| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 1,242,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0  | 8,700 | - | 10 | 200 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 9,801,000 | 5,200 | N | 2.0  | 5,200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 3,702,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Adiyan | Malayalam | 18,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 10 |
| Agamudaiyan | Tamil | 855,000 | 9,500 | Y | 1.0 | 9,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar | Tamil | 1,600 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 653,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aiyanavar | Malayalam | 24,000 | 12,000 | N | 3.0  | 2,600 | - | - | 9,700 | - | - |
| Ajila | Malayalam | 6,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alambadi Kurichchan | Kurichiya | 48,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | 50 | - | 2,000 | - | 20 |
| Alavan | Malayalam | 7,600 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi | Malayalam | 151,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick | Malayalam | 11,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan | Malayalam | 182,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | 2,300 | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 488,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angami | Naga, Angami | 157,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Anglo | Malayalam | 140,000 | 2,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,500 | - | - |
| Ao | Naga, Ao | 231,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 2,200 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Arandan | Aranadan | 400 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arasar | Malayalam | 73,000 | 42,000 | N | 3.0 | 8,200 | - | - | 34,000 | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 198,000 | 150,000 | Y | 1.0 | 148,000 | - | 10 | 1,700 | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 467,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Tamil | 961,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Malayalam | 21,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | 700 | - | - |
| Badaga | Badaga | 217,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 6,442,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Malayalam | 146,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Marwari | 366,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,265,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baira | Kannada | 12,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 3,406,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakad | Tulu | 11,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Tulu | 12,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,699,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandhera | Gujarati | 300 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 10,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania | Tamil | 28,851,000 | 130,000 | Y | 1.0 | 126,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,400 |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 4,767,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 315,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Chetti | Tamil | 741,000 | 66,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 120,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 183,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 358,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 416,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 322,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Banijiga | Kannada | 713,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 5,979,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 302,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bariki | Kannada | 35,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Malayalam | 984,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bathada | Malayalam | 4,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bazigar (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 774,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,515,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,879,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bellara | Kannada | 2,800 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 43,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Tulu | 633,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Kannada | 268,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharathar | Malayalam | 73,000 | 29,000 | N | 3.0 | 3,800 | - | - | 25,000 | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,370,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Hindi | 455,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,106,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Kannada | 3,976,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin | Malayalam | 58,777,000 | 674,000 | Y | 1.0 | 673,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 94,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Marathi | 561,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Dravida | Tamil | 124,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Malayalam | 280,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Malayalam | 2,946,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 151,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 301,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 454,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Konkani | 80,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kosala Nadu | Telugu | 48,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 458,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 102,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Muttad | Malayalam | 47,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nambudiri | Malayalam | 94,000 | 72,000 | Y | 1.0 | 72,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Pancha Dravida | Malayalam | 144,000 | 78,000 | Y | 1.0 | 78,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Konkani | 564,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Konkani | 4,131,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 506,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,027,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Telugu | 118,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 14,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Kannada | 43,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chackaravar | Malayalam | 39,000 | 19,000 | N | 2.0 | 16,000 | - | - | 3,200 | - | - |
| Chakkan | Malayalam | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan | Malayalam | 1,292,000 | 46,000 | N | 2.0 | 45,000 | - | 100 | 700 | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Kannada | 196,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 51,315,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chandala | Kannada | 14,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chaptegar | Konkani | 6,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chavalakkaran | Malayalam | 25,000 | 14,000 | N | 2.0 | 12,000 | - | - | 2,500 | - | - |
| Chayakkaran | Tamil | 41,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chengazhi Nambiyar | Malayalam | 700 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 449,000 | 415,000 | Y | 1.0 | 415,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Muslim traditio | Malayalam | 42,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 42,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Malayalam | 459,000 | 369,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 369,000 | - | - |
| Chingathanar | Malayalam | 600 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Malayalam | 953,000 | 26,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 26,000 | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 2,880,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadasi | Malayalam | 21,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 147,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Konkani | 475,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devendrakulathan | Malayalam | 83,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Marathi | 558,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 2,822,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 12,203,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Marathi | 157,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,200 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom | Telugu | 74,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Eluthassan | Malayalam | 42,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eravallan | Tamil | 7,700 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Malayalam | 91,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Gujarati | 454,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Malayalam | 74,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,509,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gatti | Tulu | 6,400 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Malayalam | 17,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani | 564,000 | 6,100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,100 | - | - |
| Godagali | Malayalam | 7,600 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godda | Tulu | 6,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gondhali | Konkani | 58,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 24,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gowdali | Tulu | 500 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwakki Wakkal | Kannada | 136,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 9,100 | 40 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Hasla | Malayalam | 3,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hill Pulayan | Paliyan | 101,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | 300 | - | 40 |
| Holar | Kannada | 136,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holer | Kannada | 797,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Idayan | Malayalam | 70,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Malayalam | 5,836,000 | 3,575,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,515,000 | - | 100 | 58,000 | - | - |
| Ilavaniyan | Malayalam | 31,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavathi | Malayalam | 52,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilayathu | Malayalam | 34,000 | 21,000 | N | 2.0 | 18,000 | - | - | 2,800 | - | - |
| Irular | Tamil | 229,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | 40 | - | 70 | - | 300 |
| Jambuvulu | Kannada | 56,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 19,192,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 9,285,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,300 | - |
| Jew, South Asian | Malayalam | 6,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Tulu | 3,130,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadaiyar | Malayalam | 17,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadan Wayanad | Malayalam | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadar | Kadar | 3,800 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kadu Kuruba | Kurumba, Jennu | 47,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahha | Naga, Phom | 53,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Kaibartta | Bengali | 1,932,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Malayalam | 2,411,000 | 66,000 | Y | 1.0 | 66,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kakkalan | Malayalam | 16,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,898,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Kannada | 1,754,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalandi | Malayalam | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalladi | Malayalam | 42,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan | Malayalam | 1,259,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallasari | Malayalam | 9,500 | 9,500 | Y | 1.0 | 9,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallattu Kurup | Malayalam | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamathi | Malayalam | 201,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 503,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Kammara | Malayalam | 120,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Malayalam | 253,000 | 245,000 | Y | 1.0 | 245,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanikkaran | Kanikkaran | 30,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | 20 | - | 60 | - | 30 |
| Kaniyan | Malayalam | 98,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu | Telugu | 15,027,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 3,664,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Vadugan | Telugu | 20,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karimpalan | Malayalam | 17,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 646,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 6,668,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Kathikkaran | Malayalam | 800 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Malayalam | 69,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | 30 | - | 90 |
| Kavara | Malayalam | 71,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavathi | Malayalam | 25,000 | 12,000 | N | 2.0 | 10,000 | - | - | 2,100 | - | - |
| Kavuthiyan | Malayalam | 29,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Keralamuthali | Malayalam | 9,100 | 5,200 | N | 2.0 | 2,800 | - | - | 2,400 | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 398,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khasi | Khasi | 1,518,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 303,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Kitaran | Malayalam | 2,900 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kochu Velan | Malayalam | 200 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 5,025,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Konkani | 447,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,669,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 311,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Kacchi | 8,249,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi | Sindhi | 79,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kollakar | Malayalam | 1,700 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Tamil | 21,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Reddi | Kannada | 122,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Konyak | Naga, Konyak | 239,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Koosa | Kannada | 5,200 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kootan | Malayalam | 11,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Malayalam | 79,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, tribal | Tulu | 17,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Korama | Kannada | 164,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Koda | 285,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Telugu | 1,074,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotegar | Kannada | 13,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya | Tulu | 700 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Krishnanvak | Malayalam | 59,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudiya | Kudiya | 2,800 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Kudumban | Malayalam | 75,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Malayalam | 287,000 | 94,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 15,352,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 17,570,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 375,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kundavadiga | Malayalam | 700 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuravan | Malayalam | 484,000 | 328,000 | Y | 1.0 | 322,000 | - | 300 | 5,700 | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 18,738,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kurumba, Kannada | 4,176,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | 10 | 20 |
| Kurukkal | Malayalam | 3,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruman | Kurumba, Betta | 64,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | 30 | - | 200 | - | 30 |
| Kuruman Tacchan | Kurumba, Betta | 2,200 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 337,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Lingayat | Konkani | 3,378,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 8,000 |
| Lohana | Kacchi | 579,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 177,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 632,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,395,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maha Malasar | Tamil | 300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 400,000 | 90 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Mahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10,381,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 9,633,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta | Marathi | 30,244,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | 10 | 50 | 20 | - | 40 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 7,640,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,677,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maila | Tulu | 4,900 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 437,000 | 80 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,517,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Kuravan | Malayalam | 1,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Mala Pulayan | Telugu | 70,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Urali | Telugu | 6,300 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 2,648,000 | 2,118,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,118,000 | - | - |
| Malai Arayan | Malayalam | 40,000 | 39,000 | N | 2.0 | 20,000 | 200 | - | 19,000 | - | 100 |
| Malai Pandaram | Malayalam | 4,700 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 16,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | 200 | - | 70 |
| Malanaickan | Kannada | 100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malasar | Tamil | 8,600 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Malayalar | Malayalam | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayan, caste | Malayalam | 40,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | 90 | - | - | - |
| Malayan, tribe | Malayalam | 46,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | 10 | 60 | - | 40 |
| Malayarayar | Malayalam | 4,100 | 2,800 | N | 2.0 | 1,600 | 10 | - | 1,100 | - | 20 |
| Malayekandi | Malayalam | 1,700 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayekandi Vishavan | Malayalam | 100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 9,771,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,877,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, caste | Malayalam | 136,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, tribal | Malayalam | 9,600 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | 10 | - | 80 | - | 50 |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 9,105,000 | 8,494,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,494,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 5,000 | 4,800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 4,800 | - | - |
| Marakkan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 8,800 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Muslim traditio | Malayalam | 700 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Marata | Marathi | 87,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,122,000 | 81,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 170,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,634,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Tulu | 35,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 2,957,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei | Meitei | 1,438,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 604,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 144,000 | 20 | N | 5.0  | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Moger | Malayalam | 137,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 1,737,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Mudugar | Malayalam | 1,800 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkari | Malayalam | 1,900 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 40,000 | 34,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 34,000 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 153,000 | 135,000 | Y | 1.0 | 135,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio | Malayalam | 2,700 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukri | Tulu | 18,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Tulu | 34,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 854,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Musari | Malayalam | 3,900 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutali | Malayalam | 41,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Muthan | Malayalam | 7,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Muthuvan | Tamil | 27,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | 20 | - | 80 | - | 50 |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,037,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Malayalam | 1,263,000 | 205,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 205,000 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 2,963,000 | 1,207,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,207,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | English | 19,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 11,688,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 330,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 6,637,000 | 5,047,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,047,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair Anthur | Malayalam | 128,000 | 128,000 | Y | 1.0 | 128,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalakeyava | Kannada | 8,200 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalkadaya | Tulu | 2,900 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej | Bengali | 5,029,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Narsanna | Tulu | 600 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nau Buddh | Malayalam | 956,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Navait | Malayalam | 56,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 24,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Malayalam | 784,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Malayalam | 89,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Padannan | Malayalam | 8,400 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pagadai | Telugu | 28,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Bengali | 215,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan | Tamil | 3,303,000 | 72,000 | N | 2.0 | 60,000 | - | 70 | 11,000 | - | - |
| Palleyan | Tamil | 1,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 400 | - | - | 90 | - | 10 |
| Palliyan | Tamil | 7,200 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | 80 | - | 40 |
| Palliyar | Tamil | 5,800 | 400 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Palluvan | Malayalam | 6,500 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Tulu | 4,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panan | Malayalam | 241,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Telugu | 14,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Malayalam | 28,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panditattan | Malayalam | 11,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panika | Hindi | 1,073,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panikkan | Malayalam | 35,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paniyan | Paniya | 111,000 | 100,000 | Y | 1.0 | 98,000 | 100 | - | 200 | - | 1,100 |
| Pannadi | Tamil | 19,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan | Malayalam | 3,081,000 | 409,000 | N | 2.0 | 279,000 | - | 300 | 130,000 | - | - |
| Paravan | Malayalam | 128,000 | 70,000 | N | 2.0 | 59,000 | - | 30 | 11,000 | - | - |
| Pardhi | Konkani | 352,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 81,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Malayalam | 11,411,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 43,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pathiyan | Malayalam | 18,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Pathynaickan | Malayalam | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Persian, Iranian | 7,700 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Perumannan | Malayalam | 86,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Telugu | 42,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,106,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portuguese | Indo-Portuguese | 1,200 | 90 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 266,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulaya Vettuvan | Malayalam | 1,100 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Pulayan | Malayalam | 1,413,000 | 1,257,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,255,000 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - |
| Pulayan Thanda | Malayalam | 30,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Pulayan Wayanad | Malayalam | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 43,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,060,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,190,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajpur | Malayalam | 50,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 45,389,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 2,871,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,064,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 2,898,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Mahratta (Hindu tr | Konkani | 78,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,215,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor | Hindi | 1,368,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Thakur | Malayalam | 69,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 476,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Raneyar | Malayalam | 5,300 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Gujarati | 650,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 603,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Sali | Malayalam | 1,009,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sali Pattariyan | Malayalam | 3,300 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samagara | Marathi | 75,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samanthan | Malayalam | 48,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Malayalam | 51,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangtam | Naga, Sangtam | 76,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 87,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Sayyid | Malayalam | 7,802,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 245,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Semman | Malayalam | 4,800 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shabi | Malayalam | 1,700 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh | Malayalam | 85,372,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 46,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Malayalam | 8,033,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Silpi | Malayalam | 204,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 3,900 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 7,669,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 3,690,000 | 3,015,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,015,000 | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,146,000 | 105,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 105,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,697,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 868,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,065,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Tulu | 18,518,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 583,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan | Malayalam | 251,000 | 220,000 | Y | 1.0 | 210,000 | - | 100 | 9,500 | - | - |
| Thandan Palakkad | Malayalam | 6,100 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thantapulayan | Malayalam | 5,200 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 23,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiyattunni | Malayalam | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulladan | Malayalam | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | 10 | - | 600 | - | 200 |
| Urali | Malayalam | 73,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 10 | - | 900 | - | 40 |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,571,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Vakkaliga | Kannada | 6,310,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valan | Malayalam | 88,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valanchian | Malayalam | 5,300 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vallan | Malayalam | 900 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valluvan | Malayalam | 130,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Malayalam | 930,000 | 216,000 | N | 2.0 | 215,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Vannan | Malayalam | 999,000 | 52,000 | N | 2.0 | 47,000 | - | 100 | 4,200 | - | - |
| Vannan Wayanad | Malayalam | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 12,499,000 | 136,000 | Y | 1.0 | 136,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Marathi | 1,241,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velakkithalanayan | Malayalam | 350,000 | 159,000 | Y | 1.0 | 159,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 86,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 82,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Vellalan | Malayalam | 2,525,000 | 358,000 | Y | 1.0 | 352,000 | - | - | 6,500 | - | - |
| Vellalan Kongu | Malayalam | 21,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Nanjanad | Malayalam | 196,000 | 96,000 | Y | 1.0 | 96,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veluthadanayar | Malayalam | 199,000 | 104,000 | Y | 1.0 | 104,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vetan | Malayalam | 72,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | 2,900 | - | - |
| Vettakkaran | Malayalam | 5,300 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan | Malayalam | 182,000 | 163,000 | Y | 1.0 | 162,000 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma | Malayalam | 7,634,000 | 902,000 | Y | 1.0 | 898,000 | - | - | 3,400 | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Malayalam | 696,000 | 371,000 | Y | 1.0 | 371,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kallan Muppan | Malayalam | 9,300 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kallasari | Malayalam | 53,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 190,000 | 128,000 | Y | 1.0 | 128,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 200,000 | 128,000 | Y | 1.0 | 128,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Vilkurup | Malayalam | 12,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 58,339,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 2,473,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 672,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerava | Ravula | 31,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Telugu | 537,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yimchungra | Naga, Yimchungru | 68,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| State Totals: 406 People Groups |
|
34,405,000 |
360 |
|
19,453,000 |
8,787,000 |
4,600 |
6,137,000 |
3,600 |
16,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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