La India Ngo-2015 yayinabantu abangaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-7, okwenza kube izwe lesibili elinabantu abaningi emhlabeni ngemuva kweChina. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokwanda kwenani labantu, kulindeleke ukuthi eminyakeni engu-XNUMX nje kuphela inani labantu baseNdiya lifinyelele e China futhi uyedlula, ufinyelela kubahlali abayizigidi eziyi-2030 ngo-XNUMX. Lezi zigidigidi zabantu ziyabizwa AmaNdiya, izakhamuzi zeRiphabhulikhi yaseNdiya.
Nokho igama Indiya ingabhekisa nasezakhamuzini zokuqala zaseMelika. Ukwahlukanisa nabantu baseNdiya babizwa ngokuthi amaNdiya aseMelika noma Ama-Amerindians. Leli gama livela ephutheni likaChristopher Columbus, okwathi ngo-1492 wacabanga ukuthi usefikile eNdiya ngesikhathi efika eMelika.
Leli gama WamaHindu, evame ukusetshenziswa ukukhuluma ngezakhamuzi zaseNdiya, kubhekiselwa kwabasebenza enkolweni yamaHindu, ubuHindu. Kuyinkolo eqhutshwa kakhulu ku India, futhi lokho kunama-80% wabantu. Kepha lokhu kusho nokuthi akuwona wonke amaNdiya angamaHindu, ngoba kunamaSulumane abalulekile, amaKrestu, amaBuddhist amancane, njll. Ngakho-ke akufanelekile ukubiza umuntu oqhamuka eHindu India, ngoba kungavela komunye inkolo.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, bonke abantu abenza umkhuba we- UbuHindu Abahlali eNdiya, yize izwe likhona ikhaya labantu abaningi abangamaHindu. INepal neMauritius nakho kungamazwe ase iningi WamaHindu, futhi kunemiphakathi yamaHindu ePakistan, eBangladesh, eSri Lanka, eBurma, e-Indonesia, eNingizimu Afrika, eFiji Islands, eMelika naseYurophu.