| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adaviar | Tamil | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 304,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Adi Andhra Christian | Telugu | 26,000 | 4,700 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 4,700 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,480,000 | 7,222,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,207,000 | - | 900 | 5,300 | 400 | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 578,000 | 501,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 501,000 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 2,930,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka Christian | Kannada | 153,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Adiyan | Tamil | 17,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | 10 | - | 30 | 10 | 20 |
| Agamudaiyan | Tamil | 869,000 | 806,000 | Y | 1.0 | 802,000 | - | - | 4,300 | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar | Tamil | 2,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 653,000 | 611,000 | Y | 1.0 | 610,000 | - | - | 1,300 | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Udayar | Tamil | 8,500 | 8,500 | N | 2.0  | 6,900 | - | - | 1,600 | - | - |
| Ager (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 14,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agri | Sindhi | 433,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aiyanavar | Telugu | 5,300 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Aiyanavar Christian | Telugu | 16,000 | 6,800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,800 | - | - |
| Ajila | Malayalam | 3,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alambadi Kurichchan | Kurichiya | 43,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,000 | 10 | - | - | - | 30 |
| Alavan | Tamil | 7,500 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambalavasi | Tamil | 150,000 | 61,000 | Y | 1.0 | 61,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Ambalavasi Kambalattu | Tamil | 2,800 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick | Tamil | 11,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Ambattan | Tamil | 177,000 | 166,000 | Y | 1.0 | 166,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Ambattan Christian | Tamil | 4,200 | 1,900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,900 | - | - |
| Anamuk | Telugu | 300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angami | Naga, Angami | 156,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Anglo | Tamil | 133,000 | 9,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 9,000 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 10,463,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 31,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Anuppan | Kannada | 1,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ao | Naga, Ao | 230,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 2,200 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Arandan | Tamil | 500 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Arasar | Tamil | 17,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,100 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Arasar Christian | Tamil | 56,000 | 23,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 23,000 | - | - |
| Arasu | Kannada | 47,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Telugu | 4,200 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 196,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 460,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Tamil | 1,011,000 | 969,000 | Y | 1.0 | 969,000 | - | 30 | - | 70 | - |
| Arwa Mala | Tamil | 94,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 2,670,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Tamil | 16,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badaga | Badaga | 217,000 | 196,000 | Y | 1.0 | 195,000 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Saurashtra | 6,414,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Telugu | 145,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 2,855,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baira | Kannada | 8,700 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 3,461,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakad | Kannada | 6,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Tamil | 13,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balagai | Kannada | 8,500 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,704,000 | 230,000 | Y | 1.0 | 230,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 74,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bolla | Telugu | 70,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Dasari | Telugu | 50,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Musugu | Telugu | 21,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 4,800 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania | Tamil | 28,753,000 | 720,000 | Y | 1.0 | 646,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 73,000 |
| Bania Agarwal | Marwari | 4,903,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | 4,600 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 313,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Chetti | Tamil | 733,000 | 392,000 | Y | 1.0 | 354,000 | - | - | - | - | 37,000 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 191,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai | Telugu | 32,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 1,768,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Mahajan | Saurashtra | 182,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Gujarati | 355,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Hindi | 858,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 413,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | 5,500 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 321,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 |
| Bania Srimali | Saurashtra | 355,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 79,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banijiga | Kannada | 720,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 6,028,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 73,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu tra | Telugu | 415,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Saurashtra | 255,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bariki | Odia | 6,300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Tamil | 920,000 | 147,000 | Y | 1.0 | 147,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bathada | Kannada | 3,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 1,954,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 107,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Beda Budaga Jangam | Telugu | 302,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,474,000 | 152,000 | Y | 1.0 | 152,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 1,868,000 | 152,000 | Y | 1.0 | 152,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Kannada Balija Nai | Kannada | 3,100 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad | Kannada | 54,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Kannada | 20,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Toreya | Kannada | 1,400 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bellara | Kannada | 1,500 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Marathi | 272,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharathar (Christian trad | Tamil | 38,000 | 34,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 34,000 | - | - |
| Bharathar (Hindu traditio | Tamil | 12,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,357,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil | Hindi | 16,673,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,288,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia | Sikkimese | 113,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,097,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 5,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Bondili | Telugu | 2,400 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 3,966,000 | 1,866,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,866,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin | Tamil | 58,307,000 | 2,340,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,328,000 | - | - | 700 | - | 11,000 |
| Brahmin Anavala | Saurashtra | 82,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ashtashasram | Tamil | 35,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Saurashtra | 458,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 207,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Brahacharanam | Tamil | 19,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 473,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Christian | Tamil | 4,800 | 3,300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,000 | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Tamil | 561,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Dikshitar | Tamil | 24,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Dravida | Tamil | 123,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Tamil | 279,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Tamil | 2,939,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Gujarati | 264,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 150,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 301,000 | 222,000 | Y | 1.0 | 222,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Tamil | 352,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 455,000 | 68,000 | Y | 1.0 | 68,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 80,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kosala Nadu | Telugu | 47,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Tamil | 459,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Malla Jetti | Telugu | 14,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 102,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Gujarati | 126,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mukkaniyar | Tamil | 25,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nambudiri | Malayalam | 93,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Pancha Dravida | Tamil | 143,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Potti | Tamil | 28,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Prathamusakha | Tamil | 23,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Tamil | 562,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Saurashtra | 4,099,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 47,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 501,000 | 388,000 | Y | 1.0 | 388,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telaganya | Telugu | 205,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,015,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vadama | Tamil | 43,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vaidik | Hindi | 183,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Tamil | 117,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 15,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Telugu | 12,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byari (Beary) | Konkani | 433,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chackaravar | Tamil | 33,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chackaravar Christian | Tamil | 4,800 | 2,900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,900 | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Christian tr | Tamil | 116,000 | 115,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 115,000 | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Tamil | 850,000 | 789,000 | Y | 1.0 | 789,000 | - | 30 | 500 | 20 | - |
| Chalvadi | Tamil | 223,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 47,045,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chandala | Kannada | 7,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 313,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chavalakkaran | Malayalam | 21,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chavalakkaran Christian | Tamil | 4,000 | 1,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,500 | - | - |
| Chayakkaran | Tamil | 41,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenchu | Telugu | 70,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Kannada | 74,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 370,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tamil | 455,000 | 80,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 80,000 | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 245,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 122,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Telugu | 61,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Tamil | 1,203,000 | 144,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 144,000 | - | - |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 5,600 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dandasi | Odia | 67,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,884,000 | 114,000 | Y | 1.0 | 114,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadasi | Tamil | 21,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Tulu | 150,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 480,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Devendrakulathan | Tamil | 86,000 | 85,000 | Y | 1.0 | 85,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Hindi | 554,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Saurashtra | 2,756,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 11,775,000 | 933,000 | Y | 1.0 | 933,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 956,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Marathi | 148,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Digambara | Tamil | 51,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,100 |
| Divehi | Maldivian | 1,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom | Tamil | 73,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,128,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dudekula | Telugu | 9,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Ellamalawar | Kannada | 5,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Eravallan | Tamil | 7,700 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Gamit | Saurashtra | 451,000 | 1,700 | N | 2.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,248,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Telugu | 73,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,538,000 | 68,000 | Y | 1.0 | 68,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 125,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 800 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Odia | 1,989,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Malayalam | 17,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Saurashtra | 111,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 439,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 558,000 | 14,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 14,000 | - | - |
| Godagali | Telugu | 3,500 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godari | Telugu | 1,200 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godda | Telugu | 2,600 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond | Gondi, Adilabad | 14,074,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain | Marathi | 1,537,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 31,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gowdali | Telugu | 500 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gudigar | Konkani | 2,900 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,067,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung | Nepali | 107,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Tamil | 1,958,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 21,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hakki Pikki | Vaagri Booli | 25,000 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halleer | Marathi | 4,400 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halsar | Kannada | 11,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 8,800 | 400 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 400 | - | - | 40 |
| Hande Jogi | Telugu | 28,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hasalaru | Kannada | 25,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hasla | Tamil | 1,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hill Pulayan | Tamil | 100,000 | 97,000 | Y | 1.0 | 97,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Ho | Kurux | 1,062,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Kannada | 161,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holaya | Kannada | 801,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 13,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Idayan | Tamil | 70,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 5,711,000 | 2,071,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,064,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 116,000 | 54,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 54,000 | - | - |
| Ilavaniyan | Tamil | 31,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavathi | Malayalam | 51,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilayathu | Malayalam | 34,000 | 14,000 | N | 2.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irular | Irula | 222,000 | 188,000 | Y | 1.0 | 186,000 | 300 | - | 600 | - | 300 |
| Jaggali | Telugu | 11,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jalakaduguvallu | Tamil | 100 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jambuvulu | Telugu | 20,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 18,939,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,992,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 6,600 | - |
| Jatapu | Telugu | 141,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jenu Kuruba | Tamil | 47,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jew, South Asian | Malayalam | 6,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 402,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,138,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 81,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 82,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadaiyan | Tamil | 14,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Kadan | Kadar | 4,100 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadu Kuruba | Kannada | 23,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 8,006,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 76,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kahha | Naga, Phom | 53,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Kaibartta | Bengali | 1,818,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kannada | 332,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,413,000 | 2,172,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,165,000 | - | - | 5,500 | - | - |
| Kakkalan | Tamil | 13,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,879,000 | 151,000 | Y | 1.0 | 151,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 1,747,000 | 94,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalladi | Tamil | 40,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan | Tamil | 1,261,000 | 1,186,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,184,000 | - | - | 2,400 | - | - |
| Kallan Tondaman | Tamil | 452,000 | 448,000 | Y | 1.0 | 447,000 | - | - | 1,200 | - | - |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 212,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 492,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kammara | Telugu | 119,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamsala | Telugu | 29,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanakkan | Tamil | 252,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Kanikkaran | Tamil | 25,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Kaniyan | Tamil | 97,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | 500 | - | 10 |
| Kapu | Telugu | 15,033,000 | 563,000 | Y | 1.0 | 563,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 3,520,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 73,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Vadugan | Telugu | 22,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karimpalan | Tamil | 20,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karnam | Telugu | 82,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karumpuram | Tamil | 100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 644,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 6,628,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Telugu | 66,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | 40 | - | 300 | - | 50 |
| Kavara | Tamil | 72,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | 56,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavathi | Tamil | 20,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kavathi Christian | Tamil | 4,100 | 2,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,000 | - | - |
| Kavuthiyan | Malayalam | 29,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 7,667,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kepmaris | Tamil | 1,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Keralamuthali | Tamil | 5,900 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Keralamuthali Christian | Malayalam | 3,100 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Khandait | Odia | 1,718,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 408,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khasi | Khasi | 1,506,000 | 400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 2,315,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 298,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 418,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Kochu Velan | Tamil | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli | Saurashtra | 8,193,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,217,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Marathi | 443,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,656,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 308,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koliyan | Tamil | 8,600 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,600 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Kolupulvandlu | Telugu | 2,100 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Dhora | Kui | 230,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Telugu | 21,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Konda Reddi | Tamil | 121,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Konyak | Naga, Konyak | 237,000 | 40 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Koosa | Tamil | 200 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kootan | Malayalam | 8,800 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, caste | Tamil | 77,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koracha, tribal | Kannada | 17,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Korama | Tamil | 215,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Telugu | 2,554,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Tamil | 1,076,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Kota | Kota | 700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotegar | Kannada | 6,600 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya | Odia | 775,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Krishnanvak | Tamil | 59,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuda Korava | Tamil | 1,800 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudiya | Tamil | 3,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 31,000 | 25,000 | N | 2.0 | 23,000 | - | - | 2,000 | - | - |
| Kudumi | Tamil | 285,000 | 113,000 | Y | 1.0 | 113,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Telugu | 1,817,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuli | Odia | 16,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 15,366,000 | 231,000 | Y | 1.0 | 231,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 295,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Saurashtra | 17,950,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 372,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunnavan | Tamil | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 15,000 | 13,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 13,000 | - | - |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 421,000 | 140,000 | Y | 1.0 | 140,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 18,684,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Tamil | 4,101,000 | 743,000 | Y | 1.0 | 743,000 | 40 | - | 30 | - | 20 |
| Kuruman | Kannada | 56,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | 40 | - | 20 | - | 60 |
| Kuruman Tacchan | Kurumba, Betta | 200 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 330,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 3,346,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 89,000 |
| Lohana | Saurashtra | 576,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 9,287,000 | 128,000 | Y | 1.0 | 128,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 175,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 257,000 | 245,000 | Y | 1.0 | 245,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Madasi Kuruva | Telugu | 8,600 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 629,000 | 6,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,000 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,677,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Madiga Dasu | Telugu | 8,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 343,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maha Malasar | Tamil | 300 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar | Marathi | 9,419,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 410,000 | 1,400 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,400 | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 9,791,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta | Tamil | 30,423,000 | 140,000 | Y | 1.0 | 140,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Saurashtra | 7,564,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 532,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Saurashtra | 1,653,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maila | Tamil | 2,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 438,000 | 7,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 7,700 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,605,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 30,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasu | Telugu | 12,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Jangam | Telugu | 12,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Masti | Telugu | 800 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Pulayan | Telugu | 70,000 | 69,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sale | Telugu | 133,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sanyasi | Telugu | 800 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Urali | Telugu | 6,200 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 2,621,000 | 236,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 236,000 | - | - |
| Malai Arayan | Telugu | 33,000 | 300 | N | 2.0 | 300 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Malai Pandaram | Tamil | 3,800 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Tamil | 16,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Malai Vellala | Tamil | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malakkuravan | Tamil | 20,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | 30 | - | 60 | - | 30 |
| Malakuravan | Tamil | 1,100 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malasar | Tamil | 9,600 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayali | Tamil | 368,000 | 357,000 | Y | 1.0 | 356,000 | 400 | - | 400 | - | 200 |
| Malayan, caste | Malayalam | 33,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayan, tribe | Tamil | 45,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayarayar | Tamil | 2,900 | 1,300 | N | 2.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malayekandi | Tamil | 1,700 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 9,762,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mang Garodi | Marathi | 79,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,875,000 | 471,000 | Y | 1.0 | 471,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maniyattikkaran | Tamil | 5,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manna Dhora | Telugu | 19,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mannan, caste | Tamil | 276,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Mannan, tribal | Tamil | 9,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Telugu | 43,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 8,642,000 | 93,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 93,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 5,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Marakkan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 8,700 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Muslim traditio | Tamil | 700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan Kayalam | Tamil | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,160,000 | 3,025,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,948,000 | - | - | 78,000 | - | - |
| Masan Jogi | Telugu | 32,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masthi | Telugu | 2,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 180,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,565,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matangi | Telugu | 3,600 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Tamil | 35,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 3,925,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei | Meitei | 1,422,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Melakkaran | Tamil | 100 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 600,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 142,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 559,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 1,926,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moger | Tamil | 122,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 1,729,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 19,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 161,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Mondiwaru | Tamil | 800 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Mudugar | Tamil | 1,800 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Mukha Dhora | Telugu | 44,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 40,000 | 3,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,000 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 152,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio | Tamil | 2,600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Tamil | 28,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 847,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutali | Tamil | 41,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Muthan | Malayalam | 6,900 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Muthuvan | Tamil | 24,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,028,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,257,000 | 1,012,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,012,000 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,957,000 | 1,663,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,663,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadia | Gujarati | 54,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | Naga Pidgin | 19,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Nagartha | Tamil | 52,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 11,681,000 | 579,000 | Y | 1.0 | 579,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 323,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Nair | Tamil | 6,610,000 | 1,318,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,302,000 | - | - | 16,000 | - | - |
| Nair Anthur | Malayalam | 127,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nalkadaya | Tulu | 2,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,630,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,425,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nanjil Mudali | Tamil | 600 | 600 | N | 2.0 | 500 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 490,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nau Buddh | Tamil | 192,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Navait | Konkani | 56,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 782,000 | 729,000 | Y | 1.0 | 729,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Tamil | 84,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 164,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Odiya | Odia | 68,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oochan | Tamil | 1,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Padannan | Tamil | 8,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pagadai | Tamil | 8,200 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pale | Tamil | 9,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Bengali | 120,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliyan | Tamil | 10,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 455,000 | 445,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 472,000 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,435,000 | 2,307,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,303,000 | - | 100 | 4,600 | 70 | - |
| Palleyan | Tamil | 1,900 | 300 | N | 2.0 | 300 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Palliyan | Tamil | 6,200 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | 10 | - | 200 | - | 10 |
| Palliyar | Tamil | 5,800 | 5,400 | N | 2.0 | 5,100 | 10 | - | 200 | - | 10 |
| Palluvan | Tamil | 6,500 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Tamil | 4,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Odia | 1,341,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panan | Tamil | 231,000 | 179,000 | Y | 1.0 | 179,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Telugu | 3,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Tamil | 28,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panditattan | Tamil | 11,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panikkan | Tamil | 35,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panisavan | Tamil | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paniyan | Tamil | 99,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,800 | 60 | - | 100 | - | - |
| Pannadi | Tamil | 7,200 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panniandi | Tamil | 11,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 780,000 | 618,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 618,000 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,175,000 | 1,807,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,802,000 | - | 50 | 3,400 | 200 | - |
| Paravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 37,000 | 24,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 24,000 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 87,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Telugu | 313,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Saurashtra | 77,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 11,317,000 | 201,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 201,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Gujarati | 118,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pathiyan | Tamil | 18,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patnulkaran | Tamil | 1,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Persian, Iranian | 7,600 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Perumal Makkukkaran | Telugu | 1,400 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perumannan | Tamil | 85,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Telugu | 42,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pindara | Urdu | 68,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Telugu | 3,258,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 2,946,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poi | Mizo | 48,000 | 40 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 271,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulaya Vettuvan | Malayalam | 1,100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan | Tamil | 1,044,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 29,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,063,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Saurashtra | 1,051,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raddi | Kannada | 75,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Nepali | 124,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,873,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajpur | Konkani | 50,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 45,070,000 | 232,000 | Y | 1.0 | 231,000 | - | - | - | - | 900 |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,019,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,100 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,275,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 852,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandrabansi | Hindi | 97,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 2,898,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot | Hindi | 555,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 649,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,216,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor | Hindi | 1,368,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Solanki | Gujarati | 301,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Tamil | 245,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tambiran | Tamil | 1,700 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ralte | Mizo | 18,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 464,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 347,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Saurashtra | 645,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Saurashtra | 524,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rawat | Hindi | 769,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Razu | Telugu | 467,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Telugu | 145,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rona | Telugu | 3,900 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sada | Tamil | 17,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Sahari | Tamil | 100 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 583,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Sali | Telugu | 1,020,000 | 113,000 | Y | 1.0 | 113,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sali Pattariyan | Tamil | 3,300 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samagara | Marathi | 89,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samanthan | Malayalam | 48,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Tamil | 21,000 | 7,500 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Santal | Telugu | 7,532,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saora | Telugu | 970,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 89,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Satani | Telugu | 427,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayankulam | Tamil | 1,100 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Tamil | 7,745,000 | 231,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 231,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 406,000 | 8,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 243,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Semman | Tamil | 4,900 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Shaikh | Urdu | 84,587,000 | 905,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 905,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 786,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 13,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 7,979,000 | 105,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 105,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 7,439,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 46,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 465,000 | 6,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 6,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sillekyatha | Marathi | 35,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Silpi | Tamil | 202,000 | 66,000 | Y | 1.0 | 66,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 4,600 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 1,700 | - | - | - |
| Siyal | Odia | 31,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soligar | Sholaga | 6,200 | 6,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Somvanshi | Kannada | 489,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 7,674,000 | 360,000 | Y | 1.0 | 359,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,400 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 186,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 785,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swetambara | Kannada | 43,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 3,653,000 | 315,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 315,000 | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 228,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 1,832,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,200 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,154,000 | 2,560,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,560,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,771,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,037,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 700 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 18,532,000 | 242,000 | Y | 1.0 | 242,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 578,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Christian tradit | Malayalam | 12,000 | 1,900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,900 | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 229,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thantapulayan | Malayalam | 5,100 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 508,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tholuva Naicker | Tamil | 900 | 900 | N | 3.0 | 400 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Tamil | 11,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, tribal | Telugu | 5,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 100,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,054,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirgar (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 15,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiruvalluvar | Tamil | 1,600 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toda | Toda | 2,200 | 2,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,700 | 20 | - | 200 | - | - |
| Ulladan | Malayalam | 16,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Urali | Tamil | 70,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | 30 | - | 1,000 | - | 30 |
| Urikkara Naicker | Telugu | 1,200 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,559,000 | 508,000 | Y | 1.0 | 506,000 | - | - | 1,600 | - | - |
| Vakkaliga | Kannada | 6,332,000 | 217,000 | Y | 1.0 | 217,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga Gangadikara | Kannada | 531,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 8,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga Kappiliyan | Kannada | 5,500 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga Kunchitiga | Kannada | 239,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valan | Tamil | 87,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valanchian | Malayalam | 5,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vallan | Tamil | 900 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vallon | Malayalam | 800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valluvan | Tamil | 115,000 | 90,000 | Y | 1.0 | 90,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t | Hindi | 5,206,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 930,000 | 615,000 | N | 2.0 | 517,000 | - | - | 99,000 | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 136,000 | 123,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 123,000 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 859,000 | 769,000 | Y | 1.0 | 769,000 | - | - | 700 | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 12,562,000 | 10,696,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,517,000 | - | - | 178,000 | - | - |
| Vanniyan Agnikula | Tamil | 579,000 | 464,000 | Y | 1.0 | 456,000 | - | - | 7,500 | - | - |
| Vanniyan Kalingi | Tamil | 35,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Vanniyan Kamakshiamma | Tamil | 92,000 | 92,000 | Y | 1.0 | 92,000 | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Vanniyan Kotton | Tamil | 16,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan Pala Ekiri | Telugu | 25,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Saurashtra | 1,230,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vathiriyan (Christian tra | Tamil | 5,000 | 3,600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 3,600 | - | - |
| Vathiriyan (Hindu traditi | Tamil | 9,100 | 9,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velakkithalanayan | Tamil | 348,000 | 188,000 | Y | 1.0 | 188,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Telugu | 429,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 84,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan | Tamil | 2,526,000 | 1,808,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,754,000 | - | - | 55,000 | - | - |
| Vellalan Isai | Tamil | 139,000 | 137,000 | Y | 1.0 | 136,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - | - |
| Vellalan Kongu | Tamil | 21,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Vellalan Mudaliar | Tamil | 41,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Nanchilnattu | Tamil | 195,000 | 195,000 | N | 2.0 | 179,000 | - | - | 15,000 | - | - |
| Vellalan Nanjanad | Tamil | 197,000 | 102,000 | Y | 1.0 | 100,000 | - | - | 2,200 | - | - |
| Vellalan Pattanavan | Tamil | 9,200 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Sozhia | Tamil | 145,000 | 144,000 | Y | 1.0 | 142,000 | - | - | 1,600 | - | - |
| Vellalan Tondamandalam | Tamil | 207,000 | 204,000 | Y | 1.0 | 202,000 | - | - | 1,700 | - | - |
| Vellalan Vipravindolu | Telugu | 1,600 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Virakodi | Tamil | 116,000 | 116,000 | Y | 1.0 | 115,000 | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Veluthadanayar | Tamil | 198,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vetan (Christian traditio | Tamil | 3,400 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Vetan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 59,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettakkaran | Tamil | 5,300 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettiyan | Tamil | 400 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan | Tamil | 114,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vettuvan Gounder | Tamil | 1,200 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma | Tamil | 7,583,000 | 2,644,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,641,000 | - | - | 3,100 | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 690,000 | 279,000 | Y | 1.0 | 279,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Tamil | 189,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Panchal | Tamil | 91,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Tamil | 200,000 | 66,000 | Y | 1.0 | 66,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Vilkurup | Tamil | 12,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 58,008,000 | 3,018,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,018,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Tamil | 1,545,000 | 88,000 | Y | 1.0 | 88,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Tamil | 4,851,000 | 871,000 | Y | 1.0 | 871,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 2,570,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 667,000 | 87,000 | Y | 1.0 | 87,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerava | Tamil | 31,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Telugu | 532,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yimchungra | Naga, Yimchungru | 67,000 | 40 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| State Totals: 606 People Groups |
|
75,853,000 |
537 |
|
66,975,000 |
4,298,000 |
4,100 |
4,345,000 |
14,000 |
228,000 |
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