| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 359,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0  | 4,400 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,683,000 | 168,000 | Y | 1.0 | 168,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 662,000 | 400 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 3,444,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adiyan | Malayalam | 19,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 735,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 258,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Alambadi Kurichchan | Kurichiya | 51,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 188,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anglo Indian | English | 157,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 12,611,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Arandan | Tamil | 600 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 241,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 547,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Tamil | 1,122,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Tamil | 18,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Telugu | 174,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Marwari | 414,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baira | Malayalam | 8,800 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Malayalam | 15,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,788,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Tulu | 5,600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Marwari | 5,775,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bania Chetti | Tamil | 842,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Bania Gahoi | Hindi | 410,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai | Telugu | 39,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasarwani | Hindi | 501,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Hindi | 597,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Hindi | 1,030,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 94,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Tamil | 16,927,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 7,176,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 2,418,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,992,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,893,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 4,483,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 245,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Dikshitar | Tamil | 26,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 345,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 531,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mukkaniyar | Tamil | 29,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 54,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 554,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,237,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Tamil | 34,711,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vadama | Tamil | 51,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Telugu | 345,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chachati | Telugu | 1,800 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Christian tr | Tamil | 137,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Tamil | 1,008,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | 10 | 50 | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 54,347,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenchu | Telugu | 82,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 443,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tamil | 530,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Christian | Tamil | 1,492,000 | 5,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 5,700 | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,464,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 577,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devendrakulathan | Tamil | 97,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 3,305,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 12,571,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,400 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Tamil | 86,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Domar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,553,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dudekula | Tamil | 11,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaba | Telugu | 158,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Telugu | 86,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Malayalam | 20,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godda | Telugu | 3,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond unspecified | Telugu | 10,109,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 36,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goudu | Odia | 8,400 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Telugu | 2,349,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Hakki Pikki | Tamil | 29,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 11,000 | 20 | N | 2.0  | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Holar | Tulu | 193,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Malayalam | 6,700,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan Christian | Malayalam | 138,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Irular | Irula | 231,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jaggali | Telugu | 13,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jambuvulu | Telugu | 23,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,724,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,785,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadan | Tamil | 4,900 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 1,644,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,730,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,593,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 2,076,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan unspecified | Tamil | 970,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kammara | Telugu | 144,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Malayalam | 302,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,212,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,932,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karimpalan | Malayalam | 24,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,944,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Kannada | 72,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavuthiyan | Malayalam | 35,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 7,090,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,660,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Gujarati | 9,821,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koliyan | Tamil | 7,100 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Dhora | Kuvi | 276,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Telugu | 24,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 144,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Tamil | 84,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Telugu | 3,062,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotia | Odia | 63,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya unspecified | Kuvi | 777,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 37,000 | 400 | N | 2.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Tamil | 334,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 18,593,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 17,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | 800 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 493,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,483,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Tamil | 4,857,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruman | Kannada | 63,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 4,059,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 11,260,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 307,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 756,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,122,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Dasu | Telugu | 9,600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,284,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 11,773,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Gujarati | 9,014,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,321,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,976,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maila | Malayalam | 3,100 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 524,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,709,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 34,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasu | Telugu | 15,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sale | Telugu | 158,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,169,000 | 700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 700 | - | - |
| Malai Pandaram | Tamil | 4,500 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 20,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malakkuravan | Malayalam | 19,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malakuravan | Tamil | 1,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malasar | Malayalam | 12,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayali | Malayalam | 412,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayan, caste | Malayalam | 41,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayekandi | Tamil | 2,100 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,182,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manna Dhora | Telugu | 23,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, caste | Malayalam | 329,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 10,352,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 6,000 | 80 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Marakkan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 10,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,366,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Malayalam | 42,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moger unspecified | Malayalam | 130,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 47,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 188,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Malayalam | 33,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 993,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,209,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,440,000 | 3,200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,200 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,362,000 | 8,600 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 14,026,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 7,717,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalakeyava | Malayalam | 7,400 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalkadaya | Tulu | 3,400 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 3,840,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 892,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Malayalam | 101,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pagadai | Telugu | 9,500 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 525,000 | 1,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,500 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,680,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Palliyan | Tamil | 7,200 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palliyar | Tamil | 6,900 | 30 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Palluvan | Malayalam | 7,900 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Tulu | 4,400 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Telugu | 3,600 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Tamil | 33,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panditattan | Malayalam | 13,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paniyan | Malayalam | 118,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panniandi | Telugu | 12,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 894,000 | 17,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 17,000 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,470,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | 70 | 70 | - | - |
| Paravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 44,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 103,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parja unspecified | Kuvi | 390,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 9,141,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Patnulkaran | Saurashtra | 1,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Telugu | 227,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Dari | 8,800 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Perumannan | Malayalam | 105,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,541,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pondicherry Catholic | Tamil | 51,000 | 51,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 51,000 | - | - |
| Pulayan unspecified | Malayalam | 1,100,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 31,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Tamil | 1,274,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,005,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 27,490,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,250,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Razu | Telugu | 558,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Telugu | 174,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samagara | Marathi | 106,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Tamil | 24,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saora unspecified | Telugu | 943,000 | 50 | N | 2.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Tamil | 9,222,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Semman | Tamil | 5,500 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 9,649,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 71,641,000 | 9,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 9,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 5,200 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Soligar | Sholaga | 7,300 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 8,255,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,405,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,435,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 48,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,759,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,267,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Christian tradit | Malayalam | 14,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 274,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiruvalluvar | Tamil | 1,700 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulladan | Malayalam | 20,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,164,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 6,659,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valanchian | Malayalam | 6,300 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valluvan | Tamil | 124,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki tribal | Telugu | 85,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 1,049,000 | 7,200 | N | 2.0 | 7,100 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 172,000 | 1,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,700 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 102,000 | 9,700 | Y | 1.0 | 9,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,624,000 | 593,000 | Y | 1.0 | 590,000 | - | - | 3,300 | - | - |
| Velakkithalanayan | Tamil | 417,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 101,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Isai | Tamil | 159,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Vellalan Pattanavan | Tamil | 11,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Sozhia | Tamil | 166,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Tondamandalam | Tamil | 226,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,786,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Veluthadanayar | Malayalam | 237,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vetan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 71,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettakkaran | Malayalam | 5,700 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettiyan | Tamil | 500 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan | Malayalam | 136,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 776,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 223,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 231,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Tamil | 7,599,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 40,856,000 | 61,000 | Y | 1.0 | 61,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Tamil | 5,635,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 790,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 633,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 244 People Groups |
|
1,500,000 |
219 |
|
1,331,000 |
78,000 |
500 |
89,000 |
200 |
1,900 |
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