| 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 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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: 680 People Groups |
|
64,608,000 |
644 |
|
51,422,000 |
8,400,000 |
444,000 |
1,041,000 |
28,000 |
3,268,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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