| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 1,242,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0  | 58,000 | - | 20 | 19,000 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 9,801,000 | 1,179,000 | N | 2.0  | 1,012,000 | - | 700 | 167,000 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 3,702,000 | 3,650,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,448,000 | - | 21,000 | 177,000 | 500 | 1,100 |
| Adiyan | Ravula | 18,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | 60 | - | 20 |
| Agamudaiyan | Tamil | 855,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar | Tamil | 1,600 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 653,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agani | Kodava | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ager (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 23,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 8,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aghori | Telugu | 69,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agri | Konkani, Goan | 417,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajila | Malayalam | 6,700 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajna | Kannada | 42,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alambadi Kurichchan | Kurichiya | 48,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi | Malayalam | 151,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick | Tamil | 11,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan | Tamil | 182,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amma Kodaga | Kodava | 2,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anamuk | Telugu | 3,800 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 488,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anduran | Konkani | 2,500 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anglo | English | 140,000 | 44,000 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 44,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 10,533,000 | 329,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 329,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Anuppan | Konkani, Goan | 1,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 2,200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Arandan | Aranadan | 400 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arasu | Kannada | 47,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Kannada | 4,800 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 198,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 467,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 900 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Telugu | 961,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arwa Mala | Telugu | 100,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 2,692,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Atari | Urdu | 3,700 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Ayri | Kodava | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Kannada | 21,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badaga | Badaga | 217,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 6,442,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai Konkani | Konkani | 47,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Kannada | 146,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Marwari | 366,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,265,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagga | Kannada | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baghban (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 17,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Bahrupi | Hindi | 4,400 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baira | Konkani, Goan | 12,000 | 8,200 | Y | 1.0 | 8,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 3,406,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakad | Konkani | 11,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Tulu | 12,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balagai | Kannada | 15,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Balasantoshi | Kannada | 28,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,699,000 | 985,000 | Y | 1.0 | 974,000 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 |
| Balija Bogam | Kannada | 68,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Balija Dasari | Kannada | 51,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Balija Gopanthi | Telugu | 7,900 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 10,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bangali (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 76,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bangar | Kannada | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania | Kannada | 28,851,000 | 628,000 | Y | 1.0 | 421,000 | - | - | - | - | 206,000 |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 4,767,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | 6,900 |
| Bania Chaturth | Kannada | 31,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,500 |
| Bania Chetti | Kannada | 741,000 | 106,000 | Y | 1.0 | 78,000 | - | - | - | - | 28,000 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 192,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 120,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Bania Kasar | Marathi | 70,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 1,792,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | 500 |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 183,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 358,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Sindhi | 864,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Bania Marwadi | Marwari | 20,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | 60 |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 416,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | 2,000 |
| Bania Pancham | Kannada | 39,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,100 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 322,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 |
| Bania Srimali | Gujarati | 358,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 80,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ummad | Hindi | 294,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Banijiga | Kannada | 713,000 | 673,000 | Y | 1.0 | 663,000 | - | - | 900 | - | 8,500 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Lambadi | 5,979,000 | 1,175,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,174,000 | - | - | 900 | 700 | - |
| Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra | Lambadi | 401,000 | 116,000 | Y | 1.0 | 116,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Banka | Odia | 27,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banna | Kodava | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barda | Kannada | 3,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Saurashtra | 302,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bariki | Telugu | 35,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Kannada | 984,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 64,000 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Bathada | Tulu | 4,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Battal | Kannada | 400 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 2,130,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bavcha | Telugu | 4,600 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 103,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Bawtar | Kannada | 100 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bazigar (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 774,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beda Jangam | Kannada | 335,000 | 207,000 | Y | 1.0 | 206,000 | - | 500 | - | 200 | 200 |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,515,000 | 2,258,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,258,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Bile | Kannada | 110,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 109,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kakamundi | Kannada | 99,000 | 99,000 | Y | 1.0 | 99,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kare | Kannada | 107,000 | 107,000 | Y | 1.0 | 107,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kashmir (Muslim tra | Kannada | 3,900 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Myasa | Telugu | 61,000 | 61,000 | Y | 1.0 | 61,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Naik Makkalu | Kannada | 109,000 | 109,000 | Y | 1.0 | 109,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 542,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beg | Bengali | 3,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,879,000 | 652,000 | Y | 1.0 | 645,000 | - | - | - | - | 7,200 |
| Beldar Katani Uppara | Kannada | 17,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad | Kannada | 51,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Mith Gauda | Kannada | 1,400 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Narmada Uppara | Kannada | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Kannada | 17,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Urindavan | Kannada | 1,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bellara | Kannada | 2,800 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 43,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 33,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Kannada | 633,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 136,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 8,700 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Kannada | 268,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharathar | Malayalam | 73,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | 200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 1,194,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,360,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhatia (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 231,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Bhatri | 309,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhavin | Konkani | 900 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil | Kannada | 16,812,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | 200 | - | 60 | - | 200 |
| Bhisti | Urdu | 543,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 6,370,000 | 317,000 | Y | 1.0 | 317,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia Sikkim | Sikkimese | 83,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Telugu | 455,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 346,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binapatta | Kannada | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bind | Kannada | 978,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,106,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Kannada | 3,976,000 | 293,000 | Y | 1.0 | 293,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Brahmin | Kannada | 58,777,000 | 2,579,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,491,000 | - | - | 300 | - | 87,000 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 94,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Brahmin Anavada | Gujarati | 25,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 83,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Gujarati | 462,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 209,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Kannada | 475,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Daima | Hindi | 74,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Kannada | 561,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Konkani | 280,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Kannada | 2,946,000 | 83,000 | Y | 1.0 | 83,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Hindi | 266,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 151,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 301,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 352,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Marathi | 4,161,000 | 67,000 | Y | 1.0 | 67,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 454,000 | 289,000 | Y | 1.0 | 289,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 80,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 271,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khedawal | Gujarati | 38,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Kannada | 179,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Kannada | 458,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Malla Jetti | Telugu | 133,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 102,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mewada | Kannada | 97,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Hindi | 127,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nagar | Gujarati | 109,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nambudiri | Malayalam | 94,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Kannada | 47,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Kannada | 2,681,000 | 79,000 | Y | 1.0 | 79,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Kannada | 564,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Hindi | 4,131,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 47,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srigaud | Gujarati | 99,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 506,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,027,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | 56,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vadama | Tamil | 44,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Kannada | 118,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 14,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Kannada | 43,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 481,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan | Telugu | 1,292,000 | 3,500 | N | 2.0 | 3,500 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Chaliyan | Tulu | 5,700 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Kannada | 196,000 | 186,000 | Y | 1.0 | 184,000 | - | 2,200 | - | - | 40 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 51,315,000 | 648,000 | Y | 1.0 | 645,000 | - | 1,500 | 1,600 | - | - |
| Chandala | Kannada | 14,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Hindu tradit | Kannada | 6,100 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Muslim tradi | Urdu | 5,200 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Chaptegar | Konkani, Goan | 6,700 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 315,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charodi | Konkani, Goan | 4,700 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Chenchu | Kannada | 70,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Kannada | 47,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 449,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tulu | 459,000 | 7,400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 7,400 | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 261,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 119,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| Chhipa (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 447,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitara | Konkani | 11,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Kannada | 60,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chodhara | Telugu | 8,600 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Kannada | 953,000 | 59,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 59,000 | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 128,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 6,900 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,880,000 | 219,000 | Y | 1.0 | 217,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,000 |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi | Kannada | 92,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadasi | Kannada | 21,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 147,000 | 134,000 | Y | 1.0 | 133,000 | - | 900 | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Muslim traditio | Konkani | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga Kalavant | Konkani | 7,100 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 475,000 | 398,000 | Y | 1.0 | 382,000 | - | - | 11,000 | - | 4,700 |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Marathi | 558,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 2,822,000 | 1,142,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,142,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 12,203,000 | 627,000 | Y | 1.0 | 626,000 | - | 600 | - | - | 500 |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Telugu | 964,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Kannada | 157,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 500 |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom | Kannada | 74,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,257,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dubla | Kannada | 675,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dudekula | Telugu | 9,100 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Durgamurgi | Kannada | 1,300 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ellamalawar | Kannada | 23,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 91,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaba | Gadaba, Mudhili | 132,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galada Konkani | Tulu | 700 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Kannada | 454,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 500 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,277,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Tulu | 74,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,509,000 | 1,384,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,384,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Gantichore | Kannada | 4,600 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 124,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 800 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Gatti | Tulu | 6,400 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Kannada | 1,988,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Telugu | 17,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gawli | Marathi | 18,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadasi | Kannada | 8,600 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadi | Konkani, Goan | 6,100 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 113,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 454,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghisadi | Hindi | 19,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giddikki | Kannada | 71,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 564,000 | 70,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 70,000 | - | - |
| Godda | Tulu | 6,200 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Gond | Kannada | 14,230,000 | 158,000 | Y | 1.0 | 156,000 | 600 | - | 40 | 40 | 1,600 |
| Gondaru | Kannada | 96,000 | 81,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gondhali | Kannada | 58,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gopal | Gujarati | 37,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain | Kannada | 1,539,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 24,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Muslim tradition | Telugu | 500 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Gowdulu | Kannada | 9,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Gudigar | Konkani | 2,900 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,114,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 47,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Habura | Konkani, Goan | 12,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Kannada | 1,222,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 1,974,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 14,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hakki Pikki | Vaagri Booli | 25,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | 20 | - | 50 | - | - |
| Halleer | Kannada | 10,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Halsar | Konkani, Goan | 15,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,372,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwakki Wakkal | Kannada | 136,000 | 117,000 | Y | 1.0 | 116,000 | - | 700 | 500 | - | 200 |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 9,100 | 80 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Hanabar | Tulu | 75,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hande Jogi | Kannada | 26,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 200 |
| Harkantra | Kannada | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hasalaru | Tulu | 25,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Hasla | Tulu | 3,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hatkar | Kannada | 341,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Kannada | 136,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 8,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Holer | Kannada | 797,000 | 767,000 | Y | 1.0 | 723,000 | - | 41,000 | - | - | 3,600 |
| Idayan | Tamil | 70,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 5,836,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 72,000 | - | - | 3,100 | - | - |
| Illiger | Kannada | 100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irular | Kannada | 229,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Iruliga | Kannada | 14,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 10 | - | - | - | 100 |
| Jaggali | Kannada | 12,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jambuvulu | Telugu | 56,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 19,192,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 9,285,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 17,000 | - |
| Javeri | Hindi | 2,100 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jew, South Asian | Marathi | 6,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 410,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Jingar | Kannada | 51,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,130,000 | 107,000 | Y | 1.0 | 107,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julaha | Punjabi, Eastern | 889,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 80,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 5,889,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhia (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 109,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadaiyar | Tamil | 17,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Kadar | Tamil | 3,800 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 148,000 | 105,000 | Y | 1.0 | 105,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadu Kuruba | Kurumba, Jennu | 47,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | 30 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Kadu Kuruba | Kannada | 24,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 200 |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 8,062,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta | Bengali | 1,932,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kannada | 330,000 | 204,000 | Y | 1.0 | 204,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,411,000 | 9,700 | Y | 1.0 | 9,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kakkalan | Kannada | 16,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Tulu | 3,898,000 | 1,236,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,235,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 |
| Kalal Idiga | Tulu | 1,754,000 | 926,000 | Y | 1.0 | 926,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalavant | Kannada | 10,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | 2,000 |
| Kalladi | Malayalam | 42,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan | Tamil | 1,259,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalota | Tulu | 63,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,746,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Hindi | 31,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamathi | Kannada | 201,000 | 9,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 503,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kammara | Kannada | 120,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Kanai | Urdu | 61,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Malayalam | 253,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanate | Kodava | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kancha Vakkal | Konkani, Goan | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanikkaran | Kanikkaran | 30,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaniyan | Kannada | 98,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 206,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 366,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaparia | Kodava | 26,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu | Kannada | 15,027,000 | 225,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | - | - | 200 | - | 100 |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 3,664,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karigar | Bengali | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Karimpalan | Malayalam | 17,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 646,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,900 |
| Kasar Otari | Kannada | 20,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 6,668,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kathodi | Kannada | 312,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Tamil | 69,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavara | Tulu | 71,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavuthiyan | Malayalam | 29,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 7,620,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kepmaris | Kannada | 1,200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Marathi | 423,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khandait | Odia | 1,721,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 398,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,294,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,322,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 50,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 303,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Khetri | Kannada | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 421,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Kichagara | Kannada | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kodava | Kodava | 113,000 | 113,000 | Y | 1.0 | 113,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kokna | Kannada | 1,079,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolayiri | Malayalam | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolhati | Kannada | 29,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 5,025,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Kannada | 447,000 | 112,000 | Y | 1.0 | 111,000 | 300 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 600 |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,669,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 311,000 | 9,100 | Y | 1.0 | 9,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Saurashtra | 8,249,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi | Sindhi | 79,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kollara Karnataka | Malayalam | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolupulvandlu | Telugu | 6,200 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Komarpaik | Konkani | 27,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Telugu | 21,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | 200 | 10 | 200 | - | 40 |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 122,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koosa | Konkani, Goan | 5,200 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Kootan | Malayalam | 11,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Kannada | 79,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, tribal | Tulu | 17,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | 30 | - | 10 | - | 100 |
| Korama | Kannada | 164,000 | 156,000 | Y | 1.0 | 155,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Korama Kunchi | Kannada | 4,500 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Koda | 285,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korwa | Kannada | 452,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Telugu | 1,074,000 | 86,000 | Y | 1.0 | 85,000 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Kotegar | Kannada | 13,000 | 9,200 | Y | 1.0 | 9,100 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Koya | Kannada | 700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Koya | Kannada | 781,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Koyava | Kodava | 700 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Krishnanvak | Malayalam | 59,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudavakkal | Kannada | 5,900 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 |
| Kudiya | Kudiya | 2,800 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tulu | 75,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Konkani, Goan | 287,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kulama | Kannada | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 15,352,000 | 423,000 | Y | 1.0 | 419,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,600 |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 303,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kummari | Telugu | 12,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 17,570,000 | 203,000 | Y | 1.0 | 201,000 | - | - | 60 | - | 2,400 |
| Kunbi Anjna | Marathi | 382,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Kadwa | Gujarati | 1,171,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Konkani | Kannada | 657,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Lewa | Gujarati | 2,002,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 375,000 | 332,000 | Y | 1.0 | 332,000 | - | - | - | - | 60 |
| Kuravan | Kannada | 484,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 18,738,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 4,176,000 | 3,353,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,303,000 | - | - | 43,000 | - | 6,900 |
| Kuruman | Kannada | 64,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 337,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 80 | - |
| Lakhera | Hindi | 189,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 3,378,000 | 2,709,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | 2,709,000 |
| Lohana | Kannada | 579,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 9,387,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 61,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,400 |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 619,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,165,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Machala | Kannada | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari | Urdu | 56,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 632,000 | 78,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 78,000 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,395,000 | 512,000 | Y | 1.0 | 507,000 | - | 4,300 | 1,200 | - | - |
| Madiga (Muslim traditions | Kannada | 3,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Penda | Telugu | 1,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 343,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maha Malasar | Kannada | 300 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 400,000 | 15,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 15,000 | - | - |
| Mahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10,381,000 | 83,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | 7,500 | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 9,633,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta | Marathi | 30,244,000 | 2,212,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,153,000 | 60 | - | 30 | - | 59,000 |
| Mahratta Gomatang | Konkani | 74,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Konkani | Konkani | 559,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 82,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 7,640,000 | 92,000 | Y | 1.0 | 92,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Shinde | Marathi | 539,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 624,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,677,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maila | Tulu | 4,900 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 1,806,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 437,000 | 13,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 13,000 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,517,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | 30 | 200 | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Kannada | 48,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Mala Hannai | Kannada | 1,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Jangam | Kannada | 40,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Masti | Telugu | 2,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sale | Telugu | 133,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sanyasi | Telugu | 4,300 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 2,648,000 | 159,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 159,000 | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 16,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Malaikudi | Tulu | 9,300 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,200 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Malasar | Kannada | 8,600 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malava | Tulu | 20,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayali | Malayalam | 371,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayarayar | Malayalam | 4,100 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayekandi | Tulu | 1,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maleru | Kannada | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 9,771,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manbhav | Telugu | 26,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mang-Garudi | Marathi | 74,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,877,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maniyani | Kodava | 800 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, caste | Malayalam | 136,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Konkani, Goan | 82,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 9,105,000 | 408,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 408,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Marata | Tulu | 87,000 | 87,000 | Y | 1.0 | 86,000 | 90 | 10 | 40 | - | 60 |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,122,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masan Jogi | Kannada | 22,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mashti | Telugu | 6,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 170,000 | 3,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,000 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,634,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Kannada | 35,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mawalud | Urdu | 219,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 47,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Meda | Kannada | 44,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | 200 | - | 40 | - | 300 |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 2,957,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei | Meitei | 1,438,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 604,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 207,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 4,600 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,067,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 67,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Moger | Tulu | 137,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | 86,000 | - | 2,400 | - | - | - |
| Moger Moyan | Tulu | 4,400 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 1,737,000 | 159,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 159,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 162,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Mondiwaru | Telugu | 700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Mudhar | Kannada | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 40,000 | 2,300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,300 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 153,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio | Malayalam | 2,700 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukri | Kannada | 18,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Tulu | 34,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 854,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutali | Malayalam | 41,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Muthuvan | Tamil | 27,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,037,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,263,000 | 24,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 24,000 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,963,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadia | Kannada | 54,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | Naga Pidgin | 19,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Nagar | Angika | 145,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 200 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Nagartha | Kannada | 52,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 11,688,000 | 303,000 | Y | 1.0 | 303,000 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 330,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Naikadaya | Telugu | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naikda | Kannada | 3,794,000 | 3,288,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,267,000 | 7,600 | 100 | 1,100 | 500 | 11,000 |
| Nair | Kannada | 6,637,000 | 146,000 | Y | 1.0 | 146,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalakeyava | Tulu | 8,200 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalband | Urdu | 5,400 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Nalkadaya | Tulu | 2,900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej | Bengali | 5,029,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,495,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 456,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Natakani | Kannada | 100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navait | Kannada | 56,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 12,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 784,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Malayalam | 89,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 166,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Padiar | Kannada | 1,200 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pagi | Kannada | 500 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pale | Kodava | 15,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Kannada | 215,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliyan | Tamil | 10,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan | Tamil | 3,303,000 | 3,100 | N | 2.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palleyan | Malayalam | 1,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palliyan | Tamil | 7,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Palluvan | Tamil | 6,500 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Tulu | 4,300 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Tulu | 1,578,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panan | Malayalam | 241,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Kannada | 14,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Tamil | 28,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panditattan | Kannada | 11,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pangul | Marathi | 21,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panika | Kannada | 1,073,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panikkan | Konkani | 35,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paniyan | Paniya | 111,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pannadi | Tamil | 19,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panniandi | Telugu | 5,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan | Tamil | 3,081,000 | 4,400 | N | 2.0 | 3,800 | - | - | 700 | - | - |
| Paravan | Malayalam | 128,000 | 5,600 | N | 2.0 | 4,400 | - | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| Pardhan | Marathi | 316,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhi | Kannada | 352,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | 40 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 81,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 11,411,000 | 577,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 577,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,675,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Malayalam | 119,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Patharwat | Marathi | 37,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patralu | Odia | 120,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patramela | Konkani, Goan | 4,600 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patvekari (Hindu traditio | Kannada | 27,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patvekari (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 1,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Odia | 193,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Persian, Iranian | 7,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Phudgi | Marathi | 10,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Kannada | 42,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pindara | Urdu | 68,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Urdu | 3,374,000 | 171,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 171,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,106,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Portuguese | Indo-Portuguese | 1,200 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 266,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan | Tulu | 1,413,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan Thanda | Malayalam | 30,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 43,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,071,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,060,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raddi | Kannada | 75,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,800 |
| Rai | Nepali | 125,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raigar | Kannada | 891,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rainudas | Kannada | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,190,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajpur | Konkani, Goan | 50,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 45,389,000 | 174,000 | Y | 1.0 | 168,000 | - | - | - | - | 5,700 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 2,871,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 10,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,064,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 5,100 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,277,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 851,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 2,898,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot | Hindi | 556,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,215,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor | Hindi | 1,368,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 394,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Bengali | 530,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 476,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Ramoshi | Marathi | 313,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raneyar | Konkani, Goan | 5,300 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 347,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 307,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Kannada | 650,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Kannada | 529,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raya Rawat | Kannada | 2,500 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Razu | Telugu | 470,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 161,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sada | Kannada | 8,500 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 8,500 |
| Sahari | Tamil | 100 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 703,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 603,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Sali | Kannada | 1,009,000 | 394,000 | Y | 1.0 | 392,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,000 |
| Samagara | Kannada | 75,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Samanthan | Malayalam | 48,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Tamil | 51,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangar | Marathi | 32,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sapari | Telugu | 1,200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sardar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 4,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 87,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Satani | Kannada | 430,000 | 102,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 7,802,000 | 875,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 875,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 245,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Shaikh | Urdu | 85,372,000 | 4,704,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,704,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 8,033,000 | 483,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 483,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shinligar | Kannada | 6,200 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Siddi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 9,500 | 8,000 | N | 2.0 | 5,100 | - | - | 2,900 | - | - |
| Siddi (Muslim traditions) | Kannada | 13,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 80,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 45,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Silawat (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 59,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Sillekyatha | Kannada | 21,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi (Muslim traditions | Sindhi | 143,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhollu | Kannada | 6,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhuria | Odia | 900 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 3,900 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Soligar | Kannada | 6,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soligaru | Kannada | 34,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | 50 | - | 10 | - | 40 |
| Somvanshi | Kannada | 491,000 | 168,000 | Y | 1.0 | 168,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 7,669,000 | 281,000 | Y | 1.0 | 275,000 | - | - | - | - | 6,300 |
| Sonar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 31,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 191,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| Sonar Bail Pattur | Kannada | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudra | Marathi | 5,700 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Sudri | Tulu | 1,100 | 1,100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,100 | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 925,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Muslim traditions) | Konkani, Goan | 14,000 | 9,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 9,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Bengali | 420,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 3,690,000 | 185,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 185,000 | - | - |
| Takari | Kannada | 700 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 229,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 1,820,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Kannada | 149,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,146,000 | 373,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 373,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,697,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Targala | Gujarati | 36,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,065,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 18,518,000 | 336,000 | Y | 1.0 | 336,000 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 583,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan | Kannada | 251,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 512,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thori (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 820,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 23,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 107,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 60,000 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,016,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 17,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirmali | Kannada | 14,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toda | Tulu | 2,200 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tulu | Tulu | 80 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 373,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Urali | Malayalam | 73,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,571,000 | 1,164,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,163,000 | - | 600 | 300 | - | - |
| Vakkaliga | Kannada | 6,310,000 | 5,820,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,804,000 | - | - | 14,000 | - | 2,200 |
| Vakkaliga Kunchitiga | Kannada | 241,000 | 219,000 | Y | 1.0 | 219,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valluvan | Tamil | 130,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar | Hindi | 185,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t | Kannada | 4,785,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki Lal Begi | Hindi | 123,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 930,000 | 33,000 | N | 2.0 | 26,000 | - | - | 6,600 | - | - |
| Vanjara | Marathi | 935,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vannan | Tamil | 999,000 | 28,000 | N | 2.0 | 22,000 | - | - | 5,800 | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 12,499,000 | 696,000 | Y | 1.0 | 696,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Vanniyan Agnikula | Tamil | 570,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Pala Ekiri | Telugu | 25,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Thigala | Tamil | 46,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Varli | Kannada | 1,241,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vasudev | Kannada | 15,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velakkithalanayan | Malayalam | 350,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Telugu | 433,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 86,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan | Tamil | 2,525,000 | 314,000 | Y | 1.0 | 299,000 | - | - | 16,000 | - | - |
| Vellalan Mudaliar | Tamil | 41,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veluthadanayar | Malayalam | 199,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan | Malayalam | 182,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viramushti | Telugu | 41,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma | Kannada | 7,634,000 | 1,260,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,259,000 | - | - | 1,500 | - | 400 |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 696,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 190,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Panchal | Kannada | 92,000 | 82,000 | Y | 1.0 | 82,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 200,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vitholia | Kannada | 25,000 | 30 | N | 2.0 | 20 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 58,339,000 | 970,000 | Y | 1.0 | 969,000 | - | - | 10 | - | 800 |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Kannada | 1,532,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Kannada | 4,907,000 | 102,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 2,473,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 672,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerava | Ravula | 31,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | 800 | - | 60 | 10 | - |
| Yerukula | Telugu | 537,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 665 People Groups |
|
64,104,000 |
630 |
|
51,309,000 |
8,262,000 |
148,000 |
1,139,000 |
28,000 |
3,215,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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