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| regions          = [[Riyadh]], [[Jeddah]], [[Dammam]], [[Jubail]], [[Jizan]]
| regions          = [[Riyadh]], [[Jeddah]], [[Dammam]], [[Jubail]], [[Jizan]]
| languages        = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]{{•}}[[Tulu language|Tulu]]{{•}}[[Urdu language|Urdu]]{{•}}[[Hindi language|Hindi]]{{•}}[[Marathi language|Marathi]]{{•}}[[Telugu language|Telugu]]{{•}}[[Kannada language|Kannada]]{{•}}[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| languages        = [[Malayalam]]{{•}}[[Urdu]]{{•}}[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| religions        = Majority:<br>[[Islam]]<br>Minority:<br>[[Hinduism]]{{•}}[[Sikhism]]{{•}}[[Jainism]]{{•}}[[Zoroastrianism]]{{•}}[[Buddhism]]{{•}}[[Christianity]]{{•}}[[Judaism]]{{•}}[[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]]
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| related_groups  = [[Indian diaspora]]
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'''Indians in Saudi Arabia''' are the largest community of [[Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia|expatriates in Saudi Arabia]]. India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to manage and organize the recruitment of domestic workers in January 2014. Between then and April 2016, 500,000 Indians moved to Saudi Arabia for employment. The agreement includes a provision which stipulates that sponsors must pay a guarantee of US $2,500 for each Indian worker they recruit.<ref name="ArabNews1">{{cite web|title=500K Indian workers arrive in 16 months|url=http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/742886|website=Arab News|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref>
'''Indians in Saudi Arabia''' are the largest community of [[Foreign workers in Saudi Arabia|expatriates in Saudi Arabia]]. India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to manage and organize the recruitment of domestic workers in January 2014. Between then and April 2016, 500,000 Indians moved to Saudi Arabia for employment. The agreement includes a provision which stipulates that sponsors must pay a guarantee of US $2,500 for each Indian worker they recruit.<ref name="ArabNews1">{{cite web|title=500K Indian workers arrive in 16 months|url=http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/742886|website=Arab News|date=6 May 2015|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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|1,300,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/esa/population/meetings/EGM_Ittmig_Arab/P02_Kapiszewski.pdf |title=Arab versus Asian migrant workers in the GCC countries |page=10 }}</ref>
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|4,100,000<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/21/how-saudi-arabias-family-tax-is-forcing-indians-to-return-hom_a_22494498/|title=How Saudi Arabia's 'Family Tax' Is Forcing Indians To Return Home|publisher=The Huffington Post|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/middle-east-news/indians-brace-for-saudi-family-tax/articleshow/59243550.cms|title=Indians brace for Saudi ‘family tax’|publisher=Times of India|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>  
|4,100,000<ref name="huffingtonpost">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/06/21/how-saudi-arabias-family-tax-is-forcing-indians-to-return-hom_a_22494498/|title=How Saudi Arabia's 'Family Tax' Is Forcing Indians To Return Home|work=The Huffington Post|date=21 June 2017|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/middle-east-news/indians-brace-for-saudi-family-tax/articleshow/59243550.cms|title=Indians brace for Saudi 'family tax'|publisher=Times of India|access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>  
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==Religion==
Slightly less than one-third of the Indians in Saudi Arabia are Muslims, mainly from [[Kerala]].<ref>[[Ian Talbot]], ''A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas'', Yale University Press, 2016, chapter 3</ref>
Gada nagri established for Indians Workers
Gada, are a Muslim community or caste found in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana


==Education==
==Education==
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* [[Al-Yasmin International School]] , [[Riyadh]]
* [[Al-Yasmin International School]] , [[Riyadh]]
* [[Talal International School]] , [[Jeddah]]
* [[Talal International School]] , [[Jeddah]]
* International Indian School Buraidah


==Notable Indian Saudi Arabians==
==Notable Indian Saudi Arabians==
*[[Abdulbasit Hindi]], Saudi Arabian footballer of distant Indian origin
*[[Abdulbasit Hindi]], Saudi Arabian footballer of distant Indian origin
*[[Awaiz Patni]], Group CFO - Bugshan Investment


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Saudi Arabian people of Indian descent| ]]
[[Category:India–Saudi Arabia relations]]
[[Category:India–Saudi Arabia relations]]
[[Category:Indian diaspora]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in the Middle East]]


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Indians in Saudi Arabia
Total population
4,100,000[1][2]
~13.22% of Saudi Arabia's population (2017)
Regions with significant populations
Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Jubail, Jizan
Languages
Malayalam • Urdu • Tamil
Religion
Majority:
Islam
Minority:
Hinduism • Sikhism • Jainism • Zoroastrianism • Buddhism • Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Indian diaspora

Indians in Saudi Arabia are the largest community of expatriates in Saudi Arabia. India and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement to manage and organize the recruitment of domestic workers in January 2014. Between then and April 2016, 500,000 Indians moved to Saudi Arabia for employment. The agreement includes a provision which stipulates that sponsors must pay a guarantee of US $2,500 for each Indian worker they recruit.[3]

Demographics

The following table shows the estimated population of Indians in Saudi Arabia since 1975.

Year Population
1975 34,500[4]
1979 100,000[4]
1983 270,000[4]
1987 380,000[4]
1991 351,000[4]
1999 700,000[4]
2000 1,000,000[4]
2004 1,300,000[5]
2015 3,000,000[3][6]
2017 4,100,000[1][2]

Education

Indian curriculum schools in Saudi Arabia include:

Notable Indian Saudi Arabians

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "How Saudi Arabia's 'Family Tax' Is Forcing Indians To Return Home". The Huffington Post. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Indians brace for Saudi 'family tax'". Times of India. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "500K Indian workers arrive in 16 months". Arab News. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Report of the High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspo" (PDF). indiandiaspora.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Arab versus Asian migrant workers in the GCC countries" (PDF). p. 10.
  6. ↑ "PM Modi's Saudi Agenda Big On Oil And Indian Workers". NDTV. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

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