| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 359,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0  | 30,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Adi Andhra Christian | Telugu | 42,000 | 8,200 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 8,200 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,683,000 | 934,000 | Y | 1.0 | 931,000 | - | 400 | 1,700 | 30 | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 662,000 | 120,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 121,000 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 3,444,000 | 3,371,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,328,000 | - | 24,000 | 18,000 | 400 | - |
| Adi Karnataka Christian | Kannada | 206,000 | 204,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 205,000 | - | - |
| Adiyan | Ravula | 19,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | 70 | - | 20 |
| Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar | Tamil | 2,100 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 735,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 258,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ager (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 17,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aghori | Telugu | 82,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agri | Konkani, Goan | 519,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajila | Malayalam | 4,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajna | Kannada | 49,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alambadi Kurichchan | Kurichiya | 51,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi | Malayalam | 184,000 | 9,900 | Y | 1.0 | 9,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick | Tamil | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 188,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amma Kodaga | Kodava | 2,300 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 580,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anduran | Konkani | 3,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anglo Indian | Kannada | 157,000 | 52,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 52,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 12,611,000 | 359,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 365,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Anuppan | Konkani, Goan | 1,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 3,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Arandan | Aranadan | 600 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arasu | Kannada | 56,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Kannada | 5,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 241,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 547,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Telugu | 1,122,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arwa Mala | Telugu | 98,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 3,172,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Atari | Urdu | 5,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Kannada | 18,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badaga | Badaga | 259,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 7,753,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai Konkani | Konkani | 58,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Kannada | 174,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Marwari | 414,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,428,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baghban (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 20,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Bahrupi | Hindi | 5,600 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baira | Konkani, Goan | 8,800 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 4,170,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakad | Kannada | 7,100 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Kannada | 15,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balagai | Kannada | 10,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Balasantoshi | Kannada | 34,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,788,000 | 1,028,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,016,000 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 |
| Balija Bogam | Kannada | 88,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Balija Dasari | Kannada | 58,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Balija Gopanthi | Telugu | 9,300 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 5,600 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bangali (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 87,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 5,775,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | 8,000 |
| Bania Chaturth | Kannada | 38,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 3,000 |
| Bania Chetti | Kannada | 842,000 | 122,000 | Y | 1.0 | 90,000 | - | - | - | - | 31,000 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 230,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai | Telugu | 39,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 143,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Bania Kasar | Marathi | 82,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | 900 |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 2,113,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | 500 |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 227,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 439,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Sindhi | 1,030,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Marwadi | Marwari | 21,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Bania Oswal | Gujarati | 497,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | 2,300 |
| Bania Pancham | Kannada | 44,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 391,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | 1,800 |
| Bania Srimali | Gujarati | 428,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 94,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ummad | Hindi | 354,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania unspecified | Kannada | 16,927,000 | 650,000 | Y | 1.0 | 445,000 | - | - | - | - | 205,000 |
| Banijiga | Kannada | 890,000 | 835,000 | Y | 1.0 | 824,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | 10,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Lambadi | 7,176,000 | 1,440,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,439,000 | - | 700 | 400 | 20 | - |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu tra | Lambadi | 498,000 | 149,000 | Y | 1.0 | 149,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Banka | Odia | 32,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bant | Kannada | 1,600 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barda | Kannada | 4,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 10 | - | 20 | - | 10 |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Saurashtra | 306,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bariki | Telugu | 7,500 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Kannada | 1,093,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 75,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Bathada | Kannada | 3,600 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 2,345,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bavcha | Telugu | 5,500 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 128,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,418,000 | 2,219,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,219,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Bile | Kannada | 124,000 | 121,000 | Y | 1.0 | 121,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kakamundi | Telugu | 110,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 109,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kare | Kannada | 120,000 | 119,000 | Y | 1.0 | 119,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kashmir (Muslim tra | Urdu | 4,600 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Myasa | Telugu | 55,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Naik Makkalu | Kannada | 122,000 | 121,000 | Y | 1.0 | 121,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 658,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beg | Bengali | 3,600 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,992,000 | 653,000 | Y | 1.0 | 646,000 | - | 80 | - | - | 7,300 |
| Beldar Katani Uppara | Kannada | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad | Kannada | 64,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Mith Gauda | Kannada | 1,600 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Narmada Uppara | Kannada | 24,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Kannada | 26,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Urindavan | Kannada | 1,200 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bellara | Konkani, Goan | 1,800 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 53,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 39,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Kannada | 766,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 20,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Kannada | 329,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharathar (Christian trad | Malayalam | 45,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Bharathar (Hindu traditio | Malayalam | 14,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 1,435,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,634,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhatia (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 277,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Bhatri | 370,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Kannada | 14,544,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | 200 | - | 60 | - | 200 |
| Bhisti | Urdu | 647,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 5,893,000 | 328,000 | Y | 1.0 | 328,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia Sikkim | Sikkimese | 82,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Telugu | 548,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 425,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bind | Kannada | 1,171,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,311,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Kannada | 4,483,000 | 227,000 | Y | 1.0 | 227,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 108,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Brahmin Anavada | Gujarati | 30,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 99,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Gujarati | 550,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 245,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Kannada | 570,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Christian | Kannada | 5,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Brahmin Daima | Hindi | 89,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Kannada | 664,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Devarukha | Marathi | 38,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Konkani | 334,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Kannada | 3,645,000 | 103,000 | Y | 1.0 | 103,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Hindi | 319,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 180,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Havik | Kannada | 30,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 345,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 449,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Marathi | 5,102,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 531,000 | 338,000 | Y | 1.0 | 338,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 96,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 340,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khedawal | Gujarati | 45,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Kannada | 233,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Kannada | 557,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 121,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mewada | Kannada | 116,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Hindi | 151,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nagar | Gujarati | 129,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nambudiri | Malayalam | 111,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Kannada | 63,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Potti | Malayalam | 32,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Kannada | 3,236,000 | 96,000 | Y | 1.0 | 96,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Kannada | 714,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Marathi | 5,133,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 54,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srigaud | Gujarati | 119,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 554,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,237,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Kannada | 34,711,000 | 2,613,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,526,000 | - | - | 50 | - | 88,000 |
| Brahmin Vadama | Tamil | 51,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Kannada | 139,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Kannada | 345,000 | 138,000 | Y | 1.0 | 138,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 17,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Kannada | 15,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byari (Beary) | Konkani | 538,000 | 461,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 461,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chain | Kannada | 602,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Tamil | 1,008,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chaliyan | Tulu | 6,800 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Kannada | 252,000 | 242,000 | Y | 1.0 | 239,000 | - | 3,100 | - | - | 50 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 54,347,000 | 712,000 | Y | 1.0 | 707,000 | - | 2,000 | 1,600 | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Kannada | 1,822,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Chandala | Kannada | 8,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Hindu tradit | Kannada | 7,200 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Muslim tradi | Urdu | 6,900 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chaptegar | Konkani, Goan | 8,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 375,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charodi | Konkani, Goan | 5,600 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Chenchu | Kannada | 82,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Kannada | 84,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 443,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tulu | 530,000 | 8,600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 8,600 | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 293,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 145,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Chhipa (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 532,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitara | Konkani | 6,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Kannada | 73,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chodhara | Telugu | 10,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 20 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Christian | Kannada | 1,492,000 | 77,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 77,000 | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 137,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dakkal | Kannada | 6,600 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,464,000 | 224,000 | Y | 1.0 | 222,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 2,000 |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi | Kannada | 139,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadasi | Kannada | 24,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 180,000 | 164,000 | Y | 1.0 | 160,000 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - |
| Devadiga Kalavant | Konkani | 8,400 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 577,000 | 480,000 | Y | 1.0 | 461,000 | - | - | 13,000 | - | 5,500 |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Marathi | 664,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 3,305,000 | 1,292,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,292,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 12,571,000 | 636,000 | Y | 1.0 | 634,000 | - | 1,300 | - | - | 500 |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,146,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 35,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Parit | Kannada | 300,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Dhodia | Dhodia | 807,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dholi (Hindu traditions) | Marwari | 282,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Kannada | 177,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 500 |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Kannada | 86,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Domar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,553,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dubla unspecified | Kannada | 459,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dudekula | Telugu | 11,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Durgamurgi | Kannada | 1,500 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ellamalawar | Kannada | 6,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 106,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaba | Gadaba, Mudhili | 158,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galada Konkani | Tulu | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Kannada | 541,000 | 600 | N | 2.0  | 600 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,496,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Tulu | 86,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,829,000 | 1,665,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,665,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Gantichore | Kannada | 5,900 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 150,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gatti | Tulu | 7,700 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Kannada | 2,410,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Telugu | 20,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gawli | Marathi | 21,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadasi | Kannada | 10,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadi | Konkani, Goan | 7,300 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 135,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 526,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghisadi | Hindi | 23,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giddikki | Kannada | 85,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 64,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 694,000 | 107,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 107,000 | - | - |
| Godari | Telugu | 1,400 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godda | Kannada | 3,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Gond unspecified | Kannada | 10,109,000 | 160,000 | Y | 1.0 | 157,000 | 600 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 1,700 |
| Gondaru | Kannada | 115,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 95,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Gondhali | Kannada | 69,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gopal | Gujarati | 45,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain unspecified | Kannada | 1,371,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 36,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Gowari | Marathi | 580,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gowdulu | Kannada | 11,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Gudigar | Konkani | 3,400 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,481,000 | 9,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 55,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Habura | Konkani | 8,900 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Kannada | 1,161,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 2,349,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hakki Pikki | Vaagri Booli | 29,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 20 | - | 50 | - | - |
| Halleer | Kannada | 5,300 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Halsar | Kannada | 13,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,665,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwakki Wakkal | Kannada | 163,000 | 139,000 | Y | 1.0 | 137,000 | - | 1,500 | 500 | - | 30 |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 11,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Hanabar | Tulu | 90,000 | 85,000 | Y | 1.0 | 85,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hande Jogi | Kannada | 32,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | 10 | - | - | 300 |
| Harkantra | Kannada | 23,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hasalaru | Tulu | 30,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Hasla | Kannada | 1,500 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hatkar | Kannada | 417,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Kannada | 193,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Holaya | Kannada | 959,000 | 929,000 | Y | 1.0 | 640,000 | - | 287,000 | - | 90 | 4,200 |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 15,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Idayan | Tamil | 81,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 6,700,000 | 87,000 | Y | 1.0 | 87,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 138,000 | 3,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,700 | - | - |
| Irular | Kannada | 231,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Iruliga | Kannada | 16,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | 10 | - | - | - | 100 |
| Jaggali | Kannada | 13,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jambuvulu | Kannada | 23,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 16,034,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,724,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 16,000 | - |
| Jatigar | Urdu | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Javeri | Hindi | 2,500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jenu Kuruba | Kurumba, Jennu | 56,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | 40 | - | 10 | - | 20 |
| Jew, South Asian | Marathi | 7,100 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 479,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Jingar | Kannada | 81,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,785,000 | 130,000 | Y | 1.0 | 130,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 97,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 98,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 4,922,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhia (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 132,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadaiyar | Tamil | 16,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadan | Tamil | 4,900 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 179,000 | 126,000 | Y | 1.0 | 126,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadu Kuruba | Kannada | 28,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 300 |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 9,680,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 1,644,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kannada | 398,000 | 245,000 | Y | 1.0 | 245,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,730,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kakkalan | Kannada | 16,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Tulu | 2,593,000 | 1,253,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,252,000 | - | 500 | - | - | 1,100 |
| Kalal Idiga | Tulu | 2,076,000 | 1,091,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,090,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Kalavant | Kannada | 12,000 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | 2,300 |
| Kalladi | Kannada | 48,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan Tondaman | Tamil | 476,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan unspecified | Tamil | 970,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalota | Tulu | 75,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,675,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Hindi | 37,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamathi | Kannada | 254,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 586,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kammara | Kannada | 144,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Kanai | Urdu | 73,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Kannada | 302,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanikkaran | Kanikkaran | 30,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaniyan | Kannada | 121,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 250,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 347,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapariya | Kodava | 30,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,212,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,932,000 | 215,000 | Y | 1.0 | 214,000 | - | - | 200 | - | 100 |
| Karimpalan | Malayalam | 24,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 777,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,200 |
| Kasar Otari | Kannada | 27,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,944,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kathodi | Kannada | 371,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Tamil | 72,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavara | Tulu | 91,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavuthiyan | Malayalam | 35,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 7,090,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kepmaris | Tamil | 1,100 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Marathi | 497,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khandait | Odia | 2,050,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 490,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,672,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,780,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 59,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 356,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 501,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kodaga | Kodava | 135,000 | 133,000 | Y | 1.0 | 133,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kokna | Kannada | 1,282,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Kolhati | Kannada | 34,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,660,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Kannada | 488,000 | 132,000 | Y | 1.0 | 131,000 | 400 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 700 |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,985,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | 90 | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 369,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Saurashtra | 9,821,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi | Sindhi | 94,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolupulvandlu | Telugu | 2,600 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Komarpaik | Konkani | 32,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Telugu | 24,000 | 8,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,600 | 300 | 10 | 300 | - | 40 |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 144,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kootan | Malayalam | 11,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Kannada | 84,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, tribal | Tulu | 20,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | 40 | - | 10 | - | 200 |
| Korama Kunchi | Kannada | 60,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korama unspecified | Kannada | 138,000 | 207,000 | Y | 1.0 | 207,000 | - | 200 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Kori | Koda | 3,062,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korwa | Kannada | 531,000 | 66,000 | Y | 1.0 | 66,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Telugu | 1,319,000 | 103,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Kota | Kannada | 800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kotegar | Kannada | 7,900 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya unspecified | Kannada | 777,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Krishnanvak | Malayalam | 70,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudavakkal | Kannada | 7,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Kudiya | Kudiya | 3,700 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 37,000 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Konkani, Goan | 334,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 18,593,000 | 507,000 | Y | 1.0 | 503,000 | - | 70 | - | - | 4,300 |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 351,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kummari | Telugu | 700 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 15,599,000 | 211,000 | Y | 1.0 | 208,000 | - | - | 60 | - | 2,400 |
| Kunbi Anjna | Marathi | 459,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Kadwa | Gujarati | 1,393,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Konkani | Kannada | 792,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Lewa | Gujarati | 2,381,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 448,000 | 395,000 | Y | 1.0 | 394,000 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 493,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,483,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 4,857,000 | 3,840,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,791,000 | - | - | 51,000 | - | 300 |
| Kuruman | Kannada | 63,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 393,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Lakhera | Hindi | 225,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingader | Kannada | 6,400 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 4,059,000 | 3,258,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | 3,232,000 |
| Lohana | Kannada | 690,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 11,260,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 72,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,600 |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 737,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,770,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 307,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 66,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 756,000 | 91,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 93,000 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,122,000 | 1,072,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,065,000 | - | 5,000 | 1,200 | 50 | - |
| Madiga (Muslim traditions | Kannada | 2,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Penda | Telugu | 1,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 409,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,284,000 | 78,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | 21,000 | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 493,000 | 18,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 18,000 | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 11,773,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Gomatang | Konkani | 88,000 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Konkani | Konkani | 667,000 | 97,000 | Y | 1.0 | 97,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 9,014,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 109,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Shinde | Marathi | 655,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,321,000 | 2,242,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,182,000 | 60 | - | 40 | - | 60,000 |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 638,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,976,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maila | Kannada | 3,100 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,090,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 524,000 | 17,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 17,000 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,709,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | 70 | 200 | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 34,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Mala Jangam | Telugu | 14,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sale | Telugu | 158,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,169,000 | 209,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 209,000 | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 20,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Malaikudi | Tulu | 11,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Malasar | Kannada | 12,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malava | Tulu | 24,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayali | Malayalam | 412,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayarayar | Malayalam | 3,400 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayekandi | Tulu | 2,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 12,452,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Malla Jetti | Telugu | 16,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manbhav | Telugu | 31,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mang Garudi | Marathi | 91,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,182,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, caste | Malayalam | 329,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Telugu | 51,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 10,352,000 | 92,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 92,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Marata | Tulu | 103,000 | 102,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | 100 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 70 |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,366,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masan Jogi | Kannada | 37,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masthi | Kannada | 2,300 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 220,000 | 3,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,500 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,072,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Kannada | 42,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mawalud | Urdu | 260,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 55,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Meda | Kannada | 51,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | 200 | - | 50 | - | 400 |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 4,701,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 1,423,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 718,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 251,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 4,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,309,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 78,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Moger Moyon | Kannada | 16,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Moger unspecified | Kannada | 130,000 | 84,000 | Y | 1.0 | 83,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 2,063,000 | 180,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 182,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 193,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 47,000 | 2,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,700 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 188,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio | Malayalam | 3,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukri | Kannada | 17,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Kannada | 33,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 993,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutali | Malayalam | 47,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Muthuvan | Tamil | 29,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,209,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,440,000 | 28,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 28,000 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,362,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadia | Kannada | 64,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | Nagamese | 22,000 | 70 | N | 3.0 | 10 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Nagar | Angika | 173,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 200 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Nagartha | Kannada | 64,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 14,026,000 | 363,000 | Y | 1.0 | 363,000 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 385,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Naikda | Kannada | 4,265,000 | 3,636,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,615,000 | 8,400 | 100 | 1,200 | 600 | 13,000 |
| Nair | Kannada | 7,717,000 | 173,000 | Y | 1.0 | 173,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalakeyava | Kannada | 7,400 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalband | Urdu | 6,400 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Nalkadaya | Kannada | 3,400 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 3,840,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,702,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 587,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navait | Konkani | 66,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 892,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Malayalam | 101,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 191,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Padiar | Kannada | 1,500 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pale | Kannada | 11,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Kannada | 144,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliyan | Tamil | 12,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,680,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palleyan | Malayalam | 2,300 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palliyan | Tamil | 7,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Palluvan | Tamil | 7,900 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Kannada | 4,400 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Tulu | 1,609,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panan | Malayalam | 275,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Kannada | 3,600 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Tamil | 33,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panditattan | Kannada | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pangul | Marathi | 25,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panika | Kannada | 1,254,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panikkan | Konkani | 40,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paniyan | Paniya | 118,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pannadi | Tamil | 8,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panniandi | Kannada | 12,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 894,000 | 900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,470,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paravan (Christian tradit | Malayalam | 44,000 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 103,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Marathi | 376,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhi | Kannada | 430,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 60 | - | - | - | 30 |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 93,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 573,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 53,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Ghilzai | Urdu | 47,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 574,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 36,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khalil | Urdu | 18,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khan | Urdu | 126,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 702,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Malagori (Mullaga | Urdu | 35,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 212,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 1,024,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 52,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 9,141,000 | 573,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 575,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,866,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Malayalam | 142,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Patharwat | Marathi | 43,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patralu | Odia | 143,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patramela | Konkani, Goan | 5,400 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patvekari (Hindu traditio | Kannada | 33,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patvekari (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 1,200 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Odia | 227,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Dari | 8,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Phudgi | Marathi | 12,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Kannada | 50,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pindara | Urdu | 81,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 19,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Kannada | 3,906,000 | 199,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,541,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 325,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan Thanda | Malayalam | 149,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan unspecified | Tulu | 1,100,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 31,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,274,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,260,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raddi | Kannada | 90,000 | 87,000 | Y | 1.0 | 84,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,300 |
| Rai | Nepali | 144,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raigar | Kannada | 1,059,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,005,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajpur | Konkani, Goan | 60,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 27,490,000 | 178,000 | Y | 1.0 | 172,000 | - | - | - | - | 5,600 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,950,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,250,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 7,500 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,597,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,056,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 3,614,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot (Hindu trad | Hindi | 681,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,523,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,683,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 480,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Kannada | 703,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 554,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Ramoshi | Marathi | 381,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raneyar | Kannada | 4,300 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 420,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 365,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Kannada | 773,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Kannada | 629,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raya Rawat | Kannada | 2,900 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Razu | Telugu | 558,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 174,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sada | Kannada | 10,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 10,000 |
| Saini (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 837,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 695,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Sali | Kannada | 1,218,000 | 456,000 | Y | 1.0 | 453,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 |
| Samagara | Kannada | 106,000 | 104,000 | Y | 1.0 | 103,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Samanthan | Malayalam | 57,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Kannada | 24,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangar | Marathi | 41,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sardar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 4,600 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 106,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Satani | Kannada | 511,000 | 121,000 | Y | 1.0 | 121,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 9,222,000 | 1,004,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,009,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 504,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 26,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 290,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 952,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 49,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 9,649,000 | 571,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 573,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 8,947,000 | 214,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 214,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 71,641,000 | 4,695,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,711,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 563,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 29,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shinligar | Kannada | 7,700 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 6,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Siddi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 11,000 | 9,500 | N | 2.0 | 6,000 | - | - | 3,500 | - | 10 |
| Siddi (Muslim traditions) | Kannada | 16,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 88,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 54,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Silawat (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 83,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Sillekyatha | Kannada | 41,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi (Muslim traditions | Sindhi | 169,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhollu | Kannada | 7,500 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 5,200 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Soligar | Kannada | 7,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soligaru | Kannada | 40,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | 60 | - | 20 | - | 50 |
| Somvanshi | Kannada | 588,000 | 202,000 | Y | 1.0 | 202,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 8,255,000 | 285,000 | Y | 1.0 | 279,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 6,200 |
| Sonar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 37,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 222,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Sonar Bail Pattur | Kannada | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudra | Marathi | 7,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Sudri | Tulu | 1,300 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 643,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Muslim traditions) | Konkani, Goan | 17,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Bengali | 501,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,405,000 | 239,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 239,000 | - | - |
| Takari | Kannada | 800 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 266,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 2,208,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Kannada | 177,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,435,000 | 439,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 439,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,759,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Targala | Gujarati | 42,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,237,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 22,267,000 | 404,000 | Y | 1.0 | 404,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 693,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Christian tradit | Kannada | 14,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 274,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 532,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thori (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,121,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Kannada | 13,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 118,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 65,000 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,277,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipera | Kok Borok | 814,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 18,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirmali | Kannada | 17,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toda | Tulu | 2,600 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 414,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Urali | Malayalam | 85,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,164,000 | 1,280,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,278,000 | - | 400 | 400 | - | - |
| Vaddar (Sikh traditions) | Telugu | 2,100 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Vakkaliga Gangadikara | Kannada | 635,000 | 620,000 | Y | 1.0 | 620,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga Kunchitiga | Kannada | 285,000 | 258,000 | Y | 1.0 | 258,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 6,659,000 | 5,889,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,873,000 | - | - | 14,000 | - | 2,200 |
| Valluvan | Tamil | 124,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Buddhist traditi | Kannada | 26,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 5,795,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 322,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki Mehtar | Kannada | 150,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 1,049,000 | 38,000 | N | 2.0 | 31,000 | - | - | 7,700 | - | - |
| Vanjara | Marathi | 1,136,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 172,000 | 6,900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,900 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 102,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,624,000 | 843,000 | Y | 1.0 | 843,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Vanniyan Agnikula | Tamil | 663,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 82,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Pala Ekiri | Telugu | 30,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Thigala | Tamil | 55,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Varli | Kannada | 1,475,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vasudev | Kannada | 17,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veerabhadreeya (Viramusht | Telugu | 49,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velakkithalanayan | Malayalam | 417,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Telugu | 510,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 101,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Mudaliar | Tamil | 50,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,786,000 | 331,000 | Y | 1.0 | 314,000 | - | - | 16,000 | - | - |
| Veluthadanayar | Malayalam | 237,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan | Malayalam | 136,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 776,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 223,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Panchal | Kannada | 108,000 | 96,000 | Y | 1.0 | 96,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 231,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Kannada | 7,599,000 | 1,262,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,260,000 | - | - | 1,500 | - | 400 |
| Vitholia | Kannada | 30,000 | 40 | N | 2.0 | 20 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 40,856,000 | 922,000 | Y | 1.0 | 922,000 | - | - | 10 | - | 100 |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Kannada | 1,824,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Kannada | 1,847,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Kannada | 5,635,000 | 118,000 | Y | 1.0 | 118,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 3,080,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 790,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerava | Ravula | 37,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | 800 | - | 70 | 10 | 10 |
| Yerukula | Telugu | 633,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 665 People Groups |
|
71,050,000 |
627 |
|
56,215,000 |
9,314,000 |
420,000 |
1,339,000 |
29,000 |
3,746,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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