Shia Muslims are a large minority among India's Muslims forming about 13% of the total Muslim population.[1] However, there has been no particular census conducted in India regarding sects, but Indian sources like Times of India and Daily News and Analysis reported Indian Shia population in mid 2005–2006 to be up to 25% of the entire Muslim population of India which accounts them in numbers between 40,000,000[2][147] to 50,000,000[148] of 157,000,000 Indian Muslim population.[149] However, as per an estimation of one reputed Shia NGO Alimaan Trust, India's Shia population in early 2000 was around 30 million with Sayyids comprising just a tenth of the Shia population.[150] According to some national and international sources Indian Shia population is the world's second-largest after Iran.[151][152][153][154][155][156][157]