Little India (also known as Indian Street, India Bazaar, or India Town) is an Indian or South Asian 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.
North America Canada
Alberta Plaza 34 at 34 Avenue and 92 Street, Edmonton
British Columbia
Metro Vancouver Little India, Newton, Surrey Punjabi Market, the oldest Little India in North America
Manitoba Mandalay Drive, Winnipeg
Ontario
Brampton Gerrard India Bazaar, Greater Toronto Area Argyle, London
Quebec Park Extension, Montreal
United States Arizona India Plaza, East Apache Boulevard, Tempe
California
Little India, Artesia Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles Black Mountain Road, San Diego San Francisco Bay Area Fremont El Camino Real, Sunnyvale Santa Clara University Avenue, Berkeley
Florida Baymeadows Road, Jacksonville South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando East Fowler Avenue, Tampa Oakland Park Boulevard, Sunrise
Georgia Global Mall, Jimmy Carter Boulevard, Norcross Lawrenceville Highway, Decatur
Illinois
Devon Avenue, Chicago East Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg Mall of India, Illinois Route 59, Naperville Ogden Avenue, Naperville
Maryland New Hampshire Avenue, Takoma Park
Massachusetts Moody Street, Waltham Route 9, Shrewsbury, Westborough, Grafton Cambridge St, Burlington
New Jersey
Monroe Township, 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% and 14.1%, by 2013 U.S. Census estimates. Carteret – 13.6%(2012) Cranbury CDP – 11.5%(2012) Cranbury Township – 10.5%(2012) East Windsor – 16.6% Edison – 36.2% Franklin – 14.6%(2012) Fords – 11.1%(2012) Iselin – 45.1% Monroe Township, New Jersey – 11.6% (2016) By 2022, the Indian population was approaching one-third of Monroe Township's population. North Brunswick – 16.5% Parsippany – 24.8% Piscataway – 18.3% Plainsboro – 44.7% Robbinsville CDP – 15.7%(2012) Secaucus – 22.9% South Brunswick – 36.3% West Windsor – 33.8% Woodbridge – 16.7%
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, and is a rapidly growing Indian American ethnic enclave within the New York metropolitan area.Kiniry, Laura. "Moon Handbooks New Jersey", Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006. pg. 34 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."India Square" , accessed July 26, 2006 This portion of Newark Avenue is lined with groceries including Patel Brothers and Subzi Mandi Cash & Carry,Cruz, Vanessa; Pope, Gennarose; Rambay Fernandez, Adriana; Wright, E. Assata (September 9, 2012). "Tired of the same food?" The Union City Reporter. pp 1, 8, and 11. 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, also known as the Indian Times Square and India Square, in addition to Little India. 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. Little India in Edison and Iselin is the largest and most diverse South Asian cultural hub in the United States. The zone is home to approximately 400 South Asian establishments and businesses, including dining, apparel and electronics retailing, and entertainment. Around 60 Indian and Pakistani restaurants are found in the area. In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi as well.
New York
Capital District Menands Long Island Central Broadway, Hicksville New York City Manhattan Lexington Avenue, in the neighborhood of Rose Hill, between 27th and 29th streets (growing preponderance of South Indian cuisine), has become known as Curry Hill as a result of the presence of old Kalustyan's spice shop. East 6th Street, between 1st and 2nd avenues, was known as Curry Row. However, that label has faded, and as of 2024 only one South Asian storefront remains. Queens Hillside Avenue, Floral Park 74th Street, Jackson Heights Liberty Avenue, Richmond Hill Western New York 3rd Street, Niagara Falls
North Carolina Charlotte area Pineville-Matthews Road, Pineville Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill area East Chatham Street, Cary Morrisville
Ohio Sancus Boulevard, Columbus
Pennsylvania Millbourne/Upper Darby
Texas
Belt Line Road, Richardson Irving Mahatma Gandhi District, Houston Eldorado Parkway, Frisco Evers, Fredericksburg, and Wurzbach Roads near University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Africa
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South Africa Sparks and Brickfields Roads, Overport, Durban Fordsburg, Johannesburg
Asia
Bahrain Bab Al Bahrain Avenue, Manama Souq, Manama
Hong Kong Chungking Mansions
Indonesia
Pasar Baru, Jakarta Kampung Madras, Medan
Israel Dimona
Japan Nishi-Kasai, Edogawa, Tokyo
Malaysia
Little India, (Jalan Tengku Kelana), Klang Brickfields (Jalan Tun Sambanthan), Kuala Lumpur Jalan Welman, Pekan Lama Rawang, Rawang, Selangor Jalan Masjid India, Kuala Lumpur Little India, Penang Paya Besar, Kulim, Kedah Jalan Taming Sari, Taiping, Perak Little India, Ipoh, Perak Jalan Bendahara – Jalan Temenggong intersection in Bandar Hilir, Melaka Little India, Malacca Jalan Yam Tuan, Seremban Jalan Trus, Johor Bahru, Johor Jalan India (formerly known as Kling Street), Kuching, Sarawak
Myanmar Mugal Road, Yangon
Philippines United Nations Avenue, Paco, Manila
Saudi Arabia Al Hara, Riyadh Al Azzizeyah, Jeddah
Singapore
Little India
Thailand Phahurat, Bangkok Thanon Pan, Silom, Bangkok Indra Square, Pratunam, Bangkok
United Arab Emirates In the UAE, Indians constitute more than 27% of the population. Here are some areas with a comparatively larger concentration of Indians. Bur Dubai, Dubai Al Karama, Dubai Satwa, Dubai Ras al-Khaimah Sharjah Umm al-Quwain Fujairah Abu Dhabi Ajman
Oman The Sultanate of Oman is home to many expatriates, of which Indians form the largest constituency. The southeastern side of the business district of Ruwi is known as Muscat's Little India. Ghallah Ruwi
Europe
France Paris, La Chapelle and around Le Nord
Germany Frankfurt, on the corner of Münchner and Weser street.
Italy Via Principe Amedeo, 303/305, 00185 Roma, Italy
Spain Calle de Lavapiés, 28012 Madrid, Spain, Lavapiés, Madrid
The Netherlands The Hague, Paul Krügerlaan, Transvaal (shopping street)
Norway Tøyengata and Oslo
United Kingdom
Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire Blackburn, Lancashire Brent, London Brick Lane, London Ealing, London East Ham, London Forest Gate, London Green Street, Newham, London Govanhill, Glasgow Handsworth, Birmingham Harrow, London Hyson Green, Nottingham Ilford, London Kingsbury, London Latimer, Leicester, Leicestershire Manor Park, London New Malden, London Preston, Lancashire Rusholme, Manchester Curry Mile Sharrow, Sheffield Slough, Berkshire Southall, London Stratford, London Tooting, London Uxbridge, London Wembley, London Walthamstow, London Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Oceania
Australia
New South Wales Harris Park, a suburb in the City of Parramatta, is recognised as the "Little India" of Sydney, with a concentration of Indian restaurants and other businesses catering to Indian cultural needs.
Queensland Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt
South Australia Market Street, Adelaide
Victoria Little India (Foster Street), Dandenong
New Zealand Papatoetoe Sandringham Road, Sandringham, Auckland
See also Greater India Indianisation Indosphere Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin
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