [[Old City, Hyderabad\|Old City]]. The other religious communities are [[French language\|French]]-speaking Christian, [[Sikh]], [[Jain]], [[Buddhist]] and [[Zoroastrian]]. Iconic temples, mosques and churches are housed in the city.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Muslim population in AP\|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Aug04-Print-Edition/163108200423.htm\|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]\|date=16–31 Aug 2004\|accessdate=23 May 2012}}		Though Hindus form a majority of the population, Muslims have substantial presence across the city and are predominant in and around [[Old City, Hyderabad\|Old City]]. The other religious communities are [[French language\|French]]-speaking Christian, [[Sikh]], [[Jain]], [[Buddhist]] and [[Zoroastrian]]. Iconic temples, mosques and churches are housed in the city.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Muslim population in AP\|url=http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Aug04-Print-Edition/163108200423.htm\|work=[[The Milli Gazette]]\|date=16–31 Aug 2004\|accessdate=23 May 2012}}
	* {{cite book\|title=Hyderabad: an expat survival guide\|publisher=A Chillibreeze Publication\|page=21\|year=2007\|isbn=978-81-904055-5-3\|author=Chillibreeze}}		* {{cite book\|title=Hyderabad: an expat survival guide\|publisher=A Chillibreeze Publication\|page=21\|year=2007\|isbn=978-81-904055-5-3\|author=Chillibreeze}}