Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: All

Number of People Groups

582

Unreached People Groups

513

Total Population

82,010,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.8 %

Hindu

88.0 %

Muslim

5.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 64,000 Telugu 63,000 - 90 700 - -
Adi Andhra Christian 12,000 Telugu - - - 11,000 - -
 Adi Dravida 7,863,000 Tamil ☀︎ 7,849,000 - 5,600 7,100 500 -
Adi Dravida Christian 593,000 Tamil - - - 560,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka 29,000 Kannada 29,000 - - - - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 400 Kannada - - - 400 - -
 Adiyan 4,300 Malayalam 4,200 20 - 30 - 30
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 667,000 Tamil 666,000 - - 1,400 - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 9,300 Tamil 7,600 - - 1,700 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 823,000 Tamil 819,000 - - 4,400 - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Agri 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 2,900 Telugu 2,700 - - 200 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 7,500 Telugu - - - 7,500 - -
Ajila 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 6,600 Kurichiya 6,600 20 - - - 30
 Alavan 4,700 Tamil ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 69,000 Malayalam 69,000 - - 500 - -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu 3,100 Tamil 3,000 - - 40 - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 100 - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 183,000 Tamil ☀︎ 183,000 - - 90 - -
Ambattan Christian 2,200 Tamil - - - 2,100 - -
 Angami 50 Naga, Angami - - - 50 - -
Anglo 10,000 English - - - 9,900 - -
 Ansari 35,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 34,000 - - - -
Anuppan 800 Kannada ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Ao 50 Naga, Ao - - - 50 - -
 Arab Unknown Arabic, Mesopotamian ☀︎ - - - - - -
Arasar 9,200 Malayalam 8,900 - - 200 - -
Arasar Christian 25,000 Malayalam - - - 25,000 - -
 Arasu 3,500 Kannada ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Aray Mala 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Arayan 51,000 Malayalam 50,000 - - 100 - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 700 -
 Arunthathiyar 1,059,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,059,000 - 100 - 70 -
 Arwa Mala 87,000 Tamil ☀︎ 87,000 - - - - -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 40 Assamese ☀︎ - 40 - - - -
 Ayyanavar 2,700 Malayalam 2,700 - - - - -
 Badaga 214,000 Badaga 213,000 - - 700 - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Bagata 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Baha'i 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - 2,400
 Baira 3,000 Kannada ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
Bakad 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Bakuda 5,200 Tamil ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
Balagai 6,900 Kannada ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 238,000 Kannada ☀︎ 238,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 4,600 Telugu ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 24,000 Telugu ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 8,400 Kannada ☀︎ 8,400 - - - - -
Balija Musugu 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Tamil ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 27,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - 5,000
 Bania Agrahari 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 419,000 Tamil ☀︎ 379,000 - - - - 40,000
Bania Gujar 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 17,000 Telugu ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 32,000 Telugu ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - 200
Bania Mahajan 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 2,900 Hindi ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 8,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - 6,000
 Bania Porwal 4,900 Hindi ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - 1,600
 Bania Srimali 1,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya 3,800 Telugu ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 739,000 Hindi ☀︎ 665,000 - - 20 - 74,000
 Banijiga 16,000 Kannada 16,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 81,000 Lambadi 81,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Lambadi 4,300 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Gujarati ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Bariki 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Basor 160,000 Hindi ☀︎ 160,000 - - - - -
Bathada 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bauri 80 Bengali 80 - - - - -
 Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 156,000 Kannada ☀︎ 156,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 163,000 Kannada ☀︎ 163,000 - - - - -
Beldar Kannada Balija Naicker 5,500 Kannada ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Kannada ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 1,900 Kannada ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Beldar Toreya 1,800 Kannada ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Bellara 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 21,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 21,000 - - - -
Bhansala 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 37,000 Tamil - - - 37,000 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 7,600 Tamil ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi ☀︎ 52,000 - - - - -
 Bhotia 30 Nepali - - 30 - - -
 Bohra 5,400 Gujarati ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Bondili 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Boya 2,073,000 Telugu ☀︎ 2,073,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 600 Gujarati ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 39,000 Tamil ☀︎ 39,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 2,900 Gujarati ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 3,500 Tamil - - - 3,200 - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 18,000 Marathi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 84,000 Tamil ☀︎ 84,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 22,000 Marathi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 64,000 Hindi ☀︎ 64,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 4,200 Hindi ☀︎ 4,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 248,000 Tamil ☀︎ 248,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 6,800 Hindi ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 74,000 Kannada ☀︎ 74,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 2,100 Marathi ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 9,400 Telugu ☀︎ 9,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 41,000 Marathi ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 3,400 Marathi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 2,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 22,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 71,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 71,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 35,000 Tamil ☀︎ 35,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 420,000 Tamil ☀︎ 420,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 27,000 Telugu ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 58,000 Telugu ☀︎ 58,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 2,400,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,388,000 - - 700 - 11,000
Brahmin Vadama 33,000 Tamil ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 30,000 Telugu ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 8,000 Telugu ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 500 Burmese - - 500 - - -
Byagara 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 17,000 Konkani ☀︎ - 17,000 - - - -
Chackaravar 19,000 Tamil ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 3,200 Tamil - - - 3,200 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 127,000 Tamil - - - 126,000 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 862,000 Tamil ☀︎ 860,000 - 500 500 40 -
 Chalvadi 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
Chandala 70 Odia ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 10,000 Malayalam 10,000 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 1,700 Malayalam - - - 1,700 - -
Chayakkaran 33,000 Tamil ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
 Chenchu 4,500 Telugu 4,500 - - 50 - -
 Chenna Dasar 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 88,000 Malayalam - - - 88,000 - -
 Chhetri 60 Nepali 60 - - - - -
 Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Christian 184,000 Hindi - - - 181,000 - -
 Dakkal 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dandasi 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 115,000 Hindi ☀︎ 115,000 - - - - -
Devadasi 3,500 Kannada ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 400 Tulu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Devanga 45,000 Kannada 44,000 - - 900 - -
 Devendrakulathan 93,000 Tamil ☀︎ 93,000 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Gujarati 2,300 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 7,900 Gujarati ☀︎ 7,900 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 956,000 Hindi ☀︎ 956,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,500 - - - -
 Dhor 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Divehi 200 Maldivian ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 4,400 Telugu ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Odia 18,000 - - - - -
 Drukpa Unknown Dzongkha ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Dudekula 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
Ellamalawar 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Eravallan 3,200 Tamil 3,200 - - 20 - -
 Gamit 1,800 Gamit 1,800 - - - - -
 Ganda 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Gandla 20,000 Telugu ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Gangakula 74,000 Kannada ☀︎ 74,000 - - - - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gauda 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Gavara 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Goanese 15,000 Konkani, Goan - - - 15,000 - -
Godagali 30 Odia ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Godari 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Godda 700 Kannada ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Telugu ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Gudigar 500 Konkani ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Hajam 23,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 23,000 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 7,600 Vaagri Booli 7,600 - - - - -
Halleer 20 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Halsar 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 400 Chinese, Mandarin - - 400 - - 40
 Hande Jogi 5,000 Kannada ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
 Hasalaru 80 Tulu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Hasla 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 106,000 Tamil 106,000 - - 300 - -
 Ho 20 Ho 20 - - - - -
 Holar 3,500 Marathi 3,500 - - - - -
 Holaya 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Holaya Dasar 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Idayan 29,000 Tamil ☀︎ 29,000 - - - - -
 Ilavan 2,261,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,261,000 - - 500 - -
Ilavan Christian 59,000 Tamil - - - 59,000 - -
Ilavaniyan 6,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,500 - - - - -
Ilavathi 20,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Ilayathu 16,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Irular 205,000 Irula 204,000 300 - 700 - 400
Jaggali 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
Jambuvulu Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 6,800 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 6,600 -
Jatapu 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Jenu Kuruba 12,000 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 20 Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 300 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Bengali ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 500 - -
 Kadan 800 Malayalam 800 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 13,000 Kannada ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kahar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Kahha 40 Naga, Phom - - - 40 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 21,000 Kannada ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 2,419,000 Tamil 2,414,000 - - 6,000 - -
 Kakkalan 8,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Telugu ☀︎ 155,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 103,000 Telugu ☀︎ 103,000 - - - - -
Kalladi 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 486,000 Tamil 485,000 - - 1,300 - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,196,000 Tamil 1,194,000 - - 2,400 - -
Kamathi 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
Kammara 1,300 Telugu 1,300 - - - - -
Kamsala 30 Odia ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kanakkan 6,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,000 - - 40 - -
 Kanikkaran 4,200 Kanikkaran 3,800 - - 300 - -
 Kaniyan 2,400 Malayalam 1,900 - - 500 - -
 Kapu Reddi 79,000 Telugu ☀︎ 79,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 562,000 Telugu ☀︎ 562,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Karnam 90 Odia ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Marathi ☀︎ 1,100 - - 100 - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 300 Kashmiri ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Kattunayakan 50,000 Tamil 50,000 30 - 300 - 50
Kavara 65,000 Tamil ☀︎ 65,000 - - - - -
Kavathi 11,000 Tamil ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 2,200 Tamil - - - 2,200 - -
Kavuthiyan 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kepmaris 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Keralamuthali 3,400 Malayalam 3,400 - - 20 - -
Keralamuthali Christian 900 Malayalam - - - 900 - -
 Khandait 40 Odia ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Gujarati 1,100 - - - - -
 Khasi 500 Khasi - - - 400 - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 900 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 900 -
 Khoja 40 Gujarati ☀︎ - 40 - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 70 Marathi 70 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 2,600 Marathi ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 800 Marathi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 14,000 Gujarati 14,000 - - - - -
Koliyan 8,700 Tamil 8,300 - - 400 - -
 Kolupulvandlu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 600 Telugu 500 - - 200 - -
 Konda Reddi 12,000 Telugu 12,000 - - 20 - 20
 Konyak 50 Naga, Konyak - - - 50 - -
Kootan 4,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 800 Kannada ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 300 Tulu 300 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 3,300 Kannada ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Kori 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Koshti 55,000 Marathi ☀︎ 55,000 - - 200 - -
Kotegar 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 1,200 Telugu 1,200 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Kudiya 100 Kudiya 100 - - - - -
 Kudumban 27,000 Tamil 25,000 - - 2,100 - -
 Kudumi 124,000 Tamil ☀︎ 124,000 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Kuli 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 262,000 Hindi ☀︎ 262,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 35,000 Kannada ☀︎ 35,000 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 14,000 Tamil - - - 14,000 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 153,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 153,000 - 100 - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 55,000 Hindi ☀︎ 55,000 - - - - -
 Kuruba 824,000 Kannada 824,000 40 - 40 - 20
 Kuruman 34,000 Kurumba, Betta 34,000 60 - 30 - 80
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Lingayat 93,000 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 91,000
 Lohana 1,300 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 141,000 Hindi ☀︎ 141,000 - - - - -
 Lotha 50 Naga, Lotha - - - 50 - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 267,000 Tamil ☀︎ 267,000 - - - - -
 Madasi Kuruva 2,100 Telugu ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 7,000 Telugu - - - 6,700 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Telugu 6,300 - 30 40 - -
 Madiga Dasu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Magar 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 3,400 Marathi 3,400 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 1,600 Marathi - - - 1,500 - -
 Mahishya 600 Bengali 600 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 8,700 Gujarati ☀︎ 8,700 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 141,000 Marathi ☀︎ 141,000 - - - - 200
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 300 -
 Mahyavanshi 5,600 Gujarati 5,600 - - - - -
Maila 500 Tulu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 9,100 Telugu - - - 8,500 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Telugu 4,100 - - 30 - -
 Mala Dasari 8,700 Telugu ☀︎ 8,700 - - - - -
 Mala Dasu 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 75,000 Telugu ☀︎ 75,000 - - - - -
 Mala Sale 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Mala Urali 3,300 Telugu ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 260,000 Malayalam - - - 258,000 - -
Malai Arayan 300 Malayalam 300 - - 30 - -
Malai Pandaram 1,600 Malayalam 1,600 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 7,900 Malayalam 7,700 - - 200 - -
Malakkuravan 21,000 Tamil 21,000 30 - 90 - 30
Malakuravan 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Malasar 7,000 Tamil 7,000 - - - - -
 Malayali 390,000 Tamil 388,000 400 20 500 - 200
Malayan, caste 27,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 43,000 Tamil 43,000 - - - - -
Malayarayar 1,400 Malayalam 1,400 - - 20 - -
Malayekandi 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Malla Jetty 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mang Garudi 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mangala 519,000 Telugu ☀︎ 519,000 - - - - -
Maniyattikkaran 5,400 Tamil ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
 Manna Dhora 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 47,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 47,000 - - 100 - -
Mannan, tribal 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Manne 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Mappila 102,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 101,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Maravan 3,321,000 Tamil 3,235,000 - - 85,000 - -
 Masan Jogi 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Masthi 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 400 Marathi - - - 400 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Marathi 1,600 - - - - -
Matangi 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mavilan 4,300 Tulu ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 100 Meitei 100 - - - - -
 Memon 2,500 Gujarati ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Mizo 200 Mizo - - - 200 - -
Mizo Lushai 200 Mizo - - - 200 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Bengali 3,800 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - 20 - - -
 Momna 900 Gujarati ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Mudugar 1,500 Tamil 1,400 - - 90 - -
Mukha Dhora 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 3,500 Malayalam - - - 3,400 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 30 Malayalam ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
Mundala 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Munnur 55,000 Telugu ☀︎ 55,000 - - - - -
Mutali 40,000 Tamil 39,000 - - 900 - -
 Muthan 2,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 59,000 Telugu ☀︎ 58,000 - - 400 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,120,000 Tamil - - - 1,105,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 1,828,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,828,000 - - - - -
 Nadia 40 Gujarati ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Naga 30 Nagamese - - - 30 - -
Nagartha 14,000 Kannada ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 639,000 Hindi ☀︎ 639,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 300 -
 Nair 1,450,000 Malayalam 1,437,000 - - 14,000 - -
Nair Anthur 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 200 Tulu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 80 Bengali 80 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Navait 22,000 Konkani ☀︎ - 22,000 - - - -
 Navithan 817,000 Tamil ☀︎ 817,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Newah 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Odiya 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
Padannan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Pagadai 8,200 Tamil ☀︎ 8,200 - - - - -
Pale 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Paliya 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Paliyan 7,800 Tamil ☀︎ 7,800 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 485,000 Tamil - - - 514,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 2,523,000 Tamil 2,516,000 - 1,100 5,000 90 -
Palleyan 400 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Palliyan 5,100 Tamil 4,800 - - 200 - -
Palliyar 5,900 Tamil 5,600 - - 300 - 20
Palluvan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Pambada 1,600 Telugu ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Pan 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Panan 196,000 Tamil ☀︎ 196,000 - - - - -
 Panchama 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Pandaram 3,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
Panditattan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Panikkan 36,000 Tamil ☀︎ 36,000 - - - - -
 Paniyan 11,000 Paniya 11,000 60 - 200 - -
 Pannadi 4,800 Tamil ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
Panniandi 11,000 Tamil ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 675,000 Tamil - - - 674,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 1,972,000 Tamil 1,968,000 - 1,100 3,600 300 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 27,000 Tamil - - - 27,000 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Malayalam 25,000 - 90 - - -
 Pardhan 50 Pardhan 50 - - - - -
 Parsee 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - 300
 Pashtun Afridi 26,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 25,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 19,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 19,000 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 8,100 Hindi ☀︎ - 8,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 7,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,400 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 28,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 28,000 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 204,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 203,000 - - - -
 Patelia 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Pathiyan 5,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
Patnulkaran 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Persian 200 Dari ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 1,500 Telugu ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Perumannan 46,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 46,000 - - - - -
Pichakuntla 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Pindara 2,900 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,900 - - - -
 Pinjara 3,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,700 - - - -
Poi 40 Mizo - - - 40 - -
 Poundra 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 8,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 8,500 - 30 - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 31,000 Tamil 31,000 - - 100 - -
 Qassab 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Raddi 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Rai Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
Rajpur 200 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 237,000 Hindi ☀︎ 236,000 - - - - 900
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 2,500 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 2,400 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Rajput Chandrabansi 14,000 Hindi ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 41,000 Hindi ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
Ralte 60 Mizo - - - 60 - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rathawa 1,800 Rathawi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Ravalia 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Rawat 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Razu 63,000 Telugu ☀︎ 63,000 - - - - -
 Relli 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Rona 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Sali 127,000 Kannada ☀︎ 127,000 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Samagara 40 Kannada ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Samanthan 300 Odia ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Samban 8,200 Tamil 8,000 - - 200 - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 40 Santhali 40 - - - - -
 Saora unspecified 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Satani 27,000 Telugu ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
Sayankulam 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Sayyid 255,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 253,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 10,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 10,000 - - - -
 Sema 60 Naga, Sumi - - - 60 - -
Semman 2,800 Tamil 2,700 - - 40 - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 116,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 115,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 51,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 51,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 923,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 913,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 6,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,500 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Silpi 72,000 Telugu ☀︎ 72,000 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 1,700 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 1,700 - - -
 Siyal 70 Odia 70 - - - - -
 Soligar 6,500 Sholaga 6,500 - - 40 - -
 Somvanshi 34,000 Marathi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 368,000 Hindi ☀︎ 367,000 - - - - 1,400
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 346,000 Malayalam - - - 344,000 - -
 Tamang Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - 900
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 2,841,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 2,806,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 800 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 272,000 Hindi ☀︎ 272,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 2,200 Malayalam - - - 2,100 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Thantapulayan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Tharu 30 Bhojpuri 30 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 1,000 Tamil 500 - - 500 - -
 Thoti, caste 4,600 Telugu ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
Thoti, tribal 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Tibetan 200 Tibetan, Central - - 200 - - -
 Tili 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Tipera 30 Kok Borok 30 - - - - -
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 1,400 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Toda 2,200 Toda 1,900 20 - 300 - -
 Ulladan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Urali 15,000 Malayalam 14,000 30 - 1,100 - 30
Urikkara Naicker 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - 90
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 558,000 Telugu ☀︎ 556,000 - - 1,700 - -
Vadugan 24,000 Telugu ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 9,500 Kannada ☀︎ 9,500 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 6,200 Kannada ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 23,000 Kannada ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 226,000 Kannada 226,000 - - - - -
 Valan 38,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 38,000 - - - - -
Valanchian 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Valluvan 98,000 Tamil ☀︎ 98,000 - 20 - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Vaniyan 681,000 Tamil 573,000 - - 108,000 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 147,000 Tamil - - - 146,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 799,000 Tamil ☀︎ 799,000 - 40 800 - -
 Vanniyan 11,733,000 Tamil 11,546,000 - - 186,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 508,000 Tamil 500,000 - - 7,700 - -
Vanniyan Kalingi 39,000 Tamil 38,000 - - 500 - -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma 101,000 Tamil 100,000 - - 700 - -
Vanniyan Kotton 17,000 Tamil ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Pala Ekiri 2,400 Telugu ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Varli 1,700 Varli 1,700 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 4,000 Tamil - - - 4,000 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 9,900 Tamil ☀︎ 9,900 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 210,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 210,000 - - - - -
 Velama 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Velan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 150,000 Tamil 149,000 - - 1,000 - -
Vellalan Kongu 21,000 Tamil ☀︎ 21,000 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 9,600 Tamil 9,600 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 212,000 Tamil 195,000 - - 17,000 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 113,000 Tamil 110,000 - - 2,400 - -
Vellalan Pattanavan 7,300 Tamil ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 157,000 Tamil 155,000 - - 1,700 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 221,000 Tamil 219,000 - - 1,900 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 1,839,000 Tamil 1,783,000 - - 55,000 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 127,000 Tamil 126,000 - - 1,000 - -
Veluthadanayar 101,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 101,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 700 Malayalam - - - 700 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Tamil ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 3,000 Tamil ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
Vettuvan 20,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 1,700 Tamil ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 304,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 304,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 60,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 60,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 9,600 Kannada ☀︎ 9,600 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 72,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 72,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 2,672,000 Tamil 2,669,000 - - 3,100 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 4,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 3,072,000 Hindi ☀︎ 3,072,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 96,000 Hindi ☀︎ 96,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 941,000 Telugu ☀︎ 941,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 40 Bengali ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Yenadi 95,000 Telugu 95,000 30 - - - -
Yerava 20 Ravula 20 - - - - -
 Yerukula 15,000 Telugu 15,000 20 - - - -
 Yimchungra 50 Naga, Yimchungru - - - 50 - -
  Totals:  582 82,010,000   513 72,178,000 4,702,000 12,000 4,779,000 14,000 237,000


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