At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 5,600 people identified as Hindu, which equated to 0.1% of the Scottish population and was slightly above the number of Hindus in Wales.

[1] Most Scottish Hindus are of Indian origin, or at least from neighbouring countries, such as Sri Lanka and Nepal.

Common languages amongst them, other than English include Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati and Nepali.

According to the 2011 census, 16,327 stated their as Hinduism, including 47 Hare Krishnas and 17 Brahma Kumaris.

[7] ISKCON, also known as "Hare Krishna", operates out of Lesmahagow in South Lanarkshire.