Hinduism in Mauritius

Hinduism came to Mauritius when Indians were brought as indentured labourers to French Mauritius and later, in much larger numbers, to British Mauritius' plantation fields and neighbouring islands in the Indian Ocean. These immigrants primarily came from what are now the Nepali Province of Madhesh and the Indian States of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Later on, there was another influx of free immigrants from the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and lastly from the Pakistani province of Sindh, following the partition of India.

Hinduism is the largest religion in Mauritius, accounting for approximately 47.87% of the current population according to the 2022 census. As such, Mauritius has the third largest percentage of Hindus in the world, after Nepal and India, and remains the only country in Africa where Hinduism forms a plurality of the population.