Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Bangalore Urban

Number of People Groups

442

Unreached People Groups

411

Total Population

10,902,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

5.1 %

Hindu

80.0 %

Muslim

12.6 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

2.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 18,000 Telugu 18,000 - - 200 - -
Adi Andhra Christian 7,700 Telugu - - - 7,700 - -
 Adi Dravida 340,000 Tamil ☀︎ 339,000 - 200 700 20 -
Adi Dravida Christian 67,000 Tamil - - - 67,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka 507,000 Kannada 503,000 - 3,000 900 50 -
Adi Karnataka Christian 100,000 Kannada - - - 100,000 - -
 Adiyan 500 Malayalam 400 - - 60 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 9,500 Tamil 9,500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ajila 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 3,300 Malayalam 3,300 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Andh 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Anglo 47,000 English - - - 47,000 - -
 Ansari 22,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 22,000 - - - -
 Arab 100 Arabic, Mesopotamian ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Arasu 12,000 Kannada ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Arayan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 400 -
 Arunthathiyar 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 20 Assamese ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Ayyanavar 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Badaga 1,900 Badaga 1,800 - - 30 - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bagdi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Baira 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bakad 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Bakuda 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Balagai 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 312,000 Kannada ☀︎ 305,000 - - - - 7,000
Balija Bogam 6,200 Telugu ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - 100
Balija Dasari 27,000 Kannada ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - 500
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bangali (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - 700
 Bania Chetti 7,500 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - 6,100
Bania Gujar 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 5,100 Telugu ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - 1,000
 Bania Jaiswal 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - 600
 Bania Komti 2,400 Telugu ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 1,000
 Bania Porwal 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - 700
Bania Ummad 500 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - 400
 Bania unspecified 107,000 Hindi ☀︎ 64,000 - - - - 43,000
 Banijiga 225,000 Kannada 224,000 - - 1,000 - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Lambadi 27,000 - 20 - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Lambadi 1,000 - - - - -
Banka 90 Odia ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Barda 100 Marathi 80 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Basor 13,000 Hindi ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Bathada Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bauri 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Bavcha 70 Gujarati ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 147,000 Kannada ☀︎ 147,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 9,000 Kannada ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 9,000 Telugu ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 9,000 Kannada ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 9,000 Kannada ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
Beg 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Kannada ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bellara 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 19,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 19,000 - - - -
Bhansala 900 Marathi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 300 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Bhottada 30 Kuvi 30 - - - - -
 Bind 40 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Boya 37,000 Telugu ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
Brahmin Anavada 2,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 80 Gujarati ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 700 Gujarati ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 5,300 Marathi ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Brahmin Daima 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 11,000 Marathi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 3,500 Marathi ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 22,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 11,000 Tamil ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 7,800 Hindi ☀︎ 7,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 53,000 Kannada ☀︎ 53,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 1,400 Marathi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 600 Gujarati ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 15,000 Marathi ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 8,100 Marathi ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 1,800 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 700 Gujarati ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 1,400 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 23,000 Hindi ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 5,100 Tamil ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Srigaud 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 21,000 Tamil ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 27,000 Telugu ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 543,000 Hindi ☀︎ 523,000 - - - - 21,000
Brahmin Vadama 2,500 Tamil ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 2,500 Telugu ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Burmese 50 Burmese - - 50 - - -
Byagara 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 14,000 Konkani ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Chain 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Chalvadi 2,900 Kannada ☀︎ 2,800 - 50 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi 3,200 - - - - -
Chandala 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 60 Gujarati ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Chenchu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 1,200 Kannada ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Chhetri 50 Nepali 50 - - - - -
 Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Chodhara 50 Chodri 40 - - - - -
 Christian 29,000 Hindi - - - 29,000 - -
 Dakkal 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi ☀︎ 62,000 - - - - -
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Devanga 129,000 Kannada 118,000 - - 12,000 - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 1,100 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Hindi ☀︎ 133,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 18,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 18,000 - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Dhor 700 Marathi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Dubla unspecified 30 Dubli ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Ellamalawar 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Faqir 60 Hindi ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Gadaba 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
 Gamit 40 Gamit 40 - - - - -
 Gandla 6,900 Telugu ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Gangakula 136,000 Kannada ☀︎ 136,000 - - - - -
Gantichore 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Gavara 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Goanese 42,000 Konkani, Goan - - - 42,000 - -
Godda 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 1,200 Hindi 1,200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Gowdulu 700 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Gujar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Hadi 70 Bengali 70 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 1,000 Vaagri Booli 1,000 - - - - -
Halleer Unknown Konkani, Goan ☀︎ - - - - - -
Halsar 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 60 Chinese, Mandarin - - 60 - - -
 Hande Jogi 3,000 Kannada ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Hasalaru 40 Tulu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Holar 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Holaya 15,000 Kannada ☀︎ 14,000 - 1,200 - - -
Holaya Dasar Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ilavan 26,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
 Irular 100 Irula 100 - - - - -
Iruliga 1,800 Kannada ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Jaggali 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 7,500 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 7,500 -
Javeri 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jenu Kuruba 600 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 90 Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - 90
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 47,000 Bengali ☀︎ 47,000 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 2,000 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 44,000 Kannada ☀︎ 44,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Telugu ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 27,000 Telugu ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
Kalavant 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kalladi 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
Kamathi 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
Kanakkan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kaora 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 3,100 Telugu ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 14,000 Telugu ☀︎ 14,000 - - 200 - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Marathi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - 200
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 200 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Kathodi 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Khandait 40 Odia ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Gujarati 3,100 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 6,600 Marathi ☀︎ 6,600 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 3,600 Gujarati 3,600 - - - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 5,600 Telugu 5,100 200 - 300 - 40
 Koracha, caste 2,300 Kannada ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 100 Tulu 100 - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 1,100 Kannada ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 12,000 Kannada ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Kori 3,300 Hindi 3,300 - - - - -
 Koshti 20,000 Marathi ☀︎ 20,000 - - 400 - -
Kotegar 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 60 Telugu 50 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kudiya 20 Kudiya 20 - - - - -
 Kudumban 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Kudumi 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 65,000 Hindi ☀︎ 65,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,000 - - 60 - -
Kunbi Anjna 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 71,000 Kannada ☀︎ 71,000 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Kuruba 462,000 Kannada 434,000 - - 28,000 - -
 Kuruman 200 Kurumba, Betta 200 - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
Lingader 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 132,000 Kannada ☀︎ - - - 100 - 132,000
 Lohana 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 6,300 Telugu - - - 6,300 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Telugu 32,000 - 300 90 - -
 Magar 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 300 Marathi 300 - 50 - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 6,800 Marathi - - - 6,800 - -
 Mahishya 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 4,700 Gujarati ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 147,000 Marathi ☀︎ 146,000 - - - - 800
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 2,400 Telugu - - - 2,400 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Telugu 5,900 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Mala Sale 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 72,000 Malayalam - - - 72,000 - -
 Malai Vedan 1,100 Malayalam 1,100 - - 30 - -
Malaikudi 40 Tulu 40 - - - - -
Malasar 30 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Malayali 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
Manbhav 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mangala 19,000 Telugu ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Manne Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mappila 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
 Maravan 10,000 Tamil 10,000 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Masthi Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 500 Marathi - - - 500 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Mavilan 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Meda 2,800 Kannada 2,700 20 - - - 50
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 50 Meitei 50 - - - - -
 Memon 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Bengali 5,000 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Momna 90 Gujarati ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 2,400 Malayalam - - - 2,400 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 90 Malayalam ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Mukri Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mundala 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Munnur 6,800 Telugu ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 5,900 Telugu ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 18,000 Tamil - - - 18,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Tamil ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - -
 Nadia 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Naga 70 Nagamese - - - 60 - -
Nagar 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Nagartha 26,000 Kannada ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 97,000 Hindi ☀︎ 97,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Naikda 100,000 Kannada ☀︎ 99,000 500 - 400 30 600
 Nair 2,400 Malayalam 2,400 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Navithan 5,300 Tamil ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Nayadi 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Newah 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
Pale 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Palliyan 80 Tamil 70 - - - - -
Palluvan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Pan 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Panchama 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Pandaram 1,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 60 Malayalam 60 - - - - -
 Pardhi 30 Pardhi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Parsee 500 Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - 500
 Pashtun Afridi 12,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 12,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 7,900 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,900 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 3,600 Hindi ☀︎ - 3,600 - - - -
Pashtun Malagori (Mullagari) 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 3,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,500 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 11,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 136,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 136,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Patelia 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Persian 100 Dari ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Pichakuntla 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Pindara 2,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,100 - - - -
 Pinjara 3,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,300 - - - -
 Poundra 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Raddi 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Rai 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - 1,600
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 3,600 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 3,600 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Raju 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Ramoshi 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Rathawa Unknown Rathawi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ravalia 3,300 Gujarati 3,300 - - - - -
Raya Rawat 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Razu 7,200 Telugu ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Relli 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
Sada 9,500 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 9,500
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Sali 78,000 Kannada ☀︎ 78,000 - - - - -
 Samagara 700 Kannada ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Satani 32,000 Telugu ☀︎ 32,000 - - - - -
 Sayyid 127,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 127,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 2,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
 Sema Unknown Naga, Sumi - - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 3,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 34,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 34,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 9,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 9,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 591,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 591,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 1,600 Kannada ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Sindhollu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 50 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga - - - - - -
Soligaru 1,800 Kannada ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 64,000 Marathi ☀︎ 64,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - 1,000
 Sonar (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 72,000 Malayalam - - - 72,000 - -
 Tamang 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 334,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 334,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 400 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 117,000 Hindi ☀︎ 117,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 100 Malayalam - - - 100 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
 Tharu 40 Bhojpuri 40 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Tibetan 1,400 Tibetan, Central - - 1,400 - - -
 Tili 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Tipera 100 Kok Borok 100 - - - - -
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Toda 30 Toda 30 - - - - -
 Urali 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - 40 - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Telugu ☀︎ 133,000 - - 400 - -
 Vaddar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 143,000 Kannada ☀︎ 143,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 152,000 Kannada ☀︎ 152,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 2,145,000 Kannada 2,131,000 - - 14,000 - -
 Valluvan 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Vaniyan 29,000 Tamil 23,000 - - 5,800 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 4,700 Tamil - - - 4,700 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Tamil ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 518,000 Tamil 518,000 - - - - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 61,000 Tamil 61,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Pala Ekiri 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Vanniyan Thigala 40,000 Tamil 39,000 - - 500 - -
 Varli 20 Varli - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Velan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -