Section 377

Quality:

Section 377 - section of the Indian Penal Code. Article “Section 377” in Simple English Wikipedia has 31.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 12 references and 3 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Section 377”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 392 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1379 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #853 in April 2022
• Global: #508 in September 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #11636 in June 2022
• Global: #284 in September 2018

There are 11 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Section 377		77.6158
2	Tamil (ta) இந்திய தண்டனைச் சட்டம், 377 ஆவது பிரிவு		39.0853
3	Russian (ru) Статья 377 Уголовного кодекса Индии		36.9105
4	Spanish (es) Artículo 377 del Código Penal de India		32.9684
5	Simple English (simple) Section 377		31.1944
6	French (fr) Article 377 du code pénal indien		28.9654
7	Hebrew (he) סעיף 377		26.8621
8	Hindi (hi) धारा ३७७ (भारतीय दण्ड संहिता)		23.4381
9	Italian (it) Sezione 377		10.7527
10	Portuguese (pt) Seção 377 do Código Penal Indiano		9.6117

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Section 377		5 217 599
2	Hindi (hi) धारा ३७७ (भारतीय दण्ड संहिता)		88 034
3	Tamil (ta) இந்திய தண்டனைச் சட்டம், 377 ஆவது பிரிவு		87 253
4	Russian (ru) Статья 377 Уголовного кодекса Индии		27 909
5	Spanish (es) Artículo 377 del Código Penal de India		23 092
6	Portuguese (pt) Seção 377 do Código Penal Indiano		14 542
7	French (fr) Article 377 du code pénal indien		12 608
8	Italian (it) Sezione 377		3 476
9	Simple English (simple) Section 377		2 489
10	Hebrew (he) סעיף 377		633

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Section 377		4 255
2	Spanish (es) Artículo 377 del Código Penal de India		66
3	Simple English (simple) Section 377		39
4	Italian (it) Sezione 377		31
5	Tamil (ta) இந்திய தண்டனைச் சட்டம், 377 ஆவது பிரிவு		30
6	Hindi (hi) धारा ३७७ (भारतीय दण्ड संहिता)		22
7	French (fr) Article 377 du code pénal indien		20
8	Portuguese (pt) Seção 377 do Código Penal Indiano		16
9	Russian (ru) Статья 377 Уголовного кодекса Индии		16
10	Czech (cs) Článek 377		6

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Section 377		278
2	Spanish (es) Artículo 377 del Código Penal de India		22
3	French (fr) Article 377 du code pénal indien		21
4	Russian (ru) Статья 377 Уголовного кодекса Индии		17
5	Italian (it) Sezione 377		11
6	Portuguese (pt) Seção 377 do Código Penal Indiano		11
7	Tamil (ta) இந்திய தண்டனைச் சட்டம், 377 ஆவது பிரிவு		10
8	Hebrew (he) סעיף 377		7
9	Simple English (simple) Section 377		7
10	Hindi (hi) धारा ३७७ (भारतीय दण्ड संहिता)		5

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Spanish (es) Artículo 377 del Código Penal de India		1
2	Hebrew (he) סעיף 377		1
3	Russian (ru) Статья 377 Уголовного кодекса Индии		1
4	Czech (cs) Článek 377		0
5	English (en) Section 377		0
6	French (fr) Article 377 du code pénal indien		0
7	Hindi (hi) धारा ३७७ (भारतीय दण्ड संहिता)		0
8	Italian (it) Sezione 377		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Seção 377 do Código Penal Indiano		0
10	Simple English (simple) Section 377		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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