Residents of Hyderabad are called Hyderabadi. Telugu people comprise the majority of Hyderabad's population, followed by Urdu-speaking and Marathi communities. The minority communities of Hyderabad are Kannada (including Nawayathi), Marwari, Bengali, Tamil, Malayali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Uttar Pradeshi. Among the foreign-origin communities Yemeni Arabs forms the majority, while African Arabs, Armenian, Abyssinians, Iranian, Pathan and Turkish ethnicity are also present. The foreign-origin population declined since Hyderabad State became a part of the Indian Union.
Telugu and Urdu are the first and second official languages of Hyderabad, while English is also used particularly among white-collar workers. Telugu in Hyderabad has a varied dialect called the Telangana dialect, and the Urdu spoken in the city is called Deccani Urdu. A significant population of the city speaks different languages such as Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada and Tamil.n Hyderabad, the Hindus form a majority of the population, and Muslims have large presence across the city and are predominant in and around the Old City. The other religious communities are Christian, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi. Iconic temples, mosques and churches are housed in the city. According to 2001 census, (before Greater Hyderabad was formed), the Hyderabad city's religious make up included Hindus (55%), Muslims (42%), Christians (2%), Sikhs (0.5%), Buddhists (0.3%), and Jains (0.2%).
Slums
According to 2012 report submitted to the World Bank by GHMC, Hyderabad has 1,476 slums, with a total population of 1.7 million; among those 66% live in 985 slums located in the core of the city and the remaining 34% live in 491 slums located in the city's suburbs. Among the slum-dwellers, 22% of the households migrated from different parts of India and 63% of the households had been staying in the slums for over 10 years. The literacy rate in the slums is 60–80% and the female literacy rate is 52–73%
