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Country:

India
State: Karnataka
District: All

Number of People Groups

665

Unreached People Groups

630

Total Population

64,597,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

80.0 %

Muslim

12.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

5.2 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi Andhra 78,000 Telugu ● 59,000 - 20 19,000 - -
Adi Dravida 1,184,000 Tamil ● 1,015,000 - 700 167,000 - -
Adi Karnataka 3,662,000 Kannada ● 3,461,000 - 21,000 177,000 500 1,100
Adiyan 900 Malayalam ● 700 - - 60 - 20
Agamudaiyan 22,000 Tamil ● 22,000 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 40 Tamil ● 40 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 18,000 Tamil ● 18,000 - - - - -
Agani 500 Kodava ● 500 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Kannada ● 8,700 - - - - -
Aghori 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Agri 600 Marathi ● 600 - - - - -
Ajila 3,700 Malayalam ● 3,700 - - - - -
Ajna 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Alambadi Kuricchan 1,500 Kurichiya ● 1,500 - - - - -
Ambalavasi 8,400 Malayalam ● 8,400 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Ambattan 700 Tamil ● 700 - - - - -
Amma Kodaga 2,000 Kodava ● 2,000 - - - - -
Anamuk 600 Telugu ● 600 - - - - -
Andh 1,300 Marathi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Anduran 2,500 Konkani ● 2,500 - - - - -
Anglo 44,000 English ● - - - 44,000 - -
Ansari 330,000 Urdu ● - 330,000 - - - -
Anuppan 300 Kannada ● 300 - - - - -
Arab 200 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken ● - 200 - - - -
Arandan 70 Aranadan ● 70 - - - - -
Arasu 44,000 Kannada ● 44,000 - - - - -
Aray Mala 700 Telugu ● 700 - - - - -
Arayan 1,600 Malayalam ● 1,600 - - - - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) 900 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 900 -
Arunthathiyar 3,400 Tamil ● 3,400 - - - - -
Arwa Mala 500 Tamil ● 500 - - - - -
Assamese (Muslim traditions) 20 Assamese ● - 20 - - - -
Atari 90 Urdu ● - 90 - - - -
Ayri 200 Kodava ● 200 - - - - -
Ayyanavar 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Badaga 20,000 Badaga ● 20,000 - - 30 - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Hindi ● 49,000 - - - - 2,000
Badhai Konkani 1,100 Marathi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Bagata 4,300 Telugu ● 4,300 - - - - -
Bagdi 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Bagga 500 Kannada ● 500 - - - - -
Baghban (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Urdu ● - 1,600 - - - -
Bahrupi 50 Marathi ● 50 - - - - -
Baira 8,300 Kannada ● 8,300 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Hindi ● 6,900 - - - - 51,000
Bakad 5,300 Kannada ● 5,300 - - - - -
Bakuda 3,800 Tulu ● 3,800 - - - - -
Balagai 8,700 Kannada ● 8,700 - 80 - - -
Balasantoshi 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 996,000 Kannada ● 979,000 - - - - 17,000
Balija Bogam 25,000 Telugu ● 24,000 - - - - 300
Balija Dasari 35,000 Kannada ● 34,000 - - - - 1,100
Balija Gopanthi 7,000 Telugu ● 7,000 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Kannada ● 6,700 - - - - -
Bangali (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Bangar 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Bania 675,000 Hindi ● 418,000 - - - - 258,000
Bania Agarwal 25,000 Hindi ● 18,000 - - - - 6,900
Bania Chaturth 2,500 Marathi ● - - - - - 2,500
Bania Chetti 154,000 Tamil ● 78,000 - - - - 76,000
Bania Gujar 1,300 Gujarati ● 1,300 - - - - -
Bania Jaiswal 900 Hindi ● 300 - - - - 600
Bania Kasar 1,000 Hindi ● 200 - - - - 800
Bania Komti 34,000 Telugu ● 33,000 - - - - 400
Bania Mahajan 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bania Mahesri 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Bania Mahur 700 Hindi ● 600 - - - - 40
Bania Marwadi 1,800 Marwari ● 1,700 - - - - 60
Bania Oswal 2,600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - 2,000
Bania Pancham 1,100 Kannada ● - - - - - 1,100
Bania Porwal 3,700 Hindi ● 2,100 - - - - 1,600
Bania Srimali 400 Gujarati ● - - - - - 300
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Bania Ummad 900 Hindi ● 200 - - - - 700
Banijiga 740,000 Kannada ● 663,000 - - 900 - 82,000
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 1,179,000 Lambadi ● 1,177,000 - - 900 800 -
Banjara Rathor (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Lambadi ● 113,000 - - - 80 -
Banka 80 Odia ● 80 - - - - -
Banna 300 Kodava ● 300 - - - - -
Barda 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Baria (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Bariki 400 Odia ● 400 - - - - -
Basor 67,000 Hindi ● 64,000 - - - - 2,900
Bathada 3,600 Tulu ● 3,600 - - - - -
Battal 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Bauri 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Bavcha 1,100 Gujarati ● 1,100 - - - - -
Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 60 -
Bawtar 80 Konkani, Goan ● 80 - - - - -
Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Telugu ● 4,500 - - - - -
Beda Jangam 537,000 Kannada ● 207,000 - 500 - 200 330,000
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 2,288,000 Kannada ● 2,288,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 106,000 Kannada ● 106,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 96,000 Telugu ● 96,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 104,000 Kannada ● 104,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kashmir (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Urdu ● - 2,300 - - - -
Bedar Myasa 61,000 Telugu ● 61,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 106,000 Kannada ● 106,000 - - - - -
Bedia (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Beg 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 708,000 Kannada ● 647,000 - - - - 60,000
Beldar Katani Uppara 17,000 Kannada ● 16,000 - - - - 1,500
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Kannada ● 17,000 - - - - 900
Beldar Mith Gauda 1,200 Konkani, Goan ● 1,000 - - - - 100
Beldar Narmada Uppara 20,000 Kannada ● 20,000 - - - - 100
Beldar Sunkar 3,300 Kannada ● 3,300 - - - - -
Beldar Urindavan 900 Kannada ● 900 - - - - -
Bellara 2,200 Kannada ● 2,200 - - - - -
Bhampta 2,500 Marathi ● 2,500 - - - - -
Bhand (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Bhandari 500 Odia ● 500 - - - - -
Bhangi (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi ● 26,000 - - - 100 -
Bhangi (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu ● - 600 - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Hindi ● 6,800 - - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 40 Urdu ● - 40 - - - -
Bhangi Mehtar 1,100 Hindi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Bhansala 6,800 Marathi ● 6,800 - - - - -
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 6,300 Hindi ● 5,800 200 - 60 - 200
Bhisti 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 324,000 Hindi ● 324,000 - - - - -
Bhotia Sikkim 30 Sikkimese ● - - 30 - - -
Bhottada 1,400 Kuvi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Bidur 400 Marathi ● 400 - - - - -
Binapatta 300 Kannada ● 300 - - - - -
Bind 1,000 Bhojpuri ● 1,000 - - - - -
Bohra 400 Gujarati ● - 400 - - - -
Boya 313,000 Telugu ● 311,000 - - - - 2,900
Brahmin 2,627,000 Hindi ● 2,539,000 - - 300 - 87,000
Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 300 -
Brahmin Anavada 3,200 Gujarati ● 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 70 Gujarati ● 70 - - - - -
Brahmin Audich 1,100 Gujarati ● 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Chitpavan 50,000 Marathi ● 50,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Daima 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Deshastha 62,000 Marathi ● 62,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 43,000 Konkani ● 43,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 83,000 Hindi ● 83,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 4,900 Hindi ● 4,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujarati 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Iyer 24,000 Tamil ● 24,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Joshi 4,300 Hindi ● 4,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 67,000 Hindi ● 67,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Kannada 290,000 Kannada ● 290,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 12,000 Marathi ● 12,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Khandelwal 2,900 Hindi ● 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 700 Gujarati ● 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Maha 1,100 Hindi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 63,000 Marathi ● 63,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Malla Jetti 600 Telugu ● 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 51,000 Marathi ● 51,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 3,100 Gujarati ● 3,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 2,600 Gujarati ● 2,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 2,100 Gujarati ● 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 1,500 Malayalam ● 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Ojha 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Sanadhya 79,000 Hindi ● 79,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 29,000 Hindi ● 29,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Sawaria 3,100 Hindi ● 3,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 14,000 Tamil ● 14,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Srigaud 1,100 Hindi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 38,000 Tamil ● 38,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Telugu 57,000 Telugu ● 57,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vadama 10,000 Tamil ● 10,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Velanadu 17,000 Telugu ● 17,000 - - - - -
Burmese 50 Burmese ● - - 50 - - -
Byagara 16,000 Telugu ● 16,000 - 20 - - -
Chain 90 Bengali ● 90 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan 3,500 Tamil ● 3,500 - 20 - - -
Chaliyan 5,700 Tulu ● 5,700 - - - - -
Chalvadi 193,000 Kannada ● 185,000 - 2,300 - - 6,100
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 650,000 Hindi ● 647,000 - 1,600 1,600 - -
Chandala 500 Odia ● 500 - - - - -
Chapparband (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Kannada ● 5,800 - - - - -
Chapparband (Muslim traditions) 3,400 Urdu ● - 3,400 - - - -
Chaptegar 6,300 Konkani, Goan ● 6,300 - - - - -
Charan (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Charodi 4,600 Konkani, Goan ● 4,400 - - 200 - -
Chenchu 1,000 Telugu ● 1,000 - - - - -
Chenna Dasar 42,000 Kannada ● 42,000 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Malayalam ● 26,000 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 7,400 Malayalam ● - - - 7,400 - -
Chhetri 90 Nepali ● 90 - - - - -
Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 40 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Chitara 90 Hindi ● 90 - - - - -
Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Marathi ● 2,300 - - - - 2,700
Chodhara 300 Chodri ● 300 20 - - - -
Christian 60,000 Hindi ● - - - 60,000 - -
Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Marathi ● 16,000 - - - - -
Dakkal 1,300 Telugu ● 1,300 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 233,000 Hindi ● 217,000 - - - - 17,000
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Gujarati ● 5,000 - - - - 200
Devadasi 7,100 Kannada ● 7,100 - - - - -
Devadiga 138,000 Tulu ● 136,000 - 900 - - 1,700
Devadiga Kalavant 6,400 Konkani ● 6,200 - - - - 300
Devanga 462,000 Kannada ● 386,000 - - 11,000 - 66,000
Dhangar Bharwad 1,150,000 Gujarati ● 1,150,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 638,000 Hindi ● 631,000 - 600 - - 5,800
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 30,000 Urdu ● - 30,000 - - - -
Dhodia Unknown Gujarati ● - - - - - -
Dhor 36,000 Marathi ● 30,000 - 60 - - 6,000
Divehi 100 Maldivian ● - 100 - - - -
Dom 24,000 Telugu ● 24,000 - - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 100 Odia ● 100 - - - - -
Dubla 300 Dubli ● 300 - - - - -
Dudekula 60 Telugu ● - 60 - - - -
Durgamurgi 1,200 Kannada ● 1,200 - - - - -
Ellamalawar 700 Kannada ● 700 - - - - -
Faqir 50 Urdu ● - 50 - - - -
Gadaba 80 Telugu ● 80 - - - - -
Galada Konkani 800 Tulu ● 700 - - - - -
Gamit 500 Gamit ● 500 20 - - - -
Ganda 20 Odia ● 20 - - - - -
Gandla 43,000 Telugu ● 20,000 - - - - 22,000
Gangakula 1,380,000 Kannada ● 1,380,000 - - - - 500
Gantichore 4,600 Kannada ● 4,600 - - - - -
Garoda (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Garoda (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu ● - 300 - - - -
Gatti 5,900 Tulu ● 5,900 - - - - -
Gauda 27,000 Odia ● 27,000 - - - - -
Gavara 600 Malayalam ● 600 - - - - -
Gawli 18,000 Marathi ● 18,000 - - - - -
Ghadasi 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Ghadi 4,100 Konkani, Goan ● 4,100 - - - - -
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Ghasi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Ghisadi 400 Marathi ● 400 - - - - -
Giddikki 55,000 Konkani ● 55,000 - - - - -
Goanese 72,000 Konkani, Goan ● - - - 72,000 - -
Godda 3,600 Kannada ● 3,400 - 200 - - -
Gond 158,000 Hindi ● 156,000 600 - 50 40 1,700
Gondaru 81,000 Kannada ● 81,000 - - - - -
Gondhali 4,700 Marathi ● 4,700 - - - - -
Gopal 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Gosain 14,000 Hindi ● 14,000 - - - - -
Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Telugu ● 2,700 - - - - -
Gosangi (Muslim traditions) 300 Telugu ● - 300 - - - -
Gowari Unknown Marathi ● - - - - - -
Gowdulu 8,700 Kannada ● 8,700 - - - - -
Gudigar 2,500 Konkani ● 2,500 - - - - -
Gujar (Hindu traditions) 7,800 Hindi ● 7,800 - - - - -
Gujar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Habura 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Hadi 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Hajam 14,000 Urdu ● - 14,000 - - - -
Hakki Pikki 12,000 Vaagri Booli ● 12,000 20 - 50 - -
Halleer 6,000 Marathi ● 5,700 - 300 - - -
Halsar 13,000 Konkani, Goan ● 12,000 - 300 - - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Halwakki Wakkal 117,000 Kannada ● 116,000 - 700 500 - 200
Han Chinese, Mandarin 100 Chinese, Mandarin ● - - 100 - - -
Hanabar 71,000 Tulu ● 71,000 - - - - -
Hande Jogi 36,000 Kannada ● 20,000 - 60 - - 15,000
Harkantra 20,000 Konkani, Goan ● 20,000 - - - - -
Hasalaru 25,000 Tulu ● 25,000 20 - - - -
Hasla 2,800 Tulu ● 2,800 - - - - -
Hatkar 76,000 Marathi ● 76,000 - - - - -
Holar 1,700 Marathi ● 1,600 - 40 - - 100
Holaya Dasar 4,100 Kannada ● 4,100 - 20 - - -
Holer 784,000 Kannada ● 725,000 - 41,000 - - 17,000
Idayan 500 Tamil ● 500 - - - - -
Ilavan 75,000 Malayalam ● 72,000 - - 3,100 - -
Illiger 100 Kannada ● 100 - - - - -
Irular 900 Irula ● 800 - - - - 40
Iruliga 14,000 Kannada ● 14,000 - - - - 100
Jaggali 1,500 Telugu ● 1,500 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 17,000 Telugu ● 17,000 - 50 - - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi ● 3,100 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 17,000 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 17,000 -
Javeri 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Jenu Kuruba 36,000 Kurumba, Jennu ● 36,000 30 - - - 20
Jew, South Asian 80 Marathi ● - - - - - 80
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Jingar 6,700 Marwari ● 6,200 - - - - 500
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 107,000 Bengali ● 107,000 - - - - -
Julaha 200 Hindi ● - - - - 200 -
Kachari (Hindu traditions) 800 Marathi ● 700 - - - - 100
Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 600 Tamil ● 600 - - 50 - -
Kadan 500 Kadar ● 500 - - - - -
Kadia (Hindu traditions) 105,000 Kannada ● 105,000 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 12,000 Kannada ● 12,000 20 - - - 300
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ● 70 - - - - -
Kaibartta 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Kaikadi 205,000 Kannada ● 205,000 - - - - -
Kaikolan 9,800 Tamil ● 9,800 - - - - -
Kakkalan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,323,000 Telugu ● 1,275,000 - - - - 48,000
Kalal Idiga 962,000 Telugu ● 959,000 - - - - 2,800
Kalavant 29,000 Kannada ● 3,900 - - - - 25,000
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 9,000 Telugu ● 9,000 - - - - -
Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Kammara 14,000 Telugu ● 3,900 - - - - 10,000
Kanai 3,500 Urdu ● - 3,500 - - - -
Kanakkan 500 Malayalam ● 500 - - - - -
Kanate 500 Kodava ● 500 - - - - -
Kancha Vakkal 200 Konkani, Goan ● 200 - - - - -
Kanikkaran 20 Kanikkaran ● 20 - - - - -
Kaniyan 4,400 Malayalam ● 4,400 - - - - -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Kaora 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Kaparia 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Kapu 228,000 Telugu ● 227,000 - - 200 - 100
Kapu Reddi 47,000 Telugu ● 47,000 - - - - -
Karigar 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Karimpalan 90 Malayalam ● 90 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Marathi ● 24,000 - - - - 59,000
Kasar Otari 3,700 Odia ● 2,700 - - - - 1,000
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 200 Kashmiri ● - 200 - - - -
Kathodi 500 Marathi ● 400 20 - - - -
Kattunayakan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Kavara 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Kavuthiyan 1,600 Malayalam ● 1,600 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Kepmaris 300 Tamil ● 300 - - - - -
Khairwar 40 Bengali ● 40 - - - - -
Khandait 40 Odia ● 40 - - - - -
Kharva (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Gujarati ● 34,000 - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ● 20,000 - - - - -
Khatri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Khatri (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Kacchi ● - 1,000 - - - -
Khatri (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 300 -
Khetri 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Khoja 1,100 Gujarati ● - 1,100 - - - -
Kichagara 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Kodava 113,000 Kodava ● 113,000 - - - - -
Kokna 3,800 Kukna ● 3,800 - - - - -
Kolayiri 900 Malayalam ● 900 - - - - -
Kolhati 1,200 Marathi ● 1,200 - - - - -
Koli (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Gujarati ● 35,000 - - - - -
Koli Dhor 107,000 Marathi ● 106,000 300 - 30 30 600
Koli Mahadev 30,000 Marathi ● 30,000 - 40 - - -
Koli Malhar 9,200 Marathi ● 9,200 - - - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Kollara Karnataka 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Kolupulvandlu 1,100 Telugu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Komarpaik 21,000 Konkani ● 21,000 - - - - -
Konda Kapu 7,400 Telugu ● 6,900 200 - 200 - 40
Konda Reddi 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Koosa 4,200 Kannada ● 4,200 - - - 20 -
Kootan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Koracha, caste 59,000 Kannada ● 59,000 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 15,000 Tulu ● 15,000 30 - - - 200
Korama 156,000 Kannada ● 156,000 - 100 - - -
Korama Kunchi 4,500 Kannada ● 4,500 - - - - -
Kori 7,600 Bengali ● 7,600 - - - - -
Korwa 55,000 Telugu ● 55,000 - - - - -
Koshti 86,000 Marathi ● 86,000 - - 300 - 400
Kota 200 Kota ● 200 - - - - -
Kotegar 9,300 Kannada ● 9,100 - 200 - - -
Koya 900 Telugu ● 900 - - - - -
Koyava 700 Kodava ● 700 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Kudavakkal 55,000 Kannada ● 4,500 - - - - 50,000
Kudiya 2,300 Kudiya ● 2,200 - - - - -
Kudumban 600 Tamil ● 600 - - - - -
Kudumi 42,000 Tamil ● 42,000 - - - - -
Kulama 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 458,000 Hindi ● 423,000 - - - - 35,000
Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Kummari 30 Telugu ● 30 - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 209,000 Gujarati ● 207,000 - - 60 - 2,400
Kunbi Anjna 3,300 Gujarati ● 3,300 - - - - -
Kunbi Kadwa 1,100 Gujarati ● 1,100 - - - - -
Kunbi Konkani 4,200 Konkani, Goan ● 4,200 - - - - -
Kunbi Lewa 1,900 Gujarati ● 1,900 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 331,000 Kannada ● 331,000 - - - - 60
Kuravan 13,000 Malayalam ● 13,000 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi ● 59,000 - - - - -
Kuruba 3,389,000 Kannada ● 3,335,000 - - 43,000 - 8,300
Kuruman 500 Kurumba, Betta ● 500 - - - - -
Labana (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 80 -
Lakhera 30 Hindi ● 30 - - - - -
Lingader 500 Marathi ● - - - - - 500
Lingayat 1,257,000 Kannada ● - - - 400 - 1,257,000
Lohana 600 Gujarati ● 600 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Hindi ● 62,000 - - - - 12,000
Lohar (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu ● - 500 - - - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Machala 900 Kannada ● 900 - - - - -
Madari 20 Urdu ● - 20 - - - -
Madiga (Christian traditions) 78,000 Telugu ● - - - 78,000 - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 518,000 Telugu ● 512,000 - 4,400 1,200 - -
Madiga (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Telugu ● - 2,000 - - - -
Madiga Penda 300 Telugu ● - 300 - - - -
Magar 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Maha Malasar 60 Tamil ● 50 - - - - -
Mahar (Christian traditions) 15,000 Marathi ● - - - 15,000 - -
Mahar (Hindu traditions) 84,000 Marathi ● 76,000 - 7,600 - - -
Mahishya 1,400 Bengali ● 1,400 - - - - -
Mahratta 2,224,000 Marathi ● 2,163,000 60 - 40 - 59,000
Mahratta Gomatang 7,200 Marathi ● 7,200 - - - - -
Mahratta Konkani 80,000 Marathi ● 80,000 - - - - 100
Mahratta Kunbi 92,000 Gujarati ● 92,000 - - - - -
Mahratta Shinde 2,700 Marathi ● 2,700 - - - - 20
Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 300 -
Mahyavanshi 500 Gujarati ● 500 - - - - -
Maila 3,200 Tulu ● 3,200 - - - - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Mala (Christian traditions) 13,000 Telugu ● - - - 13,000 - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Telugu ● 21,000 - 30 200 - -
Mala Dasari 6,200 Telugu ● 6,200 - 30 - - -
Mala Hannai 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Mala Jangam 500 Telugu ● 500 - - - - -
Mala Masti 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Mala Sale 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Mala Sanyasi 1,500 Telugu ● 1,500 - - - - -
Malabar Catholic 160,000 Malayalam ● - - - 160,000 - -
Malai Vedan 1,000 Malayalam ● 900 - - 30 - -
Malaikudi 9,300 Tulu ● 9,200 20 - - - -
Malasar 60 Tamil ● 60 - - - - -
Malava 24,000 Tulu ● 19,000 - - - - 4,400
Malayali 5,800 Tamil ● 5,800 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam ● - - - - - -
Malayekandi 200 Malayalam ● 200 - - - - -
Maleru 500 Kannada ● 500 - - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi ● 30,000 - - - - -
Manbhav 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Mang Garudi 4,300 Marathi ● 4,300 - - - - -
Mangala 37,000 Telugu ● 37,000 - - - - 200
Maniyani 800 Kodava ● 800 - - - - -
Mannan, caste 2,600 Malayalam ● 2,600 - - - - -
Manne 1,000 Telugu ● 1,000 - - - - -
Mappila 410,000 Malayalam ● - 410,000 - - - -
Marata 87,000 Tulu ● 87,000 90 - 40 - 60
Maravan 23,000 Tamil ● 23,000 - - - - -
Masan Jogi 19,000 Kannada ● 19,000 - - - - -
Mashti 400 Telugu ● 400 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 3,000 Marathi ● - - - 3,000 - -
Matang (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Marathi ● 35,000 - 700 - - -
Mavilan 200 Tulu ● 200 - - - - -
Mawalud 47,000 Urdu ● - 47,000 - - - -
Meda 44,000 Kannada ● 44,000 200 - 40 - 300
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) 26,000 Bengali ● 26,000 - - - - -
Mochi (Muslim traditions) 20 Urdu ● - 20 - - - -
Moger 89,000 Tulu ● 87,000 - 2,400 - - -
Moger Moyan 4,400 Tulu ● 4,400 - 20 - - -
Moghal 159,000 Urdu ● - 159,000 - - - -
Momna 80 Gujarati ● - 80 - - - -
Mondiwaru 200 Telugu ● - 200 - - - -
Mudhar 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 2,300 Malayalam ● - - - 2,300 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Malayalam ● 6,400 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 100 Malayalam ● - 100 - - - -
Mukri 14,000 Kannada ● 12,000 - 1,400 - - -
Mundala 32,000 Tulu ● 32,000 - - - - -
Munnur 25,000 Telugu ● 25,000 - - - - -
Mutali 30 Tamil ● 30 - - - - -
Muthuvan 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Mutrasi 22,000 Telugu ● 22,000 - - - - -
Nadar 88,000 Tamil ● 63,000 - - 25,000 - -
Nadia 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Naga 60 Naga Pidgin ● - - - 60 - -
Nagar 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions) 40 Sadri ● - 40 - - - -
Nagartha 40,000 Kannada ● 40,000 - - - - 80
Nai (Hindu traditions) 390,000 Hindi ● 304,000 - - - - 86,000
Nai (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 300 -
Naikadaya 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Naikda 3,298,000 Kannada ● 3,281,000 7,600 100 1,100 500 11,000
Nair 147,000 Malayalam ● 147,000 - - - - -
Nalakeyava 7,300 Kannada ● 7,300 - - - - -
Nalband 500 Urdu ● - 500 - - - -
Nalkadaya 900 Tulu ● 900 - - - - -
Namassej 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Namassej Chandel 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ● 11,000 - - - - -
Natakani 100 Kannada ● 100 - - - - -
Navait 12,000 Malayalam ● - 12,000 - - - -
Navithan 13,000 Tamil ● 13,000 - - - - -
Nayadi 1,500 Gujarati ● 1,500 - - - - -
Newah 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Padiar 900 Konkani, Goan ● 900 - - - - -
Pagi 400 Konkani, Goan ● 400 - - - - -
Pale 15,000 Kodava ● 15,000 - - - - -
Paliya 60 Bengali ● 60 - - - - -
Paliyan 2,900 Tamil ● 2,900 - - - - -
Pallan 3,100 Tamil ● 3,100 - - - - -
Palleyan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Palliyan 400 Tamil ● 300 - - - - -
Palluvan 600 Malayalam ● 600 - - - - -
Pambada 1,000 Tulu ● 1,000 - - - - -
Pan 1,700 Odia ● 1,700 - - - - -
Panan 50 Tamil ● 50 - - - - -
Panchama 1,100 Telugu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Pandaram 4,000 Malayalam ● 4,000 - - - - -
Panditattan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Pangul 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Panika 600 Chhattisgarhi ● 600 - - - - -
Panikkan 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Paniyan 600 Paniya ● 600 - - - - -
Pannadi 1,100 Tamil ● 1,100 - - - - -
Panniandi 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Paraiyan 4,400 Tamil ● 3,800 - - 700 - -
Paravan 5,600 Malayalam ● 4,500 - - 1,100 - -
Pardhan 100 Pardhan ● 100 - - - - -
Pardhi 11,000 Pardhi ● 11,000 40 - - - 20
Parsee 600 Gujarati ● - - - - - 600
Pashtun 579,000 Urdu ● - 579,000 - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Patelia 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Patharwat 14,000 Marathi ● 14,000 - - - - -
Patralu 300 Odia ● 300 - - - - -
Patramela 4,600 Konkani ● 4,600 - - - - -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Kannada ● 24,000 - - - - -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu ● - 500 - - - -
Perka 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Persian 200 Persian, Iranian ● - 200 - - - -
Phudgi 40 Marathi ● 40 - - - - -
Pichakuntla 1,200 Telugu ● 1,200 - - - - -
Pindara 16,000 Urdu ● - 16,000 - - - -
Pinjara 171,000 Urdu ● - 171,000 - - - -
Pod 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Portuguese 100 Indo-Portuguese ● - - - 100 - -
Prabhu Kayastha 1,400 Marathi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Pulayan 17,000 Malayalam ● 17,000 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 2,300 Malayalam ● 2,300 - - - - -
Puthirai Vannan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Qassab 800 Urdu ● - 800 - - - -
Rabari (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Raddi 167,000 Kannada ● 70,000 - - - - 97,000
Rai 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Raigar 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Rainudas 400 Kannada ● 400 - - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 700 Rangpuri ● 700 - - - - -
Rajpur 41,000 Konkani, Goan ● 41,000 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 176,000 Hindi ● 171,000 - - - - 5,700
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Urdu ● - 10,000 - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 5,000 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 5,000 -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ● 1,700 - - - - -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Hindi ● 6,400 - - - - -
Rajput Gahlot 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi ● 2,200 - - - - -
Rajput Rathor 2,500 Hindi ● 2,500 - - - - -
Rajput Sengar 70 Hindi ● 70 - - - - -
Raju 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 90 -
Ramoshi 1,500 Marathi ● 1,500 - - - - -
Raneyar 4,700 Kannada ● 4,700 - - - - -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Marathi ● 41,000 - - - - 3,600
Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Urdu ● - 1,500 - - - -
Rathawa 60 Rathawi ● 60 - - - - -
Ravalia 8,900 Gujarati ● 8,900 - - - - -
Raya Rawat 2,500 Kannada ● 2,500 - - - - -
Razu 15,000 Telugu ● 15,000 - - - - -
Relli 80 Odia ● 80 - - - - -
Sada 8,600 Kannada ● - - - - - 8,600
Sahari 60 Tamil ● 60 - - - - -
Saini (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Saini (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Sali 604,000 Kannada ● 393,000 - - - - 210,000
Samagara 110,000 Kannada ● 71,000 - 300 - - 39,000
Samanthan 60 Odia ● 60 - - - - -
Samban 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Sangar 90 Marathi ● 90 - - - - -
Sapari 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Kannada ● 3,700 - - - - 200
Sarera (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 300 -
Satani 102,000 Telugu ● 102,000 - - - - -
Sayyid 877,000 Urdu ● - 877,000 - - - -
Sema Unknown Naga, Sumi ● - - - - - -
Shaikh 4,720,000 Urdu ● - 4,720,000 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 444,000 Urdu ● - 444,000 - - - -
Shinligar 5,300 Kannada ● 5,300 - - - - -
Siddi (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Kannada ● 5,100 - - 3,000 - -
Siddi (Muslim traditions) 3,500 Gujarati ● - 3,500 - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ● 11,000 - - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 3,800 Urdu ● - 3,800 - - - -
Silawat (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi ● 12,000 - - - - 11,000
Sillekyatha 21,000 Kannada ● 21,000 - - - - -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 40 Sindhi ● - 40 - - - -
Sindhollu 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Sindhuria 80 Odia ● 80 - - - - -
Sinhalese 40 Sinhala ● - - 40 - - -
Soligar 200 Sholaga ● 200 - - - - -
Soligaru 34,000 Kannada ● 34,000 60 - 20 - 50
Somvanshi 168,000 Marathi ● 168,000 - - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 284,000 Hindi ● 275,000 - - - - 9,000
Sonar (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu ● - 1,200 - - - -
Sonar (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 50 -
Sonar Bail Pattur 400 Kannada ● 400 - - - - -
Sudra 5,400 Marathi ● 5,300 - - 100 - -
Sudri 1,100 Tulu ● - - - 1,100 - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali ● 90 - - - - -
Sunri (Muslim traditions) 9,200 Konkani, Goan ● - 9,200 - - - -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ● 100 - - - - -
Syrian Christian 186,000 Malayalam ● - - - 186,000 - -
Takari 50 Urdu ● - 50 - - - -
Tamang 20 Nepali ● 20 - - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 95,000 Hindi ● 54,000 - - - - 41,000
Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 60 Urdu ● - 60 - - - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 375,000 Tamil ● - 375,000 - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Targala 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 800 -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 398,000 Hindi ● 336,000 - - - - 63,000
Thakkar 700 Marathi ● 700 - - - - -
Thandan 14,000 Malayalam ● 14,000 - - 200 - -
Tharu 40 Tharu, Madhya-Purbiya ● 40 - - - - -
Thori (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ● 50 - - - - -
Thoti, caste 2,100 Telugu ● 2,100 - - - - -
Tibetan 60,000 Tibetan, Central ● - - 60,000 - - -
Tili 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 700 Gujarati ● 700 - - - - -
Tirmali 90 Marathi ● 90 - - - - -
Toda 200 Toda ● 200 - - - - -
Tulu 80 Tulu ● 60 - - 20 - -
Turi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Urali 46,000 Malayalam ● 46,000 - - 30 - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,168,000 Telugu ● 1,168,000 - 600 300 - -
Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Vakkaliga 5,896,000 Kannada ● 5,830,000 - - 14,000 - 62,000
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 219,000 Kannada ● 219,000 - - - - 300
Valluvan 1,900 Tamil ● 1,900 - - - - -
Vaniyan 33,000 Tamil ● 26,000 - - 6,600 - -
Vanjara 10,000 Marathi ● 10,000 - - - - -
Vannan 28,000 Tamil ● 22,000 - - 5,800 - -
Vanniyan 701,000 Tamil ● 697,000 - - - - 3,100
Vanniyan Agnikula 70,000 Tamil ● 70,000 - - - - -
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri 1,200 Telugu ● 1,200 - - - - -
Vanniyan Thigala 46,000 Tamil ● 46,000 - - 500 - -
Varli 60 Varli ● 60 - - - - -
Vasudev 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - 60
Velakkithalanayan 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Velama 5,500 Telugu ● 5,500 - - - - -
Velan 500 Malayalam ● 500 - - - - -
Vellalan 315,000 Tamil ● 299,000 - - 16,000 - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 31,000 Tamil ● 31,000 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 3,600 Malayalam ● 3,600 - - - - -
Vettuvan 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Viramushti 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Viswakarma 1,283,000 Telugu ● 1,277,000 - - 1,500 - 3,100
Viswakarma Asari 30,000 Malayalam ● 30,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kollan 5,000 Malayalam ● 5,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Panchal 85,000 Kannada ● 85,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 5,200 Malayalam ● 5,200 - - - - -
Vitholia 40 Gujarati ● 20 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 982,000 Hindi ● 979,000 - - - - 2,300
Yadav Dhindhor 27,000 Hindi ● 27,000 - - - - -
Yadav Gola 102,000 Telugu ● 102,000 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Yenadi 21,000 Telugu ● 21,000 - - - - -
Yerava 30,000 Ravula ● 30,000 800 - 60 - -
Yerukula 1,500 Yerukula ● 1,500 - - - - -
  Totals:  665 64,597,000   630 ● 51,647,000 8,247,000 149,000 1,146,000 28,000 3,387,000
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