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Little India (also known as Indian Street, India Bazaar, or India Town) is an Indian or South Asian [2] [3] [4] 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. [5] [6] [7]
New Jersey, 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% [57] and 14.1%, [58] by 2013 U.S. Census estimates. [59]
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, [1] and is a rapidly growing Indian American ethnic enclave within the New York metropolitan area. [62] [1] 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. [63] This portion of Newark Avenue is lined with groceries including Patel Brothers and Subzi Mandi Cash & Carry, [64] 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 is a rapidly growing South Asian-focused commercial strip in Middlesex County, New Jersey. [65] [66] 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. [67] Little India in Edison and Iselin is the largest and most diverse South Asian cultural hub in the United States. [68] [69] The zone is home to approximately 400 South Asian establishments and businesses, including dining, apparel and electronics retailing, and entertainment. [70] [71] [72] [73] Around 60 Indian and Pakistani restaurants are found in the area. [74] [75] In Middlesex County, election ballots are printed in Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi as well. [76]
In the UAE, Indians constitute more than 27% of the population. [111] Here are some areas with a comparatively larger concentration of Indians.
The Sultanate of Oman is home to many expatriates, of which Indians form the largest constituency. [112] The southeastern side of the business district of Ruwi is known as Muscat's Little India. [113]
Iselin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, Iselin's population was 18,695.
Little Saigon is a name given to ethnic enclaves of expatriate Vietnamese mainly in English-speaking countries. Alternate names include Little Vietnam and Little Hanoi, depending on the enclave's political history. To avoid political undertones due to the renaming of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City, it is occasionally called by the neutral name Vietnamtown. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam, where a large number of first-generation Vietnamese immigrants emigrating to the United States originate from, whereas Hanoi is the current capital of Vietnam.
A Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운), also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula.
The Punjabi Market, also known as Little India, is a commercial district and ethnic enclave in Vancouver, British Columbia. Officially recognized by the city as being primarily a major South Asian, Indo-Canadian and Punjabi population business community and cultural area, the Punjabi District is roughly a six block section of Main Street around 49th Avenue in the Sunset neighbourhood.
Holland Village, often abbreviated as Holland V, is a neighbourhood located along the boundary between the planning areas of Bukit Timah and Queenstown in the Central Region of Singapore.
Petaling Street is a Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The whole vicinity is also known as Chinatown KL. Haggling is a common sight here and the place is usually crowded with locals as well as tourists.
Bukit Bintang is the shopping and entertainment district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It encompasses Jalan Bukit Bintang and its immediate surrounding areas. The area has long been Kuala Lumpur's most prominent retail belt that is home to many landmark shopping centres, al-fresco cafés, bars, night markets, food street, mamak stalls as well as hawker-type eateries. This area is popular among tourists and locals, especially among the youths.
Mustafa Centre is a shopping mall in Singapore, situated on Syed Alwi Road in the cultural district of Little India, within the planning area of Kallang. Within a walking distance from Farrer Park station and Jalan Besar station on the North East line and Downtown Line, Mustafa Centre is a retail hub attracting many shoppers with its wide variety of products and services.
India Square, home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere, and known as "Little India," is a South Asian-focused commercial and restaurant district in the Bombay, Journal Square, and Marion Section neighborhoods of Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, also known as Pavilion KL, is a shopping centre situated in the Bukit Bintang district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Gerrard India Bazaar, also known as Little India, is a commercial South Asian ethnic enclave in the Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Mahatma Gandhi District is an ethnic enclave in Houston, Texas, United States, named after Mahatma Gandhi, consisting predominantly of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and shops and having a large South Asian population. The area is commonly referred to by locals as "Hillcroft," after Hillcroft Avenue, a major thoroughfare which houses much of the Mahatma Gandhi district.
Pasar Baru is an subdistrict in the Sawah Besar district in Central Jakarta, Indonesia. It has postal code of 10710.
Indians in the New York City metropolitan area constitute one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnicities in the New York City metropolitan area of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest and most prominent Indian American population among metropolitan areas by a significant margin, enumerating 711,174 uniracial individuals based on the 2013–2017 U.S. Census American Community Survey estimates. The Asian Indian population also represents the second-largest metropolitan Asian national diaspora both outside of Asia and within the New York City metropolitan area, following the also rapidly growing and hemisphere-leading population of the estimated 893,697 uniracial Chinese in the New York City metropolitan area in 2017.
Kalustyan’s is a shop located at 123 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, that originally sold primarily Middle Eastern spices and foods and, increasingly, an extensive selection of culinary products from around the world. Established in 1944 by Kerope Kalustyan, an Armenian from Turkey, it sold Turkish and Middle Eastern spices, dried fruits, nuts, oils and grains, when the neighborhood was largely Armenian. In late 1960s and 1970s, when New York become home to a significant number of Indians, Kalustyan’s expanded itself to cater to the Indian market, while bringing out its own brand of chutney and mango pickles.
Patel Brothers, Inc. is an Indian-American supermarket chain based in the United States. Patel Brothers is the world’s largest supermarket chain serving the Indian diaspora, with 51 locations in 20 U.S. states—primarily located in the Eastern United States, due to its large Indian population and geographical supply chain constraints, and with the East Windsor/Monroe Township, New Jersey location representing the world’s largest and busiest Indian grocery store outside India. The chain was founded by brothers Mafat and Tulsi Patel and is operated by three generations of family since its inception.
Oak Tree Road is a predominantly South Asian shopping, business, and dining district centered on a road designated County Route 604 in Middlesex County, in Central New Jersey. The district, which has been called "Little India," is set amidst a suburban residential area that is home to many South Asian families.
Curry, a spicy South Asian-derived dish, is a popular meal in the United Kingdom. Curry recipes have been printed in Britain since 1747, when Hannah Glasse gave a recipe for a chicken curry. In the 19th century, many more recipes appeared in the popular cookbooks of the time. Curries in Britain are widely described using Indian terms, such as korma for a mild sauce with almond and coconut, Madras for a hot, slightly sour sauce, and pasanda for a mild sauce with cream and coconut milk. One type of curry, chicken tikka masala has become widespread enough to be described as the national dish of the United Kingdom.
"Curry Row," or "Little India," and sometimes called Curry Lane, is an area of East Sixth Street, from First Avenue to Second Avenue, in the East Village of Lower Manhattan, with approximately 20 South Asian restaurants.
The reference to India is owed to the abundance of South Asians occupying the district... It was in the 1950s that South Asians began to migrate to this area, mostly for job opportunities.
"As the first neighbourhood for the community, it seems to play an important role in people's memories of growing up South Asian in Toronto," says Haema Sivanesan, executive director of the South Asian Visual Artists Collective.
The term 'Indian' encompasses a wider-ranged area than the specific politically-bound region of recent history, and includes those of that particular ethnic and geographic background bound in by the Indian Ocean, Himalayan Mountain Range, and western deserts, excepting of those of Arab descent... Little India arose in Jackson Heights, which developed into a prominent commercial area for South Asian goods... The population of the area has included Indians, Pakistanis, and Bengali, among other South Asian groups.
Some businesses owners and customers are referring to London Ont.'s Argyle neighbourhood as the city's "Little India." Surrounding Fanshawe College, the east London community has become a one-stop shop for new immigrant families, along with international students.
Hyde Park, too, has a high ratio of immigrant groups, and some have started calling Argyle 'Little India,' said Leah Thomas of the Argyle BIA. "We take a lot from the Fanshawe College population, which has seen a rise in Indian students, and we've seen that reflected in the businesses that have opened in our areas," Thomas said. "Argyle is such a homegrown community, and everybody in the area loves to support people who are living in and next to each other."
The women with bindis, accompanied by men in turbans, make it clear this is India. Little India, to be exact, part of Montréal's Park Extension neighborhood.
Dubbed the "Curry Corridor" by OW food critic Faiyaz Kara, fare from the Indian subcontinent abounds on South OBT. The strip has its share of markets for spices and snacks and if the collection of recently opened restaurants are any indication, OBT could be on the verge of having a moment.
In the west Broward County community of Sunrise, for instance, a "Little India" has emerged centered on a shopping plaza with a variety of Indian shops and restaurants.
Hicksville's central Broadway shopping area is now dotted by Indian retail stores, restaurants and other businesses, now known as another Little India.
...there's also Little Punjab, evident in the sari shops and Sikh temples found around Liberty Avenue and beyond.
Sparks and Brickfields roads have mainly Indian-owned businesses. This part of town is called the "Little India"...There are supermarkets, halal butchers, Hindu prayer shops, Indian snack shops and a famous mosque, The Mohameddeya Musjid.
In the post-apartheid era, however, with the immigrant settlement of Indian, Bengali, Pakistani and Somali people, Fordsburg has been dramatically revitalised. Today it is described as "Little India", populated by a colourful array of pavement vendors, restaurants and service shops of barbers, tailors and the like.