Joshua Project - Ethnic Peoples of Karnataka, India

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People Name	Primary Language	Country Population	State Population	Least Reached	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Andhra	Telugu	318,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	300	-	-
Adi Andhra Christian	Telugu	27,000	3,700	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,700	-	-
Adi Dravida	Tamil	8,696,000	811,000	Y	1.0	808,000	-	800	1,500	30	-
Adi Dravida Christian	Tamil	593,000	74,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	74,000	-	-
Adi Karnataka	Kannada	3,005,000	2,964,000	Y	1.0	2,863,000	-	85,000	15,000	300	-
Adi Karnataka Christian	Kannada	157,000	157,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	157,000	-	-
Adiya	Kannada	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Adiyan	Ravula	17,000	800	Y	1.0	700	-	-	60	-	20
Agamudaiyan	Tamil	892,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	Tamil	1,900	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	Tamil	669,000	18,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	-
Agani	Kodava	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Ager (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	15,000	6,700	Y	1.0	6,700	-	-	-	-	-
Aghori	Telugu	69,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Agri	Konkani, Goan	423,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Ajila	Malayalam	3,400	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Ajna	Kannada	42,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Alambadi Kurichchan	Kurichiya	44,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi	Malayalam	153,000	8,600	Y	1.0	8,600	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick	Tamil	11,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Ambattan	Tamil	181,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Amma Kodaga	Kodava	2,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Anamuk	Telugu	400	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Andh	Marathi	497,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Anduran	Konkani, Goan	2,500	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Anglo	English	140,000	45,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	45,000	-	-
Ansari	Urdu	10,711,000	335,000	Y	1.0	-	335,000	-	-	-	-
Anuppan	Konkani, Goan	1,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Arab	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	2,400	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Arandan	Aranadan	500	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Arasu	Kannada	48,000	45,000	Y	1.0	45,000	-	-	-	-	-
Aray Mala	Kannada	4,400	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Arayan	Malayalam	201,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Arora (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	475,000	900	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	900	-
Arunthathiyar	Telugu	1,037,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Arwa Mala	Telugu	96,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Assamese (Muslim traditio	Assamese	2,739,000	20	Y	1.0	-	20	-	-	-	-
Atari	Urdu	3,900	90	Y	1.0	-	90	-	-	-	-
Ayri	Kodava	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Ayyanavar	Kannada	16,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Badaga	Badaga	221,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	30	-	-
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	6,552,000	50,000	Y	1.0	50,000	-	-	-	-	-
Badhai Konkani	Konkani	47,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Bagata	Kannada	149,000	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi	Marwari	367,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	2,927,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bagga	Kannada	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Baghban (Muslim tradition	Urdu	17,000	1,700	Y	1.0	-	1,700	-	-	-	-
Bahrupi	Hindi	4,500	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Baira	Konkani, Goan	9,000	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Bairagi (Hindu traditions	Telugu	3,545,000	6,900	Y	1.0	6,900	-	-	-	-	-
Bakad	Kannada	6,100	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bakuda	Kannada	13,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Balagai	Kannada	8,700	2,200	Y	1.0	2,200	-	40	-	-	-
Balasantoshi	Kannada	29,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Balija (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	1,737,000	1,009,000	Y	1.0	996,000	-	-	-	-	12,000
Balija Bogam	Kannada	75,000	32,000	Y	1.0	32,000	-	-	-	-	300
Balija Dasari	Kannada	51,000	40,000	Y	1.0	39,000	-	-	-	-	600
Balija Gopanthi	Telugu	8,000	8,000	Y	1.0	8,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	4,900	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Bangali (Hindu traditions	Hindi	66,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bangar	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania	Kannada	29,416,000	641,000	Y	1.0	432,000	-	-	-	-	210,000
Bania Agarwal	Hindi	4,849,000	26,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	7,000
Bania Chaturth	Kannada	32,000	2,600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	2,600
Bania Chetti	Kannada	751,000	108,000	Y	1.0	79,000	-	-	-	-	28,000
Bania Gujar	Gujarati	195,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Jaiswal	Hindi	122,000	900	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	600
Bania Kasar	Marathi	71,000	1,000	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	800
Bania Komti	Telugu	1,812,000	34,000	Y	1.0	34,000	-	-	-	-	500
Bania Mahajan	Hindi	186,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahesri	Hindi	364,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahur	Sindhi	878,000	700	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	40
Bania Marwadi	Marwari	20,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	60
Bania Oswal	Gujarati	423,000	2,600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	2,000
Bania Pancham	Kannada	40,000	1,100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	1,100
Bania Porwal	Hindi	328,000	3,600	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	1,500
Bania Srimali	Gujarati	364,000	400	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	300
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya	Telugu	81,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Ummad	Hindi	299,000	900	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	700
Banijiga	Kannada	727,000	686,000	Y	1.0	677,000	-	-	900	-	8,700
Banjara (Hindu traditions	Lambadi	6,169,000	1,285,000	Y	1.0	1,284,000	-	700	400	20	-
Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra	Lambadi	423,000	133,000	Y	1.0	133,000	-	40	-	-	-
Banka	Odia	27,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Banna	Kodava	300	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Bant	Kannada	1,400	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Barda	Kannada	3,600	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	10	-	10
Baria (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	261,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bariki	Telugu	27,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Basor	Kannada	950,000	65,000	Y	1.0	65,000	-	-	-	-	600
Bathada	Kannada	3,100	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Battal	Kannada	400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bauri	Bengali	2,091,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Bavcha	Telugu	4,800	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	10
Bawaria (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	107,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Bawtar	Kannada	100	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Beda Jangam	Kannada	310,000	132,000	Y	1.0	132,000	-	10	-	-	-
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,524,000	2,298,000	Y	1.0	2,298,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Bile	Kannada	113,000	110,000	Y	1.0	110,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Kakamundi	Kannada	101,000	101,000	Y	1.0	101,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Kare	Kannada	109,000	109,000	Y	1.0	109,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Kashmir (Muslim tra	Urdu	3,900	2,400	Y	1.0	-	2,400	-	-	-	-
Bedar Myasa	Kannada	62,000	62,000	Y	1.0	62,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Naik Makkalu	Kannada	110,000	110,000	Y	1.0	110,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	550,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Beg	Bengali	3,100	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	1,909,000	665,000	Y	1.0	658,000	-	-	-	-	7,300
Beldar Katani Uppara	Kannada	17,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad	Kannada	52,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Mith Gauda	Konkani	1,400	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Narmada Uppara	Kannada	21,000	21,000	Y	1.0	21,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Sunkar	Kannada	18,000	7,300	Y	1.0	7,300	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Urindavan	Kannada	1,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bellara	Konkani, Goan	1,600	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Bhampta	Marathi	44,000	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Bhand (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	33,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bhandari	Kannada	643,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Bhangi (Muslim traditions	Urdu	138,000	600	Y	1.0	-	600	-	-	-	-
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t	Urdu	8,700	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Bhansala	Kannada	274,000	6,900	Y	1.0	6,900	-	-	-	-	-
Bharathar (Christian trad	Malayalam	39,000	200	N	3.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Bharathar (Hindu traditio	Malayalam	13,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi	Hindi	1,214,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	1,389,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhatia (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	234,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhattra	Bhatri	314,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Bhavin	Konkani	900	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bhil	Kannada	17,097,000	6,300	Y	1.0	5,800	200	-	60	-	200
Bhisti	Urdu	552,000	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	6,473,000	328,000	Y	1.0	328,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhotia Sikkim	Sikkimese	85,000	30	Y	1.0	-	-	30	-	-	-
Bhottada	Telugu	463,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Bidur	Marathi	353,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Binapatta	Kannada	300	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Bind	Kannada	1,001,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bohra	Gujarati	1,124,000	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Boya	Kannada	4,064,000	290,000	Y	1.0	290,000	-	-	-	-	100
Brahmin	Kannada	59,861,000	2,623,000	Y	1.0	2,534,000	-	-	300	-	89,000
Brahmin (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	95,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Brahmin Anavada	Gujarati	25,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Anavala	Gujarati	84,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Audich	Gujarati	469,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Bengali	Bengali	212,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Chitpavan	Kannada	483,000	50,000	Y	1.0	50,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Daima	Hindi	75,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Deshastha	Kannada	571,000	63,000	Y	1.0	63,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	Konkani	285,000	44,000	Y	1.0	44,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaur	Kannada	2,999,000	84,000	Y	1.0	84,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	Hindi	270,000	5,000	Y	1.0	5,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujarati	Gujarati	153,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Iyer	Tamil	309,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Joshi	Hindi	357,000	4,400	Y	1.0	4,400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kanaujia	Marathi	4,237,000	68,000	Y	1.0	68,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kannada	Kannada	461,000	294,000	Y	1.0	294,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Karhada	Marathi	81,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Khandelwal	Hindi	275,000	3,000	Y	1.0	3,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Khedawal	Gujarati	38,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Maha	Kannada	182,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Mahratta	Kannada	465,000	64,000	Y	1.0	64,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Malla Jetti	Telugu	135,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Marathi	Marathi	104,000	52,000	Y	1.0	52,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Mewada	Kannada	98,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Modh	Hindi	129,000	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Nagar	Gujarati	110,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Nambudiri	Malayalam	95,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Ojha	Kannada	48,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sanadhya	Kannada	2,726,000	80,000	Y	1.0	80,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Saraswat	Kannada	573,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sawaria	Marathi	4,199,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sholiar	Tamil	48,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Srigaud	Gujarati	101,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Tamil	Tamil	514,000	38,000	Y	1.0	38,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telugu	Telugu	1,040,000	57,000	Y	1.0	57,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vadama	Tamil	45,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Velanadu	Kannada	119,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Burmese	Burmese	15,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	50	-	-	-
Byagara	Kannada	13,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Chain	Bengali	512,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit	Tamil	871,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Chaliyan	Tulu	5,800	5,800	Y	1.0	5,800	-	-	-	-	-
Chalvadi	Kannada	229,000	223,000	Y	1.0	219,000	-	3,500	-	-	40
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	48,208,000	615,000	Y	1.0	612,000	-	1,800	1,400	30	-
Chandala	Kannada	13,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Chapparband (Hindu tradit	Kannada	6,200	5,900	Y	1.0	5,900	-	-	-	-	-
Chapparband (Muslim tradi	Urdu	5,300	3,500	Y	1.0	-	3,500	-	-	-	-
Chaptegar	Konkani, Goan	6,800	6,400	Y	1.0	6,400	-	-	-	-	-
Charan (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	320,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Charodi	Konkani, Goan	4,800	4,700	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	200	-	-
Chenchu	Kannada	72,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chenna Dasar	Kannada	75,000	73,000	Y	1.0	73,000	-	10	-	-	-
Cheruman (Hindu tradition	Tulu	379,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-
Cherumar Christian	Tulu	467,000	7,500	N	3.0	-	-	-	7,500	-	-
Chhetri	Nepali	265,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	127,000	40	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	40	-
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	454,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chitara	Konkani	8,800	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chitrakar (Hindu traditio	Kannada	62,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Chodhara	Telugu	8,800	300	Y	1.0	300	20	-	-	-	10
Christian	Kannada	1,022,000	61,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	61,000	-	-
Dabgar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	117,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dakkal	Kannada	5,700	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Dakkaliga	Telugu	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,932,000	222,000	Y	1.0	220,000	-	-	-	-	2,000
Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi	Kannada	94,000	8,200	Y	1.0	8,200	-	-	-	-	-
Devadasi	Kannada	21,000	7,200	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	-	-	-
Devadiga (Hindu tradition	Tulu	149,000	136,000	Y	1.0	135,000	-	900	-	-	-
Devadiga (Muslim traditio	Konkani	200	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Devadiga Kalavant	Konkani	7,200	6,300	Y	1.0	6,300	-	-	-	-	-
Devanga	Kannada	483,000	404,000	Y	1.0	389,000	-	-	11,000	-	4,700
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t	Marathi	567,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Dhangar Bharwad	Marathi	2,826,000	1,114,000	Y	1.0	1,114,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	12,171,000	638,000	Y	1.0	637,000	-	700	-	-	500
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Telugu	980,000	31,000	Y	1.0	-	31,000	-	-	-	-
Dhodia	Dhodia	690,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Dholi (Hindu traditions)	Marwari	234,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Dhor	Kannada	152,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	70	-	-	500
Divehi	Maldivian	1,200	100	Y	1.0	-	100	-	-	-	-
Dom	Kannada	74,000	27,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	10	-	-	-
Dom (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,311,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Dubla	Kannada	688,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Dudekula	Telugu	9,300	60	Y	1.0	-	60	-	-	-	-
Durgamurgi	Kannada	1,300	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Ellamalawar	Kannada	5,200	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Faqir	Urdu	92,000	50	Y	1.0	-	50	-	-	-	-
Gadaba	Gadaba, Mudhili	135,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Galada Konkani	Tulu	700	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Gamit	Kannada	462,000	500	N	2.0	500	20	-	-	-	-
Ganda	Odia	1,295,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gandla	Tulu	75,000	21,000	Y	1.0	21,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gangakula	Kannada	1,545,000	1,416,000	Y	1.0	1,416,000	-	-	-	-	20
Gantichore	Kannada	5,100	5,000	Y	1.0	5,000	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	128,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Muslim traditions	Urdu	900	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Gatti	Tulu	6,600	6,000	Y	1.0	6,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gauda	Kannada	2,023,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gavara	Telugu	17,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Gawli	Marathi	18,000	18,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ghadasi	Kannada	8,700	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Ghadi	Konkani, Goan	6,200	4,200	Y	1.0	4,200	-	-	-	-	-
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions	Gujarati	114,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions	Kannada	462,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Ghisadi	Hindi	19,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Giddikki	Kannada	73,000	56,000	Y	1.0	56,000	-	-	-	-	-
Goanese	Konkani, Goan	574,000	71,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	71,000	-	-
Godari	Telugu	4,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Godda	Kannada	2,600	1,600	Y	1.0	1,400	-	200	-	-	-
Gond	Kannada	14,445,000	160,000	Y	1.0	158,000	600	10	50	40	1,700
Gondaru	Kannada	98,000	82,000	Y	1.0	82,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gondhali	Kannada	59,000	4,800	Y	1.0	4,800	-	-	-	-	-
Gopal	Gujarati	38,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Gosain	Kannada	1,565,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gosangi (Hindu traditions	Kannada	32,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,000	-	200	-	-	-
Gosangi (Muslim tradition	Telugu	500	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Gowari	Marathi	453,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Gowdulu	Kannada	9,200	8,800	Y	1.0	8,800	10	-	-	-	10
Gudigar	Konkani	2,900	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	7,232,000	7,900	Y	1.0	7,900	-	-	-	-	-
Gujar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	48,000	20	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	20	-
Habura	Konkani	8,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Hadi	Kannada	1,008,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Hajam	Urdu	2,007,000	14,000	Y	1.0	-	14,000	-	-	-	-
Hakki Pikki	Vaagri Booli	26,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	20	-	50	-	-
Halleer	Kannada	4,600	3,600	Y	1.0	3,500	-	60	-	-	-
Halsar	Kannada	11,000	9,300	Y	1.0	9,300	-	-	-	-	-
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,413,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Halwakki Wakkal	Kannada	139,000	120,000	Y	1.0	118,000	-	800	500	-	30
Han Chinese, Mandarin	Chinese, Mandarin	9,800	100	N	2.0	-	-	100	-	-	-
Hanabar	Tulu	76,000	72,000	Y	1.0	72,000	-	-	-	-	-
Hande Jogi	Kannada	29,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	20	-	-	200
Harkantra	Kannada	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Hasalaru	Tulu	26,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	20	-	-	-	-
Hasla	Kannada	1,300	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Hatkar	Kannada	349,000	79,000	Y	1.0	79,000	-	-	-	-	-
Holar	Kannada	166,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	20	-	-	-
Holaya	Kannada	823,000	803,000	Y	1.0	537,000	-	262,000	-	90	3,600
Holaya Dasar	Kannada	13,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Idayan	Tamil	72,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavan	Tamil	5,858,000	76,000	Y	1.0	73,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavan Christian	Tamil	119,000	3,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,000	-	-
Illiger	Kannada	100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Irular	Kannada	228,000	900	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	40
Iruliga	Kannada	14,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	10	-	-	-	100
Jaggali	Kannada	13,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Jambuvulu	Kannada	20,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	40	-	-	-
Jat (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	19,485,000	3,200	Y	1.0	3,200	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	9,444,000	17,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	17,000	-
Jatigar	Urdu	100	100	Y	1.0	-	100	-	-	-	-
Javeri	Hindi	2,200	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Jenu Kuruba	Kurumba, Jennu	48,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	30	-	10	-	20
Jew, South Asian	Marathi	6,100	80	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	80
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	417,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Jingar	Kannada	69,000	6,400	Y	1.0	6,300	-	-	-	-	90
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	3,214,000	109,000	Y	1.0	109,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kabirpanthi	Punjabi, Eastern	70,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Kachari (Hindu traditions	Marathi	82,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Kachhi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	5,983,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kachhia (Hindu traditions	Marathi	110,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Kadaiyan	Tamil	14,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kadan	Tamil	4,300	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Kadia (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	151,000	107,000	Y	1.0	107,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kadu Kuruba	Kannada	24,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	20	10	-	-	300
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	8,205,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Kaibartta	Bengali	1,912,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikadi	Kannada	338,000	209,000	Y	1.0	209,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikolan	Tamil	2,469,000	9,900	Y	1.0	9,900	-	-	-	-	-
Kakkalan	Kannada	14,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	Tulu	3,964,000	1,259,000	Y	1.0	1,258,000	-	-	-	-	1,100
Kalal Idiga	Tulu	1,785,000	942,000	Y	1.0	942,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalavant	Kannada	11,000	6,000	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	2,000
Kalladi	Kannada	42,000	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Kallan	Tamil	1,293,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalota	Tulu	64,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	3,809,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kamar	Hindi	31,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kamathi	Kannada	205,000	9,100	Y	1.0	9,100	-	-	-	-	-
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	511,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Kammara	Kannada	122,000	4,000	Y	1.0	3,900	-	-	-	-	90
Kanai	Urdu	62,000	3,700	Y	1.0	-	3,700	-	-	-	-
Kanakkan	Malayalam	257,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Kanate	Kodava	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Kancha Vakkal	Konkani, Goan	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kanikkaran	Kanikkaran	26,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Kaniyan	Kannada	100,000	4,500	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	-	-	-
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	211,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kaora	Bengali	297,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kapariya	Kodava	26,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu	Kannada	15,176,000	230,000	Y	1.0	230,000	-	-	200	-	100
Kapu Reddi	Telugu	3,610,000	48,000	Y	1.0	48,000	-	-	-	-	-
Karigar	Bengali	200	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Karimpalan	Malayalam	21,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	659,000	26,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	1,900
Kasar Otari	Kannada	21,000	3,100	Y	1.0	2,900	-	-	-	-	200
Kashmiri (Muslim traditio	Urdu	6,796,000	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Kathodi	Kannada	317,000	500	Y	1.0	400	20	-	10	-	-
Kattunayakan	Tamil	68,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kavara	Tulu	74,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kavuthiyan	Malayalam	30,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Kayastha (Hindu tradition	Kannada	7,857,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Kepmaris	Tamil	1,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Khairwar	Marathi	423,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Khandait	Odia	1,758,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	405,000	35,000	Y	1.0	35,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,281,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	2,362,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Muslim traditions	Urdu	50,000	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	308,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Khetri	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Khoja	Gujarati	428,000	1,200	Y	1.0	-	1,200	-	-	-	-
Kichagara	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kodava	Kodava	115,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kokna	Kannada	1,097,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,900	-	-	-	-	10
Kolayiri	Malayalam	900	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Kolhati	Kannada	29,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Koli	Saurashtra	8,387,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koli (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,305,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Dhor	Kannada	454,000	114,000	Y	1.0	113,000	300	10	30	30	700
Koli Mahadev	Marathi	1,698,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	40	-	-	-
Koli Malhar	Marathi	316,000	9,300	Y	1.0	9,300	-	-	-	-	-
Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi	Sindhi	80,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kollara Karnataka	Malayalam	300	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Kolupulvandlu	Telugu	2,300	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Komarpaik	Konkani	27,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Konda Kapu	Telugu	21,000	7,500	Y	1.0	7,000	200	10	300	-	40
Konda Reddi	Telugu	124,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Koosa	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	10	-
Kootan	Malayalam	9,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, caste	Kannada	78,000	58,000	Y	1.0	58,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, tribal	Tulu	18,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	30	-	10	-	200
Korama	Kannada	221,000	213,000	Y	1.0	212,000	-	300	10	10	-
Korama Kunchi	Kannada	51,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kori	Koda	2,618,000	7,700	Y	1.0	7,700	-	-	-	-	-
Korwa	Kannada	453,000	56,000	Y	1.0	56,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koshti	Telugu	1,095,000	87,000	Y	1.0	87,000	-	-	300	-	-
Kota	Kannada	800	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	10	-	-
Kotegar	Kannada	6,700	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koya	Kannada	795,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	10	-	10
Koyava	Kodava	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Krishnanvak	Malayalam	60,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Kudavakkal	Kannada	6,000	5,700	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	-	-	1,200
Kudiya	Kudiya	3,200	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kudumban	Tamil	32,000	70	N	2.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Kudumi	Konkani, Goan	292,000	43,000	Y	1.0	43,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kulama	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	15,686,000	430,000	Y	1.0	426,000	-	-	-	-	3,700
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	306,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kummari	Telugu	12,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	17,857,000	212,000	Y	1.0	209,000	-	-	60	-	2,400
Kunbi Anjna	Marathi	388,000	3,400	Y	1.0	3,400	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi Kadwa	Gujarati	1,191,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi Konkani	Kannada	668,000	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi Lewa	Gujarati	2,037,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kunchatiga	Kannada	382,000	338,000	Y	1.0	338,000	-	-	-	-	60
Kuravan (Hindu traditions	Tamil	432,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	19,162,000	59,000	Y	1.0	59,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kuruba	Kannada	4,202,000	3,368,000	Y	1.0	3,318,000	-	-	44,000	-	7,100
Kuruman	Kannada	58,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	10
Labana (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	342,000	80	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	80	-
Lakhera	Hindi	192,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Lingader	Kannada	5,500	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Lingayat	Kannada	3,432,000	2,757,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	400	-	2,756,000
Lohana	Kannada	589,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	9,490,000	64,000	Y	1.0	62,000	-	-	-	-	1,400
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	630,000	500	Y	1.0	-	500	-	-	-	-
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	3,210,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Machala	Kannada	300	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Madari (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	263,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Madari (Muslim traditions	Urdu	57,000	20	Y	1.0	-	20	-	-	-	-
Madiga (Christian traditi	Telugu	645,000	79,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	79,000	-	-
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	7,873,000	968,000	Y	1.0	959,000	-	7,700	1,100	60	-
Madiga (Muslim traditions	Kannada	3,000	2,000	Y	1.0	-	2,000	-	-	-	-
Madiga Penda	Telugu	1,400	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Magar	Nepali	349,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Maha Malasar	Kannada	300	60	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Mahar (Christian traditio	Marathi	408,000	15,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	15,000	-	-
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	9,712,000	67,000	Y	1.0	50,000	-	17,000	-	-	-
Mahishya	Bengali	9,986,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta	Marathi	30,706,000	2,235,000	Y	1.0	2,176,000	60	-	40	-	60,000
Mahratta Gomatang	Konkani	75,000	7,300	Y	1.0	7,300	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta Konkani	Konkani	568,000	84,000	Y	1.0	84,000	-	-	-	-	100
Mahratta Kunbi	Marathi	7,761,000	94,000	Y	1.0	94,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta Shinde	Marathi	549,000	5,800	Y	1.0	5,800	-	-	-	-	20
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	634,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Mahyavanshi	Gujarati	1,694,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Maila	Kannada	2,700	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Mal (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	1,802,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mala (Christian tradition	Telugu	449,000	14,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	14,000	-	-
Mala (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	5,747,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	30	200	-	-
Mala Dasari	Telugu	31,000	4,500	Y	1.0	4,400	-	40	-	-	-
Mala Hannai	Telugu	100	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Jangam	Telugu	12,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Masti	Telugu	900	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sale	Telugu	136,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sanyasi	Telugu	800	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Malabar Catholic	Malayalam	2,689,000	162,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	162,000	-	-
Malai Vedan	Malayalam	17,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	30	-	-
Malaikudi	Tulu	9,400	9,400	Y	1.0	9,400	20	-	10	-	-
Malasar	Kannada	9,900	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Malava	Tulu	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Malayali	Malayalam	378,000	5,900	Y	1.0	5,900	-	-	-	-	-
Malayarayar	Malayalam	3,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Malayekandi	Tulu	1,800	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Maleru	Kannada	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Mali (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	9,962,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Manbhav	Telugu	27,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mang Garodi	Marathi	81,000	3,600	Y	1.0	3,600	-	-	-	-	-
Mangala	Telugu	1,919,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	-	-	-
Maniyani	Kodava	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Mannan, caste	Malayalam	283,000	2,600	Y	1.0	2,600	-	-	-	-	-
Manne	Telugu	44,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mappila	Malayalam	9,246,000	414,000	Y	1.0	-	414,000	-	-	-	-
Marata	Tulu	88,000	88,000	Y	1.0	88,000	90	10	40	10	60
Maravan	Tamil	3,240,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	-
Masan Jogi	Kannada	33,000	29,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	-	-	-	-
Masthi	Kannada	2,100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Matang (Christian traditi	Marathi	173,000	3,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,000	-	-
Matang (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	2,624,000	27,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	700	-	-	-
Mavilan	Kannada	36,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Mawalud	Urdu	222,000	48,000	Y	1.0	-	48,000	-	-	-	-
Meda	Kannada	45,000	45,000	Y	1.0	45,000	200	-	40	-	300
Megh (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	4,041,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Meitei	Meitei	1,462,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Memon	Gujarati	615,000	1,500	Y	1.0	-	1,500	-	-	-	-
Mirasi (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	211,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Mitha Ayyalvar	Telugu	3,400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,083,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	67,000	20	Y	1.0	-	20	-	-	-	-
Moger	Kannada	124,000	84,000	Y	1.0	84,000	-	200	-	-	-
Moger Moyon	Kannada	13,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	40	-	-	-
Moghal	Urdu	1,765,000	161,000	Y	1.0	-	161,000	-	-	-	-
Momna	Gujarati	165,000	80	Y	1.0	-	80	-	-	-	-
Mondiwaru	Telugu	700	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Mudhar	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Christian tradi	Malayalam	41,000	2,400	N	3.0	-	-	-	2,400	-	-
Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition	Malayalam	156,000	6,500	Y	1.0	6,500	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio	Malayalam	2,700	100	Y	1.0	-	100	-	-	-	-
Mukri	Kannada	14,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mundala	Kannada	29,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	10	-	-	-
Munnur	Telugu	868,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mutali	Malayalam	42,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Muthuvan	Tamil	25,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mutrasi	Telugu	1,054,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nadar (Christian traditio	Tamil	1,289,000	24,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	24,000	-	-
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	3,030,000	61,000	Y	1.0	61,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nadia	Kannada	55,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Naga	Naga Pidgin	19,000	60	N	3.0	10	-	-	60	-	-
Nagar	Angika	147,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Nagarchi (Muslim traditio	Urdu	200	50	Y	1.0	-	50	-	-	-	-
Nagartha	Kannada	53,000	40,000	Y	1.0	40,000	-	-	-	-	80
Nai (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	11,950,000	308,000	Y	1.0	308,000	-	-	-	-	30
Nai (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	336,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Naikadaya	Telugu	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Naikda	Kannada	3,859,000	3,344,000	Y	1.0	3,322,000	7,700	100	1,100	500	11,000
Nair	Kannada	6,766,000	149,000	Y	1.0	149,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nalakeyava	Kannada	6,300	6,000	Y	1.0	6,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nalband	Urdu	5,500	500	Y	1.0	-	500	-	-	-	-
Nalkadaya	Kannada	2,900	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej (Hindu tradition	Bengali	4,880,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej Chandel	Bengali	1,492,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Nat (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	500,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Natakani	Kannada	100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Navait	Kannada	57,000	13,000	Y	1.0	-	13,000	-	-	-	-
Navithan	Tamil	801,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nayadi	Malayalam	86,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Newah	Nepali	169,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Padiar	Kannada	1,300	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Pagi	Kannada	500	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Pale	Kannada	9,700	9,500	Y	1.0	9,500	-	-	-	-	-
Paliya	Kannada	123,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Paliyan	Tamil	10,000	2,900	Y	1.0	2,900	-	-	-	-	-
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,500,000	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Palleyan	Malayalam	2,000	200	N	2.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Palliyan	Tamil	6,400	400	Y	1.0	300	-	-	10	-	10
Palluvan	Tamil	6,700	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Pambada	Kannada	4,100	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Pan	Tulu	1,590,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Panan	Malayalam	236,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Panchama	Kannada	4,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	20	-	-	-
Pandaram	Tamil	29,000	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Panditattan	Kannada	11,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pangul	Marathi	22,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Panika	Kannada	1,093,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Panikkan	Konkani	36,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Paniyan	Paniya	101,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Pannadi	Tamil	7,300	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Panniandi	Kannada	11,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Paraiyan (Christian tradi	Tamil	800,000	700	N	3.0	-	-	-	700	-	-
Paraiyan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	2,229,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Paravan (Christian tradit	Malayalam	38,000	1,200	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,200	-	-
Paravan (Hindu traditions	Malayalam	89,000	3,600	Y	1.0	3,600	-	-	-	-	-
Pardhan	Gondi, Adilabad	322,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pardhi	Kannada	369,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	40	-	-	-	20
Parsee	Gujarati	83,000	600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	600
Pashtun, Pathan	Urdu	11,601,000	586,000	Y	1.0	-	586,000	-	-	-	-
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	7,844,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Patelia	Malayalam	121,000	100	Y	1.0	100	10	-	-	-	-
Patharwat	Marathi	37,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Patralu	Odia	122,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Patramela	Konkani, Goan	4,700	4,700	Y	1.0	4,700	-	-	-	-	-
Patvekari (Hindu traditio	Kannada	27,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	-
Patvekari (Muslim traditi	Urdu	1,000	500	Y	1.0	-	500	-	-	-	-
Perka	Odia	196,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Persian	Persian, Iranian	8,000	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Phudgi	Marathi	10,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Pichakuntla	Kannada	43,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Pindara	Urdu	69,000	16,000	Y	1.0	-	16,000	-	-	-	-
Pinjara	Urdu	3,431,000	174,000	Y	1.0	-	174,000	-	-	-	-
Pod	Bengali	3,015,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Prabhu Kayastha	Marathi	270,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan	Tulu	1,070,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan Thanda	Malayalam	128,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Puthirai Vannan	Tamil	30,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Qassab	Urdu	1,089,000	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	1,077,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Raddi	Kannada	76,000	74,000	Y	1.0	71,000	-	-	-	-	2,900
Rai	Nepali	127,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Raigar	Kannada	905,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Rainudas	Kannada	400	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition	Bengali	4,992,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Rajpur	Konkani, Goan	50,000	42,000	Y	1.0	42,000	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	46,187,000	177,000	Y	1.0	171,000	-	-	-	-	5,700
Rajput (Muslim traditions	Urdu	2,918,000	11,000	Y	1.0	-	11,000	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,083,000	5,500	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	5,500	-
Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit	Hindi	1,298,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad	Hindi	865,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra	Hindi	2,947,000	6,500	Y	1.0	6,500	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gahlot	Hindi	565,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad	Hindi	1,235,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Rathor	Hindi	1,391,000	2,600	Y	1.0	2,600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Sengar	Hindi	400,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Raju	Bengali	599,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions	Punjabi, Eastern	484,000	90	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	90	-
Ramoshi	Marathi	321,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Raneyar	Kannada	3,700	3,600	Y	1.0	3,600	-	-	-	-	-
Rangrez (Hindu traditions	Kannada	353,000	42,000	Y	1.0	41,000	-	-	-	-	80
Rangrez (Muslim tradition	Urdu	312,000	1,600	Y	1.0	-	1,600	-	-	-	-
Rathawa	Kannada	661,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Ravalia	Kannada	538,000	9,000	Y	1.0	9,000	-	-	-	-	-
Raya Rawat	Kannada	2,500	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Razu	Telugu	478,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	-	-	-	-	-
Relli	Odia	154,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Sada	Kannada	8,700	8,700	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	8,700
Sahari	Tamil	200	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Saini (Hindu traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	715,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Saini (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	614,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Sali	Kannada	1,031,000	399,000	Y	1.0	397,000	-	-	-	-	2,100
Samagara	Kannada	91,000	89,000	Y	1.0	89,000	-	300	-	-	-
Samanthan	Malayalam	49,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Samban	Kannada	21,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Sangar	Marathi	33,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Sapari	Kannada	500	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	4,000	3,800	Y	1.0	3,800	-	-	-	-	-
Sarera (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	91,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Satani	Kannada	437,000	104,000	Y	1.0	104,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayyid	Urdu	7,935,000	890,000	Y	1.0	-	890,000	-	-	-	-
Sema	Naga, Sumi	249,000	10	N	3.0	-	-	-	10	-	-
Shaikh	Urdu	86,856,000	4,783,000	Y	1.0	-	4,783,000	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Qureshi	Urdu	8,175,000	491,000	Y	1.0	-	491,000	-	-	-	-
Shinligar	Kannada	6,200	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Siddi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	9,700	8,200	N	2.0	5,200	-	-	3,000	-	10
Siddi (Muslim traditions)	Kannada	14,000	3,500	Y	1.0	-	3,500	-	-	-	-
Sikligar (Hindu tradition	Kannada	76,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sikligar (Muslim traditio	Urdu	46,000	4,000	Y	1.0	-	4,000	-	-	-	-
Silawat (Hindu traditions	Kannada	71,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	90
Sillekyatha	Kannada	36,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sindhi (Muslim traditions	Sindhi	145,000	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Sindhollu	Kannada	6,700	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Sindhuria	Odia	900	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Sinhalese	Sinhala	4,600	40	Y	1.0	-	-	40	-	-	-
Soligar	Kannada	6,400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Soligaru	Kannada	34,000	34,000	Y	1.0	34,000	60	-	20	-	50
Somvanshi	Kannada	499,000	171,000	Y	1.0	171,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	7,823,000	286,000	Y	1.0	279,000	-	-	-	-	6,400
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	31,000	1,200	Y	1.0	-	1,200	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	194,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Sonar Bail Pattur	Kannada	400	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Sudra	Marathi	5,800	5,500	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	100	-	-
Sudri	Tulu	1,200	1,200	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,200	-	-
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	793,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Sunri (Muslim traditions)	Konkani, Goan	14,000	9,400	Y	1.0	-	9,400	-	-	-	-
Sutradhar (Hindu traditio	Bengali	445,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Christian	Malayalam	3,747,000	188,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	188,000	-	-
Takari	Kannada	700	50	Y	1.0	-	50	-	-	-	-
Tamang	Nepali	233,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Tamboli (Hindu traditions	Kannada	1,866,000	55,000	Y	1.0	55,000	-	-	-	-	600
Tamboli (Muslim tradition	Kannada	151,000	60	Y	1.0	-	60	-	-	-	-
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	Tamil	3,223,000	379,000	Y	1.0	-	379,000	-	-	-	-
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	4,889,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Targala	Gujarati	36,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,084,000	900	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	900	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	18,941,000	341,000	Y	1.0	341,000	-	-	-	-	80
Thakkar	Marathi	593,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Thandan (Christian tradit	Kannada	12,000	200	N	3.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Thandan (Hindu traditions	Kannada	235,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Tharu	Nepali	521,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Thori (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	958,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Thoti, caste	Kannada	12,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Tibetan	Tibetan, Central	106,000	60,000	Y	1.0	-	-	60,000	-	-	-
Tili	Bengali	1,078,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Tirgar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	15,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Tirmali	Kannada	14,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Toda	Tulu	2,300	200	N	2.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Tulu	Tulu	80	80	N	2.0	60	-	-	20	-	-
Turi (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	347,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Urali	Malayalam	72,000	46,000	Y	1.0	46,000	-	-	30	-	-
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	3,624,000	1,136,000	Y	1.0	1,135,000	-	400	300	50	-
Vakkaliga	Kannada	6,418,000	5,919,000	Y	1.0	5,903,000	-	-	14,000	-	2,200
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	Kannada	244,000	222,000	Y	1.0	222,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valluvan	Tamil	118,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar	Kannada	118,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t	Kannada	5,143,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Vaniyan	Tamil	952,000	33,000	N	2.0	27,000	-	-	6,700	-	-
Vanjara	Marathi	953,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vannan (Christian traditi	Tamil	140,000	5,900	N	3.0	-	-	-	5,900	-	-
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	881,000	23,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	40	-	-
Vanniyan	Tamil	12,873,000	707,000	Y	1.0	707,000	-	-	-	-	20
Vanniyan Agnikula	Tamil	594,000	71,000	Y	1.0	71,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	Telugu	26,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Thigala	Tamil	47,000	47,000	Y	1.0	46,000	-	-	500	-	-
Varli	Kannada	1,263,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Vasudev	Kannada	15,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Velakkithalanayan	Malayalam	357,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Velama	Telugu	439,000	5,500	Y	1.0	5,500	-	-	-	-	-
Velan	Malayalam	86,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan	Tamil	2,586,000	319,000	Y	1.0	304,000	-	-	16,000	-	-
Vellalan Mudaliar	Tamil	42,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Veluthadanayar	Malayalam	203,000	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan	Malayalam	117,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Viramushti	Telugu	42,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma	Kannada	7,773,000	1,282,000	Y	1.0	1,280,000	-	-	1,500	-	400
Viswakarma Asari	Tamil	708,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Kollan	Malayalam	194,000	5,100	Y	1.0	5,100	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Panchal	Kannada	94,000	84,000	Y	1.0	84,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Thattan	Malayalam	204,000	5,300	Y	1.0	5,300	-	-	-	-	-
Vitholia	Kannada	26,000	40	N	2.0	20	10	-	-	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	59,591,000	983,000	Y	1.0	983,000	-	-	10	-	100
Yadav Dhindhor	Kannada	1,557,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Gola	Kannada	4,977,000	104,000	Y	1.0	104,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Sadgope	Bengali	2,636,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Yenadi	Telugu	684,000	21,000	Y	1.0	21,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yerava	Ravula	32,000	31,000	Y	1.0	30,000	800	-	60	10	10
Yerukula	Telugu	546,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
State Totals: 681 People Groups			64,608,000	644		51,422,000	8,400,000	444,000	1,041,000	28,000	3,268,000