Muslims comprise 195 million or 14.9% of 1,210,193,422 Indian residents reported in the 2011 provisional census report – and are the second largest religious grouping in the country. They are spread all over India’s 28 states and seven union territories. Therefore, for Muslim matrimonial ads for their children they can choose to advertise in the largest locally available newspaper (among over 1000 members of the Indian Newspaper Society – INS) in English, Hindi or whatever is the most suitable vernacular – or in any Urdu newspaper among the following published in different parts of India:

Avadhnama: a popular Urdu newspaper serving major cities in the region of old Awadh, including Lucknow, Aligarh, Faizabad, and Azamgarh. The paper is available both in print and online.

Daily Sach (SACH): A broadsheet Urdu daily newspaper published from Jammu.

Hind Samachar: A daily broadsheet Urdu newspaper that is circulated in Mumbai. It is one of three newspapers started by the Punjab Kesari Group back in 1948 whose combined circulation is 975,000 copies on weekdays and 1.05 million copies on weekends. The head office is located in Civil Lines in Mumbai, and the newspaper is printed from Jalandhar, Ambala and Jammu.

Etemaad Daily: A broadsheet Urdu newspaper based in Hyderabad, Telangana, which also provides online news in English and Urdu.

The Munsif Daily: A broadsheet Urdu language newspaper published from Hyderabad and is the largest circulated Urdu newspaper in India.

Prabhanjan Sanket: A popular tabloid Urdu newspaper serving major cities in the region of Western Uttar Pradesh including the cities Agra, Aligarh, Mathura, and Firozabad. The paper is also available in print newspaper.

The Rahnuma-E-Deccan Daily: An Indian newspaper published in Hyderabad, Telangana, in Urdu.

The Siasat Daily: A broadsheet Urdu newspaper from Hyderabad, Telangana. It has online editions too in Urdu, English and Hindi languages and is the largest selling Urdu newspaper in the city.

Taasir: A multi-edition broadsheet Urdu daily newspaper that was first launched in Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Taasir is currently published in eight Indian states with nine editions. The broadsheet Taasir is a newspaper which has got the status of largest circulated national Urdu daily of India. This newspaper has got a very good readership around the globe through its online epaper and it is continuing developing all the time. Because of being one of the highest circulated Urdu dailies of India this newspaper has become one of the most popular among the Urdu readers as the newspaper has got the highest circulation throughout the India. That’s why a number of state governments have also approved and empanelled this Urdu daily for issue of advertisements.

For Muslim matrimonial ads, therefore, these four options – English, Hindi, local vernacular or Urdu – remain the most suitable options for finding matches for eligible Muslim grooms and brides by publishing Bride Wanted Advertisement and Groom Wanted Ads. Some Urdu newspapers help by providing segments for Muslim sects like Bohra Matrimonials, Shia Matrimonials, Sunni Matrimonials, Syed, Siddiqui and the like.