| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 356,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0  | 30,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Adi Andhra Christian | Telugu | 42,000 | 8,200 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 8,200 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,618,000 | 925,000 | Y | 1.0 | 922,000 | - | 400 | 1,700 | 30 | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 657,000 | 119,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 120,000 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 3,419,000 | 3,339,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,297,000 | - | 23,000 | 18,000 | 400 | - |
| Adi Karnataka Christian | Kannada | 205,000 | 202,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 203,000 | - | - |
| Adiyan | Ravula | 19,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | 70 | - | 20 |
| Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar | Tamil | 2,100 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 729,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 256,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ager (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 17,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aghori | Telugu | 81,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agri | Konkani, Goan | 515,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajila | Malayalam | 3,900 | 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 | 183,000 | 9,800 | Y | 1.0 | 9,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick | Tamil | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 187,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amma Kodaga | Kodava | 2,300 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 575,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anduran | Konkani | 2,900 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anglo Indian | Kannada | 156,000 | 51,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 51,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 12,518,000 | 356,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 361,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Anuppan | Konkani, Goan | 1,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 2,900 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Arandan | Aranadan | 600 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arasu | Kannada | 55,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Kannada | 4,900 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 239,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 543,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Telugu | 1,113,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arwa Mala | Telugu | 98,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 3,148,000 | 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 | 257,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 7,695,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai Konkani | Konkani | 57,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Kannada | 172,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Marwari | 410,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,402,000 | 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 | 8,700 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 4,139,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakad | Kannada | 7,100 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Kannada | 15,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balagai | Kannada | 10,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Balasantoshi | Kannada | 33,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,775,000 | 1,019,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,007,000 | - | - | - | - | 12,000 |
| Balija Bogam | Kannada | 88,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Balija Dasari | Kannada | 57,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Balija Gopanthi | Telugu | 9,300 | 9,200 | Y | 1.0 | 9,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 5,600 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bangali (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 86,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 5,732,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | 7,900 |
| Bania Chaturth | Kannada | 38,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,900 |
| Bania Chetti | Kannada | 836,000 | 120,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | - | - | - | 31,000 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 229,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai | Telugu | 39,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,600 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 142,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Bania Kasar | Marathi | 81,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | 900 |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 2,097,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | - | 500 |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 226,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 436,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Sindhi | 1,022,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Marwadi | Marwari | 21,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Bania Oswal | Gujarati | 493,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | 2,300 |
| Bania Pancham | Kannada | 44,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 388,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | 1,800 |
| Bania Srimali | Gujarati | 425,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 94,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ummad | Hindi | 352,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania unspecified | Kannada | 16,801,000 | 644,000 | Y | 1.0 | 441,000 | - | - | - | - | 203,000 |
| Banijiga | Kannada | 883,000 | 827,000 | Y | 1.0 | 816,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | 10,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Lambadi | 7,123,000 | 1,426,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,426,000 | - | 700 | 400 | 20 | - |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu tra | Lambadi | 494,000 | 148,000 | Y | 1.0 | 148,000 | - | 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 | 304,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bariki | Telugu | 7,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Kannada | 1,085,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 74,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Bathada | Kannada | 3,500 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 2,327,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bavcha | Telugu | 5,500 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 127,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,400,000 | 2,198,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,198,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Bile | Kannada | 123,000 | 119,000 | Y | 1.0 | 119,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kakamundi | Telugu | 109,000 | 108,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kare | Kannada | 119,000 | 118,000 | Y | 1.0 | 118,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Kashmir (Muslim tra | Urdu | 4,500 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Myasa | Telugu | 54,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar Naik Makkalu | Kannada | 121,000 | 120,000 | Y | 1.0 | 120,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 653,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beg | Bengali | 3,600 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,977,000 | 647,000 | Y | 1.0 | 640,000 | - | 80 | - | - | 7,200 |
| Beldar Katani Uppara | Kannada | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad | Kannada | 63,000 | 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 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Urindavan | Kannada | 1,100 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bellara | Konkani, Goan | 1,800 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 52,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 39,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Kannada | 761,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 20,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Kannada | 327,000 | 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 | 1,425,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,621,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhatia (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 275,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Bhatri | 367,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Kannada | 14,436,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | 200 | - | 60 | - | 200 |
| Bhisti | Urdu | 643,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 5,849,000 | 325,000 | Y | 1.0 | 325,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia Sikkim | Sikkimese | 81,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Telugu | 544,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 422,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bind | Kannada | 1,162,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,302,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Kannada | 4,449,000 | 225,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 107,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Brahmin Anavada | Gujarati | 30,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 98,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Gujarati | 546,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 243,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Kannada | 566,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Christian | Kannada | 5,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Brahmin Daima | Hindi | 88,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Kannada | 659,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 75,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Devarukha | Marathi | 38,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Konkani | 332,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Kannada | 3,618,000 | 102,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Hindi | 316,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 179,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Havik | Kannada | 30,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 343,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 445,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Marathi | 5,064,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 527,000 | 335,000 | Y | 1.0 | 335,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 95,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 337,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khedawal | Gujarati | 45,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Kannada | 231,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Kannada | 553,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 120,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mewada | Kannada | 115,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Hindi | 150,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nagar | Gujarati | 128,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nambudiri | Malayalam | 110,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Kannada | 62,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Potti | Malayalam | 32,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Kannada | 3,212,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 95,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Kannada | 708,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Marathi | 5,095,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 53,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srigaud | Gujarati | 118,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 550,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,228,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Kannada | 34,453,000 | 2,588,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,502,000 | - | - | 50 | - | 87,000 |
| Brahmin Vadama | Tamil | 51,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Kannada | 138,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Kannada | 343,000 | 137,000 | Y | 1.0 | 137,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 17,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Kannada | 15,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byari (Beary) | Konkani | 534,000 | 456,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 456,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chain | Kannada | 598,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Tamil | 1,001,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chaliyan | Tulu | 6,800 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Kannada | 250,000 | 240,000 | Y | 1.0 | 237,000 | - | 3,100 | - | - | 50 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 53,943,000 | 705,000 | Y | 1.0 | 700,000 | - | 2,000 | 1,600 | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Kannada | 1,808,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Chandala | Kannada | 8,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Hindu tradit | Kannada | 7,100 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chapparband (Muslim tradi | Urdu | 6,900 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chaptegar | Konkani, Goan | 7,900 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 372,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charodi | Konkani, Goan | 5,500 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Chenchu | Kannada | 81,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Kannada | 83,000 | 79,000 | Y | 1.0 | 79,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 440,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tulu | 526,000 | 8,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 8,500 | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 291,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 144,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Chhipa (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 528,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitara | Konkani | 6,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Kannada | 72,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chodhara | Telugu | 10,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 20 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Christian | Kannada | 1,481,000 | 76,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 76,000 | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 136,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dakkal | Kannada | 6,600 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,446,000 | 222,000 | Y | 1.0 | 220,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 2,000 |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi | Kannada | 138,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadasi | Kannada | 24,000 | 7,600 | Y | 1.0 | 7,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 179,000 | 162,000 | Y | 1.0 | 158,000 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - |
| Devadiga Kalavant | Konkani | 8,400 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 573,000 | 475,000 | Y | 1.0 | 457,000 | - | - | 13,000 | - | 5,400 |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Marathi | 659,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 3,280,000 | 1,280,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,280,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 12,478,000 | 630,000 | Y | 1.0 | 628,000 | - | 1,300 | - | - | 500 |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,138,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 35,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Parit | Kannada | 298,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Dhodia | Dhodia | 801,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dholi (Hindu traditions) | Marwari | 279,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Kannada | 176,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 500 |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Kannada | 85,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Domar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,534,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dubla unspecified | Kannada | 456,000 | 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 | 5,900 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 105,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaba | Gadaba, Mudhili | 157,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Galada Konkani | Tulu | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Kannada | 537,000 | 600 | N | 2.0  | 600 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,485,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Tulu | 85,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,815,000 | 1,649,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,649,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Gantichore | Kannada | 5,900 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 148,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gatti | Tulu | 7,600 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Kannada | 2,392,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Telugu | 20,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gawli | Marathi | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadasi | Kannada | 10,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghadi | Konkani, Goan | 7,200 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 134,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 522,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghisadi | Hindi | 23,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giddikki | Kannada | 84,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 64,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 688,000 | 106,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 106,000 | - | - |
| Godari | Telugu | 1,400 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godda | Kannada | 3,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Gond unspecified | Kannada | 10,034,000 | 158,000 | Y | 1.0 | 156,000 | 600 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 1,700 |
| Gondaru | Kannada | 114,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Gondhali | Kannada | 69,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gopal | Gujarati | 44,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain unspecified | Kannada | 1,361,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 36,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Gowari | Marathi | 575,000 | 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 | 8,418,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 54,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Habura | Konkani | 8,900 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Kannada | 1,152,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 2,331,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hakki Pikki | Vaagri Booli | 29,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 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 | 1,652,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwakki Wakkal | Kannada | 162,000 | 138,000 | Y | 1.0 | 136,000 | - | 1,500 | 500 | - | 30 |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 10,000 | 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 | 414,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Kannada | 192,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Holaya | Kannada | 952,000 | 920,000 | Y | 1.0 | 634,000 | - | 284,000 | - | 90 | 4,200 |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 15,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Idayan | Tamil | 80,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 6,650,000 | 86,000 | Y | 1.0 | 86,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 137,000 | 3,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,700 | - | - |
| Irular | Kannada | 229,000 | 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 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 15,914,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,659,000 | 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 | 55,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | 40 | - | 10 | - | 20 |
| Jew, South Asian | Marathi | 7,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 476,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Jingar | Kannada | 80,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,757,000 | 128,000 | Y | 1.0 | 128,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 97,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 97,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 4,885,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhia (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 131,000 | 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 | 178,000 | 125,000 | Y | 1.0 | 125,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadu Kuruba | Kannada | 28,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 20 | 10 | - | - | 300 |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 9,608,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 1,632,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kannada | 395,000 | 243,000 | Y | 1.0 | 243,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,709,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kakkalan | Kannada | 16,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Tulu | 2,574,000 | 1,241,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,240,000 | - | 500 | - | - | 1,000 |
| Kalal Idiga | Tulu | 2,060,000 | 1,080,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,079,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Kalavant | Kannada | 12,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | 2,300 |
| Kalladi | Kannada | 48,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan Tondaman | Tamil | 472,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan unspecified | Tamil | 963,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalota | Tulu | 74,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,655,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Hindi | 36,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamathi | Kannada | 252,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 582,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kammara | Kannada | 143,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Kanai | Urdu | 72,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Kannada | 299,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanikkaran | Kanikkaran | 29,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaniyan | Kannada | 120,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 248,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 345,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapariya | Kodava | 30,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,181,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,829,000 | 213,000 | Y | 1.0 | 212,000 | - | - | 200 | - | 100 |
| Karimpalan | Malayalam | 24,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 771,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,200 |
| Kasar Otari | Kannada | 27,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,885,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kathodi | Kannada | 368,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Tamil | 71,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavara | Tulu | 90,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavuthiyan | Malayalam | 35,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 7,037,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kepmaris | Tamil | 1,100 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Marathi | 493,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khandait | Odia | 2,035,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 487,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,652,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,759,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 59,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 353,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 497,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kodaga | Kodava | 134,000 | 132,000 | Y | 1.0 | 132,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kokna | Kannada | 1,272,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Kolhati | Kannada | 34,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,640,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Kannada | 485,000 | 131,000 | Y | 1.0 | 130,000 | 400 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 700 |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,970,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | 90 | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 366,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Saurashtra | 9,748,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi | Sindhi | 93,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolupulvandlu | Telugu | 2,600 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Komarpaik | Konkani | 31,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Telugu | 24,000 | 8,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,600 | 300 | 10 | 300 | - | 40 |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 143,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kootan | Malayalam | 10,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Kannada | 84,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, tribal | Tulu | 20,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | 40 | - | 10 | - | 200 |
| Korama Kunchi | Kannada | 60,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korama unspecified | Kannada | 137,000 | 205,000 | Y | 1.0 | 205,000 | - | 200 | 10 | 10 | - |
| Kori | Koda | 3,039,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korwa | Kannada | 527,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Telugu | 1,309,000 | 102,000 | Y | 1.0 | 101,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Kota | Kannada | 800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kotegar | Kannada | 7,800 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya unspecified | Kannada | 771,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Krishnanvak | Malayalam | 70,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudavakkal | Kannada | 6,900 | 6,500 | 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 | 332,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 18,455,000 | 502,000 | Y | 1.0 | 498,000 | - | 70 | - | - | 4,200 |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 348,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kummari | Telugu | 700 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 15,483,000 | 209,000 | Y | 1.0 | 206,000 | - | - | 60 | - | 2,400 |
| Kunbi Anjna | Marathi | 455,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Kadwa | Gujarati | 1,382,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Konkani | Kannada | 786,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Lewa | Gujarati | 2,363,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 445,000 | 391,000 | Y | 1.0 | 391,000 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 490,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,316,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 4,821,000 | 3,804,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,755,000 | - | - | 50,000 | - | 300 |
| Kuruman | Kannada | 62,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 390,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Lakhera | Hindi | 224,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingader | Kannada | 6,300 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 4,029,000 | 3,227,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | 3,202,000 |
| Lohana | Kannada | 685,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 11,177,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,600 |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 731,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,742,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 305,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 66,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 750,000 | 91,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 92,000 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,054,000 | 1,062,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,055,000 | - | 5,000 | 1,200 | 50 | - |
| Madiga (Muslim traditions | Kannada | 1,900 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Penda | Telugu | 1,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 406,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,200,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | 20,000 | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 490,000 | 18,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 18,000 | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 11,686,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Gomatang | Konkani | 87,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Konkani | Konkani | 662,000 | 96,000 | Y | 1.0 | 96,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 8,947,000 | 108,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Shinde | Marathi | 651,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,600 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,088,000 | 2,221,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,161,000 | 60 | - | 40 | - | 59,000 |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 633,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,962,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maila | Kannada | 3,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,074,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 520,000 | 16,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 17,000 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,660,000 | 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 | 157,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,146,000 | 207,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 207,000 | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 19,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Malaikudi | Tulu | 11,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Malasar | Kannada | 11,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malava | Tulu | 24,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayali | Malayalam | 409,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayarayar | Malayalam | 3,400 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayekandi | Tulu | 2,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 12,359,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | 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 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,165,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, caste | Malayalam | 327,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Telugu | 51,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 10,275,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 91,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Marata | Tulu | 102,000 | 101,000 | Y | 1.0 | 101,000 | 100 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 70 |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,341,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masan Jogi | Kannada | 36,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masthi | Kannada | 2,300 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 219,000 | 3,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,500 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,049,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Kannada | 42,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mawalud | Urdu | 258,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 55,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Meda | Kannada | 51,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | 200 | - | 50 | - | 400 |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 4,666,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 1,412,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 713,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 249,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 4,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,292,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 78,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Moger Moyon | Kannada | 16,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Moger unspecified | Kannada | 129,000 | 83,000 | Y | 1.0 | 83,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 2,048,000 | 179,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 180,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 191,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 47,000 | 2,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,700 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 186,000 | 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 | 986,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutali | Malayalam | 46,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Muthuvan | Tamil | 29,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,200,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,430,000 | 28,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 28,000 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,337,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadia | Kannada | 64,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | Nagamese | 22,000 | 70 | N | 3.0 | 10 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Nagar | Angika | 171,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 200 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Nagartha | Kannada | 64,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 13,922,000 | 359,000 | Y | 1.0 | 359,000 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 383,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Naikda | Kannada | 4,233,000 | 3,601,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,581,000 | 8,400 | 100 | 1,200 | 600 | 12,000 |
| Nair | Kannada | 7,659,000 | 172,000 | Y | 1.0 | 172,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalakeyava | Kannada | 7,400 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalband | Urdu | 6,400 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Nalkadaya | Kannada | 3,300 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 3,812,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,690,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 583,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navait | Konkani | 66,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 14,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 885,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Malayalam | 100,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 189,000 | 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 | 143,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliyan | Tamil | 12,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,661,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palleyan | Malayalam | 2,200 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palliyan | Tamil | 7,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Palluvan | Tamil | 7,800 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Kannada | 4,400 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Tulu | 1,597,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panan | Malayalam | 273,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Kannada | 3,500 | 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 | 1,245,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panikkan | Konkani | 40,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paniyan | Paniya | 117,000 | 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 | 887,000 | 900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,451,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paravan (Christian tradit | Malayalam | 44,000 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 102,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Marathi | 373,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhi | Kannada | 427,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 60 | - | - | - | 30 |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 92,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 569,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 52,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Ghilzai | Urdu | 46,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 570,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 36,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khalil | Urdu | 18,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khan | Urdu | 125,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 697,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Malagori (Mullaga | Urdu | 35,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 210,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 1,016,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 52,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 9,073,000 | 568,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 570,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,823,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Malayalam | 141,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Patharwat | Marathi | 43,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patralu | Odia | 142,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patramela | Konkani, Goan | 5,400 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 225,000 | 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 | 49,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pindara | Urdu | 81,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 19,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Kannada | 3,877,000 | 197,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 198,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,515,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 323,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan Thanda | Malayalam | 148,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan unspecified | Tulu | 1,092,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 30,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,265,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,251,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raddi | Kannada | 89,000 | 86,000 | Y | 1.0 | 83,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,300 |
| Rai | Nepali | 143,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raigar | Kannada | 1,051,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,968,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajpur | Konkani, Goan | 59,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 27,285,000 | 176,000 | Y | 1.0 | 171,000 | - | - | - | - | 5,600 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,935,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,241,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 7,400 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,586,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,048,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 3,587,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot (Hindu trad | Hindi | 676,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,511,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,671,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 476,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Kannada | 697,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 550,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Ramoshi | Marathi | 378,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raneyar | Kannada | 4,300 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 416,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 363,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Kannada | 767,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Kannada | 624,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raya Rawat | Kannada | 2,900 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Razu | Telugu | 553,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 173,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sada | Kannada | 10,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 10,000 |
| Saini (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 830,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 690,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Sali | Kannada | 1,209,000 | 451,000 | Y | 1.0 | 449,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 |
| Samagara | Kannada | 105,000 | 103,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Samanthan | Malayalam | 57,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Kannada | 24,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangar | Marathi | 40,000 | 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 | 507,000 | 120,000 | Y | 1.0 | 120,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 9,153,000 | 995,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 500,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 25,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 288,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 945,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 49,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 9,577,000 | 565,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 568,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 8,880,000 | 212,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 212,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 71,108,000 | 4,651,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,667,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 559,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 29,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shinligar | Kannada | 7,600 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0 | 6,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Siddi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 11,000 | 9,400 | N | 2.0 | 5,900 | - | - | 3,500 | - | 10 |
| Siddi (Muslim traditions) | Kannada | 16,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 87,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 53,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Silawat (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 82,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Sillekyatha | Kannada | 40,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhi (Muslim traditions | Sindhi | 168,000 | 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 | 7,200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soligaru | Kannada | 40,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | 60 | - | 20 | - | 50 |
| Somvanshi | Kannada | 584,000 | 200,000 | Y | 1.0 | 200,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 8,194,000 | 282,000 | Y | 1.0 | 276,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 6,100 |
| Sonar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 37,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 220,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Sonar Bail Pattur | Kannada | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sudra | Marathi | 7,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Sudri | Tulu | 1,300 | 1,300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 638,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Muslim traditions) | Konkani, Goan | 17,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Bengali | 497,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,372,000 | 237,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 237,000 | - | - |
| Takari | Kannada | 800 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 264,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 2,191,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Kannada | 175,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,409,000 | 435,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 435,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,716,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Targala | Gujarati | 42,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,228,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 22,101,000 | 400,000 | Y | 1.0 | 400,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 687,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Christian tradit | Kannada | 14,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 272,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 528,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thori (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 1,113,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Kannada | 13,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 117,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 65,000 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,268,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipera | Kok Borok | 808,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 18,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirmali | Kannada | 16,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toda | Tulu | 2,500 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 411,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Urali | Malayalam | 84,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,133,000 | 1,268,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,266,000 | - | 400 | 400 | - | - |
| Vaddar (Sikh traditions) | Telugu | 2,100 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Vakkaliga Gangadikara | Kannada | 630,000 | 614,000 | Y | 1.0 | 614,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga Kunchitiga | Kannada | 283,000 | 255,000 | Y | 1.0 | 255,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 6,610,000 | 5,833,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,818,000 | - | - | 14,000 | - | 2,200 |
| Valluvan | Tamil | 123,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Buddhist traditi | Kannada | 26,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Kannada | 5,752,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 320,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki Mehtar | Kannada | 149,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 1,041,000 | 38,000 | N | 2.0 | 30,000 | - | - | 7,700 | - | - |
| Vanjara | Marathi | 1,128,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 171,000 | 6,800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,900 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 101,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,523,000 | 835,000 | Y | 1.0 | 835,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Vanniyan Agnikula | Tamil | 658,000 | 81,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Pala Ekiri | Telugu | 30,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Thigala | Tamil | 54,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Varli | Kannada | 1,464,000 | 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 | 414,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Telugu | 506,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 100,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Mudaliar | Tamil | 49,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,772,000 | 328,000 | Y | 1.0 | 311,000 | - | - | 16,000 | - | - |
| Veluthadanayar | Malayalam | 236,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan | Malayalam | 135,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 770,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 222,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Panchal | Kannada | 107,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 95,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 229,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Kannada | 7,543,000 | 1,250,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,248,000 | - | - | 1,500 | - | 400 |
| Vitholia | Kannada | 30,000 | 40 | N | 2.0 | 20 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 40,552,000 | 913,000 | Y | 1.0 | 913,000 | - | - | 10 | - | 100 |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Kannada | 1,811,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Kannada | 1,833,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Kannada | 5,593,000 | 117,000 | Y | 1.0 | 117,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 3,057,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 784,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerava | Ravula | 36,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | 800 | - | 70 | 10 | 10 |
| Yerukula | Telugu | 629,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 665 People Groups |
|
70,382,000 |
627 |
|
55,687,000 |
9,227,000 |
416,000 |
1,326,000 |
29,000 |
3,711,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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