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Adi AndhraIndia361,000Y1 YHinduism0.86 %
Adi DravidaIndia8,753,000Y1 YHinduism0.10 %
Adi Dravida ChristianIndia667,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
AdiyanIndia19,000Y1 YHinduism0.77 %
Agamudaiyan MukkulattarIndia2,200Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Agamudaiyan NattamanIndia741,000Y1 YHinduism0.19 %
Agamudaiyan NattamanSri Lanka8,900Y2 Hinduism14.65 %
Agamudaiyan unspecifiedIndia260,000Y1 YHinduism0.50 %
Agamudaiyan unspecifiedSri Lanka9,400Y2 Hinduism13.59 %
AiyanavarIndia6,100Y1 YHinduism3.87 %
Aiyanavar ChristianIndia19,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
AjilaIndia4,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Alambadi KurichchanIndia52,000Y1 YHinduism4.62 %
AlavanIndia8,700Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
AmbalavasiIndia185,000Y1 YHinduism0.30 %
Ambalavasi Tottiyan NaickerIndia13,000Y1 YHinduism0.81 %
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)India190,000Y1 YHinduism0.08 %
Ambattan ChristianIndia5,200Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Amma KodagaIndia2,400Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Anglo IndianIndia158,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
ArandanIndia600Y1 YHinduism1.60 %
ArasarIndia19,000Y1 YHinduism3.56 %
Arasar ChristianIndia65,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
ArayanIndia243,000Y1 YHinduism0.90 %
ArunthathiyarIndia1,131,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
AyyanavarIndia19,000Y1 YHinduism2.68 %
Badhai (Hindu traditions)India7,815,000Y1 YHinduism0.01 %
BairaIndia8,800Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)India4,203,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
BakadIndia7,200Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
BakudaIndia15,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bandi (Hindu traditions)India5,700Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bania AgarwalIndia5,822,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bania ChettiIndia849,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bania unspecifiedIndia17,064,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
BasorIndia1,101,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
Bedar (Hindu traditions)India2,437,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Beldar (Hindu traditions)India2,008,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
BellaraIndia1,900Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
BhamptaIndia53,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bharathar (Christian traditionIndia46,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Bharathar (Christian traditionSri Lanka1,400Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)India14,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)Sri Lanka400Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Bhil unspecifiedIndia14,662,000Y1 YHinduism0.77 %
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)India5,941,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
BhumijIndia1,339,000Y1 YHinduism1.02 %
BoyaIndia4,519,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin DravidaIndia143,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin Gaud SaraswatIndia337,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin GaurIndia3,675,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin IyerIndia348,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin MahrattaIndia561,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin MukkaniyarIndia29,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin MuttadIndia56,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin NambudiriIndia112,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin Pancha DravidaIndia169,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin PottiIndia32,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin SaraswatIndia719,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Brahmin unspecifiedIndia34,992,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
Byari (Beary)India542,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
ChackaravarIndia37,000Y1 YHinduism0.06 %
Chackaravar ChristianIndia5,500Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditiIndia138,000Y3 Christianity99.99 %
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)India1,016,000Y1 YHinduism0.07 %
ChavalakkaranIndia25,000Y1 YHinduism0.28 %
Chavalakkaran ChristianIndia4,600Y3 Christianity100.00 %
ChayakkaranIndia48,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Chengazhi NambiyarIndia800Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)India447,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)India50,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
Cherumar ChristianIndia535,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
ChristianIndia1,504,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
DevadasiIndia24,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
DevangaIndia582,000Y1 YHinduism2.38 %
DevendrakulathanIndia97,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Dhangar BharwadIndia3,331,000Y1 YHinduism0.04 %
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)India12,673,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
DhodiaIndia814,000Y1 YHinduism0.08 %
Dom (Dombara)India87,000Y1 YHinduism0.03 %
EluthassanIndia51,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
EravallanIndia9,300Y1 YHinduism0.23 %
GandlaIndia86,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
GangakulaIndia1,844,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Garo (A-chik Mande)India1,309,000Y3 Christianity95.60 %
GavaraIndia21,000Y1 YHinduism0.01 %
GoaneseIndia699,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
GodagaliIndia4,200Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
GoddaIndia3,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Gond unspecifiedIndia10,191,000Y1 YHinduism0.92 %
HalbaIndia872,000Y1 YHinduism0.30 %
HasalaruIndia30,000Y1 YHinduism0.05 %
HaslaIndia1,500Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Hill PulayanIndia118,000Y1 YHinduism0.47 %
HolarIndia195,000Y1 YHinduism0.36 %
IdayanIndia81,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
IlavanIndia6,754,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
Ilavan ChristianIndia139,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
IlavaniyanIndia37,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
IlavathiIndia63,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
IlayathuIndia40,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
IrularIndia233,000Y1 YHinduism0.31 %
Jenu KurubaIndia56,000Y1 YHinduism0.03 %
Jew, CochinIsrael12,000Y1 YEthnic Religions0.05 %0.10 %
Jew, South AsianIndia7,200Y1 YEthnic Religions0.00 %0.00 %
KadaiyarIndia17,000Y1 YHinduism3.29 %
KadanIndia5,000Y1 YHinduism0.33 %
Kadu KurubaIndia28,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
KaikolanIndia2,752,000Y1 YHinduism0.23 %
KakkalanIndia16,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KalladiIndia49,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Kallan TondamanIndia479,000Y1 YHinduism0.26 %
Kallan unspecifiedIndia978,000Y1 YHinduism0.19 %
KallasariIndia11,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Kallattu KurupIndia1,100Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KammaraIndia145,000Y1 YHinduism0.71 %
KanakkanIndia304,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
KanikkaranIndia30,000Y1 YHinduism1.53 %
KaniyanIndia122,000Y1 YHinduism0.46 %
KarimpalanIndia24,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KattunayakanIndia72,000Y1 YHinduism0.49 %
KavaraIndia92,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KavathiIndia23,000Y1 YHinduism0.10 %
Kavathi ChristianIndia4,700Y3 Christianity100.00 %
KavuthiyanIndia35,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KeralamuthaliIndia6,100Y1 YHinduism0.33 %
Keralamuthali ChristianIndia3,700Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Khasi (War-Khasi)India1,491,000Y3 Christianity84.41 %
KitaranIndia3,500Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KodagaIndia136,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KolhaIndia849,000Y1 YHinduism1.26 %
Koli (Hindu traditions)India2,682,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
Koli MahadevIndia2,001,000Y1 YHinduism0.07 %
KollakarIndia2,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Konda ReddiIndia146,000Y1 YHinduism0.91 %
KootanIndia11,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Koracha, casteIndia85,000Y1 YHinduism0.01 %
Koracha, tribalIndia21,000Y1 YHinduism1.01 %
KoriIndia3,087,000Y1 YHinduism0.12 %
KotaIndia800Y1 YHinduism1.81 %
KrishnanvakIndia71,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KudiyaIndia3,700Y1 YHinduism0.16 %
KudumbanIndia37,000Y2 Hinduism6.28 %
KudumiIndia337,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Kui KhondIndia1,585,000Y2 Hinduism9.52 %
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)India18,743,000Y1 YHinduism0.01 %
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)India15,725,000Y1 YHinduism0.05 %
KundavadigaIndia900Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Kuravan (Christian traditions)India17,000Y3 Christianity95.74 %
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)India497,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
KurubaIndia4,896,000Y1 YHinduism1.04 %
KurukkalIndia3,600Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
KurumanIndia63,000Y1 YHinduism0.39 %
LakshadweepIndia73,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %
LingayatIndia4,092,000Y1 YEthnic Religions0.01 %
LothaIndia212,000Y3 Christianity99.22 %
Madari (Hindu traditions)India310,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Mahratta unspecifiedIndia31,574,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
MailaIndia3,100Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Mala PulayanIndia83,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Mala VettuvanIndia21,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Malabar CatholicIndia3,195,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Malai ArayanIndia40,000Y2 Hinduism42.84 %
Malai PandaramIndia4,600Y1 YHinduism0.51 %
Malai VedanIndia20,000Y1 YHinduism2.52 %
MalakkuravanIndia19,000Y1 YHinduism0.43 %
MalakuravanIndia1,400Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MalasarIndia12,000Y1 YHinduism0.15 %
MalavaIndia24,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Malay, MalaysianUnited Kingdom61,000Y1 YIslam0.10 %0.50 %
MalayaliBahrain53,000Y2 Hinduism1.50 %40.00 %
MalayaliCanada19,000Y2 Hinduism2.00 %6.00 %
MalayaliIndia416,000Y1 YHinduism0.11 %
MalayaliMaldives800Y1 YHinduism1.00 %2.00 %
MalayaliMyanmar (Burma)23,000Y4 Hinduism7.00 %34.00 %
MalayaliNew Zealand6,700Y5 Hinduism12.00 %15.00 %
MalayaliOman211,000Y4 Hinduism3.00 %4.00 %
MalayaliQatar73,000Y2 Hinduism2.00 %6.00 %
MalayaliSingapore28,000Y1 YHinduism2.00 %5.00 %
MalayaliSri Lanka800Y2 Hinduism11.02 %
MalayaliUnited Arab Emirates314,000Y2 Hinduism2.00 %15.00 %
MalayaliUnited States87,000Y2 Hinduism0.40 %8.00 %
Malayali, MalayalamMalaysia369,000Y5 Islam12.00 %23.00 %
Malayan, casteIndia41,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Malayan, casteSri Lanka1,600Y2 Hinduism12.08 %
Malayan, tribeIndia53,000Y1 YHinduism0.13 %
MalayarayarIndia3,500Y2 Hinduism18.42 %
MalayekandiIndia2,100Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MaliIndia7,800Y1 YHinduism0.91 %
Mali (Hindu traditions)India12,552,000Y1 YHinduism0.01 %
Mannan, casteIndia332,000Y1 YHinduism0.04 %
Mannan, tribalIndia12,000Y1 YHinduism0.81 %
MappilaIndia10,436,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
MappilaSri Lanka11,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
Marakkan (Christian traditionsIndia6,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Marakkan (Hindu traditions)India11,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MarataIndia104,000Y1 YHinduism0.05 %
MaravanIndia3,393,000Y1 YHinduism2.45 %
MavilanIndia42,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Mizo LushaiIndia676,000Y3 Christianity98.84 %
Moger unspecifiedIndia131,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MoghalIndia2,080,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
MudugarIndia2,200Y1 YHinduism4.46 %
MukkariIndia2,200Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Mukkuvan (Christian traditionsIndia48,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)India189,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)India3,200Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
MukkuvarSri Lanka43,000Y2 Hinduism18.51 %
MundaIndia4,402,000Y2 Hinduism19.38 %
MundalaIndia34,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MusariIndia4,700Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MutaliIndia47,000Y1 YHinduism2.88 %
MuthanIndia8,300Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
MuthuvanIndia29,000Y1 YHinduism0.33 %
Nadar (Christian traditions)India1,452,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Nadar (Christian traditions)Sri Lanka9,300Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Nadar (Hindu traditions)India3,390,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Nadar (Hindu traditions)Sri Lanka26,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Nai (Hindu traditions)India14,140,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
NaikdaIndia4,299,000Y1 YHinduism0.08 %
NairIndia7,779,000Y1 YHinduism0.19 %
NairSri Lanka4,200Y1 YHinduism0.51 %
Nair AnthurIndia153,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
NalakeyavaIndia7,500Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
NalkadayaIndia3,400Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
NavaitIndia67,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
NavithanIndia899,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
NayadiIndia102,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
OraonIndia5,353,000Y2 Hinduism26.46 %
PadannanIndia10,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PaleIndia11,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Pallan (Christian traditions)India530,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Pallan (Hindu traditions)India2,702,000Y1 YHinduism0.19 %
Pallan (Hindu traditions)Sri Lanka47,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PalleyanIndia2,300Y2 Hinduism24.26 %
PalliyanIndia7,300Y1 YHinduism4.81 %
PalliyarIndia7,000Y2 Hinduism7.76 %
PalluvanIndia8,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PananIndia277,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PanchamaIndia3,600Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PandaramIndia33,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PanditattanIndia13,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PanikkanIndia41,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PaniyanIndia119,000Y1 YHinduism0.38 %
Paraiyan (Christian traditionsIndia901,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)India2,490,000Y1 YHinduism0.18 %
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)Sri Lanka105,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Paravan (Christian traditions)India45,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Paravan (Hindu traditions)India104,000Y1 YHinduism0.11 %
PardhiIndia434,000Y1 YHinduism0.06 %
Pashtun, PathanIndia9,215,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %
PathiyanIndia22,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
PerumannanIndia105,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Pulaya VettuvanIndia1,300Y1 YHinduism1.83 %
Pulayan ThandaIndia150,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Pulayan unspecifiedIndia1,109,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Pulayan WayanadIndia500Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Puthirai VannanIndia31,000Y1 YHinduism0.35 %
RajpurIndia60,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Rajput (Hindu traditions)India27,712,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
Rajput (Muslim traditions)India1,966,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditioIndia3,643,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Rajput ThakurIndia83,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
SaliIndia1,227,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %
Sali PattariyanIndia3,600Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
SamagaraIndia107,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
SamanthanIndia58,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
SambanIndia24,000Y1 YHinduism1.01 %
Santal (Sawntal)India9,096,000Y2 Hinduism5.78 %
Saora unspecifiedIndia951,000Y2 Hinduism16.77 %
SayyidIndia9,296,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
SemmanIndia5,500Y1 YHinduism0.64 %
ShabiIndia2,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
Shaikh QureshiIndia9,727,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
Shaikh unspecifiedIndia72,220,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %
SilpiIndia237,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Sonar (Hindu traditions)India8,322,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Syrian ChristianIndia4,440,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Syrian ChristianSri Lanka700Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Tamil (Muslim traditions)India3,463,000Y1 YIslam0.00 %0.00 %
Teli (Hindu traditions)India22,446,000Y1 YHinduism0.02 %
Thandan (Christian traditions)India14,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Thandan (Hindu traditions)India276,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Thandan PalakkadIndia7,300Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
ThantapulayanIndia6,200Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Thoti, casteIndia14,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
UlladanIndia20,000Y1 YHinduism3.84 %
UraliIndia85,000Y1 YHinduism2.50 %
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)India4,197,000Y1 YHinduism0.06 %
ValanIndia107,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
ValanchianIndia6,400Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
ValluvanIndia125,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
VaniyanIndia1,057,000Y2 Hinduism11.77 %
Vannan (Christian traditions)India173,000Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Vannan (Hindu traditions)India103,000Y1 YHinduism0.10 %
VanniyanIndia13,734,000Y1 YHinduism1.37 %
VanniyanSri Lanka37,000Y2 Hinduism12.06 %
VarliIndia1,487,000Y1 YHinduism1.42 %
VelakkithalanayanIndia421,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
VelanIndia102,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
VellalanSri Lanka31,000Y2 Hinduism12.47 %
Vellalan KonguIndia25,000Y1 YHinduism0.10 %
Vellalan NanjanadIndia220,000Y1 YHinduism1.10 %
Vellalan unspecifiedIndia1,800,000Y1 YHinduism3.07 %
VeluthadanayarIndia239,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Vetan (Christian traditions)India4,200Y3 Christianity100.00 %
Vetan (Hindu traditions)India71,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
VettakkaranIndia5,800Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
VettuvanIndia137,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
ViswakarmaSri Lanka7,400Y1 YHinduism2.80 %
Viswakarma AsariIndia782,000Y1 YHinduism0.03 %
Viswakarma Kallan MuppanIndia11,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Viswakarma KallasariIndia64,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Viswakarma KollanIndia225,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Viswakarma ThattanIndia233,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
Viswakarma unspecifiedIndia7,661,000Y1 YHinduism0.12 %
Viswakarma VilkurupIndia14,000Y1 YHinduism0.00 %0.00 %
YeravaIndia37,000Y1 YHinduism0.21 %
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