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	315,000	27,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	300	-	-
Adi Andhra Christian	Telugu	27,000	3,600	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,600	-	-
Adi Dravida	Tamil	8,608,000	801,000	Y	1.0	800,000	-	800	1,400	30	-
Adi Dravida Christian	Tamil	566,000	74,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	74,000	-	-
Adi Karnataka	Kannada	2,974,000	2,934,000	Y	1.0	2,833,000	-	84,000	15,000	300	-
Adi Karnataka Christian	Kannada	263,000	263,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	156,000	-	-
Adiya	Kannada	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Adiyan	Ravula	17,000	800	Y	1.0	700	-	-	60	-	20
Agamudaiyan	Tamil	870,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	Tamil	1,600	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	Tamil	662,000	18,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	-
Agani	Kodava	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Ager (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	14,000	6,700	Y	1.0	6,700	-	-	-	-	-
Aghori	Telugu	69,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Agri	Konkani, Goan	419,000	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	43,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi	Malayalam	152,000	8,500	Y	1.0	8,500	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick	Tamil	11,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Ambattan	Tamil	183,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Amma Kodaga	Kodava	2,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Anamuk	Telugu	300	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Andh	Marathi	491,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Anduran	Konkani, Goan	2,500	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Anglo	English	139,000	44,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	44,000	-	-
Ansari	Urdu	10,605,000	331,000	Y	1.0	-	331,000	-	-	-	-
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	47,000	44,000	Y	1.0	44,000	-	-	-	-	-
Aray Mala	Kannada	4,300	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Arayan	Malayalam	199,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Arora (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	470,000	900	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	900	-
Arunthathiyar	Telugu	1,026,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Arwa Mala	Telugu	95,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Assamese (Muslim traditio	Assamese	2,710,000	20	Y	1.0	-	20	-	-	-	-
Atari	Urdu	3,800	90	Y	1.0	-	90	-	-	-	-
Ayri	Kodava	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Ayyanavar	Kannada	16,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Badaga	Badaga	218,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	30	-	-
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	6,486,000	49,000	Y	1.0	49,000	-	-	-	-	-
Badhai Konkani	Konkani	47,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Bagata	Kannada	147,000	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi	Marwari	380,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	2,898,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bagga	Kannada	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Baghban (Muslim tradition	Urdu	17,000	1,700	Y	1.0	-	1,700	-	-	-	-
Bahrupi	Hindi	4,400	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Baira	Konkani, Goan	8,900	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Bairagi (Hindu traditions	Telugu	3,508,000	6,800	Y	1.0	6,800	-	-	-	-	-
Bakad	Kannada	6,100	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bakuda	Kannada	13,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Balagai	Kannada	8,600	2,200	Y	1.0	2,200	-	40	-	-	-
Balasantoshi	Kannada	28,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Balija (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	1,718,000	998,000	Y	1.0	986,000	-	-	-	-	12,000
Balija Bogam	Kannada	74,000	32,000	Y	1.0	32,000	-	-	-	-	300
Balija Dasari	Kannada	51,000	39,000	Y	1.0	39,000	-	-	-	-	600
Balija Gopanthi	Telugu	7,900	7,900	Y	1.0	7,900	-	-	-	-	-
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	4,900	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Bangali (Hindu traditions	Hindi	62,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bangar	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania	Kannada	29,114,000	634,000	Y	1.0	427,000	-	-	-	-	208,000
Bania Agarwal	Hindi	4,799,000	25,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	6,900
Bania Chaturth	Kannada	31,000	2,500	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	2,500
Bania Chetti	Kannada	745,000	106,000	Y	1.0	78,000	-	-	-	-	28,000
Bania Gujar	Gujarati	193,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Jaiswal	Hindi	121,000	900	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	600
Bania Kasar	Marathi	70,000	1,000	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	800
Bania Komti	Telugu	1,792,000	34,000	Y	1.0	33,000	-	-	-	-	500
Bania Mahajan	Hindi	184,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahesri	Hindi	360,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahur	Sindhi	869,000	700	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	40
Bania Marwadi	Marwari	20,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	60
Bania Oswal	Hindi	418,000	2,600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	2,000
Bania Pancham	Kannada	39,000	1,100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	1,100
Bania Porwal	Hindi	325,000	3,600	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	1,500
Bania Srimali	Gujarati	360,000	400	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	300
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya	Telugu	80,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Ummad	Hindi	295,000	900	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	700
Banijiga	Kannada	720,000	680,000	Y	1.0	670,000	-	-	900	-	8,600
Banjara (Hindu traditions	Lambadi	6,116,000	1,273,000	Y	1.0	1,271,000	-	700	400	20	-
Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra	Lambadi	419,000	132,000	Y	1.0	132,000	-	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	3,500	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	10	-	10
Baria (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	258,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bariki	Telugu	27,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Basor Kandra	Kannada	941,000	65,000	Y	1.0	64,000	-	-	-	-	600
Bathada	Kannada	3,100	2,600	Y	1.0	2,600	-	-	-	-	-
Battal	Kannada	400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bauri	Bengali	2,038,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Bavcha	Telugu	4,800	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	10
Bawaria (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	103,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Bawtar	Kannada	100	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Beda Jangam	Kannada	307,000	131,000	Y	1.0	131,000	-	10	-	-	-
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,497,000	2,273,000	Y	1.0	2,273,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Bile	Kannada	112,000	109,000	Y	1.0	109,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Kakamundi	Kannada	100,000	100,000	Y	1.0	100,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Kare	Kannada	108,000	108,000	Y	1.0	108,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Kashmir (Muslim tra	Urdu	3,900	2,400	Y	1.0	-	2,400	-	-	-	-
Bedar Myasa	Kannada	61,000	61,000	Y	1.0	61,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar Naik Makkalu	Kannada	109,000	109,000	Y	1.0	109,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	540,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Beg	Bengali	3,100	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	1,889,000	658,000	Y	1.0	650,000	-	-	-	-	7,300
Beldar Katani Uppara	Kannada	17,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad	Kannada	51,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Mith Gauda	Konkani	1,400	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Narmada Uppara	Kannada	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Sunkar	Kannada	18,000	7,200	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	-	-	-
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	31,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bhandari	Kannada	637,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Bhangi (Muslim traditions	Urdu	137,000	600	Y	1.0	-	600	-	-	-	-
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t	Urdu	8,700	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Bhansala	Kannada	271,000	6,900	Y	1.0	6,900	-	-	-	-	-
Bharathar (Christian trad	Malayalam	38,000	200	N	3.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Bharathar (Hindu traditio	Malayalam	12,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi	Hindi	1,202,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	1,375,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhatia (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	232,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Bhattra	Bhatri	311,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Bhavin	Konkani	900	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bhil	Kannada	16,928,000	6,300	Y	1.0	5,800	200	-	60	-	200
Bhisti	Urdu	546,000	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	6,409,000	324,000	Y	1.0	324,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhotia Sikkim	Sikkimese	84,000	30	Y	1.0	-	-	30	-	-	-
Bhottada	Telugu	458,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Bidur	Marathi	348,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Binapatta	Kannada	300	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Bindla	Kannada	990,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bohra	Gujarati	1,113,000	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Boya	Kannada	3,990,000	287,000	Y	1.0	287,000	-	-	-	-	100
Brahmin	Kannada	59,242,000	2,597,000	Y	1.0	2,509,000	-	-	300	-	88,000
Brahmin (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	94,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Brahmin Anavada	Gujarati	25,000	3,200	Y	1.0	3,200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Anavala	Gujarati	84,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Audich	Gujarati	464,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Bengali	Bengali	210,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Chitpavan	Kannada	477,000	50,000	Y	1.0	50,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Daima	Hindi	75,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Deshastha	Kannada	565,000	62,000	Y	1.0	62,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	Konkani	282,000	44,000	Y	1.0	44,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaur	Kannada	2,967,000	83,000	Y	1.0	83,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	Hindi	267,000	4,900	Y	1.0	4,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujarati	Gujarati	152,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Iyer	Tamil	304,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Joshi	Hindi	354,000	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kanaujia	Marathi	4,192,000	67,000	Y	1.0	67,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kannada	Kannada	457,000	291,000	Y	1.0	291,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Karhada	Marathi	80,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Khandelwal	Hindi	272,000	2,900	Y	1.0	2,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Khedawal	Gujarati	38,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Maha	Kannada	180,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Mahratta	Kannada	461,000	63,000	Y	1.0	63,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Malla Jetti	Telugu	134,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Marathi	Marathi	103,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Mewada	Kannada	97,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Modh	Hindi	127,000	2,600	Y	1.0	2,600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Nagar	Gujarati	109,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Nambudiri	Malayalam	94,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Ojha	Kannada	47,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sanadhya	Kannada	2,698,000	80,000	Y	1.0	80,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Saraswat	Kannada	567,000	29,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sawaria	Marathi	4,157,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sholiar	Tamil	48,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Srigaud	Gujarati	100,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Tamil	Tamil	509,000	38,000	Y	1.0	38,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telugu	Telugu	1,030,000	56,000	Y	1.0	56,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vadama	Tamil	44,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Velanadu	Kannada	118,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Burmese	Burmese	15,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	50	-	-	-
Byagara	Kannada	13,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chain	Bengali	507,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit	Tamil	863,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Chaliyan	Tulu	5,800	5,800	Y	1.0	5,800	-	-	-	-	-
Chalvadi	Kannada	227,000	221,000	Y	1.0	217,000	-	3,500	-	-	40
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	48,867,000	609,000	Y	1.0	606,000	-	1,800	1,300	30	-
Chandala	Kannada	12,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Chapparband (Hindu tradit	Kannada	6,100	5,800	Y	1.0	5,800	-	-	-	-	-
Chapparband (Muslim tradi	Urdu	5,200	3,400	Y	1.0	-	3,400	-	-	-	-
Chaptegar	Konkani, Goan	6,800	6,400	Y	1.0	6,400	-	-	-	-	-
Charan (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	317,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Charodi	Konkani, Goan	4,700	4,600	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	200	-	-
Chenchu	Kannada	71,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chenna Dasar	Kannada	75,000	72,000	Y	1.0	72,000	-	10	-	-	-
Cheruman (Hindu tradition	Tulu	376,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-
Cherumar Christian	Tulu	462,000	7,400	N	3.0	-	-	-	7,400	-	-
Chhetri	Nepali	262,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	120,000	40	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	40	-
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	450,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chitara	Konkani	8,700	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chitrakar (Hindu traditio	Kannada	61,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Chodhara	Telugu	8,700	300	Y	1.0	300	20	-	-	-	10
Christian	Kannada	983,000	60,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	60,000	-	-
Dabgar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	116,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dakkal	Kannada	5,700	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Dakkaliga	Kannada	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,903,000	220,000	Y	1.0	218,000	-	-	-	-	2,000
Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi	Kannada	93,000	8,100	Y	1.0	8,100	-	-	-	-	-
Devadasi	Kannada	21,000	7,100	Y	1.0	7,100	-	-	-	-	-
Devadiga (Hindu tradition	Tulu	148,000	135,000	Y	1.0	134,000	-	900	-	-	-
Devadiga (Muslim traditio	Konkani	200	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Devadiga Kalavant	Konkani	7,100	6,200	Y	1.0	6,200	-	-	-	-	-
Devanga	Kannada	478,000	401,000	Y	1.0	385,000	-	-	11,000	-	4,700
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t	Marathi	562,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Dhangar Bharwad	Marathi	2,796,000	1,102,000	Y	1.0	1,102,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	12,031,000	632,000	Y	1.0	631,000	-	600	-	-	500
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Telugu	970,000	30,000	Y	1.0	-	30,000	-	-	-	-
Dhodia	Dhodia	683,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Dholi (Hindu traditions)	Marwari	229,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Dhor	Kannada	150,000	30,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	70	-	-	500
Divehi	Maldivian	1,200	100	Y	1.0	-	100	-	-	-	-
Dom	Kannada	74,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	10	-	-	-
Dom (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	2,276,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Dubla	Kannada	680,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Dudekula	Telugu	9,200	60	Y	1.0	-	60	-	-	-	-
Durgamurgi	Kannada	1,300	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Ellamalawar	Kannada	5,100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Faqir	Urdu	91,000	50	Y	1.0	-	50	-	-	-	-
Gadaba	Gadaba, Mudhili	133,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Galada Konkani	Tulu	700	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Gamit	Kannada	457,000	500	N	2.0	500	20	-	-	-	-
Ganda	Odia	1,281,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gandla	Tulu	74,000	21,000	Y	1.0	21,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gangakula	Kannada	1,531,000	1,403,000	Y	1.0	1,403,000	-	-	-	-	20
Gantichore	Kannada	5,000	5,000	Y	1.0	5,000	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	124,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Muslim traditions	Urdu	900	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Gatti	Tulu	6,500	5,900	Y	1.0	5,900	-	-	-	-	-
Gauda	Kannada	2,002,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gavara	Telugu	17,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Gawli	Marathi	18,000	18,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ghadasi	Kannada	8,600	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Ghadi	Konkani, Goan	6,200	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions	Gujarati	114,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions	Kannada	433,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Ghisadi	Hindi	19,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Giddikki	Kannada	72,000	55,000	Y	1.0	55,000	-	-	-	-	-
Goanese	Konkani, Goan	567,000	71,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	71,000	-	-
Godari	Telugu	4,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Godda	Kannada	2,600	1,500	Y	1.0	1,400	-	200	-	-	-
Gond	Kannada	14,294,000	159,000	Y	1.0	157,000	600	10	50	40	1,700
Gondaru	Kannada	97,000	81,000	Y	1.0	81,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gondhali	Kannada	58,000	4,700	Y	1.0	4,700	-	-	-	-	-
Gopal	Gujarati	38,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Gosain	Kannada	1,550,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gosangi (Hindu traditions	Kannada	31,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,000	-	200	-	-	-
Gosangi (Muslim tradition	Telugu	500	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Gowari	Marathi	449,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Gowdulu	Kannada	9,100	8,800	Y	1.0	8,700	10	-	-	-	10
Gudigar	Konkani	2,900	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	7,160,000	7,800	Y	1.0	7,800	-	-	-	-	-
Gujar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	47,000	20	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	20	-
Habura	Konkani	7,900	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Hadi	Kannada	998,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Hajam	Urdu	1,987,000	14,000	Y	1.0	-	14,000	-	-	-	-
Hakki Pikki	Vaagri Booli	25,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	20	-	50	-	-
Halleer	Kannada	4,500	3,600	Y	1.0	3,500	-	60	-	-	-
Halsar	Kannada	11,000	9,200	Y	1.0	9,200	-	-	-	-	-
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	1,399,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Halwakki Wakkal	Kannada	138,000	118,000	Y	1.0	117,000	-	700	500	-	30
Han Chinese, Mandarin	Chinese, Mandarin	9,700	100	N	2.0	-	-	100	-	-	-
Hanabar	Tulu	75,000	72,000	Y	1.0	72,000	-	-	-	-	-
Hande Jogi	Kannada	28,000	23,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	20	-	-	200
Harkantra	Kannada	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Hasalaru	Tulu	26,000	26,000	Y	1.0	25,000	20	-	-	-	-
Hasla	Kannada	1,300	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Hatkar	Kannada	345,000	78,000	Y	1.0	78,000	-	-	-	-	-
Holar	Kannada	164,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	20	-	-	-
Holaya	Kannada	814,000	795,000	Y	1.0	531,000	-	260,000	-	90	3,600
Holaya Dasar	Kannada	13,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Idayan	Tamil	71,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavan	Tamil	5,878,000	75,000	Y	1.0	72,000	-	-	3,100	-	-
Illiger	Kannada	100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Irular	Kannada	225,000	900	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	40
Iruliga	Kannada	14,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	10	-	-	-	100
Jaggali	Kannada	13,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Jambuvulu	Kannada	20,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	40	-	-	-
Jat (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	19,308,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	9,349,000	17,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	17,000	-
Javeri	Hindi	2,100	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Jenu Kuruba	Kurumba, Jennu	47,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	30	-	10	-	20
Jew, South Asian	Marathi	6,100	80	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	80
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	413,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Jingar	Kannada	52,000	6,300	Y	1.0	6,200	-	-	-	-	90
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	3,183,000	108,000	Y	1.0	108,000	-	-	-	-	-
Julaha	Punjabi, Eastern	894,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Kachari (Hindu traditions	Marathi	81,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Kachhi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	5,927,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kachhia (Hindu traditions	Marathi	109,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Kadaiyan	Tamil	14,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kadan	Tamil	4,200	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Kadia (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	149,000	106,000	Y	1.0	106,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kadu Kuruba	Kannada	24,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	20	10	-	-	300
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	8,119,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Kaibartta	Bengali	1,893,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikadi	Kannada	335,000	207,000	Y	1.0	207,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikolan	Tamil	2,428,000	9,800	Y	1.0	9,800	-	-	-	-	-
Kakkalan	Kannada	14,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	Tulu	3,922,000	1,246,000	Y	1.0	1,245,000	-	-	-	-	1,000
Kalal Idiga	Tulu	1,766,000	932,000	Y	1.0	932,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalavant	Kannada	10,000	5,900	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	2,000
Kalladi	Kannada	41,000	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Kallan	Tamil	1,274,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalota	Tulu	63,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	3,772,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kamar	Hindi	31,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kamathi	Kannada	203,000	9,100	Y	1.0	9,100	-	-	-	-	-
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	506,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Kammara	Kannada	121,000	4,000	Y	1.0	3,900	-	-	-	-	90
Kanai	Urdu	61,000	3,700	Y	1.0	-	3,700	-	-	-	-
Kanakkan	Malayalam	255,000	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	25,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Kaniyan	Kannada	99,000	4,400	Y	1.0	4,400	-	-	-	-	-
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	200,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kaora	Bengali	294,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kapariya	Kodava	26,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu	Kannada	15,016,000	228,000	Y	1.0	228,000	-	-	200	-	100
Kapu Reddi	Telugu	3,572,000	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	652,000	25,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	1,900
Kasar Otari	Kannada	21,000	3,100	Y	1.0	2,900	-	-	-	-	200
Kashmiri (Muslim traditio	Urdu	6,725,000	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Kathodi	Kannada	314,000	500	Y	1.0	400	20	-	10	-	-
Kattunayakan	Tamil	67,000	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	7,778,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Kepmaris	Tamil	1,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Khairwar	Marathi	418,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Khandait	Odia	1,741,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	401,000	34,000	Y	1.0	34,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khatik (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,297,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	2,338,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Muslim traditions	Urdu	50,000	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	305,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Khetri	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Khoja	Gujarati	424,000	1,100	Y	1.0	-	1,100	-	-	-	-
Kichagara	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kodava	Kodava	113,000	113,000	Y	1.0	113,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kokna	Kannada	1,087,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,800	-	-	-	-	10
Kolayiri	Malayalam	900	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Kolhati	Kannada	29,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Koli	Saurashtra	8,302,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koli (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,263,000	35,000	Y	1.0	35,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Dhor	Kannada	449,000	113,000	Y	1.0	112,000	300	10	30	30	600
Koli Mahadev	Marathi	1,681,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	40	-	-	-
Koli Malhar	Marathi	313,000	9,200	Y	1.0	9,200	-	-	-	-	-
Koli of Sind (Hindu tradi	Sindhi	79,000	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	6,900	200	10	200	-	40
Konda Reddi	Telugu	123,000	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	57,000	Y	1.0	57,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, tribal	Tulu	17,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	30	-	10	-	200
Korama	Kannada	219,000	210,000	Y	1.0	210,000	-	300	10	10	-
Korama Kunchi	Kannada	51,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kori	Koda	2,594,000	7,600	Y	1.0	7,600	-	-	-	-	-
Korwa	Kannada	449,000	55,000	Y	1.0	55,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koshti	Telugu	1,084,000	86,000	Y	1.0	86,000	-	-	300	-	-
Kota	Kannada	800	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	10	-	-
Kotegar	Kannada	6,700	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koya	Kannada	786,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	10	-	10
Koyava	Kodava	700	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Krishnanvak	Malayalam	60,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Kudavakkal	Kannada	5,900	5,600	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	-	-	1,100
Kudiya	Kudiya	3,200	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kudumban	Tamil	32,000	70	N	2.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Kudumi	Konkani, Goan	289,000	43,000	Y	1.0	43,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kulama	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	15,526,000	426,000	Y	1.0	422,000	-	-	-	-	3,700
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	303,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kummari	Telugu	12,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	17,678,000	210,000	Y	1.0	207,000	-	-	60	-	2,400
Kunbi Anjna	Marathi	384,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi Kadwa	Gujarati	1,179,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi Konkani	Kannada	662,000	4,200	Y	1.0	4,200	-	-	-	-	-
Kunbi Lewa	Gujarati	2,016,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kunchatiga	Kannada	377,000	334,000	Y	1.0	334,000	-	-	-	-	60
Kuravan (Hindu traditions	Tamil	428,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	18,971,000	59,000	Y	1.0	59,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kuruba	Kannada	4,164,000	3,338,000	Y	1.0	3,287,000	-	-	43,000	-	7,000
Kuruman	Kannada	57,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	10
Labana (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	339,000	80	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	80	-
Lakhera	Hindi	190,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Lingader	Kannada	5,400	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Lingayat	Kannada	3,397,000	2,729,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	400	-	2,728,000
Lohana	Kannada	583,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	9,412,000	63,000	Y	1.0	62,000	-	-	-	-	1,400
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	623,000	500	Y	1.0	-	500	-	-	-	-
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	3,178,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Machala	Kannada	300	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Madari (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	260,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Madari (Muslim traditions	Urdu	56,000	20	Y	1.0	-	20	-	-	-	-
Madiga (Christian traditi	Telugu	638,000	78,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	78,000	-	-
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	7,797,000	958,000	Y	1.0	950,000	-	7,600	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	346,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Maha Malasar	Kannada	300	60	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Mahar (Christian traditio	Marathi	404,000	15,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	15,000	-	-
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	9,617,000	66,000	Y	1.0	49,000	-	17,000	-	-	-
Mahishya	Bengali	9,885,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta	Marathi	30,399,000	2,214,000	Y	1.0	2,154,000	60	-	40	-	60,000
Mahratta Gomatang	Konkani	74,000	7,200	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta Konkani	Konkani	562,000	83,000	Y	1.0	83,000	-	-	-	-	100
Mahratta Kunbi	Marathi	7,682,000	93,000	Y	1.0	93,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta Shinde	Marathi	544,000	5,700	Y	1.0	5,700	-	-	-	-	20
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	628,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Mahyavanshi	Gujarati	1,679,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Maila	Kannada	2,700	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Mal (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	1,783,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mala (Christian tradition	Telugu	444,000	14,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	14,000	-	-
Mala (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	5,691,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	30	200	-	-
Mala Dasari	Telugu	31,000	4,400	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	135,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sanyasi	Telugu	800	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Malabar Catholic	Malayalam	2,660,000	160,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	160,000	-	-
Malai Vedan	Malayalam	17,000	1,000	Y	1.0	900	-	-	30	-	-
Malaikudi	Tulu	9,300	9,300	Y	1.0	9,300	20	-	10	-	-
Malasar	Kannada	9,800	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Malava	Tulu	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Malayali	Malayalam	374,000	5,800	Y	1.0	5,800	-	-	-	-	-
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	9,861,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Manbhav	Telugu	27,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mang Garodi	Marathi	81,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Mangala	Telugu	1,887,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	-	-	-
Maniyani	Kodava	800	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Mannan, caste	Malayalam	280,000	2,600	Y	1.0	2,600	-	-	-	-	-
Manne	Telugu	43,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mappila	Malayalam	9,153,000	410,000	Y	1.0	-	410,000	-	-	-	-
Marata	Tulu	87,000	87,000	Y	1.0	87,000	90	10	40	10	60
Maravan	Tamil	3,155,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	-
Masan Jogi	Kannada	32,000	29,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	-	-	-	-
Masthi	Kannada	2,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Matang (Christian traditi	Marathi	171,000	3,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,000	-	-
Matang (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	2,595,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	700	-	-	-
Mavilan	Kannada	36,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Mawalud	Urdu	220,000	47,000	Y	1.0	-	47,000	-	-	-	-
Meda	Kannada	45,000	45,000	Y	1.0	44,000	200	-	40	-	300
Megh (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	3,033,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Meitei	Meitei	1,449,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Memon	Gujarati	608,000	1,500	Y	1.0	-	1,500	-	-	-	-
Mirasi (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	208,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Mitha Ayyalvar	Telugu	3,400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,062,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	67,000	20	Y	1.0	-	20	-	-	-	-
Moger	Kannada	123,000	83,000	Y	1.0	83,000	-	200	-	-	-
Moger Moyon	Kannada	13,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	40	-	-	-
Moghal	Urdu	1,747,000	160,000	Y	1.0	-	160,000	-	-	-	-
Momna	Gujarati	163,000	80	Y	1.0	-	80	-	-	-	-
Mondiwaru	Telugu	700	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Mudhar	Kannada	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Christian tradi	Malayalam	40,000	2,300	N	3.0	-	-	-	2,300	-	-
Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition	Malayalam	154,000	6,400	Y	1.0	6,400	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio	Malayalam	2,700	100	Y	1.0	-	100	-	-	-	-
Mukri	Kannada	14,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mundala	Kannada	28,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	10	-	-	-
Munnur	Telugu	860,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mutali	Malayalam	41,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Muthuvan	Tamil	25,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mutrasi	Telugu	1,043,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nadar (Christian traditio	Tamil	1,271,000	24,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	24,000	-	-
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,983,000	60,000	Y	1.0	60,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nadia	Kannada	55,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Naga	Naga Pidgin	19,000	60	N	3.0	10	-	-	60	-	-
Nagar	Angika	146,000	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	11,822,000	305,000	Y	1.0	305,000	-	-	-	-	30
Nai (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	333,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Naikadaya	Telugu	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Naikda	Kannada	3,821,000	3,311,000	Y	1.0	3,289,000	7,600	100	1,100	500	11,000
Nair	Kannada	6,684,000	147,000	Y	1.0	147,000	-	-	-	-	-
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	Bengali	4,833,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej Chandel	Bengali	1,478,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Nat (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	472,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Natakani	Kannada	100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Navait	Kannada	57,000	12,000	Y	1.0	-	12,000	-	-	-	-
Navithan	Tamil	790,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nayadi	Malayalam	85,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Newah	Nepali	167,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Padiar	Kannada	1,200	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Pagi	Kannada	500	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Pale	Kannada	9,500	9,400	Y	1.0	9,400	-	-	-	-	-
Paliya	Kannada	122,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Paliyan	Tamil	10,000	2,900	Y	1.0	2,900	-	-	-	-	-
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	2,476,000	3,600	Y	1.0	3,600	-	-	-	-	-
Palleyan	Malayalam	2,000	200	N	2.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Palliyan	Tamil	6,300	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	1,593,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Panan	Malayalam	234,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Panchama	Kannada	4,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	20	-	-	-
Pandaram	Tamil	28,000	4,000	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	-
Panditattan	Kannada	11,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pangul	Marathi	21,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Panika	Kannada	1,082,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Panikkan	Konkani	35,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Paniyan	Paniya	100,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Pannadi	Tamil	7,200	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Panniandi	Kannada	11,000	10	Y	1.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Paraiyan (Christian tradi	Tamil	792,000	700	N	3.0	-	-	-	700	-	-
Paraiyan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	2,208,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Paravan (Christian tradit	Malayalam	38,000	1,100	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,100	-	-
Paravan (Hindu traditions	Malayalam	88,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Pardhan	Gondi, Adilabad	318,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pardhi	Kannada	365,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	40	-	-	-	20
Parsee	Gujarati	82,000	600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	600
Pashtun, Pathan	Urdu	11,486,000	581,000	Y	1.0	-	581,000	-	-	-	-
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	7,729,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Patelia	Malayalam	120,000	100	Y	1.0	100	10	-	-	-	-
Patharwat	Marathi	37,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Patralu	Odia	121,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Patramela	Konkani, Goan	4,600	4,600	Y	1.0	4,600	-	-	-	-	-
Patvekari (Hindu traditio	Kannada	27,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	-	-	-
Patvekari (Muslim traditi	Urdu	1,000	500	Y	1.0	-	500	-	-	-	-
Perka	Odia	194,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Persian	Persian, Iranian	7,900	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Phudgi	Marathi	10,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Pichakuntla	Kannada	42,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Pindara	Urdu	69,000	16,000	Y	1.0	-	16,000	-	-	-	-
Pinjara	Urdu	3,396,000	172,000	Y	1.0	-	172,000	-	-	-	-
Pod	Bengali	2,984,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Portuguese	Indo-Portuguese	1,400	100	N	3.0	-	-	-	100	-	-
Prabhu Kayastha	Marathi	267,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan	Tulu	1,059,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan Thanda	Malayalam	126,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Puthirai Vannan	Tamil	30,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Qassab	Urdu	1,079,000	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	1,066,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Raddi	Kannada	75,000	73,000	Y	1.0	71,000	-	-	-	-	2,800
Rai	Nepali	126,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Raigar	Kannada	897,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Rainudas	Kannada	400	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition	Bengali	4,940,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Rajpur	Konkani, Goan	50,000	41,000	Y	1.0	41,000	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	45,716,000	175,000	Y	1.0	169,000	-	-	-	-	5,700
Rajput (Muslim traditions	Urdu	2,890,000	10,000	Y	1.0	-	10,000	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,073,000	5,400	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	5,400	-
Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit	Hindi	1,285,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad	Hindi	857,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra	Hindi	2,917,000	6,500	Y	1.0	6,500	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gahlot	Hindi	559,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad	Hindi	1,222,000	2,200	Y	1.0	2,200	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Rathor	Hindi	1,377,000	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Sengar	Hindi	396,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Raju	Bengali	594,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions	Punjabi, Eastern	479,000	90	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	90	-
Ramoshi	Marathi	317,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Raneyar	Kannada	3,700	3,600	Y	1.0	3,600	-	-	-	-	-
Rangrez (Hindu traditions	Kannada	350,000	41,000	Y	1.0	41,000	-	-	-	-	80
Rangrez (Muslim tradition	Urdu	309,000	1,500	Y	1.0	-	1,500	-	-	-	-
Rathawa	Kannada	654,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Ravalia	Kannada	533,000	8,900	Y	1.0	8,900	-	-	-	-	-
Raya Rawat	Kannada	2,500	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Razu	Telugu	472,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	-	-	-	-	-
Relli	Odia	152,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Sada	Kannada	8,600	8,600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	8,600
Sahari	Tamil	200	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Saini (Hindu traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	708,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Saini (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	607,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Sali	Kannada	1,021,000	395,000	Y	1.0	393,000	-	-	-	-	2,000
Samagara	Kannada	90,000	89,000	Y	1.0	88,000	-	300	-	-	-
Samanthan	Malayalam	48,000	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	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Sarera (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	88,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Satani	Kannada	432,000	103,000	Y	1.0	103,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayyid	Urdu	7,855,000	881,000	Y	1.0	-	881,000	-	-	-	-
Sema	Naga, Sumi	246,000	10	N	3.0	-	-	-	10	-	-
Shaikh	Urdu	85,980,000	4,734,000	Y	1.0	-	4,734,000	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Qureshi	Urdu	8,093,000	487,000	Y	1.0	-	487,000	-	-	-	-
Shinligar	Kannada	6,200	5,300	Y	1.0	5,300	-	-	-	-	-
Siddi (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	9,600	8,100	N	2.0	5,100	-	-	3,000	-	10
Siddi (Muslim traditions)	Kannada	13,000	3,500	Y	1.0	-	3,500	-	-	-	-
Sikligar (Hindu tradition	Kannada	81,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sikligar (Muslim traditio	Urdu	45,000	4,000	Y	1.0	-	4,000	-	-	-	-
Silawat (Hindu traditions	Kannada	70,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	90
Sillekyatha	Kannada	36,000	35,000	Y	1.0	35,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sindhi (Muslim traditions	Sindhi	143,000	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Sindhollu	Kannada	6,600	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Sindhuria	Odia	900	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Sinhalese	Sinhala	4,500	40	Y	1.0	-	-	40	-	-	-
Soligar	Kannada	6,300	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Soligaru	Kannada	34,000	34,000	Y	1.0	34,000	60	-	20	-	50
Somvanshi	Kannada	493,000	169,000	Y	1.0	169,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	7,742,000	282,000	Y	1.0	276,000	-	-	-	-	6,300
Sonar (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	31,000	1,200	Y	1.0	-	1,200	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Sikh traditions)	Hindi	192,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Sonar Bail Pattur	Kannada	400	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Sudra	Marathi	5,800	5,500	Y	1.0	5,300	-	-	100	-	-
Sudri	Tulu	1,100	1,100	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,100	-	-
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	785,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Sunri (Muslim traditions)	Konkani, Goan	14,000	9,300	Y	1.0	-	9,300	-	-	-	-
Sutradhar (Hindu traditio	Bengali	440,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Christian	Malayalam	3,709,000	186,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	186,000	-	-
Takari	Kannada	700	50	Y	1.0	-	50	-	-	-	-
Tamang	Nepali	231,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Tamboli (Hindu traditions	Kannada	1,847,000	55,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	-	-	600
Tamboli (Muslim tradition	Kannada	150,000	60	Y	1.0	-	60	-	-	-	-
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	Tamil	3,190,000	376,000	Y	1.0	-	376,000	-	-	-	-
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	4,839,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Targala	Gujarati	36,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,073,000	900	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	900	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	18,749,000	338,000	Y	1.0	338,000	-	-	-	-	80
Thakkar	Marathi	587,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Thandan (Christian tradit	Kannada	12,000	200	N	3.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Thandan (Hindu traditions	Kannada	233,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Tharu	Nepali	516,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Thori (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	826,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Thoti, caste	Kannada	12,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Tibetan	Tibetan, Central	105,000	59,000	Y	1.0	-	-	59,000	-	-	-
Tili	Bengali	1,065,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Tirgar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	14,000	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	352,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Urali	Malayalam	71,000	46,000	Y	1.0	46,000	-	-	30	-	-
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	3,548,000	1,125,000	Y	1.0	1,124,000	-	400	300	50	-
Vakkaliga	Kannada	6,352,000	5,859,000	Y	1.0	5,843,000	-	-	14,000	-	2,200
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	Kannada	242,000	220,000	Y	1.0	220,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valluvan	Tamil	117,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar	Kannada	119,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t	Kannada	4,027,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Vaniyan	Tamil	936,000	33,000	N	2.0	26,000	-	-	6,700	-	-
Vanjara	Marathi	943,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vannan (Christian traditi	Tamil	138,000	5,800	N	3.0	-	-	-	5,800	-	-
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	870,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	40	-	-
Vanniyan	Tamil	12,588,000	701,000	Y	1.0	701,000	-	-	-	-	20
Vanniyan Agnikula	Tamil	586,000	70,000	Y	1.0	70,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	Telugu	25,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Thigala	Tamil	46,000	46,000	Y	1.0	46,000	-	-	500	-	-
Varli	Kannada	1,249,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Vasudev	Kannada	15,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Velakkithalanayan	Malayalam	352,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Velama	Telugu	435,000	5,500	Y	1.0	5,500	-	-	-	-	-
Velan	Malayalam	86,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan	Tamil	2,555,000	316,000	Y	1.0	300,000	-	-	16,000	-	-
Vellalan Mudaliar	Tamil	41,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Veluthadanayar	Malayalam	200,000	3,600	Y	1.0	3,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan	Malayalam	115,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Viramushti	Telugu	42,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma	Kannada	7,678,000	1,269,000	Y	1.0	1,267,000	-	-	1,500	-	400
Viswakarma Asari	Tamil	701,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Kollan	Malayalam	191,000	5,000	Y	1.0	5,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Panchal	Kannada	93,000	83,000	Y	1.0	83,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Thattan	Malayalam	201,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	-	-	-
Vitholia	Kannada	26,000	40	N	2.0	20	10	-	-	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	58,970,000	974,000	Y	1.0	973,000	-	-	10	-	100
Yadav Dhindhor	Kannada	1,541,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Gola	Kannada	4,919,000	103,000	Y	1.0	103,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Sadgope	Bengali	2,610,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Yenadi	Telugu	677,000	21,000	Y	1.0	21,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yerava	Ravula	31,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	800	-	60	10	10
Yerukula	Telugu	541,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
State Totals: 680 People Groups			64,061,000	643		50,903,000	8,315,000	440,000	1,031,000	28,000	3,235,000