| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi | Adi | 81,000 | 1,500 | N | 2.0  | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 356,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,618,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 657,000 | 40 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Ahom | Assamese | 1,588,000 | 1,450,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,385,000 | 40 | 4,500 | 60,000 | - | - |
| Aiton | Aiton | 4,300 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | 2,300 | - | - | 300 |
| Aka | Hruso | 13,000 | 2,600 | N | 2.0 | 2,200 | - | 100 | 100 | - | 90 |
| Angami | Naga, Angami | 185,000 | 15,000 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 15,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Bengali | 12,518,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Ao | Naga, Ao | 273,000 | 5,400 | N | 3.0 | 70 | - | - | 5,400 | - | - |
| Arleng | Karbi | 590,000 | 561,000 | N | 2.0 | 456,000 | 1,200 | 300 | 101,000 | 10 | 2,200 |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 543,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 3,148,000 | 3,059,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,059,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Sikh traditions | Assamese | 1,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 | - |
| Asur | Assamese | 38,000 | 1,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 7,695,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,402,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baloch | Urdu | 68,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 5,732,000 | 169,000 | Y | 1.0 | 166,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 |
| Bania Agrahari | Assamese | 382,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Bais | Assamese | 153,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Barnawar | Assamese | 80,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 8,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Brittal | Assamese | 60,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Gahoi | Assamese | 407,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Gandha Banik | Assamese | 342,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 142,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Bania Kasarwani | Assamese | 497,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Assamese | 593,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Khandelwal | Hindi | 110,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Khatri | Hindi | 240,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Bengali | 226,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Assamese | 436,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 493,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 388,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Bania Rauniar | Assamese | 156,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Assamese | 16,801,000 | 1,052,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,034,000 | - | - | - | - | 18,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 7,123,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bansphor (Hindu tradition | Assamese | 180,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Barman | Dimasa | 8,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | 10 | - | 30 | - | 20 |
| Bauri | Assamese | 2,327,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 127,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 653,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,977,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Assamese | 761,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Bhatri | 367,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Bhili | 14,436,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,849,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia Tibetan | Sikkimese | 4,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 3,500 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Odia | 544,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinhar | Assamese | 1,140,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinmali | Assamese | 185,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | - | 50 | - | 300 |
| Bhumij | Assamese | 1,318,000 | 267,000 | Y | 1.0 | 256,000 | 30 | 30 | 11,000 | - | 200 |
| Biate | Biate | 19,000 | 12,000 | N | 2.0 | 10,000 | - | - | 2,300 | - | - |
| Bilaspuri | Bilaspuri | 1,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binjhia | Bengali | 210,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Birhor | Assamese | 24,000 | 3,700 | N | 2.0 | 3,600 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Birjia | Assamese | 17,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bishnupriya Manipuri | Bishnupuriya | 103,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Boro | 1,855,000 | 1,739,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,574,000 | - | 300 | 161,000 | 100 | 3,600 |
| Bodo (Muslim traditions) | Boro | 3,200 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Boria Assam | Assamese | 215,000 | 212,000 | Y | 1.0 | 212,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 4,449,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 243,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ganak | Assamese | 70,000 | 69,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Assamese | 3,618,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Assamese | 445,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Jyoti | Bengali | 151,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Assamese | 5,064,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Radhi | Assamese | 1,884,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Rikhisur | Hindi | 61,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Assamese | 580,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Assamese | 708,000 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 550,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,228,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Assamese | 34,453,000 | 1,207,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,203,000 | - | - | - | - | 4,500 |
| Brahmin Utkal | Assamese | 218,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vaidik | Assamese | 226,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Varendra | Assamese | 308,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bru | Riang | 242,000 | 16,000 | N | 2.0 | 15,000 | - | 70 | 600 | - | 300 |
| Burmese | Burmese | 17,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 1,000 | 60 | - | - |
| Chakhesang | Naga, Chokri | 185,000 | 2,300 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | 2,300 | - | - |
| Chakma | Bengali | 258,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | 10 | 3,500 | 1,400 | - | 300 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 53,943,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Chang | Naga, Chang | 76,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Chepang | Nepali | 1,300 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Chero | Assamese | 187,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 291,000 | 229,000 | Y | 1.0 | 228,000 | - | 1,100 | 300 | - | - |
| Chik Baraik | Hindi | 139,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chin Mara | Chin, Mara | 51,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Chiru | Chiru | 11,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | 50 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Christian | Assamese | 1,481,000 | 113,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 113,000 | - | - |
| Darjee | Nepali | 56,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | 300 | 100 | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 2,446,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deori | Deori | 62,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | 60 | - | 300 | - | 80 |
| Dhanwar | Bengali | 75,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 12,478,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dholi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 279,000 | 9,100 | Y | 1.0 | 9,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dowaniya | Assamese | 3,400 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 3,400 | - | - | - |
| Drukpa | Dzongkha | 14,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 2,300 | - | - | - |
| Dura | Odia | 3,600 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Assamese | 1,485,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangai | Nepali | 5,500 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangte | Gangte | 25,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | 300 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Garo (A-chik Mande) | Assamese | 1,289,000 | 183,000 | N | 3.0 | 6,600 | 800 | 300 | 175,000 | 20 | 500 |
| Gauda | Assamese | 2,392,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 25,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 340,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 688,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Gokha | Odia | 258,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond Maria | Maria | 1,782,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | 3,200 | - | 40 |
| Gond unspecified | Assamese | 10,034,000 | 658,000 | Y | 1.0 | 602,000 | 30 | 300 | 52,000 | - | 3,500 |
| Gonrhi | Hindi | 955,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gorait | Assamese | 12,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guria | Assamese | 864,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 126,000 | 19,000 | N | 2.0 | 14,000 | - | 4,700 | 200 | - | 500 |
| Hadi | Assamese | 1,152,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Bengali | 2,331,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Hajang | Hajong | 87,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | 90 | - | 200 | - | 80 |
| Hajang Banai | Assamese | 5,800 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halam | Chin, Falam | 50,000 | 1,000 | N | 2.0 | 500 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Halam Chorei | Chin, Falam | 3,500 | 400 | N | 3.0 | 200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Halam Kaipeng | Chin, Falam | 6,300 | 60 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Halam Molsom | Chin, Falam | 6,300 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 10,000 | 70 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Hira | Assamese | 66,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Hmar | Hmar | 115,000 | 20,000 | N | 3.0 | 100 | 30 | 40 | 19,000 | - | 10 |
| Ho | Assamese | 1,263,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | 3,200 | - | 50 |
| Hojai | Assamese | 4,900 | 4,800 | N | 2.0 | 3,700 | - | 90 | 1,000 | - | - |
| Hrangkhol | Hrangkhol | 8,600 | 8,000 | N | 2.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 6,650,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Illemei | Naga, Mao | 113,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Jalkeot | Assamese | 29,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 15,914,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,659,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 | - |
| Jatapu | Telugu | 167,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhalo Malo | Assamese | 474,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 476,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,757,000 | 124,000 | Y | 1.0 | 124,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 97,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Assamese | 97,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachari Dimasa | Deori | 171,000 | 143,000 | N | 2.0 | 141,000 | 100 | 10 | 1,500 | 10 | 200 |
| Kachari Sonwal | Assamese | 328,000 | 302,000 | Y | 1.0 | 299,000 | 700 | 100 | 1,700 | 20 | 300 |
| Kachin | Jingpho | 43,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 5,800 | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 9,608,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahha | Naga, Phom | 63,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Kaibartta Jalia | Bengali | 532,000 | 138,000 | Y | 1.0 | 138,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Assamese | 1,632,000 | 688,000 | Y | 1.0 | 687,000 | - | 50 | 400 | 70 | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,709,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,574,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 2,060,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalingi | Assamese | 322,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 582,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 109,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 900 | 300 | - | - |
| Kandra | Assamese | 781,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,181,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,829,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karan | Odia | 622,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,885,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Kawar | Bengali | 1,176,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Assamese | 7,037,000 | 687,000 | Y | 1.0 | 687,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Kayastha Karan | Assamese | 628,000 | 114,000 | Y | 1.0 | 114,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Assamese | 493,000 | 108,000 | Y | 1.0 | 107,000 | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Khamiyang | Khamyang | 1,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Khampti | Khamti | 21,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | 1,100 | 20 | - | - |
| Khandait | Assamese | 2,035,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharia | Assamese | 888,000 | 236,000 | N | 2.0 | 232,000 | - | - | 4,400 | - | 70 |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 487,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khasi (War-Khasi) | Khasi | 1,468,000 | 49,000 | N | 3.0 | 4,800 | 200 | 80 | 44,000 | - | 20 |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,759,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 353,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Khiamniungan | Naga, Khiamniungan | 73,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Kisan | Sadri | 1,912,000 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Koch (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 59,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 9,582,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kol | Assamese | 2,069,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 2,640,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,970,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 366,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolta | Odia | 795,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konyak | Naga, Konyak | 282,000 | 1,800 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 1,600 | - | - |
| Korku | Assamese | 1,191,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | 50 | 2,600 | - | - |
| Korwa | Assamese | 527,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 56,000 | - | - | 1,400 | - | - |
| Koya unspecified | Koya | 771,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Assamese | 1,560,000 | 69,000 | N | 2.0 | 64,000 | - | - | 5,400 | - | 50 |
| Kuki Chin | Bengali | 159,000 | 41,000 | N | 3.0 | 7,300 | 80 | 90 | 34,000 | - | 50 |
| Kuki Chin Changsen | Chin, Thado | 2,900 | 2,800 | N | 2.0 | 2,200 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Chongthir | Unknown | 3,600 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | 50 | - | - | 1,200 | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Khelma | Bengali | 3,200 | 2,500 | N | 3.0 | 1,300 | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Kholhang | Unknown | 12,000 | 12,000 | N | 2.0 | 8,600 | - | - | 3,100 | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Khongsai | Unknown | 1,300 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | 70 | - | - | 1,200 | - | - |
| Kumal | Nepali | 4,200 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 18,455,000 | 166,000 | Y | 1.0 | 166,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 22,316,000 | 364,000 | Y | 1.0 | 364,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Kurmi Mahato | Assamese | 297,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kusiari | Bengali | 2,100 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 390,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Lama | Tibetan, Central | 800 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 200 | - | - | 10 |
| Lamkang | Lamkang | 9,300 | 60 | N | 3.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 4,029,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions, | Assamese | 152,000 | 6,300 | N | 2.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loi | Meitei | 101,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 208,000 | 3,300 | N | 3.0 | 40 | - | - | 3,300 | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 3,742,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Assamese | 66,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 750,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,054,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Assamese | 406,000 | 187,000 | N | 2.0 | 180,000 | - | 3,000 | 4,300 | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,200,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahara | Assamese | 5,800 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Assamese | 11,686,000 | 948,000 | Y | 1.0 | 947,000 | - | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| Mahli | Assamese | 479,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Hindi | 8,947,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,088,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 633,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Maimal | Bengali | 2,500 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Majhwar | Assamese | 219,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 520,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,660,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,146,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 12,359,000 | 93,000 | Y | 1.0 | 93,000 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Malto | Bengali | 223,000 | 7,200 | N | 2.0 | 6,800 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,165,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 10,275,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,341,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marma | Rakhine | 55,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,049,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mech | Assamese | 64,000 | 12,000 | N | 2.0 | 12,000 | 30 | - | 100 | - | - |
| Meitei Bishnupriya | Meitei | 1,500 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Kshatriya | Meitei | 141,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Panan | Meitei | 14,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Thanga | Meitei | 139,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 1,412,000 | 183,000 | Y | 1.0 | 183,000 | - | - | 70 | - | 100 |
| Miri | Mising | 809,000 | 792,000 | Y | 1.0 | 772,000 | 2,100 | 30 | 8,000 | 60 | 8,200 |
| Mishmi | Digaro-Mishmi | 3,900 | 3,600 | N | 2.0 | 3,300 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 169,000 | 5,300 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 5,200 | - | - |
| Mizo Fanai | Mizo | 17,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 665,000 | 4,900 | N | 3.0 | 200 | - | 20 | 4,600 | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 2,292,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Bengali | 2,048,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 29,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukha Dhora | Assamese | 52,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Assamese | 4,334,000 | 1,679,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,520,000 | 40 | 200 | 159,000 | - | 1,900 |
| Munnur | Telugu | 986,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Musahar (Hindu traditions | Assamese | 3,683,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,200,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,430,000 | 80 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,337,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | Naga, Southern Rengma | 22,000 | 3,900 | N | 3.0 | 500 | 100 | 30 | 3,300 | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 13,922,000 | 133,000 | Y | 1.0 | 133,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 383,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 7,659,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Assamese | 3,812,000 | 620,000 | Y | 1.0 | 619,000 | - | 50 | 800 | 10 | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Assamese | 1,690,000 | 346,000 | Y | 1.0 | 345,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 583,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 189,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | 1,400 | 100 | - | 50 |
| Nissi | Nyishi | 46,000 | 9,000 | N | 3.0 | 7,500 | - | - | 1,500 | - | - |
| Nocte | Naga, Nocte | 45,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | 500 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Oraon | Assamese | 5,270,000 | 841,000 | N | 2.0 | 756,000 | - | 80 | 84,000 | - | 1,800 |
| Paik | Odia | 258,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paite (Christian traditio | Chin, Paite | 94,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,661,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Sadri | 1,597,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 887,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,451,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parja unspecified | Assamese | 387,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Bengali | 9,073,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,823,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patial | Assamese | 47,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patni (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 266,000 | 212,000 | Y | 1.0 | 212,000 | - | 10 | 70 | 20 | - |
| Pawi | Karbi | 62,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Pnar | Pnar | 327,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Pochury | Naga, Pochuri | 27,000 | 1,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,515,000 | 290,000 | Y | 1.0 | 290,000 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Poi | Mizo | 57,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | 10 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Rabha | Assamese | 434,000 | 347,000 | N | 2.0 | 334,000 | 700 | 20 | 12,000 | - | 300 |
| Rai | Nepali | 143,000 | 51,000 | N | 2.0 | 37,000 | - | - | 3,300 | - | 10,000 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,968,000 | 231,000 | Y | 1.0 | 223,000 | - | 70 | 6,100 | - | 2,400 |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 27,285,000 | 334,000 | Y | 1.0 | 332,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,935,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,241,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 4,000 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Bengali | 1,586,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Bengali | 1,048,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandrabansi | Assamese | 123,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Bengali | 3,587,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Nagbansi | Assamese | 53,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Bengali | 1,511,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Bengali | 1,671,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sisodia | Assamese | 136,000 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Assamese | 301,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ralte | Mizo | 21,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | 40 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 550,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 80 | - |
| Ranabhat | Assamese | 14,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 173,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rengma | Naga, Southern Rengma | 81,000 | 6,200 | N | 3.0 | 200 | - | - | 6,100 | - | - |
| Rongmei | Naga, Inpui | 116,000 | 700 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Sagarbanshi | Odia | 207,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 690,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Sakachep | Sakachep | 24,000 | 14,000 | N | 3.0 | 2,100 | - | - | 12,000 | - | - |
| Saloi | Assamese | 5,200 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangtam | Naga, Sangtam | 90,000 | 1,100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| Santal (Sawntal) | Assamese | 8,956,000 | 1,025,000 | N | 2.0 | 897,000 | 70 | - | 92,000 | - | 35,000 |
| Saora unspecified | Assamese | 936,000 | 118,000 | N | 2.0 | 112,000 | - | - | 6,600 | - | 20 |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 106,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Sarki | Nepali | 32,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
| Sayyid | Bengali | 9,153,000 | 158,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 158,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 288,000 | 8,800 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 8,700 | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 624,000 | 2,400 | N | 2.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Bengali | 71,108,000 | 7,637,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,637,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shan | Shan | 2,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 1,400 | 20 | - | 400 |
| Sherdukpen | Sherdukpen | 4,100 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Sherpa | Nepali | 44,000 | 3,200 | N | 2.0 | 600 | - | 2,500 | 70 | - | - |
| Singpho | Singpho | 10,000 | 3,100 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | 2,800 | 200 | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 8,194,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 220,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 638,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Bengali | 323,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunuwar | Assamese | 96,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | 300 | - | 100 |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Assamese | 497,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 74,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,372,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Tai Man | Phake | 6,800 | 3,500 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | 3,400 | 10 | - | 10 |
| Tai Taroi | Singpho | 2,500 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 2,400 | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 264,000 | 45,000 | N | 2.0 | 36,000 | - | 5,900 | 2,300 | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,409,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Tangchanghya | Tangchangya | 2,400 | 300 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 200 | 50 | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,716,000 | 200,000 | Y | 1.0 | 200,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Tanu | Apatani | 52,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,228,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 22,101,000 | 240,000 | Y | 1.0 | 240,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thadou | Chin, Thado | 255,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Thakali | Nepali | 1,600 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 39,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Thami | Nepali | 2,700 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 528,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | 3,100 | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 117,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Tikhir | Naga, Yimchungru | 9,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,268,000 | 107,000 | Y | 1.0 | 107,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipera | Bengali | 808,000 | 49,000 | N | 2.0 | 47,000 | - | 90 | 2,400 | - | 90 |
| Tiwa | Assamese | 301,000 | 250,000 | Y | 1.0 | 244,000 | 500 | - | 4,600 | - | 200 |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 411,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | 600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,133,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaiphei | Vaiphei | 54,000 | 1,000 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu t | Bengali | 11,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki Mehtar | Assamese | 149,000 | 9,900 | Y | 1.0 | 9,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,523,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,772,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 7,543,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 40,552,000 | 416,000 | Y | 1.0 | 416,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Assamese | 1,833,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Kaonra | Bengali | 790,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Rawat | Assamese | 1,694,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 3,057,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 73,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba, Limbu | Nepali | 150,000 | 34,000 | N | 2.0 | 19,000 | - | 30 | 2,300 | - | 13,000 |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 784,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 629,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yimchungra | Naga, Yimchungru | 80,000 | 1,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Zeliang | Naga, Zeme | 122,000 | 21,000 | N | 3.0 | 3,500 | - | - | 18,000 | - | - |
| State Totals: 356 People Groups |
|
34,400,000 |
263 |
|
21,947,000 |
10,945,000 |
62,000 |
1,307,000 |
21,000 |
117,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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