Toll
According to an official estimate, 1044 people were killed in the violence – 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus including those killed in the Godhra train fire. Another 223 people were reported missing, 2,548 injured, 919 women widowed and 606 children orphaned.
Unofficial estimates put the death toll closer to 2000, with Muslims forming a higher proportion of those killed than Hindus.
When missing people were declared dead after 7 years, total deaths went up from 1044 to 1,267.
Read more about this topic: 2002 Gujarat Violence/2006 Revision
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