There are 1,182 Zoroastrians in the twin cities of Secunderabad and Hyderabad, of which 1,056 are residents and 126 non-residents, as per statistics provided in the "Directory of Zoroastrian Families Secunderabad and Hyderabad 2016.” The total strength has declined by 13 from 2012, when the last edition of the Directory was compiled, and the corresponding figures showed 1,169, with 1,054 residents and 115 non-residents, according to Parsi Zoroastrian Anjuman of Secunderabad and Hyderabad (PZASH) trustee Jehangir Bisney.
Of this total 52% (618) are female and 48% (564) male. Thirty-six percent of the Parsi population is over 60 years of age while......