| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi | Adi | 82,000 | 1,500 | N | 2.0  | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 359,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0  | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,683,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 662,000 | 40 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Ahom | Assamese | 1,600,000 | 1,464,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,399,000 | 40 | 4,500 | 61,000 | - | - |
| Aiton | Aiton | 4,300 | 4,300 | 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 | 186,000 | 16,000 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 15,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Bengali | 12,611,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Ao | Naga, Ao | 275,000 | 5,500 | N | 3.0 | 70 | - | - | 5,400 | - | - |
| Arleng | Karbi | 595,000 | 566,000 | N | 2.0 | 460,000 | 1,200 | 300 | 102,000 | 10 | 2,200 |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 547,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 3,172,000 | 3,088,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,088,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 7,753,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,428,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baloch | Urdu | 68,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 5,775,000 | 171,000 | Y | 1.0 | 168,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 |
| Bania Agrahari | Assamese | 385,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Bais | Assamese | 155,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Barnawar | Assamese | 80,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Brittal | Assamese | 60,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Gahoi | Assamese | 410,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Gandha Banik | Assamese | 345,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 143,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Bania Kasarwani | Assamese | 501,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Assamese | 597,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Khandelwal | Hindi | 111,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Khatri | Hindi | 242,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Bengali | 227,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Assamese | 439,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 497,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 391,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Bania Rauniar | Assamese | 157,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Assamese | 16,927,000 | 1,062,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,044,000 | - | - | - | - | 18,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 7,176,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bansphor (Hindu tradition | Assamese | 182,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Barman | Dimasa | 8,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | 10 | - | 30 | - | 20 |
| Bauri | Assamese | 2,345,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 128,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 658,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,992,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Assamese | 766,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Bhatri | 370,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Bhili | 14,544,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,893,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia Tibetan | Sikkimese | 4,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 3,500 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Odia | 548,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinhar | Assamese | 1,149,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinmali | Assamese | 187,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 82,000 | - | - | 50 | - | 300 |
| Bhumij | Assamese | 1,328,000 | 269,000 | Y | 1.0 | 258,000 | 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 | 211,000 | 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 | 1,869,000 | 1,756,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,589,000 | - | 300 | 163,000 | 100 | 3,600 |
| Bodo (Muslim traditions) | Boro | 3,200 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Boria Assam | Assamese | 217,000 | 214,000 | Y | 1.0 | 214,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 4,483,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 245,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ganak | Assamese | 70,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Assamese | 3,645,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Assamese | 449,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Jyoti | Bengali | 152,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Assamese | 5,102,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Radhi | Assamese | 1,898,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Rikhisur | Hindi | 62,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Assamese | 584,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Assamese | 714,000 | 8,600 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 554,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,237,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Assamese | 34,711,000 | 1,218,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,214,000 | - | - | - | - | 4,500 |
| Brahmin Utkal | Assamese | 219,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vaidik | Assamese | 227,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Varendra | Assamese | 311,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bru | Riang | 244,000 | 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 | 187,000 | 2,400 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | 2,300 | - | - |
| Chakma | Bengali | 260,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | 10 | 3,500 | 1,400 | - | 300 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 54,347,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Chang | Naga, Chang | 77,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Chepang | Nepali | 1,300 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Chero | Assamese | 188,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 293,000 | 231,000 | Y | 1.0 | 230,000 | - | 1,100 | 300 | - | - |
| Chik Baraik | Hindi | 140,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chin Mara | Chin, Mara | 52,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Chiru | Chiru | 11,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | 50 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Christian | Assamese | 1,492,000 | 114,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 114,000 | - | - |
| Darjee | Nepali | 56,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | 300 | 100 | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 2,464,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deori | Deori | 62,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | 60 | - | 300 | - | 80 |
| Dhanwar | Bengali | 76,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 12,571,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dholi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 282,000 | 9,200 | Y | 1.0 | 9,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dowaniya | Assamese | 3,400 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 3,400 | - | - | - |
| Drukpa | Dzongkha | 14,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 2,300 | - | - | - |
| Dura | Odia | 3,700 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Assamese | 1,496,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangai | Nepali | 5,600 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangte | Gangte | 26,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | 300 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Garo (A-chik Mande) | Assamese | 1,299,000 | 185,000 | N | 3.0 | 6,700 | 800 | 300 | 177,000 | 20 | 500 |
| Gauda | Assamese | 2,410,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 25,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 343,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 694,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Gokha | Odia | 260,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond Maria | Maria | 1,796,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | 3,200 | - | 40 |
| Gond unspecified | Assamese | 10,109,000 | 664,000 | Y | 1.0 | 608,000 | 30 | 300 | 53,000 | - | 3,500 |
| Gonrhi | Hindi | 962,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gorait | Assamese | 12,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guria | Assamese | 871,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 127,000 | 20,000 | N | 2.0 | 14,000 | - | 4,800 | 200 | - | 500 |
| Hadi | Assamese | 1,161,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Bengali | 2,349,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Hajang | Hajong | 88,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | 90 | - | 200 | - | 80 |
| Hajang Banai | Assamese | 5,900 | 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 | 6,400 | 60 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Halam Molsom | Chin, Falam | 6,300 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 11,000 | 70 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Hira | Assamese | 67,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Hmar | Hmar | 116,000 | 20,000 | N | 3.0 | 100 | 30 | 40 | 20,000 | - | 10 |
| Ho | Assamese | 1,273,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | 3,200 | - | 50 |
| Hojai | Assamese | 5,000 | 4,800 | N | 2.0 | 3,700 | - | 90 | 1,000 | - | - |
| Hrangkhol | Hrangkhol | 8,600 | 8,100 | N | 2.0 | 8,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 6,700,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Illemei | Naga, Mao | 114,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Jalkeot | Assamese | 29,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 16,034,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,724,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 | - |
| Jatapu | Telugu | 169,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhalo Malo | Assamese | 478,000 | 90,000 | Y | 1.0 | 90,000 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 479,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,785,000 | 125,000 | Y | 1.0 | 125,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 97,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Assamese | 98,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachari Dimasa | Deori | 172,000 | 144,000 | N | 2.0 | 143,000 | 100 | 10 | 1,500 | 10 | 200 |
| Kachari Sonwal | Assamese | 331,000 | 304,000 | Y | 1.0 | 301,000 | 700 | 100 | 1,700 | 20 | 300 |
| Kachin | Jingpho | 44,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 5,900 | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 9,680,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahha | Naga, Phom | 63,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Kaibartta Jalia | Bengali | 536,000 | 140,000 | Y | 1.0 | 140,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Assamese | 1,644,000 | 694,000 | Y | 1.0 | 694,000 | - | 50 | 400 | 70 | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,730,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,593,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 2,076,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalingi | Assamese | 325,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 586,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 110,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 900 | 300 | - | - |
| Kandra | Assamese | 787,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,212,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,932,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karan | Odia | 627,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,944,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Kawar | Bengali | 1,185,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Assamese | 7,090,000 | 694,000 | Y | 1.0 | 693,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Kayastha Karan | Assamese | 632,000 | 115,000 | Y | 1.0 | 115,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Assamese | 497,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Khamiyang | Khamyang | 1,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Khampti | Khamti | 21,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | 1,100 | 20 | - | - |
| Khandait | Assamese | 2,050,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharia | Assamese | 895,000 | 238,000 | N | 2.0 | 234,000 | - | - | 4,400 | - | 70 |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 490,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khasi (War-Khasi) | Khasi | 1,479,000 | 49,000 | N | 3.0 | 4,800 | 200 | 80 | 44,000 | - | 20 |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,780,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 356,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Khiamniungan | Naga, Khiamniungan | 74,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Kisan | Sadri | 1,926,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Koch (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 60,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 9,654,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kol | Assamese | 2,085,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 2,660,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,985,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 369,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolta | Odia | 801,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konyak | Naga, Konyak | 284,000 | 1,800 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 1,600 | - | - |
| Korku | Assamese | 1,200,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | 50 | 2,700 | - | - |
| Korwa | Assamese | 531,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | - | 1,400 | - | - |
| Koya unspecified | Koya | 777,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Assamese | 1,572,000 | 70,000 | N | 2.0 | 64,000 | - | - | 5,400 | - | 50 |
| Kuki Chin | Bengali | 160,000 | 42,000 | N | 3.0 | 7,400 | 80 | 90 | 34,000 | - | 50 |
| Kuki Chin Changsen | Chin, Thado | 2,900 | 2,900 | N | 2.0 | 2,200 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Chongthir | Unknown | 3,600 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | 50 | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Khelma | Bengali | 3,200 | 2,600 | 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 | 18,593,000 | 168,000 | Y | 1.0 | 168,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 22,483,000 | 368,000 | Y | 1.0 | 367,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Kurmi Mahato | Assamese | 299,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kusiari | Bengali | 2,100 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 393,000 | 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 | 4,059,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions, | Assamese | 153,000 | 6,400 | N | 2.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loi | Meitei | 102,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 210,000 | 3,300 | N | 3.0 | 40 | - | - | 3,300 | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 3,770,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Assamese | 66,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 756,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,122,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Assamese | 409,000 | 189,000 | N | 2.0 | 182,000 | - | 3,000 | 4,400 | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,284,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahara | Assamese | 5,900 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Assamese | 11,773,000 | 957,000 | Y | 1.0 | 956,000 | - | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| Mahli | Assamese | 483,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Hindi | 9,014,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,321,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 638,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Maimal | Bengali | 2,500 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Majhwar | Assamese | 220,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | 30 | 70 | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 524,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,709,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,169,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 12,452,000 | 94,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Malto | Bengali | 224,000 | 7,200 | N | 2.0 | 6,800 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,182,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 10,352,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,366,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marma | Rakhine | 55,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,072,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mech | Assamese | 65,000 | 12,000 | N | 2.0 | 12,000 | 30 | - | 100 | - | - |
| Meitei Bishnupriya | Meitei | 1,500 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Kshatriya | Meitei | 142,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Panan | Meitei | 14,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Thanga | Meitei | 140,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 1,423,000 | 185,000 | Y | 1.0 | 185,000 | - | - | 70 | - | 100 |
| Miri | Mising | 815,000 | 799,000 | Y | 1.0 | 780,000 | 2,100 | 30 | 8,100 | 60 | 8,300 |
| Mishmi | Digaro-Mishmi | 3,900 | 3,700 | N | 2.0 | 3,300 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 171,000 | 5,300 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 5,200 | - | - |
| Mizo Fanai | Mizo | 17,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 670,000 | 4,900 | N | 3.0 | 200 | - | 20 | 4,700 | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 2,309,000 | 92,000 | Y | 1.0 | 92,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Bengali | 2,063,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukha Dhora | Assamese | 52,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Assamese | 4,367,000 | 1,695,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,534,000 | 40 | 200 | 160,000 | - | 1,900 |
| Munnur | Telugu | 993,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Musahar (Hindu traditions | Assamese | 3,711,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,209,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,440,000 | 80 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,362,000 | 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 | 14,026,000 | 134,000 | Y | 1.0 | 134,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 385,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 7,717,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Assamese | 3,840,000 | 626,000 | Y | 1.0 | 625,000 | - | 50 | 800 | 10 | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Assamese | 1,702,000 | 349,000 | Y | 1.0 | 349,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 587,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 191,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | 1,400 | 100 | - | 50 |
| Nissi | Nyishi | 47,000 | 9,100 | N | 3.0 | 7,600 | - | - | 1,500 | - | - |
| Nocte | Naga, Nocte | 45,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | 500 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Oraon | Assamese | 5,310,000 | 849,000 | N | 2.0 | 763,000 | - | 80 | 84,000 | - | 1,800 |
| Paik | Odia | 260,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paite (Christian traditio | Chin, Paite | 95,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,680,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Sadri | 1,609,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 894,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,470,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parja unspecified | Assamese | 390,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Bengali | 9,141,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,866,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patial | Assamese | 47,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patni (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 268,000 | 214,000 | Y | 1.0 | 214,000 | - | 10 | 70 | 20 | - |
| Pawi | Karbi | 62,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Pnar | Pnar | 330,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Pochury | Naga, Pochuri | 27,000 | 1,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,541,000 | 293,000 | Y | 1.0 | 293,000 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Poi | Mizo | 58,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | 10 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Rabha | Assamese | 437,000 | 350,000 | N | 2.0 | 337,000 | 700 | 20 | 12,000 | - | 300 |
| Rai | Nepali | 144,000 | 51,000 | N | 2.0 | 37,000 | - | - | 3,300 | - | 10,000 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,005,000 | 233,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | - | 70 | 6,200 | - | 2,400 |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 27,490,000 | 338,000 | Y | 1.0 | 335,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,950,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,250,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 4,000 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Bengali | 1,597,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Bengali | 1,056,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandrabansi | Assamese | 124,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Bengali | 3,614,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Nagbansi | Assamese | 53,000 | 9,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Bengali | 1,523,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Bengali | 1,683,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sisodia | Assamese | 137,000 | 8,600 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Assamese | 303,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ralte | Mizo | 21,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | 40 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 554,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 80 | - |
| Ranabhat | Assamese | 14,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 174,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rengma | Naga, Southern Rengma | 81,000 | 6,300 | N | 3.0 | 200 | - | - | 6,100 | - | - |
| Rongmei | Naga, Inpui | 117,000 | 700 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Sagarbanshi | Odia | 208,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 695,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Sakachep | Sakachep | 24,000 | 14,000 | N | 3.0 | 2,200 | - | - | 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 | 9,023,000 | 1,035,000 | N | 2.0 | 906,000 | 70 | - | 93,000 | - | 36,000 |
| Saora unspecified | Assamese | 943,000 | 119,000 | N | 2.0 | 113,000 | - | - | 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 | 9,222,000 | 160,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 160,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 290,000 | 8,800 | N | 3.0 | 100 | - | - | 8,700 | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 629,000 | 2,400 | N | 2.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Bengali | 71,641,000 | 7,710,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,710,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shan | Shan | 2,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 1,400 | 20 | - | 400 |
| Sherdukpen | Sherdukpen | 4,200 | 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 | 8,255,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 222,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 643,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Bengali | 325,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunuwar | Assamese | 97,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | 300 | - | 100 |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Assamese | 501,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 75,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,405,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Tai Man | Phake | 6,900 | 3,500 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | 3,400 | 10 | - | 10 |
| Tai Taroi | Singpho | 2,500 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 2,500 | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 266,000 | 45,000 | N | 2.0 | 37,000 | - | 5,900 | 2,400 | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,435,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Tangchanghya | Tangchangya | 2,400 | 300 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 200 | 50 | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,759,000 | 202,000 | Y | 1.0 | 202,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Tanu | Apatani | 52,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,237,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 22,267,000 | 242,000 | Y | 1.0 | 242,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thadou | Chin, Thado | 257,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Thakali | Nepali | 1,600 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 39,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Thami | Nepali | 2,700 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 532,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | 3,100 | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 118,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Tikhir | Naga, Yimchungru | 9,100 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,277,000 | 108,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipera | Bengali | 814,000 | 50,000 | N | 2.0 | 47,000 | - | 90 | 2,400 | - | 90 |
| Tiwa | Assamese | 303,000 | 252,000 | Y | 1.0 | 246,000 | 500 | - | 4,600 | - | 200 |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Assamese | 414,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | 600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,164,000 | 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 | 150,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,624,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,786,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 7,599,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 40,856,000 | 420,000 | Y | 1.0 | 420,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Assamese | 1,847,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Kaonra | Bengali | 796,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Rawat | Assamese | 1,707,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 3,080,000 | 74,000 | Y | 1.0 | 74,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba, Limbu | Nepali | 151,000 | 34,000 | N | 2.0 | 19,000 | - | 30 | 2,400 | - | 13,000 |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 790,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 633,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yimchungra | Naga, Yimchungru | 81,000 | 1,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Zeliang | Naga, Zeme | 123,000 | 22,000 | N | 3.0 | 3,500 | - | - | 18,000 | - | - |
| State Totals: 356 People Groups |
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34,726,000 |
263 |
|
22,155,000 |
11,048,000 |
63,000 |
1,319,000 |
21,000 |
118,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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