| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi | Adi | 69,000 | 60 | N | 2.0  | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 307,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0  | 2,500 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,598,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | 1,900 | 100 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 628,000 | 1,300 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 2,974,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka Christian | Kannada | 176,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan | Tamil | 888,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar | Tamil | 2,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 662,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agariya (Hindu traditions | Chhattisgarhi | 208,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ager (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 14,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Aghori | Hindi | 69,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agri | Marathi | 439,000 | 360,000 | Y | 1.0 | 349,000 | - | 10,000 | - | - | - |
| Aguri | Bengali | 516,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ahmadi | Urdu | 73,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Ahom | Assamese | 1,341,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aiyanavar | Telugu | 5,400 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi | Malayalam | 159,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan | Tamil | 179,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan Christian | Tamil | 4,500 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 491,000 | 476,000 | Y | 1.0 | 472,000 | 700 | 800 | 70 | 60 | 2,100 |
| Angami | Naga, Angami | 158,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Anglo Indian | English | 134,000 | 24,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 24,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 10,700,000 | 788,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 788,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Ao | Naga, Ao | 233,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 2,600 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Arain (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 133,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Arakh | Hindi | 598,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Kannada | 4,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 204,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Armenian | Armenian | 600 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Arora (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 4,085,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 465,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 5,500 | - |
| Arwa Mala | Tamil | 95,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 2,708,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Atari | Urdu | 4,500 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Audhelia | Hindi | 6,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Telugu | 16,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badaik | Odia | 106,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 6,549,000 | 937,000 | Y | 1.0 | 930,000 | - | 6,400 | 400 | - | 20 |
| Badhai Kharadi | Marathi | 16,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Badhai Konkani | Marathi | 49,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Badhi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 81,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Hindi | 350,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baghban (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 17,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Baha'i | Hindi | 12,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,400 |
| Bahelia (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 182,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bahna (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 824,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Bahrupi | Marathi | 4,800 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Baidya (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 283,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiga | Hindi | 573,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 3,525,000 | 163,000 | Y | 1.0 | 162,000 | - | 500 | - | - | 40 |
| Baiti | Marathi | 45,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bajania | Gujarati | 30,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bajgar | Hindi | 1,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bajikar (Muslim tradition | Bengali | 2,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bakad | Kannada | 6,100 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Balai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,258,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | 200 | - | 10 | - |
| Balasantoshi | Marathi | 28,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,772,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 76,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bolla | Telugu | 72,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Dasari | Telugu | 52,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baloch | Urdu | 58,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Bangali (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 74,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania | Marathi | 29,331,000 | 3,702,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,656,000 | - | - | - | 100 | 1,046,000 |
| Bania Agarwal | Marathi | 4,876,000 | 326,000 | Y | 1.0 | 229,000 | - | - | - | - | 97,000 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 323,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Bhatia | Marathi | 35,000 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Brittal | Assamese | 53,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Chaturth | Marathi | 32,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | 25,000 |
| Bania Chetti | Telugu | 733,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 |
| Bania Dhusar | Gujarati | 201,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Gahoi | Marathi | 343,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | 3,600 |
| Bania Golapurab | Hindi | 51,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 195,000 | 129,000 | Y | 1.0 | 129,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Jaiswal | Marathi | 121,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 |
| Bania Kasar | Marathi | 69,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Kasarwani | Marathi | 420,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Marathi | 501,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Khandelwal | Marathi | 93,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | 3,400 |
| Bania Khedayata | Marathi | 64,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 1,796,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,600 |
| Bania Lad | Gujarati | 133,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | 4,300 |
| Bania Mahajan | Marathi | 189,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 367,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Sindhi | 881,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | 7,100 |
| Bania Mewada | Hindi | 19,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 5,600 |
| Bania Modh | Gujarati | 75,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Bania Nagar | Gujarati | 42,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Nima | Marathi | 84,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | 23,000 |
| Bania Oswal | Gujarati | 420,000 | 129,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | 97,000 |
| Bania Pancham | Kannada | 37,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 6,000 | - | - | - | - | 30,000 |
| Bania Porwal | Marathi | 329,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | 29,000 |
| Bania Saitwal | Marathi | 48,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | 26,000 |
| Bania Srimali | Gujarati | 361,000 | 68,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | 42,000 |
| Bania Ummad | Marathi | 299,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | 30,000 |
| Banijiga | Kannada | 754,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Lambadi | 6,155,000 | 1,084,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,075,000 | - | 8,500 | 200 | - | - |
| Banjara (Muslim tradition | Lambadi | 163,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu tra | Lambadi | 426,000 | 98,000 | Y | 1.0 | 98,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Baori | Hindi | 386,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barda | Marathi | 3,500 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | 20 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Bari (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 631,000 | 88,000 | Y | 1.0 | 87,000 | - | 1,300 | 50 | - | - |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 260,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Barutgar | Urdu | 1,100 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Barwala (Hindu traditions | Dogri | 54,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Marathi | 932,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | 700 | 20 | - | - |
| Basor Kandra | Marathi | 5,300 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 1,982,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bavcha | Marathi | 4,800 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Bawaria (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 165,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 109,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 | - |
| Bazigar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 329,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,528,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Bedar Bile | Marathi | 112,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kashmir (Muslim tra | Urdu | 3,900 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 556,000 | 9,600 | Y | 1.0 | 9,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 1,905,000 | 297,000 | Y | 1.0 | 297,000 | - | 600 | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 11,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad | Marwari | 56,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Beldar Mith Gauda | Marathi | 1,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Marathi | 23,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhaina | Marathi | 74,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 45,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 33,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 34,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Marathi | 648,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 136,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 8,700 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Marathi | 278,000 | 175,000 | Y | 1.0 | 175,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhantu | Hindi | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhar | Hindi | 1,996,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi | Gujarati | 1,213,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharia Bhumia | Marathi | 322,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | 10 | - | - | 30 |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,380,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhathiara (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 187,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhatia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 234,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Bhili | 313,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | 20 | - | 20 | 20 | - |
| Bhavit | Konkani, Goan | 9,400 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil | Marathi | 16,909,000 | 2,597,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,477,000 | 66,000 | 2,100 | 16,000 | 500 | 38,000 |
| Bhil Aher | Marathi | 33,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | 30 | - | 20 | - | 60 |
| Bhil Dhangri | Marathi | 49,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| Bhil Dhanka | Marathi | 81,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | 40 | - | 20 | - | 30 |
| Bhil Dubla | Bhili | 128,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | 80 | - | 30 | - | 90 |
| Bhil Kataria | Marathi | 31,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil Mankar | Marathi | 228,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil Mavchi (Hindu tradit | Mawchi | 500,000 | 181,000 | Y | 1.0 | 174,000 | 3,200 | 50 | 900 | 10 | 2,400 |
| Bhil Nihal | Marathi | 329,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | 2,500 | 20 | - | - | 1,500 |
| Bhil Paware | Marathi | 104,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 90,000 | 2,800 | 20 | 400 | - | 1,900 |
| Bhil Tadvi | Dangi | 469,000 | 67,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | 34,000 | - | 50 | - | 3,400 |
| Bhil Vasave | Vasavi | 1,176,000 | 618,000 | Y | 1.0 | 593,000 | 13,000 | 200 | 2,200 | 100 | 11,000 |
| Bhisti | Urdu | 547,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 6,411,000 | 544,000 | Y | 1.0 | 543,000 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - |
| Bhotia Sikkim | Sikkimese | 84,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Odia | 463,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoyar | Marathi | 215,000 | 68,000 | Y | 1.0 | 68,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinmali | Bengali | 160,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuiya | Bengali | 2,094,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhulia | Odia | 146,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhumij | Odia | 1,124,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhunjia | Bhunjia | 27,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | 10 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Biar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 375,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 359,000 | 305,000 | Y | 1.0 | 304,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Bindla | Telugu | 15,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Binjhia | Marathi | 179,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 20 |
| Birhor | Marathi | 21,000 | 300 | N | 2.0 | 300 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Birjia | Bijori | 15,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Boro | 1,588,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,118,000 | 271,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 271,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Kannada | 4,056,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahma Kshatriya | Marathi | 25,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin | Marathi | 59,134,000 | 4,804,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,658,000 | - | 400 | 500 | - | 142,000 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 92,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Brahmin Acharaj | Marathi | 55,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavada | Gujarati | 26,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 84,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Gujarati | 465,000 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 208,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bhumihar | Hindi | 2,778,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 482,000 | 381,000 | Y | 1.0 | 381,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Christian | Marathi | 4,600 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Brahmin Daima | Hindi | 75,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Marathi | 563,000 | 413,000 | Y | 1.0 | 413,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Devarukha | Marathi | 34,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Marathi | 283,000 | 151,000 | Y | 1.0 | 151,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Marathi | 3,073,000 | 181,000 | Y | 1.0 | 181,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Gujarati | 270,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 152,000 | 94,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Havik | Kannada | 26,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 376,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Hindi | 4,303,000 | 190,000 | Y | 1.0 | 190,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 459,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karbadu | Marathi | 57,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 81,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit | Kashmiri | 706,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 286,000 | 9,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khedawal | Gujarati | 38,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Marathi | 195,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 474,000 | 136,000 | Y | 1.0 | 136,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Malvi | Hindi | 78,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mastan | Marathi | 81,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mewada | Hindi | 98,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Gujarati | 128,000 | 8,100 | Y | 1.0 | 8,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nagar | Gujarati | 109,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Marathi | 53,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Palliwal | Hindi | 89,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Pushkarna | Hindi | 90,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Marathi | 484,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Marathi | 2,730,000 | 174,000 | Y | 1.0 | 174,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Konkani | 604,000 | 84,000 | Y | 1.0 | 84,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Gujarati | 4,328,000 | 248,000 | Y | 1.0 | 248,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srigaud | Gujarati | 101,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srimali | Marathi | 57,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 507,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tapodhan | Gujarati | 30,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,051,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Kannada | 307,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Buna (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 399,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 14,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 1,000 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Kannada | 13,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byari (Beary) | Konkani | 456,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 27,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chadar | Hindi | 149,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 510,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Christian tr | Tamil | 118,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | 20 | 30 | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Tamil | 862,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | 60 | 30 | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Marathi | 227,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 47,727,000 | 1,444,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,398,000 | - | 33,000 | 13,000 | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Marathi | 1,580,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 900 | - |
| Chamar Satnami | Hindi | 1,785,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | 600 | 200 | - | - |
| Chandala | Kannada | 7,100 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Hindu tradit | Marathi | 6,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Muslim tradi | Urdu | 5,800 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 317,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chaudhari, tribal | Gujarati | 304,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenchu | Chenchu | 70,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Marathi | 75,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 375,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tamil | 462,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 248,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Hindu traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 130,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 124,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Chhipa (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 449,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | 100 | - | - | 2,400 |
| Chhipa (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 120,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Chitara | Marathi | 5,400 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Marathi | 62,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chodhara | Chodri | 8,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Christian | Marathi | 1,263,000 | 66,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 66,000 | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 115,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dahait | Hindi | 57,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 5,700 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dangi | Marathi | 711,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darjee | Nepali | 50,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,946,000 | 736,000 | Y | 1.0 | 720,000 | - | 6,100 | - | - | 9,900 |
| Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,005,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi | Marathi | 112,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Deshwali (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 182,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 153,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga Kalavant | Marathi | 7,100 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Konkani | 491,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | 900 | - | - | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Marathi | 562,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Dewar | Chhattisgarhi | 1,014,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhakad | Hindi | 718,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 2,796,000 | 145,000 | Y | 1.0 | 140,000 | 800 | 2,200 | 900 | 20 | 700 |
| Dhangri | Marathi | 23,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanka | Bhili | 421,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | 7,200 | 30 | 40 | 10 | 700 |
| Dhanuk | Bengali | 4,215,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanwar | Marathi | 64,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | 10 | 50 | 10 | - | - |
| Dhavad | Marathi | 1,700 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhimar | Marathi | 1,889,000 | 550,000 | Y | 1.0 | 548,000 | - | 1,900 | 80 | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 11,993,000 | 686,000 | Y | 1.0 | 677,000 | - | 9,000 | - | - | 200 |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 969,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 21,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Parit | Marathi | 254,000 | 159,000 | Y | 1.0 | 157,000 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - |
| Dhodia | Dhodia | 683,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | 50 | 20 | 10 | - | 90 |
| Dhor | Marathi | 150,000 | 117,000 | Y | 1.0 | 116,000 | - | 900 | 50 | - | - |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Dohor | Marathi | 58,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Kannada | 74,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Domar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,161,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Dubla | Dubli | 680,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | 70 | 30 | 10 | - | 50 |
| Dudekula | Kannada | 9,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dulia | Bengali | 383,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,624,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ellamalawar | Kannada | 5,100 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 90,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | 1,600 | - | - | 20 | - |
| Gadaba | Gadaba, Mudhili | 134,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 6,608,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaria Dhingar | Hindi | 1,198,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaria Nikhad | Hindi | 1,381,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Gamit | 457,000 | 68,000 | N | 2.0 | 65,000 | 300 | 10 | 2,500 | 20 | 400 |
| Gammalla | Marathi | 2,400 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,267,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Gandharb (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 5,500 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Marathi | 74,000 | 6,000 | Y | 1.0 | 6,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,556,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Gaondi | Marathi | 2,100 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 127,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Garpaguri | Marathi | 33,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Marathi | 2,038,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadasi | Marathi | 8,600 | 8,200 | Y | 1.0 | 8,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadi | Konkani, Goan | 6,100 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 114,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 124,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 26,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 22,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Odia | 446,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Ghirth (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 136,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghisadi | Marathi | 19,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 290,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 587,000 | 164,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 164,000 | - | - |
| Gokha | Odia | 220,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond | Marathi | 14,356,000 | 1,623,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,540,000 | 5,900 | 3,200 | 1,200 | 300 | 74,000 |
| Gond Arakh | Gondi, Northern | 43,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | 100 | 50 | 20 | - | 3,600 |
| Gond Jhare | Gondi, Northern | 101,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | 200 | 60 | 30 | - | 4,400 |
| Gond Mannewar | Gondi, Northern | 47,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | 70 | 50 | 20 | - | 1,300 |
| Gond Maria | Marathi | 1,520,000 | 431,000 | Y | 1.0 | 403,000 | 1,000 | 600 | 300 | 20 | 27,000 |
| Gond Muria | Marathi | 689,000 | 7,600 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Gond Rajgond | Marathi | 1,213,000 | 357,000 | Y | 1.0 | 341,000 | 700 | 700 | 200 | - | 15,000 |
| Gond Sonjhari | Gondi, Northern | 48,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | 60 | 50 | - | - | 1,500 |
| Gondhali | Marathi | 59,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Gopal | Gujarati | 38,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Gosain | Marathi | 1,564,000 | 417,000 | Y | 1.0 | 414,000 | - | 3,000 | - | - | 300 |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 31,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gowari | Marathi | 490,000 | 420,000 | Y | 1.0 | 419,000 | - | - | 80 | - | 1,200 |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 7,166,000 | 269,000 | Y | 1.0 | 268,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 46,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Gujjar (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,015,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Guria | Odia | 737,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 108,000 | 70 | N | 2.0 | 40 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Bengali | 983,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 1,987,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 25,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Halam | Chin, Falam | 42,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Halba | Marathi | 733,000 | 262,000 | Y | 1.0 | 253,000 | 900 | 400 | 80 | 30 | 7,000 |
| Halleer | Marathi | 4,500 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| Halsar | Kannada | 11,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,406,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hammal | Urdu | 1,700 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 9,100 | 3,400 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 3,000 | - | - | 400 |
| Hanabar | Kannada | 76,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hande Jogi | Kannada | 28,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hasalaru | Kannada | 26,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hatkar | Marathi | 353,000 | 267,000 | Y | 1.0 | 263,000 | - | 4,400 | - | - | - |
| Hijda | Hindi | 178,000 | 165,000 | Y | 1.0 | 155,000 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hmar | Hmar | 98,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Ho | Odia | 1,076,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Marathi | 164,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | 1,300 | 50 | 40 | - |
| Holaya | Marathi | 813,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Idayan | Tamil | 72,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 5,827,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 118,000 | 1,400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,400 | - | - |
| Ilavaniyan | Malayalam | 31,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 19,213,000 | 131,000 | Y | 1.0 | 129,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,800 |
| Jat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 533,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 9,102,000 | 110,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 110,000 | - |
| Jat Bajwa (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 38,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Chahil (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 155,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Chahil (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 78,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Jat Chima (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 68,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dagar (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 132,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dehia (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 275,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dehia (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 21,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,100 | - |
| Jat Dhariwal (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 166,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dhillon (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 158,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dhillon (Sikh traditi | Punjabi, Eastern | 178,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Jat Gahlot (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 78,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Ghatwal (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 193,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Gil (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 235,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Gil (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 195,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,800 | - |
| Jat Kharral (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 54,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Mann (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 164,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Mann (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 120,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Jat Pachhade (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 316,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Rathi (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 120,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sahrawat (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 129,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sarai (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 142,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 394,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 431,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,900 | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 332,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 130,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 | - |
| Jat Varaich (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 53,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Virk (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 56,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Javeri | Hindi | 2,100 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jew, South Asian | Marathi | 6,100 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 4,400 |
| Jhalo Malo | Bengali | 408,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 407,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 4,100 | - |
| Jingar | Marathi | 68,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,192,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Jogi Kanphata (Hindu trad | Marathi | 60,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Julaha | Punjabi, Eastern | 825,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Hindi | 83,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,900 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 83,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Kachera (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 62,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachera (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 2,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 5,955,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 |
| Kachhia (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 110,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Kadia (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 151,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | 600 | - | - | - |
| Kaghzi | Urdu | 900 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 8,162,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 77,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Kaibartta | Bengali | 1,845,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Marathi | 339,000 | 103,000 | Y | 1.0 | 103,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,492,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,948,000 | 227,000 | Y | 1.0 | 224,000 | - | 2,900 | - | - | 900 |
| Kalal Idiga | Marathi | 1,774,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 90,000 | - | 900 | - | - | 300 |
| Kalavant | Kannada | 10,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalbelia | Hindi | 161,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalingi | Odia | 275,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan | Tamil | 1,282,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalu | Bengali | 259,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,827,000 | 239,000 | Y | 1.0 | 238,000 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - |
| Kamalia | Gujarati | 17,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Hindi | 31,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 214,000 | 199,000 | Y | 1.0 | 193,000 | - | 600 | - | - | 5,600 |
| Kamboh (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 586,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 498,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 4,800 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 98,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Kanai | Urdu | 61,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 45,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Malayalam | 255,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanaura | Kinnauri | 54,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandra | Odia | 666,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandu | Bengali | 2,356,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 212,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 294,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapali | Bengali | 300,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapewar | Telugu | 48,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu | Telugu | 15,424,000 | 224,000 | Y | 1.0 | 222,000 | - | 1,600 | - | - | 60 |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 3,596,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | 300 | - | - | 50 |
| Karan | Odia | 530,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karwal | Hindi | 8,100 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 657,000 | 156,000 | Y | 1.0 | 154,000 | - | 500 | - | - | 1,500 |
| Kasar Otari | Marathi | 23,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 6,722,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kathodi | Marathi | 314,000 | 286,000 | Y | 1.0 | 284,000 | 600 | 300 | 300 | 30 | 1,100 |
| Katia | Marathi | 219,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Kawar | Hindi | 1,003,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | 90 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 100 |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 7,808,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Marathi | 420,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Khandait | Odia | 1,735,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khangar (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 344,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Kharia | Gujarati | 757,000 | 1,100 | N | 2.0 | 900 | 10 | 10 | 100 | - | - |
| Kharot | Marathi | 1,600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 414,000 | 163,000 | Y | 1.0 | 158,000 | - | 5,000 | - | - | - |
| Khasi (War-Khasi) | Khasi | 1,265,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Khati (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,640,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,262,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | 800 | 30 | 90 | - |
| Khatik (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 32,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 12,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,347,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Khatri (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 50,000 | 9,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 9,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 303,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,300 | - |
| Khavar | Gujarati | 146,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 424,000 | 274,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 274,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Kirar | Marathi | 894,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kisan | Marathi | 1,630,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koch (Hindu traditions) | Koch | 51,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kodaga | Kodava | 113,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 8,156,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kokna | Kukna | 1,085,000 | 690,000 | Y | 1.0 | 682,000 | 4,700 | 400 | 1,900 | 100 | 1,000 |
| Kol | Hindi | 1,765,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | 20 | 40 | 10 | - | - |
| Kolha | Marathi | 712,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | 500 | 60 | - | - |
| Kolhati | Marathi | 29,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,255,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | 500 | 40 | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Marathi | 413,000 | 227,000 | Y | 1.0 | 226,000 | 600 | 300 | 80 | 70 | 300 |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,679,000 | 1,500,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,491,000 | 3,400 | 3,200 | 1,000 | 200 | 2,700 |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 313,000 | 284,000 | Y | 1.0 | 280,000 | 500 | 3,300 | 100 | 30 | 600 |
| Koli of Gujarat | Gujarati | 8,310,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi | Sindhi | 79,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Son | Marathi | 1,800 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | 30 | 10 | - | - |
| Kolowar | Kolami, Northwestern | 242,000 | 196,000 | Y | 1.0 | 194,000 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 40 | 1,100 |
| Kolta | Odia | 678,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolupulvandlu | Telugu | 2,300 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konai | Bengali | 128,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Yerukula | 78,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korama | Kannada | 219,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korama Kunchi | Tamil | 51,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Koda | 2,589,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Korku | Korku | 1,043,000 | 266,000 | Y | 1.0 | 264,000 | 400 | 100 | 400 | 30 | 400 |
| Korku Bawaria | Korku | 15,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 10 |
| Korku Muwasi | Korku | 44,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | 20 | 10 | 20 | - | 20 |
| Korku Nahal | Korku | 113,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 10 |
| Korwa | Korwa | 450,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Marathi | 1,117,000 | 524,000 | Y | 1.0 | 517,000 | 30 | 3,000 | - | - | 3,800 |
| Koya | Urdu | 793,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Koya Racha | Marathi | 32,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuchbandia | Hindi | 33,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudavakkal | Kannada | 5,900 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 32,000 | 700 | N | 2.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Konkani | 294,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Marathi | 1,850,000 | 600 | N | 2.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuki Chin | Chin, Thado | 135,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kuli | Odia | 16,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumal | Nepali | 3,600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 15,741,000 | 813,000 | Y | 1.0 | 806,000 | - | 7,000 | - | - | 50 |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 299,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,900 | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 18,499,000 | 7,904,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,811,000 | - | 80,000 | 100 | 500 | 13,000 |
| Kunbi Anjna | Marathi | 388,000 | 111,000 | Y | 1.0 | 110,000 | - | 1,100 | - | - | 40 |
| Kunbi Dhaneja | Marathi | 47,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Ghatole | Marathi | 218,000 | 218,000 | Y | 1.0 | 217,000 | - | 1,000 | - | - | 60 |
| Kunbi Hindre | Marathi | 19,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Jadav | Marathi | 166,000 | 166,000 | Y | 1.0 | 166,000 | - | 300 | - | - | 60 |
| Kunbi Kadwa | Gujarati | 1,177,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Khaire | Marathi | 72,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Konkani | Konkani, Goan | 669,000 | 604,000 | Y | 1.0 | 579,000 | - | 26,000 | - | - | 300 |
| Kunbi Lewa | Marathi | 2,013,000 | 220,000 | Y | 1.0 | 220,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Lonari | Marathi | 101,000 | 87,000 | Y | 1.0 | 87,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Tirole | Marathi | 335,000 | 315,000 | Y | 1.0 | 314,000 | - | 800 | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 380,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 15,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 427,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 19,017,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kurumba, Kannada | 4,174,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 334,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,700 | - |
| Ladakhi | English | 300 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Lakhera | Marwari | 190,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingader | Marathi | 5,400 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 3,479,000 | 241,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 241,000 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 6,655,000 | 135,000 | Y | 1.0 | 135,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lodha (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 4,100 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 583,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 9,539,000 | 656,000 | Y | 1.0 | 651,000 | - | 5,100 | 20 | - | - |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 624,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Lohara | Sadri | 267,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 3,184,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Machhi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 790,000 | 206,000 | Y | 1.0 | 206,000 | - | 900 | - | - | - |
| Machhi Mitna | Gujarati | 18,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 56,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Madgi | Telugu | 58,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | 6,200 | 300 | 10 | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 642,000 | 2,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,500 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,787,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 800 | 80 | - | - |
| Magar | Magar, Eastern | 348,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 418,000 | 374,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 374,000 | - | - |
| Mahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 9,548,000 | 8,260,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,442,000 | - | 5,800,000 | 11,000 | 4,600 | - |
| Mahar (Muslim traditions) | Marathi | 2,400 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 9,931,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Mahli | Marathi | 409,000 | 201,000 | Y | 1.0 | 199,000 | - | 1,900 | - | - | 60 |
| Mahratta | Marathi | 31,159,000 | 27,375,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,979,000 | - | 255,000 | 100 | - | 142,000 |
| Mahratta Gomatang | Marathi | 74,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Jadhav | Marathi | 2,803,000 | 2,803,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,773,000 | - | 18,000 | - | - | 11,000 |
| Mahratta Konkani | Konkani | 564,000 | 463,000 | Y | 1.0 | 460,000 | - | 2,700 | - | - | 200 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 7,684,000 | 3,011,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,008,000 | - | 3,100 | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Pawar | Marathi | 611,000 | 611,000 | Y | 1.0 | 611,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 |
| Mahratta Shinde | Marathi | 555,000 | 539,000 | Y | 1.0 | 523,000 | - | 13,000 | - | - | 2,800 |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 540,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 6,600 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,671,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 400 | 30 | - | - |
| Maila | Marathi | 2,700 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mairal | Marathi | 1,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Majhwar | Hindi | 187,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Majothi | Kacchi | 900 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Makrani (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 28,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 1,769,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 445,000 | 3,400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,400 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,682,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 700 | 60 | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 31,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Jangam | Telugu | 12,000 | 8,100 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Mala Sale | Marathi | 135,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 2,685,000 | 88,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 88,000 | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10,050,000 | 3,177,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,152,000 | - | 24,000 | 30 | - | 200 |
| Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,268,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Chain (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 332,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Kewat (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 300,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallik (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 564,000 | 159,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 159,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mana | Marathi | 246,000 | 222,000 | Y | 1.0 | 221,000 | - | 900 | - | - | - |
| Manbhav | Marathi | 27,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mandala (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 1,900 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mang Garudi | Marathi | 77,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,926,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Mangrik | Ladakhi | 23,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Manihar | Urdu | 564,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Marathi | 43,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | 70 | - | 10 | - |
| Mansoori | Gujarati | 89,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 8,761,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 37,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,213,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maru Kumhar | Gujarati | 3,500 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masan Jogi | Marathi | 32,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Masthi | Marathi | 2,100 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 186,000 | 177,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 177,000 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,598,000 | 2,505,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,301,000 | - | 202,000 | 3,800 | 900 | - |
| Matia | Bengali | 203,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mawalud | Urdu | 220,000 | 98,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 98,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 2,880,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Meena | Marwari | 4,655,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,978,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | 1,900 | - | 30 | - |
| Meitei | Meitei | 1,442,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 608,000 | 244,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 244,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mewati (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 829,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Miana | Urdu | 72,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 212,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 3,400 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 144,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 567,000 | 40 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 1,953,000 | 145,000 | Y | 1.0 | 137,000 | - | 5,100 | 3,500 | - | - |
| Moger | Tulu | 123,000 | 9,800 | Y | 1.0 | 9,600 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 1,753,000 | 212,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 212,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Molesalam | Gujarati | 91,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Molvi | Gujarati | 37,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 163,000 | 9,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 9,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Mudugar | Marathi | 1,900 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 40,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 159,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio | Malayalam | 2,700 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukri | Kannada | 14,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Hindi | 3,692,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 857,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Murao (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,402,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,041,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,276,000 | 6,600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,600 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,015,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadia | Marathi | 55,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Naga | Naga Pidgin | 19,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | 10 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Hindu tradition | Marathi | 150,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 11,933,000 | 841,000 | Y | 1.0 | 835,000 | - | 6,100 | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 328,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,700 | - |
| Naikda | Marathi | 3,817,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | 300 | 10 | 20 | - | 50 |
| Nair | Malayalam | 6,738,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naksia | Telugu | 6,100 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalband | Urdu | 5,500 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,695,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,446,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Nanakshahi | Hindi | 2,200 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 | - |
| Nanbai | Urdu | 14,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Nandiwale | Telugu | 1,300 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 497,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 813,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Newar | 166,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Oraon | Kurux | 4,487,000 | 43,000 | N | 2.0 | 40,000 | 200 | 200 | 2,800 | 10 | 300 |
| Padiar | Marathi | 1,200 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paharia | Hindi | 16,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paik | Hindi | 219,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Bengali | 122,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 462,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,471,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Pan | Odia | 1,361,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Telugu | 3,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Tamil | 28,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pangul | Marathi | 21,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panika | Chhattisgarhi | 1,061,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panka | Odia | 40,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 792,000 | 5,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 5,000 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,204,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paravan (Christian tradit | Malayalam | 38,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 88,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Pardhan | 318,000 | 146,000 | Y | 1.0 | 142,000 | 400 | 300 | 200 | 10 | 3,300 |
| Pardhi | Pardhi | 365,000 | 225,000 | Y | 1.0 | 221,000 | 1,300 | 700 | 100 | 70 | 1,000 |
| Parja | Marathi | 498,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | 40 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 79,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 63,000 |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 487,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Ghilzai | Urdu | 39,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 486,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 31,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khalil | Urdu | 15,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khan | Urdu | 106,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 592,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 24,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Malagori (Mullaga | Urdu | 29,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 179,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 23,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Rohilla | Urdu | 63,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 862,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 73,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 11,482,000 | 1,203,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,203,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 7,818,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | 400 | - | 10 | - |
| Pasi Gujar | Marathi | 643,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi Kaithwan | Marathi | 876,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi Rajpasi | Marathi | 1,335,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Marathi | 120,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | 70 | 20 | 100 | - | 80 |
| Patharwat | Marathi | 37,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patlia | Hindi | 32,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patralu | Marathi | 121,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patvekari (Hindu traditio | Marathi | 28,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patvekari (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 1,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Patwa (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 259,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Pawaria (Hindu traditions | Bareli, Rathwi | 18,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Marathi | 194,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Persian | Persian, Iranian | 7,600 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Phudgi | Marathi | 10,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Kannada | 42,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pindara | Urdu | 69,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Marathi | 3,304,000 | 86,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 86,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 2,992,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Poi | Mizo | 49,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Pomla | Marathi | 1,500 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu | Gujarati | 23,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 275,000 | 256,000 | Y | 1.0 | 256,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu Patane | Marathi | 63,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan | Tamil | 1,057,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pundari | Bengali | 258,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qalaigar | Urdu | 1,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,078,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Quam-e-Punjab | Punjabi, Eastern | 7,800 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,065,000 | 9,700 | Y | 1.0 | 9,500 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Rabha | Bengali | 370,000 | 50 | N | 2.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rachband | Punjabi, Eastern | 6,100 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raddi | Kannada | 76,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Rahmani (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 235,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Nepali | 126,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,951,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi Khen (Hindu trad | Bengali | 99,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi Pali (Hindu trad | Bengali | 670,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbhar | Bengali | 74,000 | 8,200 | Y | 1.0 | 8,200 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Rajpur | Marathi | 50,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 45,611,000 | 1,224,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,210,000 | - | 70 | 30 | - | 14,000 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 2,908,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 56,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,037,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | 29,000 | - |
| Rajput Baghel (Hindu trad | Hindi | 153,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Khandesi | 1,347,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bargujar (Hindu tr | Marathi | 205,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhadauria | Hindi | 258,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Marathi | 887,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bundela | Marathi | 99,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chamar Gaur | Hindi | 25,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandel | Khandesi | 339,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Marathi | 3,044,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dikhit | Hindi | 265,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot (Hindu trad | Hindi | 574,000 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Garewal (Hindu tra | Hindi | 319,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gaur | Marathi | 670,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gautam (Hindu trad | Khandesi | 386,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadu | Khandesi | 290,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Janjua (Hindu trad | Hindi | 85,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Joia (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 66,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Kachhwaha | Marathi | 711,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Mahratta (Hindu tr | Khandesi | 79,000 | 69,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Manihas (Hindu tra | Hindi | 253,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Paik | Hindi | 95,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Parihar | Hindi | 400,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Marathi | 1,283,000 | 118,000 | Y | 1.0 | 118,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Muslim tra | Marwari | 69,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Pundir (Hindu trad | Hindi | 182,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu tr | Hindi | 463,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Marathi | 1,419,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rawat | Hindi | 93,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Saithwar | Hindi | 477,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu tr | Hindi | 201,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Salehria (Hindu tr | Hindi | 107,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 405,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sisodia | Hindi | 113,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Solanki | Gujarati | 307,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sombansi (Hindu tr | Hindi | 340,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Marathi | 256,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tonwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 455,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Bengali | 593,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajwar | Hindi | 610,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ralte | Mizo | 18,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 470,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 4,200 | - |
| Ramoshi | Marathi | 322,000 | 318,000 | Y | 1.0 | 318,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 356,000 | 185,000 | Y | 1.0 | 183,000 | - | 1,400 | - | - | 300 |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 309,000 | 9,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 9,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Gujarati | 654,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Rathia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 690,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Marathi | 532,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rawal (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 171,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rawat | Hindi | 780,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 972,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sagar | Marathi | 14,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sagarbanshi | Odia | 176,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sahi | Marathi | 1,900 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 591,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 5,100 | - |
| Salat (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 20,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Sali | Marathi | 1,052,000 | 408,000 | Y | 1.0 | 403,000 | - | 4,100 | - | - | 400 |
| Salvi | Marathi | 93,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangar | Marathi | 34,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sansi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 222,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Santal (Sawntal) | Odia | 7,639,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saora | Marathi | 984,000 | 400 | N | 2.0 | 400 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Sarera (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 31,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 90,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 6,300 | - |
| Sarki | Nepali | 28,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Satani | Hindi | 436,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Sauntia | Chhattisgarhi | 82,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 7,866,000 | 1,286,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,286,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 427,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 44,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Segidi | Telugu | 96,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 532,000 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh | Urdu | 85,886,000 | 7,421,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,421,000 | - | 80 | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 808,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 77,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 8,187,000 | 816,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 816,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 7,577,000 | 251,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 251,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 478,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shenva (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 118,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | 40 | - | 10 | - |
| Sherpa | Nepali | 39,000 | 40 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Shinligar | Marathi | 6,500 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Siddi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 9,600 | 900 | N | 2.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Siddi (Muslim traditions) | Marathi | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Hindu tradition | Marathi | 74,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 45,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Silawat (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 70,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Silawat (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 2,100 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi (Muslim traditions | Sindhi | 143,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi Mohana | Sindhi | 600 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi Samon | Sindhi | 91,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi Sumra | Kacchi | 32,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhollu | Telugu | 6,600 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 4,500 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 900 | - | - | - |
| Somvanshi | Marathi | 499,000 | 291,000 | Y | 1.0 | 291,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,772,000 | 1,331,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,308,000 | - | 11,000 | - | - | 11,000 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 189,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,600 | - |
| Sonar Aksali | Marathi | 68,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Sonjhara | Hindi | 19,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudra | Konkani | 5,900 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 813,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Bengali | 275,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunuwar | Nepali | 84,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Bengali | 420,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 3,732,000 | 117,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 117,000 | - | - |
| Tai Man | Phake | 5,900 | 30 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Takari | Urdu | 700 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 233,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 1,868,000 | 439,000 | Y | 1.0 | 436,000 | - | 3,000 | - | - | 80 |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 149,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 5,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,203,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tangchanghya | Kok Borok | 687,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,860,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Targala | Gujarati | 36,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Taria | Marathi | 4,300 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,052,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 18,839,000 | 1,565,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,547,000 | - | 16,000 | 100 | 600 | 100 |
| Teli (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,703,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 36,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Ganiga (Hindu tradit | Marathi | 37,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - |
| Teli Ganiga (Muslim tradi | Urdu | 1,200 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Sahu | Marathi | 81,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Thakar | Marathi | 88,000 | 88,000 | Y | 1.0 | 88,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 586,000 | 570,000 | Y | 1.0 | 567,000 | 1,400 | 200 | 100 | 100 | 800 |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 33,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 232,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 456,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thori (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 947,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, tribal | Marathi | 5,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 10 | - | - | 20 |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 100,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 2,600 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,070,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirgar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 15,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirmali | Marathi | 14,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiyar | Bengali | 494,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 350,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | 500 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Urali | Malayalam | 72,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,630,000 | 375,000 | Y | 1.0 | 373,000 | - | 1,500 | 10 | - | - |
| Vakkaliga | Kannada | 6,403,000 | 150,000 | Y | 1.0 | 149,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar | Marathi | 128,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t | Hindi | 5,280,000 | 221,000 | Y | 1.0 | 214,000 | - | 3,900 | 2,800 | 200 | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 954,000 | 4,200 | N | 2.0 | 3,200 | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Vanjara | Marathi | 962,000 | 842,000 | Y | 1.0 | 840,000 | - | 2,100 | - | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 149,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 894,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 12,807,000 | 69,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Varli | 1,248,000 | 799,000 | Y | 1.0 | 793,000 | 1,100 | 200 | 1,600 | 100 | 2,700 |
| Vasudev | Marathi | 15,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vathiriyan (Christian tra | Tamil | 5,100 | 1,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Vathiriyan (Hindu traditi | Tamil | 9,300 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veerabhadreeya (Viramusht | Telugu | 42,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Tamil | 435,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Tamil | 86,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan | Tamil | 2,597,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Vellalan Mudaliar | Tamil | 42,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Viswakarma | Marathi | 7,694,000 | 235,000 | Y | 1.0 | 234,000 | - | 400 | - | - | 30 |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 700,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 191,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Panchal | Kannada | 93,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 202,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vitholia | Marathi | 25,000 | 600 | N | 2.0 | 500 | 40 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 58,642,000 | 1,354,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,351,000 | - | 3,400 | 40 | 40 | 80 |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Marathi | 1,543,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gaoli | Hindi | 4,948,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Marathi | 1,570,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Marathi | 4,935,000 | 111,000 | Y | 1.0 | 111,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gualbans (Hindu tra | Marathi | 4,885,000 | 178,000 | Y | 1.0 | 178,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Nandbans | Marathi | 479,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Rawat | Marathi | 1,442,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 2,606,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba, Limbu | Nepali | 144,000 | 40 | N | 2.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Kannada | 649,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerava | Ravula | 31,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 540,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zarekari | Marathi | 1,300 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 868 People Groups |
|
127,043,000 |
805 |
|
102,511,000 |
14,130,000 |
6,665,000 |
1,109,000 |
233,000 |
2,394,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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