[2] With about 10,000 Indo-Seychellois in a total Seychellois population of nearly 100,000, they constitute a minority ethnic group in Seychelles.

[5] Later, as colonial plantations and road construction work started, a larger group was brought in not as slaves, but as indentured labourers (called coolies).

[5] Indians represent a small minority, at just over 6% of the total population[3] The majority of Indo-Seychellois are Hindus (60%) from current-day Tamil Nadu and the Kutch region in the present state of Gujarat.

[5][6] They are mostly settled in the island of Mahe, some on Praslin and La Digue, with cities such as Victoria exhibiting higher concentrations of Indo-Seychellois.

[6] Many Indo-Seychellois have intermarried with non-Indian ethnic groups, and their children are usually classified as a part of the Creole majority.