Country:

India

Province / State: Chhattisgarh
District: All

Number of People Groups

560

Unreached People Groups

525

Total Population

33,106,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

93.5 %

Muslim

1.7 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

2.5 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
Adi Dravida Christian 40 Tamil - - - 40 - -
 Adi Karnataka 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 80,000 Agariya 78,000 100 - 500 - 1,200
 Agri 900 Marathi 900 - - - - -
 Aguri 1,500 Bengali 1,500 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
Alia 1,900 Odia 1,900 - - - - -
 Amat 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Andh 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Angami 30 Naga, Angami - - - 30 - -
Anglo 600 English - - - 600 - -
 Ansari 5,900 Urdu - 5,900 - - - -
 Ao Unknown Naga, Ao - - - - - -
 Arora (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 1,600 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,600 -
Asur 1,700 Asuri 1,700 - - - - -
 Audhelia 7,500 Chhattisgarhi 7,500 - - - - -
Badaik 1,200 Bengali 1,200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi 10,000 - - - - -
 Bahna (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Baiga 107,000 Hindi 103,000 20 - 200 - 3,900
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Bengali 155,000 - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Kannada 24,000 - - - - 30
Balija Bogam 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 1,500 Telugu 1,500 - - - - -
Banchada 30 Hindi - - - - 20 -
 Bangali Muslim Moghal 13,000 Urdu - 13,000 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 46,000 Hindi 36,000 - - - - 11,000
 Bania Agrahari 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
Bania Dhusar 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 3,400 Hindi 3,200 - - - - 100
Bania Golapurab 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 2,400 Gujarati 2,400 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 400 Hindi 40 - - - - 300
 Bania Kasarwani 27,000 Hindi 27,000 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 4,400 Hindi 4,400 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 2,000 Telugu 1,900 - - - - 100
 Bania Lad 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 7,100 Hindi 7,100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Bania Nima 200 Hindi 20 - - - - 200
 Bania Oswal 7,000 Hindi 2,400 - - - - 4,700
 Bania Porwal 4,400 Hindi 1,700 - - - - 2,700
Bania Saitwal 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 500 Gujarati 80 - - - - 400
Bania Ummad 2,800 Hindi 800 - - - - 2,000
 Bania unspecified 285,000 Hindi 233,000 - - - - 51,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 86,000 Lambadi 85,000 - - 400 - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Lambadi 4,500 - - - - -
Banka 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
Barahar 6,700 Hindi 6,700 - - - - -
 Bargunda 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Basor 14,000 Hindi 13,000 - - - - -
Basor Kandra 2,600 Marathi 2,600 - - - - -
 Bauri 3,000 Bengali 3,000 - - - - -
Bawa 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
 Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern 200 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada 80 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Kannada 7,700 - - - - -
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 1,200 Kannada 1,200 - - - - -
 Bhaina 72,000 Chhattisgarhi 71,000 30 - 100 20 40
 Bhandari 9,400 Odia 9,400 - - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
Bhansala 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
Bhanumati 50 Hindi - - - - 40 -
 Bhar 200 Bhojpuri 200 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
Bharewa 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Bharia Bhumia 137,000 Hindi 135,000 90 - 100 - 1,900
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - -
 Bhattra 244,000 Bhatri 234,000 30 40 5,800 100 4,000
 Bhil Mina 80 Wagdi 80 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 700 Gujarati 600 - - - - -
 Bhisti 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 863,000 Hindi 863,000 - - 40 - -
Bhoi Ghogra 21,000 Hindi 21,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi Kharbind 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 31,000 Hindi 31,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi Mallah Mewat 106,000 Hindi 106,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 10,000 Hindi 10,000 - - - - -
Bhottada 300 Kuvi 300 - - - - -
 Bhoyar 23,000 Hindi 23,000 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 191,000 Hindi 191,000 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - - - - -
 Bhulia 41,000 Odia 41,000 - - - - -
 Bhumij 60 Bengali 60 - - - - -
 Bhunjia 13,000 Bhunjia 13,000 - - - - -
 Biar (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Hindi 6,600 20 - - - -
Bidur 47,000 Marathi 47,000 - - - - -
 Bind 100 Bhojpuri 100 - - - - -
 Binjhia 143,000 Hindi 142,000 200 50 500 - 400
Birhor 3,300 Birhor 3,300 - - - - -
 Bohra 5,900 Gujarati - 5,900 - - - -
Boipari 900 Odia 900 - - - - -
 Boya 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
Brahmin Bengali 8,100 Bengali 8,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhagor 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 1,400 Marathi 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 3,300 Marathi 3,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - 30
 Brahmin Gujar Gaur 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 3,500 Hindi 3,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 46,000 Hindi 46,000 - - - - 70
 Brahmin Kannada 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 2,900 Marathi 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 400 Gujarati 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 4,400 Hindi 4,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Palliwal 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 31,000 Hindi 31,000 - - - - 50
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 54,000 Hindi 54,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,700 Telugu 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 513,000 Hindi 507,000 - - - - 5,600
 Budega Jangam 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Burmese 30 Burmese - - 30 - - -
 Chadar 3,400 Hindi 3,400 - - - - -
 Chain 800 Bengali 800 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,470,000 Hindi 1,442,000 - 5,300 22,000 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 4,200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 4,200 -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 80 Gujarati 80 - - - - -
 Chauhan 34,000 Chhattisgarhi 34,000 - - - - -
 Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Chidar 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Chik (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi 23,000 - - - - -
 Christian 24,000 Hindi - - - 24,000 - -
 Dahait 500 Hindi 500 - 20 - - -
Daharia 12,000 Chhattisgarhi 12,000 - - - - -
Damor 100 Bhili 90 - - 20 - -
Daraiha 15,000 Chhattisgarhi 15,000 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi 22,000 - - - - 100
Darzi (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
Darzi Kaithiya (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
Darzi Mathuria (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
Darzi Sribastab (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi 3,100 - - - - -
 Deshwali (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi 6,900 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Dewar 18,000 Odia 18,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 2,600 Gujarati 2,600 - - - - -
Dhangri 5,700 Hindi 5,700 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Dhanwar 62,000 Chhattisgarhi 62,000 70 - 60 20 100
 Dharkar 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Dhimar 248,000 Hindi 248,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 391,000 Hindi 390,000 - 100 70 - -
Dhobi Ajudhyabansi 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Batham 17,000 Hindi 17,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi Kanaujia 22,000 Hindi 22,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Kathiya 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - -
Dhobi Mathuria 7,400 Hindi 7,400 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 13,000 Marathi 13,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi Sribastab 8,900 Hindi 8,900 - - - - -
Dohor 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Odia 11,000 - - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 3,400 Odia 3,400 - - - - -
 Drukpa 20 Dzongkha - - 20 - - -
 Faqir 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Gadaba 9,400 Telugu 9,100 - - 100 - 60
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 84,000 Hindi 84,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Dhingar 20,000 Hindi 20,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Nikhad 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Gamit 200 Gamit 200 - - - - -
Gammalla 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Ganda 455,000 Odia 452,000 - 50 2,400 200 -
Gandhmali 1,000 Odia 1,000 - - - - -
 Gandla 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
 Gangakula 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Garpaguri 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Gauda 18,000 Odia 18,000 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 165,000 Hindi 165,000 - 40 100 - -
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi 3,500 - - - - -
 Goanese 600 Konkani, Goan - - - 600 - -
 Gokha 800 Odia 800 - - - - -
 Gond Dhuriya 96,000 Duruwa 84,000 - - 1,000 - 12,000
Gond Dorla 87,000 Odia 78,000 - - 1,100 - 7,800
 Gond Ghotul Muria 25,000 Gondi, Northern 22,000 - - 300 - 2,700
Gond Kandra 21,000 Chhattisgarhi 19,000 - - 200 - 1,500
 Gond Maria 725,000 Gondi, Northern 634,000 80 - 9,400 20 80,000
 Gond Muria 616,000 Hindi 536,000 70 - 7,000 - 73,000
Gond Nagawasi 44,000 Hindi 41,000 - - 200 - 2,400
Gond Raja Muria 59,000 Gondi, Northern 51,000 - - 600 - 6,900
 Gond Rajgond 616,000 Gondi, Northern 553,000 200 20 4,300 - 58,000
Gond Singhrolia 27,000 Gondi, Northern 26,000 - - 30 - 1,200
 Gond unspecified 4,653,000 Hindi 4,185,000 3,300 600 39,000 1,100 425,000
 Gondhali 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
Gontara 100 Odia 90 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 18,000 Hindi 18,000 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 59,000 Hindi 59,000 - - - - -
 Gowari 2,400 Marathi 2,400 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Hindi 7,300 - - - - 30
Gujar (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 400 -
 Guria 2,700 Odia 2,700 - - - - -
 Hadi 2,000 Bengali 2,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,600 Urdu - 2,600 - - - -
 Halba 514,000 Marathi 486,000 400 200 2,100 200 25,000
Halba Kewat 4,900 Halbi 4,800 - - - - 100
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi 5,700 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 50 Chinese, Mandarin - - 50 - - -
 Hela 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Ho 200 Ho 200 - - - - -
 Holar 80 Marathi 80 - - - - -
 Holaya Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Ilavan 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - 40
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Urdu - 1,700 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 37,000 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 37,000 -
 Jat Sidhu (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,200 -
 Jingar 300 Marwari 300 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali 22,000 - - - - -
Jogi Kanphata (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Julaha 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,100 -
 Kachera (Hindu traditions) 500 Odia 500 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Hindi 6,700 - - - - -
 Kachhi Kachhwaha 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Gujarati 1,000 - - - - -
 Kadera 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi 50,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi 2,900 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 4,700 Bengali 4,700 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Telugu 1,900 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
 Kalingi 8,200 Odia 8,200 - - - - -
 Kalu 200 Bengali - 200 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 470,000 Hindi 470,000 - - 50 - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Kalwar Jaiswal 113,000 Hindi 113,000 - - - - -
 Kamar 32,000 Kamar 31,000 100 - - 20 200
Kamathi 1,100 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 2,200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 2,200 -
Kammara 26,000 Telugu 26,000 - - - - -
Kandra 9,900 Odia 9,900 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
 Kaora 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Kapali 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
Kapewar 2,000 Telugu 2,000 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,100 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
Karan 4,000 Odia 4,000 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Marathi 23,000 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 300 Kashmiri - 300 - - - -
 Kathodi 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
Katia 5,500 Hindi 5,000 - 500 - - -
 Kawar 1,093,000 Hindi 1,087,000 1,200 80 1,000 100 3,400
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Hindi 44,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 1,400 Bengali 1,400 - - - - -
Kayastha Saksena 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Kayastha Sribastab 5,900 Hindi 5,900 - - - - -
 Khadura 4,800 Odia 4,800 - - - - -
 Khairwar 91,000 Bengali 90,000 70 - 70 - 300
 Khandait 21,000 Odia 21,000 - - - - -
 Khangar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi 2,400 - - - - -
 Kharia 58,000 Kharia 54,000 30 20 3,100 - 300
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 700 Gujarati 700 - - - - -
 Kharwar 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi 6,500 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,100 -
 Khoja 300 Gujarati - 300 - - - -
 Kirar 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Kisan 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Kol 26,000 Hindi 25,000 20 - 90 - 200
 Kolha 1,500 Ho 1,500 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 7,500 Hindi 7,500 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 900 Marathi 900 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 1,000 Gujarati 1,000 - 20 - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Kolowar 1,200 Kolami, Northwestern 1,200 - - - - -
 Kolta 207,000 Odia 207,000 - - - - 50
Konai 40 Bengali 40 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Kori 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Korku 700 Korku 600 - - - - 50
 Korwa 154,000 Telugu 148,000 200 - 3,100 - 2,700
 Koshti 307,000 Marathi 307,000 - - - - 200
 Kotia 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Koya Dora 3,400 Koya 3,400 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 39,000 Telugu 39,000 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 11,000 Odia 11,000 50 - 50 - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 296,000 Hindi 296,000 - 70 - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 700 -
 Kumhar Bardiha 19,000 Hindi 19,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Gujarati 23,000 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,159,000 Hindi 1,159,000 - - - - -
 Kuruba 5,500 Kannada 5,500 - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 500 -
 Lakhera 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Lingayat 300 Kannada - - - - - 300
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 297,000 Hindi 297,000 - - - - -
 Lodha Jariya 88,000 Hindi 88,000 - - - - -
 Lohana 600 Gujarati 600 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 445,000 Hindi 445,000 - 90 200 - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
Madgi 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 1,500 Telugu - - - 1,500 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Telugu 7,000 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 289,000 Marathi 220,000 - 69,000 100 600 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 6,700 Marathi - - - 6,700 - -
Mahar (Muslim traditions) 50 Marathi - 50 - - - -
Mahara 1,600 Odia 1,600 - - - - -
 Mahishya 18,000 Bengali 18,000 - - - - -
 Mahli 1,900 Marathi 1,900 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 3,300 Gujarati 3,300 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 46,000 Marathi 46,000 - - - - 200
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,200 -
 Mahyavanshi 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Majhi 80,000 Hindi 79,000 50 - 300 - 60
 Majhwar 66,000 Hindi 65,000 70 - 500 - 200
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 4,000 Telugu - - - 4,000 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Telugu 31,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 2,100 Malayalam - - - 2,100 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 827,000 Hindi 826,000 - 300 20 - -
Mali Bhagirathi 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi 3,800 - - - - -
 Malto 100 Mal Paharia 100 - - - - -
Mana 60 Marathi 60 - - - - -
 Mang Garudi 3,300 Marathi 3,300 - - - - -
 Mangala 800 Telugu 800 - - - - -
 Mappila 100 Malayalam - 100 - - - -
 Maravan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 700 Marathi - - - 700 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Marathi 4,200 - - - - -
 Matia 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
Mawasi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Memon 200 Gujarati - 200 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali 10,000 - - - - -
 Moghia 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Momna 40 Gujarati - 40 - - - -
Mowar 5,000 Chhattisgarhi 5,000 - - - - -
 Munda 18,000 Mundari 16,000 - - 1,900 30 200
 Munnur 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Naga 30 Nagamese - - - 20 - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 136,000 Hindi 131,000 80 - 200 30 4,300
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 276,000 Hindi 276,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,200 -
Nai Mathuria 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
 Nair 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
Naksia 3,800 Odia 3,800 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Bengali 7,000 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Nanakshahi 80 Hindi - - - - 80 -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi 5,900 - - - - -
 Navithan 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Oraon 910,000 Kurux 448,000 1,700 800 422,000 90 38,000
 Paharia 2,100 Mal Paharia 2,100 - - - - -
Paik 600 Odia 600 - - - - -
 Paliya 500 Bengali 500 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
 Pan 24,000 Odia 24,000 - - - - -
 Pando 2,600 Chhattisgarhi 2,600 - - - - -
 Panika 901,000 Chhattisgarhi 901,000 - - 400 - -
Pao 17,000 Hindi 16,000 - - 40 - 100
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Pardhan 15,000 Pardhan 14,000 20 - 100 - 700
 Pardhi 18,000 Pardhi 18,000 - - 20 - 200
 Parja unspecified 1,400 Odia 1,400 - - 30 - -
 Parsee 100 Gujarati - - - - - 100
 Pashtun Afridi 5,400 Urdu - 5,400 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 3,300 Urdu - 3,300 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 1,100 Urdu - 1,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 5,300 Urdu - 5,300 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 106,000 Urdu - 106,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Hindi 4,600 - - - - -
Pasi Gujar 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
 Patial 500 Odia 500 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Perka 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Persian 50 Dari - 50 - - - -
 Pindara 1,100 Urdu - 1,100 - - - -
 Pinjara 11,000 Urdu - 11,000 - - - -
 Pod 7,500 Bengali 7,500 - - - - -
 Pundari 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Qassab 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 9,800 Bengali 9,800 - - - - -
 Rajbhar 1,000 Hindi 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 417,000 Hindi 415,000 - 30 40 - 2,100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 4,200 Urdu - 4,200 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 11,000 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 11,000 -
 Rajput Agnivansi 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
Rajput Bagri 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Hindi 49,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Hindi 8,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Bisen (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi 2,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bundela 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 5,900 Hindi 5,900 - - - - -
Rajput Chandrabansi 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi 33,000 - - - - -
Rajput Dhakaru 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 7,300 Hindi 7,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 4,700 Hindi 4,700 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Rajput Katheriya 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Nagbansi 9,500 Hindi 9,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Nikumbh 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 5,300 Hindi 5,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 9,600 Hindi 9,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi 6,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 2,300 Hindi 2,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
 Raju 1,300 Bengali 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajwar 3,000 Hindi 3,000 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 800 -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
 Rathawa 400 Rathawi 400 - - - - -
 Rautia 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Ravalia 40 Gujarati 40 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 139,000 Hindi 137,000 - 100 1,500 - -
Ravidas Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern - - - - - -
 Rengma Unknown Naga, Southern Rengma - - - - - -
Sagarbanshi 1,700 Odia 1,700 - - - - -
 Sahariya 300 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,100 -
 Sali 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
 Sansi (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 1,200 Santhali 1,000 - - 80 - 60
Saonta 4,400 Hindi 4,400 - - - - 20
 Saora unspecified 129,000 Odia 129,000 40 - 100 - 200
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 1,300 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,300 -
 Sargara Unknown Marwari - - - - - -
 Satani 1,100 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
 Satnami 1,282,000 Hindi 1,258,000 - 3,600 22,000 - -
Sauntia 53,000 Odia 53,000 - - - - -
Saur 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Sayyid 46,000 Urdu - 46,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 20 Urdu - 20 - - - -
 Sema Unknown Naga, Sumi - - - - - -
Shabar 2,800 Odia 2,800 - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,000 Urdu - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 32,000 Urdu - 32,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 5,900 Bengali - 5,900 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 303,000 Urdu - 303,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Silawat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 20 Sinhala - - 20 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 109,000 Hindi 108,000 - - - - 800
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 600 -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi 2,300 Hindi 2,300 - - - - -
Sonar Chhatri 3,700 Hindi 3,700 - - - - -
Sonar Deswali 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Sonar Khatri 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Sonar Mair 2,700 Hindi 2,700 - - - - -
Sonar Rastaogi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Sonjhara 900 Odia 900 - - - - -
Sonr 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali 13,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 2,300 Malayalam - - - 2,300 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi 36,000 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 300 Tamil - 300 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Bengali 5,100 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 2,900 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 2,900 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,680,000 Hindi 2,678,000 - 1,000 1,200 - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 105,000 Hindi 105,000 - - - - -
 Teli Sahu 1,200 Marathi 1,200 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 38,000 Hindi 38,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 900 Marathi 900 - - - - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 8,200 Hindi 8,200 - - - - -
 Thori (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Tibetan 400 Tibetan, Central - - 400 - - -
 Tili 2,300 Bengali 2,300 - - - - -
 Tipera Unknown Kok Borok - - - - - -
 Tiyar 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Telugu 3,100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar 20 Gujarati - - - 20 - -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) 60 Hindi - - 60 - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 1,200 Hindi - - - 1,200 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi 22,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Valmiki (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 400 -
 Valmiki Mehtar 5,300 Hindi 5,300 - - - - -
Vaniyan 50 Tamil 40 - - - - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
 Varli 300 Varli 300 - - - - -
Vasudev 4,300 Hindi 4,300 - - - - -
 Velama 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 2,200 Telugu 2,200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 2,009,000 Hindi 2,009,000 - - 30 - 300
 Yadav Dhindhor 72,000 Hindi 72,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 3,200 Hindi 3,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 110,000 Hindi 110,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 124,000 Telugu 124,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 361,000 Hindi 361,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Jadubans 30,000 Hindi 30,000 - - - - -
Yadav Kamariha 27,000 Hindi 27,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 405,000 Hindi 405,000 - - - - -
Yadav Nandbans 27,000 Hindi 27,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 391,000 Hindi 391,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 7,500 Bengali 7,500 - - - - -
 Yenadi 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Yerukula 100 Yerukula 100 - - - - -
 Zeliang 20 Naga, Zeme - - - 20 - -
  Totals:  560 33,106,000   525 30,939,000 570,000 83,000 600,000 75,000 840,000
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