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Five years ago the Parsi population in Maharashtra was 44,854 and in Gujarat 9,737, according to the 2011 Government of India census. The figures were sent to
Parsiana on September 8,
2016 by Parzor director
Dr Shernaz Cama who noted that the data was "just received through the efforts of (the National Commission for Minorities’ Parsi member) Dadi Mistry and (
Parzor executive member) Ava Khullar.”
The 2011 census put the total all-India Parsi population figure at 57, 264. The two western India states, therefore, comprise 54,591 or 95% of the total number. The remaining 2,653, or five percent, are scattered over the rest of the country.
Photo on day of remembrance of the dead at Doongerwadi
The 2011 census put the total all-India Parsi population figure at 57, 264. The two western India states, therefore, comprise 54,591 or 95% of the total number. The remaining 2,653, or five percent, are scattered over the rest of the country.
Photo on day of remembrance of the dead at Doongerwadi
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