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Number of People Groups

612

Unreached People Groups

581

Total Population

63,315,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

79.7 %

Muslim

12.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

5.7 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi Andhra 76,000 Telugu ● 62,000 - 20 14,000 - -
Adi Dravida 1,207,000 Tamil ● 1,088,000 - 700 117,000 - -
Adi Karnataka 3,781,000 Kannada ● 3,664,000 - 22,000 89,000 500 5,800
Adiyan 600 Malayalam ● 500 - - 60 - -
Agamudaiyan 20,000 Tamil ● 20,000 - - - - -
Agani 500 Kodava ● 500 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Kannada ● 9,000 - - - - -
Aghori 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Agri 600 Marathi ● 600 - - - - -
Ajila 3,900 Malayalam ● 3,900 - - - - -
Ajna 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Alambadi kurichchan 1,500 Kurichiya ● 1,500 - - - - -
Ambalavasi 7,200 Malayalam ● 7,200 - - - - -
Ambattan 700 Tamil ● 700 - - - - -
Amma Kodaga 2,100 Kodava ● 2,100 - - - - -
Anamuk 600 Telugu ● 600 - - - - -
Andh 1,300 Marathi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Anduran 2,600 Konkani, Goan ● 2,600 - - - - -
Anglo 140,000 English ● - - - 140,000 - -
Ansari 341,000 Urdu ● - 341,000 - - - -
Anuppan 400 Kannada ● 400 - - - - -
Arab 200 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken ● - 200 - - - -
Arandan 70 Tamil ● 70 - - - - -
Arasu 45,000 Kannada ● 45,000 - - - - -
Aray Mala 700 Telugu ● 700 - - - - -
Arayan 1,600 Malayalam ● 1,600 - - - - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 600 -
Arunthathiyar 3,600 Telugu ● 3,600 - - - - -
Arwa Mala 500 Tamil ● 500 - - - - -
Assamese (Muslim traditions) 20 Assamese ● - 20 - - - -
Atari 70 Urdu ● - 70 - - - -
Ayri 200 Kodava ● 200 - - - - -
Ayyanavar 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Badaga 20,000 Badaga ● 20,000 - - 20 - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi ● 50,000 - - - - 2,000
Bagata 4,300 Telugu ● 4,300 - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Bagdi, Wagdi 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Bagga 500 Kannada ● 500 - - - - -
Baghban (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Urdu ● - 1,600 - - - -
Bahrupi 60 Marathi ● 60 - - - - -
Baira 8,500 Kannada ● 8,500 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Bengali ● 5,400 - - - - -
Bakad 5,500 Kannada ● 5,500 - - - - -
Bakuda 3,900 Tulu ● 3,900 - - - - -
Balagai 9,100 Kannada ● 9,000 - 80 - - -
Balasantoshi 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 989,000 Telugu ● 983,000 - - - - 12,000
Bandi 6,900 Kannada ● 6,900 - - - - -
Bangali (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bangar 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Bania 615,000 Hindi ● 365,000 - - - - 253,000
Bania, Agarwal 30,000 Hindi ● 22,000 - - - - 7,500
Bania, Chaturth 2,600 Marathi ● - - - - - 2,600
Bania, Chetti 153,000 Tamil ● 72,000 - - - - 72,000
Bania, Gujar 1,300 Gujarati ● 1,300 - - - - -
Bania, Jaiswal 900 Hindi ● 400 - - - - 600
Bania, Kasar 1,000 Hindi ● 200 - - - - 800
Bania, Komti 34,000 Telugu ● 34,000 - - - - 400
Bania, Mahajan 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bania, Mahesri 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Bania, Mahur 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - 40
Bania, Marwadi 1,900 Marwari ● 1,900 - - - - 60
Bania, Oswal 2,900 Hindi ● 700 - - - - 2,200
Bania, Porwal 4,100 Hindi ● 2,400 - - - - 1,700
Bania, Srimali 400 Gujarati ● - - - - - 400
Bania, Trivarnika Vaisya 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Bania, Ummad 1,000 Hindi ● 200 - - - - 700
Banijiga 738,000 Kannada ● 663,000 - - 200 - 84,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 1,218,000 Lambadi ● 1,216,000 - - 900 800 -
Banka 80 Odia ● 80 - - - - -
Banna 400 Kodava ● 400 - - - - -
Barda 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - 30
Baria (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Bariki 400 Odia ● 400 - - - - -
Basor 67,000 Hindi ● 64,000 - - - - 3,100
Bathada 3,700 Tulu ● 3,700 - - - - -
Battal 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Bauri 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Bavcha 1,000 Gujarati ● 1,200 - - - - -
Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Bawtar 80 Konkani, Goan ● 80 - - - - -
Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Telugu ● 4,600 - - - - -
Beda Jangam 557,000 Kannada ● 212,000 - 200 - 90 345,000
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 2,396,000 Kannada ● 2,394,000 - - - - 1,600
Bedar, Kashmir (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Urdu ● - 2,300 - - - -
Bedia (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Beg 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 722,000 Kannada ● 659,000 - - - - 63,000
Bellara 2,300 Kannada ● 2,300 - - - - -
Bhampta 2,600 Marathi ● 2,600 - - - - -
Bhand (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Bhandari 500 Odia ● 500 - - - - -
Bhangi (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi ● 27,000 - - - 50 -
Bhangi (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu ● - 600 - - - -
Bhansala 7,000 Marathi ● 7,000 - - - - -
Bharathar 500 Tamil ● 200 - - 200 - -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi ● 16,000 - - - - -
Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Bhattra 20 Bhatri ● 20 - - - - -
Bhavin 800 Konkani ● 800 - - - - -
Bhil 2,200 Hindi ● 2,000 40 - - - 30
Bhisti 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 320,000 Hindi ● 320,000 - - - - -
Bhotia, Sikkim 30 Sikkimese ● - - 30 - - -
Bhottada 1,500 Kuvi ● 1,500 - - - - -
Bidur 400 Marathi ● 400 - - - - -
Binapatta 300 Kannada ● 300 - - - - -
Bind 1,000 Bhojpuri ● 1,000 - - - - -
Bohra 400 Gujarati ● - 400 - - - -
Boya 368,000 Telugu ● 366,000 - - - - 2,800
Brahmin 2,732,000 Hindi ● 2,646,000 - - 300 - 83,000
Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Brahmin, Anavada 3,400 Gujarati ● 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin, Anavala 70 Gujarati ● 70 - - - - -
Brahmin, Audich 1,100 Gujarati ● 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin, Bengali 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Brahmin, Chitpavan 49,000 Marathi ● 49,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Daima 1,300 Hindi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Brahmin, Deshastha 64,000 Marathi ● 64,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Gaud Saraswat 45,000 Marathi ● 45,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Gaur 87,000 Hindi ● 87,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Gujar Gaur 6,400 Hindi ● 6,400 - - - - -
Brahmin, Gujarati 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Brahmin, Iyer 25,000 Tamil ● 25,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Joshi 5,200 Hindi ● 5,200 - - - - -
Brahmin, Kanaujia 85,000 Hindi ● 85,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Kannada 295,000 Kannada ● 295,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Karhada 13,000 Marathi ● 13,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Khandelwal 3,600 Hindi ● 3,600 - - - - -
Brahmin, Khedawal 800 Gujarati ● 800 - - - - -
Brahmin, Maha 1,200 Hindi ● 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin, Mahratta 66,000 Marathi ● 66,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Marathi 54,000 Marathi ● 54,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Mewada 3,200 Gujarati ● 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin, Modh 3,400 Gujarati ● 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin, Nagar 2,100 Gujarati ● 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin, Nambudiri 1,600 Malayalam ● 1,600 - - - - -
Brahmin, Ojha 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Brahmin, Sanadhya 83,000 Hindi ● 83,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Saraswat 30,000 Hindi ● 30,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Sawaria 3,300 Hindi ● 3,300 - - - - -
Brahmin, Sholiar 15,000 Tamil ● 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Srigaud 1,100 Hindi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin, Tamil 39,000 Tamil ● 39,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Telugu 59,000 Telugu ● 59,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Vadama 10,000 Tamil ● 10,000 - - - - -
Brahmin, Velanadu 17,000 Telugu ● 17,000 - - - - -
Burmese 50 Burmese ● - - 50 - - -
Byagara 16,000 Kannada ● 16,000 - 20 - - -
Chain 90 Bengali ● 90 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan 3,600 Tamil ● 3,600 - - - - -
Chaliyan 6,000 Tulu ● 6,000 - - - - -
Chalvadi 202,000 Kannada ● 193,000 - 2,300 - - 6,400
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 679,000 Hindi ● 675,000 - 1,400 1,700 - -
Chandala 500 Odia ● 500 - - - - -
Chapparband (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Kannada ● 6,000 - - - - -
Chapparband (Muslim traditions) 3,400 Urdu ● - 3,400 - - - -
Chaptegar 6,600 Konkani, Goan ● 6,600 - - - - -
Charan (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Charodi 4,800 Konkani, Goan ● 4,600 - - 200 - -
Chenchu 800 Telugu ● 800 - - - - -
Chenna Dasar 44,000 Kannada ● 44,000 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Malayalam ● 26,000 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 7,500 Malayalam ● - - - 7,500 - -
Chhetri 90 Nepali ● 90 - - - - -
Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Chitara 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Marathi ● 1,700 - - - - 1,100
Chitrakar (Lingayat traditions) 2,900 Kannada ● 1,000 - - - - 1,900
Chodhara 500 Chodri ● 400 30 20 - - -
Christian unspecified 170,000 Hindi ● - - - 170,000 - -
Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Marathi ● 15,000 - - - - -
Dakkal 1,400 Telugu ● 1,400 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 240,000 Hindi ● 223,000 - - - - 17,000
Devadasi 7,400 Kannada ● 7,400 - - - - -
Devadiga 141,000 Tulu ● 138,000 - 900 - - 1,800
Devanga 462,000 Kannada ● 390,000 - - 3,800 - 69,000
Dhangar 1,161,000 Gujarati ● 1,161,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 664,000 Hindi ● 657,000 - 700 - - 6,000
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 31,000 Urdu ● - 31,000 - - - -
Dhodia Unknown Gujarati ● - - - - - -
Dhor 37,000 Marathi ● 31,000 - 60 - - 6,700
Divehi, Maldivian 100 Maldivian ● - 100 - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 100 Odia ● 100 - - - - -
Domm 25,000 Telugu ● 25,000 - - - - -
Dubla 500 Dubli ● 500 - - - - -
Dudekula 60 Telugu ● - 60 - - - -
Durgamurgi 1,300 Kannada ● 1,300 - - - - -
Ellamalawar 700 Kannada ● 700 - - - - -
Faqir 50 Urdu ● - 50 - - - -
Gadaba 80 Odia ● 80 - - - - -
Gamit 400 Gamit ● 400 - - - - 20
Ganda 20 Odia ● 20 - - - - -
Gandla 21,000 Telugu ● 21,000 - - - - -
Gangakula 1,366,000 Kannada ● 1,366,000 - - - - 500
Gantichore 4,700 Kannada ● 4,700 - - - - -
Garoda (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Garoda (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Gatti 6,100 Tulu ● 6,100 - - - - -
Gauda 26,000 Odia ● 26,000 - - - - -
Gavara 600 Malayalam ● 600 - - - - -
Gawli 33,000 Marathi ● 33,000 - - - - -
Ghadasi 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Ghadi 4,300 Konkani, Goan ● 4,300 - - - - -
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Ghasi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Ghisadi 400 Marathi ● 400 - - - - -
Giddikki 57,000 Konkani, Goan ● 57,000 - - - - -
Goan Catholic 69,000 Konkani, Goan ● - - - 69,000 - -
Godda 3,700 Kannada ● 3,500 - 200 - - -
Gond 179,000 Hindi ● 176,000 400 200 50 30 2,100
Gondaru 84,000 Kannada ● 84,000 - - - - -
Gondhali 4,700 Marathi ● 4,700 - - - - -
Gopal 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Gosain 14,000 Hindi ● 14,000 - - - - -
Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Telugu ● 2,800 - - - - -
Gosangi (Muslim traditions) 300 Telugu ● - 300 - - - -
Gowari Unknown Marathi ● - - - - - -
Gowdulu 16,000 Kannada ● 16,000 - - 20 - 60
Gudigar 2,500 Konkani ● 2,500 - - - - -
Gujar (Hindu traditions) 7,900 Hindi ● 7,900 - - - - -
Gujar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Habura 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Hadi 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Hajam 14,000 Urdu ● - 14,000 - - - -
Hakki Pikki 11,000 Vaagri Booli ● 11,000 - - - - 20
Halleer 6,200 Marathi ● 5,900 - 300 - - -
Halsar 13,000 Konkani, Goan ● 13,000 - 300 - - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Halwakki Wakkal 119,000 Kannada ● 114,000 - 800 500 - 3,600
Han Chinese, Mandarin 100 Chinese, Mandarin ● - - 100 - - -
Hanabar 73,000 Tulu ● 73,000 - - - - -
Hande Jogi 45,000 Kannada ● 21,000 - 60 - - 24,000
Harkantra 21,000 Kannada ● 21,000 - - - - -
Hasalaru 28,000 Tulu ● 27,000 - - - - 100
Hasla 2,900 Tulu ● 2,900 - - - - -
Hatkar 76,000 Marathi ● 76,000 - - - - -
Holar 1,800 Marathi ● 1,600 - 40 - - 100
Holaya Dasar 4,200 Kannada ● 4,100 - 20 - - -
Holer 808,000 Kannada ● 748,000 - 43,000 - - 18,000
Idayan 500 Tamil ● 500 - - - - -
Ilavan 78,000 Malayalam ● 75,000 - - 2,900 - -
Illiger 100 Kannada ● 100 - - - - -
Irular 1,100 Irula ● 1,000 - - - - 40
Iruliga 11,000 Kannada ● 11,000 - - - - 300
Jaggali 1,500 Telugu ● 1,500 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 17,000 Telugu ● 17,000 - 50 - - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi ● 3,100 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 14,000 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 14,000 -
Javeri 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Jenu Kuruba 38,000 Kurumba, Jennu ● 38,000 - - - - 3,800
Jew, South Asian 80 Marathi ● - - - - - 80
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 80 -
Jingar 6,900 Marwari ● 6,300 - - - - 600
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 111,000 Bengali ● 111,000 - - - - -
Julaha 100 Hindi ● - - - - 100 -
Kachari (Hindu traditions) 800 Marathi ● 700 - - - - 100
Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 700 Tamil ● 600 - - 50 - -
Kadan 500 Kadar ● 500 - - - - -
Kadia (Hindu traditions) 102,000 Kannada ● 102,000 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 23,000 Kannada ● 25,000 30 - 30 - 600
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ● 70 - - - - -
Kaibartta 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Kaikadi 202,000 Kannada ● 202,000 - - - - -
Kaikolan 10,000 Tamil ● 10,000 - - - - -
Kakkalan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,370,000 Telugu ● 1,315,000 - - - - 54,000
Kalavant 30,000 Kannada ● 4,000 - - - - 26,000
Kalladi 1,600 Malayalam ● 1,600 - - - - -
Kallan 2,000 Tamil ● 2,000 - - - - -
Kalota Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Kamar 200 Kamar ● 200 - - - - -
Kamathi 7,800 Telugu ● 7,800 - - - - -
Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Kammara 14,000 Telugu ● 3,300 - - - - 11,000
Kanai 3,600 Urdu ● - 3,600 - - - -
Kanakkan 500 Malayalam ● 500 - - - - -
Kanate 500 Kodava ● 500 - - - - -
Kancha Vakkal 200 Konkani, Goan ● 200 - - - - -
Kanikaran 20 Kanikkaran ● 20 - - - - -
Kaniyan 4,500 Malayalam ● 4,500 - - - - -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Kaora 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Kaparia 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Kapu 243,000 Telugu ● 243,000 - - 100 - 100
Karigar 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Karimpalan 90 Malayalam ● 90 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 86,000 Marathi ● 24,000 - - - - 62,000
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 200 Kashmiri ● - 200 - - - -
Kathodi 700 Marathi ● 600 30 - - - 80
Kattunayakan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Kavara 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Kavuthiyan 1,700 Malayalam ● 1,700 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Kepmaris 300 Tamil ● 300 - - - - -
Khairwar 40 Bengali ● 40 - - - - -
Khandait 40 Odia ● 40 - - - - -
Kharva (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Gujarati ● 35,000 - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ● 20,000 - - - - -
Khatri (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Khatri (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Gujarati ● - 1,000 - - - -
Khatri (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Khetri 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Khoja 1,000 Gujarati ● - 1,000 - - - -
Kichagara 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Kodava 113,000 Kodava ● 113,000 - - - - -
Kokna 4,100 Kukna ● 4,100 - - - - 30
Kolayiri 1,000 Malayalam ● 1,000 - - - - -
Kolhati 1,200 Marathi ● 1,200 - - - - -
Koli (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Gujarati ● 36,000 - - - - -
Koli Dhor 103,000 Marathi ● 103,000 100 - - - 400
Koli Mahadev 31,000 Marathi ● 31,000 - 40 - - -
Koli Malhar 9,500 Marathi ● 9,500 - - - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Kollara, Karnataka 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Kolupulvandlu 1,100 Telugu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Komarpaik 22,000 Konkani, Goan ● 22,000 - - - - -
Konda Kapu 400 Telugu ● 400 - - - - -
Konda Reddi 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Koosa 4,300 Kannada ● 4,300 - - - 20 -
Kootan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Koracha, caste 61,000 Kannada ● 61,000 - - - - -
Koracha, tribe 21,000 Tulu ● 21,000 30 - 50 - 60
Korama 162,000 Kannada ● 162,000 - 100 - - -
Kori 7,900 Bengali ● 7,900 - - - - -
Korwa 52,000 Telugu ● 52,000 - - - - -
Koshti 88,000 Marathi ● 87,000 - - 200 - 400
Kota 300 Kota ● 300 - - - - -
Kotegar 9,600 Kannada ● 9,500 - 200 - - -
Koya 2,200 Telugu ● 2,200 - - - - -
Koyava 800 Kodava ● 800 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Kudavakkal 57,000 Kannada ● 4,600 - - - - 53,000
Kudiya 3,500 Kudiya ● 3,400 - - - - -
Kudumban 600 Tamil ● 600 - - - - -
Kudumi 43,000 Tamil ● 43,000 - - - - -
Kulama 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 458,000 Hindi ● 422,000 - - - - 37,000
Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 70 -
Kummari Unknown Telugu ● - - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 199,000 Gujarati ● 196,000 - - 60 - 2,500
Kunchatiga 370,000 Kannada ● 369,000 - - - - 600
Kuravan 14,000 Malayalam ● 14,000 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi ● 60,000 - - - - -
Kuruba 3,403,000 Kannada ● 3,366,000 - - 27,000 - 9,200
Kuruman 1,100 Kurumba, Betta ● 1,000 - - - - 40
Labana (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 50 -
Lakhera 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Lingader 500 Marathi ● - - - - - 500
Lingayat 1,476,000 Kannada ● - - - 200 - 1,476,000
Lohana 500 Gujarati ● 500 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 73,000 Hindi ● 60,000 - - - - 13,000
Lohar (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu ● - 500 - - - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Machala 900 Kannada ● 900 - - - - -
Madari 20 Urdu ● - 20 - - - -
Madiga (Christian traditions) 77,000 Telugu ● - - - 77,000 - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 542,000 Telugu ● 536,000 - 4,500 900 - -
Madiga (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Telugu ● 1,800 1,900 - - - -
Magar 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Maha Malasar 30 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Mahar (Christian traditions) 15,000 Marathi ● - - - 15,000 - -
Mahar (Hindu traditions) 87,000 Marathi ● 79,000 - 7,500 - - -
Mahishya 1,500 Bengali ● 1,500 - - - - -
Mahratta 2,232,000 Marathi ● 2,171,000 60 - 40 - 62,000
Mahratta Kunbi 65,000 Gujarati ● 65,000 - - - - -
Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Mahyavanshi 500 Gujarati ● 500 - - - - -
Maila 3,300 Tulu ● 3,300 - - - - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Mala (Christian traditions) 10,000 Telugu ● - - - 10,000 - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Telugu ● 22,000 - 30 100 - -
Mala Dasari 6,400 Telugu ● 6,400 - 30 - - -
Mala Hannai 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Mala Jangam 500 Telugu ● 500 - - - - -
Mala Masti 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Mala Sale 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Mala Sanyasi 1,600 Telugu ● 1,600 - - - - -
Malabar Catholic 151,000 Malayalam ● - - - 151,000 - -
Malai Vedan 1,000 Tamil ● 1,000 - - 20 - -
Malaikudi 10,000 Tulu ● 10,000 - - - - 50
Malasar 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Malava 20,000 Tulu ● 20,000 - - - - -
Malayali 6,000 Tamil ● 6,000 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam ● - - - - - -
Malayekandi 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Maleru 1,900 Kannada ● 1,900 - - - - 20
Mali (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi ● 28,000 - - - - -
Manbhav 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Mang Garudi 4,400 Marathi ● 4,400 - - - - -
Mangala 39,000 Telugu ● 39,000 - - - - 200
Maniyani 800 Kodava ● 800 - - - - -
Mannan, caste 2,700 Malayalam ● 2,700 - - - - -
Manne 1,100 Telugu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Mappila 436,000 Malayalam ● - 436,000 - - - -
Maravan 23,000 Tamil ● 23,000 - - - - -
Masan Jogi 20,000 Kannada ● 20,000 - - - - -
Mashti 400 Telugu ● 400 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 3,000 Marathi ● - - - 3,000 - -
Matang (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Marathi ● 36,000 - 800 - - -
Mavilan 200 Tulu ● 200 - - - - -
Mawalud 50,000 Urdu ● - 50,000 - - - -
Meda 46,000 Kannada ● 45,000 30 - 40 - 500
Megh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Meitei 50 Meitei ● 50 - - - - -
Memon 1,500 Gujarati ● - 1,500 - - - -
Mirasi (Hindu traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● 20 - - - - -
Mitha Ayyalvar 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Bengali ● 30,000 - - - - -
Mochi (Muslim traditions) 20 Urdu ● - 20 - - - -
Moger 92,000 Tulu ● 90,000 - 2,500 - - -
Moghal 157,000 Urdu ● - 157,000 - - - -
Momna 80 Gujarati ● - 80 - - - -
Mondiwaru 200 Telugu ● - 200 - - - -
Mudhar 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 1,700 Malayalam ● - - - 1,700 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Malayalam ● 6,600 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 100 Malayalam ● - 100 - - - -
Mukri 14,000 Kannada ● 13,000 - 1,500 - - -
Mundala 33,000 Tulu ● 33,000 - - - - -
Munnur 25,000 Telugu ● 25,000 - - - - -
Mutali 30 Tamil ● 30 - - - - -
Muthuvan 400 Malayalam ● 400 - - - - -
Mutrasi 22,000 Telugu ● 22,000 - - - - -
Nadar 88,000 Tamil ● 66,000 - - 22,000 - -
Nadia 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Naga, unspecified 60 Naga Pidgin ● - - - 60 - -
Nagar 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions) 40 Sadri ● - 40 - - - -
Nagartha 41,000 Kannada ● 41,000 - - - - 80
Nai (Hindu traditions) 380,000 Hindi ● 309,000 - - - - 70,000
Nai (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 300 -
Naikadaya 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Naikda 3,638,000 Kannada ● 3,607,000 3,700 300 500 300 25,000
Nair 149,000 Malayalam ● 149,000 - - - - -
Nairi 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Nalakeyava 7,600 Kannada ● 7,600 - - - - -
Nalband 400 Urdu ● - 400 - - - -
Nalkadaya 900 Tulu ● 900 - - - - -
Namassej 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ● 11,000 - - - - -
Nau Buddh 400 Marathi ● - - 400 - - -
Navait 13,000 Malayalam ● - 13,000 - - - -
Navithan 14,000 Tamil ● 14,000 - - - - -
Nayadi 1,600 Gujarati ● 1,600 - - - - -
Newah 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Padiar 1,000 Konkani, Goan ● 1,000 - - - - -
Pagi 400 Konkani, Goan ● 400 - - - - -
Pale 16,000 Kodava ● 16,000 - - - - -
Paliya 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Paliyan 3,000 Tamil ● 3,000 - - - - -
Pallan 3,200 Tamil ● 3,200 - - - - -
Palleyan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Palliyan 700 Tamil ● 600 - - 40 - 30
Palluvan 600 Malayalam ● 600 - - - - -
Pambada 1,100 Tulu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Pan 1,700 Odia ● 1,700 - - - - -
Panan 50 Tamil ● 50 - - - - -
Panchama 1,100 Telugu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Pandaram 4,200 Malayalam ● 4,200 - - - - -
Panditattan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Pangul 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Panika 700 Chhattisgarhi ● 700 - - - - -
Panikkan 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Paniyan 900 Paniya ● 900 - - - - 30
Pannadi 1,200 Tamil ● 1,200 - - - - -
Panniandi 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Paraiyan 4,600 Tamil ● 3,900 - - 700 - -
Paravan 5,800 Malayalam ● 4,600 - - 1,200 - -
Pardhan 100 Pardhan ● 100 - - - - -
Pardhi 6,800 Pardhi ● 6,500 60 - 20 - 300
Parsee 600 Gujarati ● - - - - - 600
Pashtun, Pathan 589,000 Urdu ● - 589,000 - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Patelia 300 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Patharwat 14,000 Marathi ● 14,000 - - - - -
Patralu 300 Odia ● 300 - - - - -
Patramela 4,800 Konkani, Goan ● 4,800 - - - - -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Kannada ● 22,000 -