KUWAIT: The number of Indian nationals in Kuwait has reached 921,666 as of October 11, 2016, according to Indian embassy yesterday.

The embassy, quoting data released from the general department of residency, Kuwait, said that 707,085 males and 194,386 females from India are currently residing in Kuwait of which 12,976 males and 16,325 females are working in the government sector.

Of the 460,411 Indians working in private sector, 23,550 are females and 436,861 are males. 299,127 Indians are presently in the domestic sector of which 79,745 are females and 219,390 are males, the data showed. The total number of dependents is 112,536 of which 37,791 are males and 74,745 are females.