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Country:

India
State: Chhattisgarh
District: All

Number of People Groups

526

Unreached People Groups

494

Total Population

28,395,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

93.2 %

Muslim

1.8 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

2.8 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi Andhra 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Adi Dravida 900 Tamil ● 800 - - 50 - -
Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada ● - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Agariya (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Agariya ● 66,000 80 - 400 - 1,000
Agri 600 Marathi ● 600 - - - - -
Aguri 1,300 Bengali ● 1,300 - - - - -
Ahmadi 400 Urdu ● - 400 - - - -
Alia 1,500 Odia ● 1,500 - - - - -
Amat 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Andh 60 Marathi ● 50 - - - - -
Angami 20 Naga, Angami ● - - - 20 - -
Anglo 600 English ● - - - 600 - -
Ansari 5,100 Urdu ● - 5,100 - - - -
Ao Unknown Naga, Ao ● - - - - - -
Arora (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ● 1,100 - - - - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 1,200 -
Asur 1,300 Asuri ● 1,300 - - - - -
Audhelia 5,800 Hindi ● 5,800 - - - - -
Badaik 900 Sadri ● 900 - - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Hindi ● 9,000 - - - - -
Bagdi 1,400 Hindi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Hindi ● 8,600 - - - - -
Bahna (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Baidya (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Baiga 90,000 Hindi ● 86,000 20 - 200 - 3,300
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 129,000 Hindi ● 129,000 - - - - -
Balai (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi ● 4,300 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Kannada ● 23,000 - - - - 30
Balija Bogam 1,100 Telugu ● 1,100 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 1,200 Telugu ● 1,200 - - - - -
Baloch Unknown Urdu ● - - - - - -
Banchada 600 Hindi ● 500 - - - 60 -
Bania 279,000 Hindi ● 226,000 - - - - 52,000
Bania Agarwal 30,000 Hindi ● 21,000 - - - - 9,100
Bania Agrahari 1,900 Hindi ● 1,900 - - - - -
Bania Dhusar 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Bania Gahoi 1,600 Hindi ● 1,500 - - - - 100
Bania Golapurab Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Bania Gujar 1,200 Gujarati ● 1,200 - - - - -
Bania Jaiswal 300 Hindi ● - - - - - 300
Bania Kasarwani 16,000 Hindi ● 16,000 - - - - -
Bania Kasaundhan 2,000 Hindi ● 2,000 - - - - -
Bania Komti 1,500 Telugu ● 1,400 - - - - 90
Bania Lad 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Bania Mahesri 3,400 Hindi ● 3,400 - - - - -
Bania Mahur 8,600 Hindi ● 8,600 - - - - -
Bania Nima 200 Hindi ● 20 - - - - 200
Bania Oswal 5,500 Hindi ● 1,600 - - - - 3,900
Bania Porwal 3,000 Hindi ● 800 - - - - 2,200
Bania Saitwal 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Bania Srimali 300 Gujarati ● 20 - - - - 300
Bania Ummad 2,100 Hindi ● 400 - - - - 1,700
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Lambadi ● 69,000 - - 300 - -
Banjara Rathor (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Lambadi ● 2,700 - - - - -
Banka 40 Odia ● 40 - - - - -
Barahar 9,600 Hindi ● 9,600 - 20 - - -
Bargunda 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bari (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Baria (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Basor 19,000 Hindi ● 19,000 - - - - -
Basor Kandra 800 Hindi ● 800 - - - - -
Bauri 2,400 Bengali ● 2,400 - - - - -
Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Beda Jangam 100 Kannada ● 100 - - - - -
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 70 Kannada ● 70 - - - - -
Bedia (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Kannada ● 5,300 - - - - -
Beldar Laria (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi ● 2,100 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Bhaina 60,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 60,000 30 - 80 20 30
Bhandari 7,800 Odia ● 7,800 - - - - -
Bhangi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ● - 200 - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu ● - 200 - - - -
Bhansala 100 Marathi ● 100 - - - - -
Bhanumati 1,800 Hindi ● 1,800 - - - 60 -
Bhar 200 Bhojpuri ● 200 - - - - -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi ● 13,000 - - - - -
Bharewa 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Bharia Bhumia 115,000 Hindi ● 114,000 80 - 90 - 1,600
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi ● 25,000 - - - - -
Bhattra 205,000 Bhatri ● 196,000 30 30 4,900 90 3,300
Bhil 1,000 Hindi ● 900 - - 80 - -
Bhil Mina 30 Bhili ● 30 - - - - -
Bhisti 200 Urdu ● - 200 - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 867,000 Hindi ● 867,000 - - 40 - -
Bhoi Ghogra 15,000 Hindi ● 15,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharbind 10,000 Hindi ● 10,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Kharot 23,000 Hindi ● 23,000 - - - - -
Bhoi Nikhad 7,500 Hindi ● 7,500 - - - - -
Bhottada 200 Kuvi ● 200 - - - - -
Bhoyar 18,000 Hindi ● 18,000 - - - - -
Bhuinhar 142,000 Hindi ● 142,000 - - - - -
Bhuiya 13,000 Hindi ● 13,000 - - - - -
Bhulia 34,000 Odia ● 34,000 - - - - -
Bhumij 30 Bengali ● 30 - - - - -
Bhunjia 11,000 Bhunjia ● 11,000 - - - - -
Biar (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi ● 5,600 - - - - -
Bidur 35,000 Marathi ● 35,000 - - - - -
Bind 80 Bhojpuri ● 80 - - - - -
Binjhia 120,000 Hindi ● 119,000 200 20 400 - 400
Birhor 2,800 Birhor ● 2,800 - - - - -
Bohra 5,500 Gujarati ● - 5,500 - - - -
Boipari 700 Odia ● 700 - - - - -
Boya 1,200 Telugu ● 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin 519,000 Hindi ● 514,000 - - - - 5,800
Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Brahmin Bengali 6,800 Bengali ● 6,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhagor 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Chitpavan 900 Marathi ● 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Deshastha 2,100 Marathi ● 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 17,000 Hindi ● 17,000 - - - - 30
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Jijhotia 1,500 Hindi ● 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Joshi 1,400 Hindi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 27,000 Hindi ● 27,000 - - - - 60
Brahmin Kannada 30 Kannada ● 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,400 Marathi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Maithili 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Ojha 2,300 Hindi ● 2,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Palliwal 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Sanadhya 17,000 Hindi ● 16,000 - - - - 40
Brahmin Saraswat 1,500 Hindi ● 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Sawaria 30,000 Hindi ● 30,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Telugu 1,300 Telugu ● 1,300 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Burmese 30 Burmese ● - - 30 - - -
Chadar 2,800 Hindi ● 2,800 - - - - -
Chain 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,916,000 Hindi ● 1,881,000 - 2,100 32,000 - -
Chamar (Sikh traditions) 8,800 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 8,800 -
Charan (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Chauhan 29,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 29,000 - - - - -
Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Chidar 6,100 Hindi ● 6,100 - - - - -
Chik (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Sadri ● 39,000 - - - - -
Chitara 3,600 Hindi ● 3,600 - - - - -
Christian 13,000 Hindi ● - - - 13,000 - -
Dahait 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Daharia 10,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 10,000 - - - - -
Damor 100 Bhili ● 80 - - - - -
Daraiha 13,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 13,000 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi ● 21,000 - - - - 100
Darzi (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 90 -
Darzi Kaithiya (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Darzi Mathuria (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Darzi Sribastab (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi ● 2,200 - - - - -
Deshwali (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi ● 5,700 - - - - -
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Dewar 12,000 Odia ● 12,000 - - - - -
Dhangar Bharwad 2,100 Gujarati ● 2,100 - - - - -
Dhangri 4,500 Hindi ● 4,500 - - - - -
Dhanuk 1,400 Hindi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Dhanwar 52,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 52,000 50 - 40 - 100
Dharkar 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Dhimar 213,000 Hindi ● 213,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 388,000 Hindi ● 388,000 - - 70 - -
Dohor 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Odia ● 21,000 - - - - -
Drukpa Unknown Dzongkha ● - - - - - -
Faqir 200 Urdu ● - 200 - - - -
Gadaba 7,900 Telugu ● 7,700 - - 90 - 50
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Hindi ● 83,000 - - - - -
Gamit 200 Gamit ● 200 - - - - -
Gammalla 90 Odia ● 90 - - - - -
Ganda 331,000 Odia ● 329,000 - 30 1,800 - -
Gandhmali 800 Odia ● 800 - - - - -
Gandla 60 Telugu ● 60 - - - - -
Gangakula 20 Kannada ● 20 - - - - -
Garpaguri 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Gauda 15,000 Odia ● 15,000 - - - - -
Ghasi (Hindu traditions) 123,000 Hindi ● 123,000 - - 90 - -
Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi ● 2,800 - - - - -
Goanese 300 Konkani, Goan ● - - - 300 - -
Gokha (Hindu traditions) 600 Odia ● 600 - - - - -
Gond 4,570,000 Hindi ● 4,104,000 3,300 600 39,000 1,000 424,000
Gond Bison Horn 21,000 Gondi, Northern ● 18,000 - - 200 - 2,300
Gond Dhuriya 81,000 Hindi ● 70,000 - - 800 - 9,700
Gond Dorla 71,000 Odia ● 62,000 - - 2,200 - 6,600
Gond Kandra 17,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 15,000 - - 100 - 1,200
Gond Maria 607,000 Gondi, Northern ● 532,000 60 - 7,900 - 67,000
Gond Muria 516,000 Hindi ● 449,000 50 - 5,800 - 61,000
Gond Nagawasi 37,000 Hindi ● 35,000 - - 100 - 2,000
Gond Raja Muria 50,000 Gondi, Northern ● 43,000 - - 500 - 5,800
Gond Rajgond 518,000 Gondi, Northern ● 466,000 200 - 3,500 - 49,000
Gond Singhrolia 23,000 Gondi, Northern ● 22,000 - - - - 1,000
Gondhali 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Gontara 70 Odia ● 60 - - - - -
Gosain 59,000 Hindi ● 59,000 - - - - -
Gowari 1,700 Marathi ● 1,700 - - - - -
Gudiya 60 Odia ● 60 - - - - -
Gujar (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi ● 5,600 - - - - 20
Gujar (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Guria 2,300 Odia ● 2,300 - - - - -
Hadi 1,600 Bengali ● 1,600 - - - - -
Hajam 2,200 Urdu ● - 2,200 - - - -
Halba 430,000 Marathi ● 407,000 300 200 1,800 100 21,000
Halba Kewat 4,100 Halbi ● 4,000 - - - - 100
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Hindi ● 4,600 - - - - -
Han Chinese, Mandarin 40 Chinese, Mandarin ● - - 40 - - -
Hela 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Ho 200 Ho ● 200 - - - - -
Holar 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Ilavan 900 Malayalam ● 800 - - 40 - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi ● 15,000 - - - - 40
Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Urdu ● - 1,600 - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 35,000 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 35,000 -
Jat Sidhu (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 200 -
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 900 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 900 -
Jingar 200 Marwari ● 200 - - - - -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Bengali ● 18,000 - - - - -
Jogi Kanphata (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Julaha 700 Hindi ● 200 - - - 500 -
Kabirpanthi 300 Punjabi, Eastern ● 100 - - - 200 -
Kachera (Hindu traditions) 400 Odia ● 400 - - - - -
Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi ● 6,500 - - - - -
Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 800 Gujarati ● 800 - - - - -
Kadera 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Hindi ● 41,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi ● 2,300 - - - - -
Kaibartta 4,600 Bengali ● 4,600 - - - - -
Kaikadi 40 Kannada ● 40 - - - - -
Kaikolan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Telugu ● 1,800 - - - - -
Kalal Idiga 600 Telugu ● 600 - - - - -
Kalingi 6,500 Odia ● 6,500 - - - - -
Kalu 200 Bengali ● - 200 - - - -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 454,000 Hindi ● 454,000 - - 50 - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Hindi ● 7,100 - - - - -
Kalwar Jaiswal 90,000 Hindi ● 90,000 - - - - -
Kamar 27,000 Kamar ● 26,000 90 - - 20 200
Kamathi 900 Telugu ● 900 - - - - -
Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 1,800 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 1,800 -
Kammara 22,000 Telugu ● 22,000 - - - - -
Kandra 8,200 Odia ● 8,200 - - - - -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Kaora 600 Bengali ● 600 - - - - -
Kapali 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Kapewar 1,600 Telugu ● 1,600 - - - - -
Kapu 1,000 Telugu ● 1,000 - - - - -
Kapu Reddi 800 Telugu ● 800 - - - - -
Karan 3,100 Odia ● 3,100 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Marathi ● 19,000 - - - - -
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 200 Kashmiri ● - 200 - - - -
Kathodi 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Katia 5,700 Hindi ● 5,300 - 400 - - -
Kawar 906,000 Hindi ● 900,000 1,000 50 900 100 2,800
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Hindi ● 43,000 - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 1,100 Bengali ● 1,100 - - - - -
Kayastha Saksena 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Kayastha Sribastab 4,600 Hindi ● 4,600 - - - - -
Khadura 4,000 Odia ● 4,000 - - - - -
Khairwar 76,000 Bengali ● 76,000 50 - 60 - 200
Khandait 17,000 Odia ● 17,000 - - - - -
Khangar (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi ● 3,300 - - - - -
Kharia 49,000 Kharia ● 46,000 30 - 2,600 - 300
Kharva (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati ● 500 - - - - -
Kharwar 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi ● 3,100 - - - - -
Khatri (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Khatri (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 700 -
Khoja 200 Gujarati ● - 200 - - - -
Kirar 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Kisan 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Koiri (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Kol 21,000 Hindi ● 21,000 - - 90 - 200
Kolha 1,200 Ho ● 1,200 - - - - -
Koli (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi ● 6,100 - 100 - 200 -
Koli Dhor 20 Marathi ● 20 - - - - -
Koli Mahadev 700 Marathi ● 700 - - - - -
Koli Malhar 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Koli of Gujarat 900 Gujarati ● 800 - 20 - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Kolowar 1,000 Kolami, Northwestern ● 1,000 - - - - -
Kolta 169,000 Odia ● 169,000 - - - - 40
Konai 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Konda Dhora 50 Telugu ● 50 - - - - -
Kori 8,200 Bengali ● 8,200 - - - - -
Korku 500 Korku ● 500 - - - - 40
Korwa 129,000 Telugu ● 124,000 200 - 2,600 - 2,300
Koshti 257,000 Marathi ● 256,000 - - - - 200
Kotia 60 Odia ● 60 - - - - -
Koya 36,000 Telugu ● 36,000 - - - - -
Koya Dora 2,800 Koya ● 2,800 - - - - -
Kuchbandia 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Kui Khond 11,000 Odia ● 11,000 40 - 50 - -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 236,000 Hindi ● 236,000 - - - - -
Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 500 -
Kumhar Bardiha 12,000 Hindi ● 12,000 - - - - -
Kumhar Kanaujia 9,300 Hindi ● 9,300 - - - - -
Kumhar Mathuria 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Gujarati ● 22,000 - - - - -
Kuravan 20 Malayalam ● - - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,035,000 Hindi ● 1,035,000 - - - - -
Kuruba 4,600 Kannada ● 4,600 - - - - -
Labana (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 400 -
Lakhera 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Lingayat 200 Kannada ● - - - - - 200
Lodha (Hindu traditions) 299,000 Hindi ● 299,000 - - - - -
Lohana 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 357,000 Hindi ● 356,000 - - 30 - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Madari 1,000 Urdu ● - 1,000 - - - -
Madgi 700 Telugu ● 700 - - - - -
Madiga (Christian traditions) 1,200 Telugu ● - - - 1,200 - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Telugu ● 5,900 - - - - -
Mahar (Christian traditions) 5,500 Marathi ● - - - 5,500 - -
Mahar (Hindu traditions) 294,000 Marathi ● 245,000 - 48,000 40 500 -
Mahar (Muslim traditions) 30 Marathi ● - 30 - - - -
Mahara 1,300 Assamese ● 1,300 - - - - -
Mahishya 15,000 Bengali ● 15,000 - - - - -
Mahli 1,500 Marathi ● 1,500 - - - - -
Mahratta 46,000 Marathi ● 46,000 - - - - 200
Mahratta Kunbi 2,700 Gujarati ● 2,700 - - - - -
Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 1,000 -
Mahyavanshi 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Majhi 67,000 Hindi ● 67,000 50 - 200 - 40
Majhwar 55,000 Hindi ● 54,000 50 - 400 - 200
Mal (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Mala (Christian traditions) 3,300 Telugu ● - - - 3,300 - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Telugu ● 25,000 - - - - -
Malabar Catholic 1,800 Malayalam ● - - - 1,800 - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 821,000 Hindi ● 821,000 - - 20 - -
Mali Bhagirathi 11,000 Hindi ● 11,000 - - - - -
Mallah (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi ● 3,700 - - - - -
Malto 80 Santhali ● 80 - - - - -
Mana 60 Marathi ● 60 - - - - -
Mang-Garudi 2,800 Marathi ● 2,800 - - - - -
Mangala 600 Telugu ● 600 - - - - -
Mangan 200 Odia ● 200 - - - - -
Mappila 200 Malayalam ● - 200 - - - -
Maravan 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 600 Marathi ● - - - 600 - -
Matang (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Marathi ● 2,700 - - - - -
Matia 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Mawasi 200 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Megh (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Memon 200 Gujarati ● - 200 - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Bengali ● 8,700 - - - - -
Moghal 11,000 Urdu ● - 11,000 - - - -
Moghia 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Momna 30 Gujarati ● - 30 - - - -
Mowar 4,100 Chhattisgarhi ● 4,100 - - - - -
Munda 15,000 Mundari ● 14,000 - - 1,600 30 100
Munnewar 500 Chhattisgarhi ● 500 - - - - -
Munnur 90 Telugu ● 90 - - - - -
Muskhan 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Mutrasi 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil ● - - - 300 - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Naga 50 Naga Pidgin ● - - - 40 - -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 114,000 Hindi ● 110,000 70 - 100 30 3,600
Nai (Hindu traditions) 230,000 Hindi ● 230,000 - - - - -
Nai (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 800 -
Nai Mathuria 1,300 Hindi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Nair 400 Malayalam ● 400 - - - - -
Naksia 3,000 Odia ● 3,000 - - - - -
Namassej 6,900 Bengali ● 6,900 - - - - -
Namassej Chandel 1,000 Bengali ● 1,000 - - - - -
Nanakshahi 60 Hindi ● - - - - 60 -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi ● 4,100 - - - - -
Nau Buddh 16,000 Marathi ● - - 16,000 - - -
Navithan 50 Tamil ● 50 - - - - -
Oraon 767,000 Kurux ● 377,000 1,400 700 355,000 50 32,000
Paharia 1,700 Santhali ● 1,700 - - - - -
Paik 400 Odia ● 400 - - - - -
Paliya 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Pallan 500 Tamil ● 500 - - - - -
Pan 19,000 Odia ● 19,000 - - - - -
Pando 2,200 Chhattisgarhi ● 2,200 - - - - -
Panika 771,000 Chhattisgarhi ● 771,000 - - 300 - -
Pao 14,000 Hindi ● 14,000 - - 30 - 100
Paraiyan 400 Tamil ● 200 - - 200 - -
Pardhan 13,000 Pardhan ● 12,000 - - 70 - 500
Pardhi 15,000 Pardhi ● 15,000 - - 20 - 200
Parja 1,400 Odia ● 1,400 - - 30 - -
Parsee 70 Gujarati ● - - - - - 70
Pashtun, Pathan 106,000 Urdu ● - 106,000 - - - -
Pasi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi ● 3,000 - - - - -
Patial 300 Odia ● 300 - - - - -
Patwa (Hindu traditions) 9,400 Hindi ● 9,400 - - - - -
Perka 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Persian 40 Persian, Iranian ● - 40 - - - -
Pindara 900 Urdu ● - 900 - - - -
Pinjara 9,100 Urdu ● - 9,100 - - - -
Pod 6,200 Bengali ● 6,200 - - - - -
Pundari 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Qassab 600 Urdu ● - 600 - - - -
Rabari (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 9,500 Rangpuri ● 9,500 - - - - -
Rajbhar 800 Hindi ● 800 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 401,000 Hindi ● 399,000 - 30 70 - 2,100
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Urdu ● - 3,900 - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 6,700 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 6,700 -
Rajput Agnivansi 9,600 Hindi ● 9,600 - - - - -
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi ● 33,000 - - - - -
Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Rajput Bhadauria 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi ● 5,000 - - - - -
Rajput Bisen (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Rajput Bundela 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Rajput Chandel 4,400 Hindi ● 4,400 - - - - -
Rajput Chandrabansi 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi ● 25,000 - - - - -
Rajput Dhakaru 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Rajput Dikhit 1,700 Hindi ● 1,700 - - - - -
Rajput Gahlot 1,000 Hindi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi ● 1,800 - - - - -
Rajput Gaur 4,900 Hindi ● 4,900 - - - - -
Rajput Gautam 1,600 Hindi ● 1,600 - - - - -
Rajput Jadon 2,700 Hindi ● 2,700 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Rajput Kachhwaha 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Rajput Katheriya 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Rajput Nagbansi 7,000 Hindi ● 7,000 - - - - -
Rajput Nikumbh 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Rajput Parihar 3,600 Hindi ● 3,600 - - - - -
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi ● 5,500 - - - - -
Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Rajput Rajbansi 1,400 Hindi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Rajput Rathor 3,100 Hindi ● 3,100 - - - - -
Rajput Sakarwar 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Rajput Sengar 1,400 Hindi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Rajput Solanki 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi 1,400 Hindi ● 1,400 - - - - -
Rajput Surajbansi 1,300 Hindi ● 1,300 - - - - -
Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ● 1,700 - - - - -
Raju 900 Bengali ● 900 - - - - -
Rajwar 2,500 Hindi ● 2,500 - - - - -
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 600 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu ● - 600 - - - -
Rathawa 300 Rathawi ● 300 - - - - -
Rautia 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Ravalia 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Ravidas Chamar 96,000 Hindi ● 95,000 - - 800 - -
Sagarbanshi 1,400 Odia ● 1,400 - - - - -
Sahariya 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Saini (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 800 -
Sali 300 Kannada ● 300 - - - - -
Sansi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ● 800 - - - 40 -
Santal 1,000 Santhali ● 800 - - 50 - 60
Saonta 3,700 Hindi ● 3,700 - - - - 20
Saora 129,000 Odia ● 129,000 30 - 90 - 100
Sarera (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 1,000 -
Sargara Unknown Marwari ● - - - - - -
Satani 800 Telugu ● 800 - - - - -
Sauntia 43,000 Odia ● 43,000 - - - - -
Saur 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Sayyid 38,000 Urdu ● - 38,000 - - - -
Sema Unknown Naga, Sumi ● - - - - - -
Shabar 2,400 Odia ● 2,400 - - - - -
Shaikh 303,000 Urdu ● - 303,000 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 24,000 Urdu ● - 24,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Silawat (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Sinhalese 30 Sinhala ● - - 30 - - -
Solaha 300 Chhattisgarhi ● 300 - - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 107,000 Hindi ● 106,000 - - - - 800
Sonar (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 400 -
Sonar Ajudhyabansi 1,600 Hindi ● 1,600 - - - - -
Sonar Chhatri 2,200 Hindi ● 2,200 - - - - -
Sonar Deswali 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Sonar Khatri 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Sonar Mair 2,000 Hindi ● 2,000 - - - - -
Sonar Rastaogi 90 Hindi ● 90 - - - - -
Sonjhara 700 Odia ● 700 - - - - -
Sonr 60 Odia ● 60 - - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali ● 12,000 - - - - -
Sunri Sadhubanik 4,000 Bengali ● 4,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Syrian Christian 1,900 Malayalam ● - - - 1,900 - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi ● 30,000 - - - - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 200 Tamil ● - 200 - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Bengali ● 4,200 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 2,300 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 2,300 -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,369,000 Hindi ● 2,369,000 - - 100 - -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 79,000 Hindi ● 79,000 - - - - -
Teli Sahu 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Teli Sribastab 29,000 Hindi ● 29,000 - - - - -
Thakkar 700 Marathi ● 700 - - - - -
Thathera (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi ● 6,900 - - - - -
Thori (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Tibetan 400 Tibetan, Central ● - - 400 - - -
Tili 1,800 Bengali ● 1,800 - - - - -
Tiyar 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Turi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi ● 3,000 - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Telugu ● 2,600 - - - - -
Vakkaliga 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar 7,800 Hindi ● 7,700 - - - 200 -
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ● 22,000 - 20 1,400 600 -
Valmiki, Balmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi ● 3,500 - - - 70 -
Vaniyan 50 Tamil ● 40 - - - - -
Vannan 50 Tamil ● 40 - - - - -
Vanniyan 900 Tamil ● 900 - - - - -
Varli 200 Varli ● 200 - - - - -
Vasudev 3,600 Hindi ● 3,600 - - - - -
Velama 90 Telugu ● 90 - - - - -
Vellalan 900 Tamil ● 800 - - - - -
Viswakarma 2,100 Telugu ● 2,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Asari 200 Malayalam ● 200 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 2,061,000 Hindi ● 2,061,000 - - 30 - 300
Yadav Dhindhor 58,000 Hindi ● 58,000 - - - - -
Yadav Gaoli 2,300 Hindi ● 2,300 - - - - -
Yadav Gola 103,000 Telugu ● 103,000 - - - - -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 306,000 Hindi ● 306,000 - - - - -
Yadav Rawat 347,000 Hindi ● 347,000 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 6,100 Bengali ● 6,100 - - - - -
Yenadi 300 Telugu ● 300 - - - - -
Yerukula 90 Yerukula ● 90 - - - - -
Zamral (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Zeliang Unknown Naga, Zeme ● - - - - - -
  Totals:  526 28,395,000   494 ● 26,452,000 522,000 69,000 498,000 68,000 784,000
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