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{{Short description | People of Indian origin settled in Bangladesh}}
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'''Indians in Bangladesh''' are citizens of [[India]] who reside in [[Bangladesh]] either legally or illegally. The presence and number of Indian nationals in Bangladesh has been a subject of discussion and, at times, controversy.
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Cross-border movement from India to Bangladesh is constrained by restrictions on entry and employment. Government agencies on both sides track flows of registered migrants but lack reliable estimates of unauthorized migration. It is difficult to accurately quantify [[irregular migration]] because it is clandestine.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Srivastava |first1=Ravi |last2=Pandey |first2=Arvind Kumar |title=Internal and International Migration in South Asia: Drivers, Interlinkage and Policy Issues |year=2017 |publisher=United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-89218-60-7 |pages=21, 45 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000249459}}</ref> Both countries acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable national migration data, but as of 2025, collection and publication remain a work in progress.<ref>{{cite web |title=Migration data in Southern Asia |url=https://www.migrationdataportal.org/regional-data-overview/southern-asia |website=Migration data portal |publisher=[[International Organization for Migration]] |access-date=24 May 2025 |date=31 January 2025}}</ref>
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| langs = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Tamil Language|Tamil]], [[Languages of India]], English
| population = 500,000
| total_year = 2009
| regions = [[Dhaka]], [[Khulna]], [[Chittagong]]
| religions = [[Hinduism]]{{·}}[[Sikhism]]{{·}}[[Islam]]{{·}}[[Religions of India]]
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There a big number of illegal immigrant indian workers are currently working in Bangladesh.As the economy of Bangladesh and the per capita income of Bangladesh is higher than indian economy so there are many indian workers are working in Bangladesh.As the Indian workers are cheaply available so there are many Bangladeshi companies are using these Indians for work like washing,lower standard works etc.
==Population==
Most of this indian immigrant workers are from west Bengal,Bihar  and Assam. Citing the results of a survey, a column in ''[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]]'' claims that as many as 500,000 Indians were staying in Bangladesh in 2009.<ref name="FE">{{cite news|url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |title=Bangladesh-India economic relations |work=[[Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]] |year=2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815032813/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |archive-date=15 August 2009 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/664305/dhaka-has-a-question-what-about-the-illegal-indian-immigrants-in-bangladesh|title=Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?|last=Sadeque|first=Syeda Samira|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en-US}}</ref> The article claims that they were found working in different establishments such as NGOs, garments, textile, IT and sent money back home through [[hundi]] transfer systems.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/dear-pm-modi-it-is-time-to-thank-bangladesh-for-embracing-its-indian-immigrants-2282732.html|title=Dear PM Modi, it is time to thank Bangladesh for embracing its Indian immigrants|date=2015-06-07|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en-US}}</ref>
The Indian government estimates there are 19,000 Indians living in Bangladesh, and 9,000 of them are students.<ref>{{Cite news |title="19,000 Indians In Bangladesh, Of Which 9,000 Are Students": S Jaishankar |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/19-000-indians-in-bangladesh-of-which-9-000-are-students-s-jaishankar-to-lok-sabha-on-bangladesh-unrest-6275966 |access-date=2025-05-16 |work=NDTV |language=en}}</ref> However, in 2009, a column published in ''[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]]'', made an unsubstantiated claim that between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Indians are staying illegally in Bangladesh.<ref name="FE">{{cite news |year=2009 |title=Bangladesh-India economic relations |work=[[Financial Express (Bangladesh)|The Financial Express]] |url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815032813/http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/07/26/74259.html |archive-date=15 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="scroll.in">{{Cite news |last=Sadeque |first=Syeda Samira |date=2014-05-16 |title=Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh? |url=https://scroll.in/article/664305/dhaka-has-a-question-what-about-the-illegal-indian-immigrants-in-bangladesh |access-date=20 April 2017 |work=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> The article claims that they were found working in different industries such as NGOs, garments, textiles, and information technology, and sent money home through [[hundi]] transfer systems.<ref name="FE" />


== Remittance ==
== Remittance ==
Citing World Bank estimates, an article in ''[[Quartz India]]'' noted that in 2013, Bangladesh was the fifth highest source of [[remittances to India]]. That year, Indians working in Bangladesh sent more than $3.7 billion<!-- Quartz contains a typo, "million" for "billion", see the Scroll.in article it links to. The World Bank estimate of $3.854 billion in 2013 is higher than the 3.7 billion in 2014 news reports because their estimate was revised in April 2015. --> back to India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Quartz India">{{cite news |last=Madhok |first=Diksha |date=15 June 2014 |title=Bangladeshis in India sent back $6.6 billion last year |url=https://qz.com/india/221317/remittance-economy-india-is-to-bangladesh-what-the-middle-east-is-to-india/ |work=Quartz India |access-date=16 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/pubdocs/publicdoc/2015/9/103071443117530921/Bilateral-Remittance-Matrix-2013.xlsx |title=Bilateral Remittance Estimates for 2013 using Migrant Stocks, Host Country Incomes, and Origin Country Incomes (millions of US$) (April 2015 Version) |website=World Bank}}</ref> An op-ed article in ''The Daily Star'' mentions that this is the official figure while the unofficial figure is estimated to be significantly more <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/controlling-remittance-outflow-to-india-58831|title=Controlling remittance outflow to India|date=2015-01-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en}}</ref> and the article claims that most of them came on tourist [[Travel visa|visa]]s and tended to stay back.<ref name="FE" />
According to a Financial Express report citing Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali's statement in Parliament, foreigners transferred $130.6 million out of Bangladesh during the first 10 months of FY24. Of this amount, Indian nationals alone remitted over $50 million making India the largest destination for Bangladesh's outward remittance. <ref>{{cite news |title=Foreigners take $130.6m out of Bangladesh in 10 months of FY24 |url=https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/bangladesh/foreigners-take-1306m-out-of-bangladesh-in-10-months |work=The Financial Express |location=Dhaka |date=21 August 2025}}</ref>
 
== Refugees ==
In July 2016, four thousand Indians took refuge in [[Lalmonirhat District|Lalmonirhat]], Bangladesh after floods in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/flood-affected-indians-take-shelter-bangladesh-1259998|title=Flood-affected Indians take shelter in Bangladesh|date=2016-07-27|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2017-04-20|language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Bangladesh–India relations]]
* [[Bangladesh–India relations]]
 
* [[Indian diaspora]]
* [[Immigration to Bangladesh]]
* [[Bangladeshis in India]]
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Indians in Bangladesh are citizens of India who reside in Bangladesh either legally or illegally. The presence and number of Indian nationals in Bangladesh has been a subject of discussion and, at times, controversy.

Cross-border movement from India to Bangladesh is constrained by restrictions on entry and employment. Government agencies on both sides track flows of registered migrants but lack reliable estimates of unauthorized migration. It is difficult to accurately quantify irregular migration because it is clandestine.[1] Both countries acknowledge the need for reliable and comparable national migration data, but as of 2025, collection and publication remain a work in progress.[2]

Population[edit | edit source]

The Indian government estimates there are 19,000 Indians living in Bangladesh, and 9,000 of them are students.[3] However, in 2009, a column published in The Financial Express, made an unsubstantiated claim that between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Indians are staying illegally in Bangladesh.[4][5] The article claims that they were found working in different industries such as NGOs, garments, textiles, and information technology, and sent money home through hundi transfer systems.[4]

Remittance[edit | edit source]

According to a Financial Express report citing Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali's statement in Parliament, foreigners transferred $130.6 million out of Bangladesh during the first 10 months of FY24. Of this amount, Indian nationals alone remitted over $50 million making India the largest destination for Bangladesh's outward remittance. [6]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Srivastava, Ravi; Pandey, Arvind Kumar (2017). Internal and International Migration in South Asia: Drivers, Interlinkage and Policy Issues. New Delhi: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. pp. 21, 45. ISBN 978-81-89218-60-7.
  2. ↑ "Migration data in Southern Asia". Migration data portal. International Organization for Migration. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  3. ↑ ""19,000 Indians In Bangladesh, Of Which 9,000 Are Students": S Jaishankar". NDTV. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bangladesh-India economic relations". The Financial Express. 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009.
  5. ↑ Sadeque, Syeda Samira (16 May 2014). "Dhaka has a question: what about the illegal Indian immigrants in Bangladesh?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Foreigners take $130.6m out of Bangladesh in 10 months of FY24". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 21 August 2025.

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