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