Are there Muslims in Tamil Nadu?
Islam is the third largest religion of Tamil Nadu accounting for around 5.86 percent of the population according to the 2011 census. The total number of Tamil Muslims according to the 2011 census is 4,229,479.
What type of people live in Tamil Nadu?
Languages spoken in Tamil Nadu
Languages | Persons | Urban |
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Gujarati | 275,023 | 257,161 |
Marathi | 85,454 | 66,606 |
Bengali | 22,969 | 20,454 |
Odia | 21,381 | 13,967 |
Do South Indians speak Urdu?
In South India Muslims usually speaks Urdu. Because there is huge Muslim population. Specially in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Madras/Chennai.
What are Tamil Muslims called?
Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam and Muslims who consider themselves as “Tamils”. The Tamil-speaking Muslims are descendants of marriages between early West Asian Muslims and Tamil women as well as local converts. The community is predominantly urban.
What is the religion of Tamils?
Although the present-day Tamil are mostly Hindus, there are Christians, Muslims, and Jains among them. In the recent past, the Tamil area was also the home of the Dravidian movement that calls for the desanskritization and debrahmanization of Tamil culture, language, and literature.
Are Tamils brave?
Sri Lankan Tamils are brave fighters and are united just because of insecurity whereas the Indian Tamils are very secure of their identity , language, culture and finally future. INSECURITY IS EVERYTHING.
What is the motto of Tamil Nadu?
Truth Alone Triumphs
Emblem of Tamil Nadu | |
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Armiger | Government of Tamil Nadu |
Adopted | 1949 |
Blazon | Srivilliputhur Temple |
Motto | வாய்மையே வெல்லும் (“Truth Alone Triumphs”) (from the “Mundaka Upanishad”, a part of Hindu Vedas) |
What is BCM caste in Tamilnadu?
Abbreviation:- GT – General Turn, BC – Backward Class, BCM – Backward Class Muslim, MBC/DC – Most Backward Class/ Denotified Community, SC – Scheduled Caste, SC(A) – Scheduled Caste (Arunthathiyars), ST – Scheduled Tribe, W – Woman, PSTM – Persons Studied in Tamil Medium, G – General.