India

Estimates for the prevalence of FGM/C among female members (aged 18–85) of the Dawoodi Bohra community in India vary from 75% to 85%. The Dawoodi Bohra community is the only group in India known to carry out FGM/C regularly. It has been suggested that FGM/C may be occurring on a smaller scale in other groups (such as the Sulemani Bohras and a sub-sect of Sunnis in Kerala), but no surveys of size have been conducted in these communities.

The Dawoodi Bohra community comprises over a million people across 40 countries, though the majority live in India, mainly in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. There are also communities in Pakistan, Yemen and the Middle East, as well as small groups in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US.