Groutville

{{Short description|Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Groutville

| pushpin_map = South Africa KwaZulu-Natal#South Africa

| coordinates = {{coord|29.388|S|31.245|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Africa

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = KwaZulu-Natal

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = iLembe

| subdivision_type3 = Municipality

| subdivision_name3 = KwaDukuza

| subdivision_type4 = Main Place

| established_title = Established

| leader_title = Councillor

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/592021 |title = Main Place Groutville |work=Census 2011}}

| area_total_km2 = 7.89

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 12638

| population_as_of = 2011

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Black African

| demographics1_info1 = 99.6%

| demographics1_title2 = Coloured

| demographics1_info2 = 0.2%

| demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian

| demographics1_info3 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title4 = White

| demographics1_info4 = 0.1%

| demographics1_title5 = Other

| demographics1_info5 =

| demographics_type2 = First languages (2011)

| demographics2_footnotes =

| demographics2_title1 = Zulu

| demographics2_info1 = 93.1%

| demographics2_title2 = S. Ndebele

| demographics2_info2 = 1.4%

| demographics2_title3 = English

| demographics2_info3 = 1.3%

| demographics2_title4 = Tsonga

| demographics2_info4 = 1.2%

| demographics2_title5 = Other

| demographics2_info5 = 3.0%

| timezone1 = SAST

| utc_offset1 = +2

| postal_code_type = Postal code (street)

| postal_code = 4449

| postal2_code_type = PO box

| postal2_code = 4450

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 032

}}

Groutville is a town in Ilembe District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Home of the late ANC leader, Chief Albert Luthuli and his wife Nokukhanya Bhengu,{{Citation |last=Gandhi |first=Ela |title=Lutuli, Albert |date=2010 |work=The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195334685.001.0001/acref-9780195334685-e-410 |access-date=2025-06-17 |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195334685.001.0001/acref-9780195334685-e-410 |isbn=978-0-19-533468-5}} Home to RT Rev H. Mdelwa Hlongwane founder to The Bantu Methodist Church.

Mission station several km south-west of Stanger. Established in 1844 by the Reverend Aldin Grout (1803–1894) of the American Missionary Society and named after him. Formerly it was known as Umvoti.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)|url=https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames|publisher=Human Science Research Council|page=193}}