Joshua Project - Ethnic Peoples of Tamil Nadu, India

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People Name	Primary Language	Country Population	State Population	Least Reached	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adaviar	Tamil	100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Adi Andhra	Telugu	317,000	59,000	Y	1.0	59,000	-	-	600	-	-
Adi Andhra Christian	Telugu	27,000	4,500	N	3.0	-	-	-	4,500	-	-
Adi Dravida	Tamil	8,687,000	7,336,000	Y	1.0	7,317,000	-	60	5,200	500	-
Adi Dravida Christian	Tamil	571,000	488,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	488,000	-	-
Adi Karnataka	Kannada	3,001,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Adi Karnataka Christian	Kannada	266,000	300	N	3.0	-	-	-	300	-	-
Adiyan	Tamil	17,000	4,500	Y	1.0	4,400	30	-	30	10	20
Agamudaiyan	Tamil	878,000	806,000	Y	1.0	802,000	-	-	4,400	-	-
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	Tamil	1,600	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	Tamil	668,000	620,000	Y	1.0	619,000	-	-	1,100	-	-
Agamudaiyan Udayar	Tamil	8,700	8,600	N	2.0	7,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Ager (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	15,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Agri	Sindhi	423,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Aiyanavar	Telugu	24,000	11,000	N	3.0	2,400	-	-	9,000	-	-
Ajila	Malayalam	3,400	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Alambadi Kurichchan	Kurichiya	44,000	6,200	Y	1.0	6,100	20	-	-	-	30
Alavan	Tamil	7,700	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi	Tamil	153,000	62,000	Y	1.0	61,000	-	-	500	-	-
Ambalavasi Kambalattu	Tamil	2,900	2,900	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	40	-	-
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naick	Tamil	11,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	90	-	-
Ambattan	Tamil	185,000	170,000	Y	1.0	168,000	-	-	2,100	-	-
Anamuk	Telugu	300	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Angami	Naga, Angami	160,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Anglo	Tamil	140,000	9,100	N	3.0	-	-	-	9,100	-	-
Ansari	Urdu	10,702,000	32,000	Y	1.0	-	32,000	-	-	-	-
Anuppan	Kannada	1,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Ao	Naga, Ao	235,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Arab	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	2,400	10	Y	1.0	-	10	-	-	-	-
Arandan	Tamil	500	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	10	-	-
Arasar	Tamil	74,000	31,000	N	3.0	8,200	-	-	23,000	-	-
Arasu	Kannada	48,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Aray Mala	Telugu	4,400	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Arayan	Malayalam	201,000	45,000	Y	1.0	45,000	-	-	100	-	-
Arora (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	474,000	600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	600	-
Arunthathiyar	Tamil	1,036,000	984,000	Y	1.0	984,000	-	-	-	80	-
Arwa Mala	Tamil	96,000	81,000	Y	1.0	81,000	-	-	-	-	-
Assamese (Muslim traditio	Assamese	2,735,000	30	Y	1.0	-	30	-	-	-	-
Ayyanavar	Tamil	16,000	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Badaga	Badaga	220,000	198,000	Y	1.0	198,000	-	-	600	-	-
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	6,545,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Bagata	Telugu	149,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	2,925,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Baira	Kannada	9,000	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Bairagi (Hindu traditions	Tamil	3,540,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bakad	Kannada	6,100	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Bakuda	Tamil	13,000	4,900	Y	1.0	4,900	-	-	-	-	-
Balagai	Kannada	8,700	6,400	Y	1.0	6,400	-	-	-	-	-
Balija (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,734,000	231,000	Y	1.0	231,000	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Bogam	Telugu	75,000	4,200	Y	1.0	4,200	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Bolla	Telugu	72,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Dasari	Telugu	51,000	7,800	Y	1.0	7,800	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Musugu	Telugu	21,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	4,900	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Bania	Tamil	29,379,000	726,000	Y	1.0	652,000	-	-	20	-	74,000
Bania Agarwal	Marwari	4,843,000	23,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	4,800
Bania Agrahari	Hindi	319,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Chetti	Tamil	752,000	399,000	Y	1.0	360,000	-	-	-	-	39,000
Bania Gujar	Gujarati	195,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Komti	Telugu	1,808,000	29,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	-	-	-	90
Bania Mahajan	Saurashtra	186,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahesri	Gujarati	363,000	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahur	Hindi	877,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Oswal	Hindi	422,000	8,100	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	5,600
Bania Porwal	Hindi	327,000	4,600	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	1,500
Bania Srimali	Saurashtra	363,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	10
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya	Telugu	81,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Banijiga	Kannada	727,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Banjara (Hindu traditions	Telugu	6,172,000	74,000	Y	1.0	74,000	-	-	-	-	-
Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra	Telugu	423,000	4,000	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	-
Baria (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	261,000	2,200	Y	1.0	2,200	-	-	-	-	-
Bariki	Odia	27,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Basor	Tamil	950,000	150,000	Y	1.0	150,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bathada	Kannada	3,100	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bauri	Bengali	2,057,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Bawaria (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	104,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Beda Jangam	Telugu	309,000	7,400	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,520,000	152,000	Y	1.0	152,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	1,906,000	155,000	Y	1.0	155,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Kannada Balija Nai	Kannada	3,100	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad	Kannada	52,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Sunkar	Telugu	18,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Toreya	Kannada	1,400	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Bellara	Kannada	1,600	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Bhansala	Marathi	274,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bharathar (Christian trad	Tamil	39,000	34,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	34,000	-	-
Bharathar (Hindu traditio	Tamil	13,000	7,000	Y	1.0	7,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,387,000	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bhil	Hindi	17,083,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	6,468,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhotia	Sikkimese	115,000	40	Y	1.0	-	-	40	-	-	-
Bohra	Gujarati	1,123,000	5,000	Y	1.0	-	5,000	-	-	-	-
Bondili	Telugu	2,400	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Boya	Telugu	4,026,000	1,859,000	Y	1.0	1,859,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin	Tamil	59,783,000	2,353,000	Y	1.0	2,339,000	-	-	3,800	-	11,000
Brahmin Anavala	Saurashtra	84,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Ashtashasram	Tamil	36,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Audich	Saurashtra	469,000	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Bengali	Bengali	212,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Chitpavan	Marathi	482,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Christian	Unknown	1,400	1,300	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,300	-	-
Brahmin Deshastha	Tamil	570,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Dravida	Tamil	126,000	78,000	Y	1.0	78,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	Tamil	284,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaur	Tamil	2,994,000	60,000	Y	1.0	60,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	Gujarati	270,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujarati	Gujarati	153,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Iyer	Tamil	307,000	224,000	Y	1.0	224,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Joshi	Tamil	357,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kannada	Kannada	461,000	69,000	Y	1.0	69,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Karhada	Marathi	81,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kosala Nadu	Telugu	48,000	8,300	Y	1.0	8,300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Mahratta	Tamil	465,000	38,000	Y	1.0	38,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Malla Jetti	Telugu	135,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Marathi	Marathi	104,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Modh	Gujarati	129,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Nambudiri	Malayalam	95,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	Tamil	146,000	66,000	Y	1.0	66,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Saraswat	Tamil	572,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sawaria	Saurashtra	4,195,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sholiar	Tamil	48,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Tamil	Tamil	514,000	394,000	Y	1.0	394,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telaganya	Telugu	210,000	25,000	Y	1.0	25,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telugu	Telugu	1,039,000	52,000	Y	1.0	52,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vadama	Tamil	45,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vaidik	Hindi	187,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Velanadu	Tamil	119,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Burmese	Burmese	15,000	500	Y	1.0	-	-	500	-	-	-
Byagara	Telugu	13,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Chackaravar	Tamil	39,000	20,000	N	2.0	17,000	-	-	2,900	-	-
Chakkiliyan (Christian tr	Tamil	119,000	117,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	117,000	-	-
Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit	Tamil	871,000	802,000	Y	1.0	801,000	-	-	500	40	-
Chalvadi	Tamil	229,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	49,313,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Chandala	Kannada	13,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Charan (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	320,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Chavalakkaran	Malayalam	25,000	11,000	N	2.0	9,500	-	-	1,500	-	-
Chayakkaran	Tamil	42,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chenchu	Telugu	72,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	40	-	-
Chenna Dasar	Kannada	75,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Cheruman (Hindu tradition	Malayalam	380,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Cherumar Christian	Tamil	466,000	81,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	81,000	-	-
Chhetri	Nepali	264,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	121,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Chitrakar (Hindu traditio	Telugu	62,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Christian	Tamil	992,000	109,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	109,000	-	-
Dakkal	Telugu	5,700	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Dandasi	Odia	88,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,929,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Devadasi	Tamil	21,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Devadiga (Hindu tradition	Tulu	149,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Devanga	Kannada	483,000	41,000	Y	1.0	40,000	-	-	800	-	-
Devendrakulathan	Tamil	88,000	86,000	Y	1.0	86,000	-	-	-	-	-
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t	Hindi	567,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Dhangar Bharwad	Saurashtra	2,821,000	7,500	Y	1.0	7,500	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	12,141,000	929,000	Y	1.0	929,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	979,000	4,100	Y	1.0	-	4,100	-	-	-	-
Dhor	Marathi	152,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Divehi	Maldivian	1,200	200	Y	1.0	-	200	-	-	-	-
Dom	Tamil	74,000	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Dom (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,297,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Drukpa	Dzongkha	12,000	10	Y	1.0	-	-	10	-	-	-
Dudekula	Telugu	9,200	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Ellamalawar	Kannada	5,200	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Eravallan	Tamil	7,900	3,000	Y	1.0	3,000	-	-	20	-	-
Gamit	Saurashtra	462,000	1,700	N	2.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ganda	Odia	1,292,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gandla	Telugu	75,000	18,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gangakula	Kannada	1,544,000	69,000	Y	1.0	69,000	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	125,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Muslim traditions	Urdu	900	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Gauda	Odia	2,020,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gavara	Malayalam	17,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions	Saurashtra	115,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions	Telugu	437,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Goanese	Konkani, Goan	572,000	14,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	14,000	-	-
Godagali	Telugu	5,500	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Godari	Telugu	4,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Godda	Telugu	2,600	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Gond	Gondi, Adilabad	14,424,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Gosain	Marathi	1,564,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Gosangi (Hindu traditions	Telugu	32,000	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Gowdali	Telugu	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Gudigar	Konkani	2,900	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	7,225,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Gurung	Nepali	110,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Hajam	Tamil	2,005,000	21,000	Y	1.0	-	21,000	-	-	-	-
Hakki Pikki	Vaagri Booli	26,000	7,100	Y	1.0	7,100	-	-	-	-	-
Halleer	Marathi	4,600	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Halsar	Kannada	11,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Han Chinese, Mandarin	Chinese, Mandarin	9,800	500	N	2.0	-	-	500	-	-	40
Hande Jogi	Telugu	29,000	4,600	Y	1.0	4,600	-	-	-	-	-
Hasalaru	Kannada	26,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Hasla	Tamil	1,300	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Hill Pulayan	Tamil	103,000	99,000	Y	1.0	98,000	-	-	200	-	-
Ho	Kurux	1,088,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Holar	Kannada	165,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Holaya	Kannada	822,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Holaya Dasar	Kannada	13,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Idayan	Tamil	71,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavan	Tamil	5,932,000	2,132,000	Y	1.0	2,077,000	-	-	55,000	-	-
Ilavaniyan	Tamil	31,000	6,000	Y	1.0	6,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavathi	Malayalam	52,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ilayathu	Malayalam	35,000	14,000	N	2.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Irular	Irula	227,000	191,000	Y	1.0	189,000	300	-	700	-	400
Jaggali	Telugu	13,000	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	19,484,000	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	9,435,000	6,600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	6,600	-
Jatapu	Telugu	144,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Jenu Kuruba	Tamil	48,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Jew, South Asian	Malayalam	6,100	20	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	20
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	417,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	3,212,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Julaha	Punjabi, Eastern	902,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kachari (Hindu traditions	Tamil	81,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kadaiyan	Tamil	14,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	500	-	-
Kadan	Kadar	4,200	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Kadu Kuruba	Kannada	24,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	8,194,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Kahar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	79,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kahha	Naga, Phom	54,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
Kaibartta	Bengali	1,911,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikadi	Kannada	338,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikolan	Tamil	2,451,000	2,185,000	Y	1.0	2,179,000	-	-	5,200	-	-
Kakkalan	Tamil	14,000	7,400	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	3,958,000	153,000	Y	1.0	153,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal Idiga	Telugu	1,782,000	96,000	Y	1.0	96,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalladi	Tamil	41,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kallan	Tamil	1,285,000	1,198,000	Y	1.0	1,195,000	-	-	2,400	-	-
Kamathi	Telugu	204,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	511,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kammara	Telugu	122,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	10	-	-
Kamsala	Telugu	29,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Kanakkan	Tamil	257,000	5,500	Y	1.0	5,500	-	-	40	-	-
Kanikkaran	Tamil	25,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,500	10	-	300	-	-
Kaniyan	Tamil	100,000	2,300	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	500	-	10
Kapu	Telugu	15,153,000	565,000	Y	1.0	565,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu Reddi	Telugu	3,605,000	72,000	Y	1.0	72,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu Vadugan	Telugu	22,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Karimpalan	Tamil	21,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Karnam	Telugu	84,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Karumpuram	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	658,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	100	-	-
Kashmiri (Muslim traditio	Urdu	6,787,000	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Kattunayakan	Telugu	67,000	47,000	Y	1.0	46,000	50	-	300	-	60
Kavara	Tamil	74,000	57,000	Y	1.0	57,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kavathi	Tamil	25,000	12,000	N	2.0	10,000	-	-	2,000	-	-
Kavuthiyan	Malayalam	30,000	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Kayastha (Hindu tradition	Bengali	7,849,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Kepmaris	Tamil	1,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Keralamuthali	Tamil	9,300	4,000	N	2.0	3,200	-	-	800	-	-
Khandait	Odia	1,757,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	405,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khasi	Khasi	1,543,000	400	N	3.0	-	-	-	400	-	-
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	2,360,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	308,000	800	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	800	-
Khoja	Gujarati	428,000	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Kochu Velan	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Koli	Saurashtra	8,378,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	2,284,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Dhor	Marathi	453,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Mahadev	Marathi	1,696,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Malhar	Marathi	316,000	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Koliyan	Tamil	8,800	8,100	Y	1.0	7,700	-	-	400	-	-
Kolupulvandlu	Telugu	2,300	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Konda Dhora	Kui	236,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Konda Kapu	Telugu	21,000	600	Y	1.0	400	-	-	100	-	10
Konda Reddi	Tamil	124,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	20	-	10
Konyak	Naga, Konyak	243,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Koosa	Tamil	200	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Kootan	Malayalam	9,000	3,800	Y	1.0	3,800	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, caste	Tamil	78,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, tribal	Kannada	17,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	10	10	-	-
Korama	Tamil	221,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kori	Telugu	2,617,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Koshti	Tamil	1,094,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	200	-	-
Kota	Kota	800	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kotegar	Kannada	6,700	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Koya	Odia	794,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Krishnanvak	Tamil	60,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kuda Korava	Tamil	1,800	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Kudiya	Tamil	3,200	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kudumban	Tamil	32,000	25,000	N	2.0	23,000	-	-	2,000	-	-
Kudumi	Tamil	292,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kui Khond	Telugu	1,861,000	100	N	2.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kuli	Odia	16,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	15,668,000	233,000	Y	1.0	233,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	306,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	17,840,000	48,000	Y	1.0	48,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kunchatiga	Kannada	381,000	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	432,000	142,000	Y	1.0	142,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	19,144,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kuruba	Tamil	4,202,000	754,000	Y	1.0	754,000	40	-	30	10	20
Kuruman	Kannada	58,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	50	-	40	-	70
Kuruman Tacchan	Kurumba, Betta	200	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Labana (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	342,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Lingayat	Kannada	3,428,000	91,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	91,000
Lohana	Saurashtra	588,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	9,497,000	128,000	Y	1.0	128,000	-	-	-	-	-
Lotha	Naga, Lotha	180,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Madari (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	263,000	248,000	Y	1.0	248,000	-	-	-	10	-
Madasi Kuruva	Telugu	8,700	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Madiga (Christian traditi	Telugu	644,000	5,700	N	3.0	-	-	-	5,700	-	-
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	7,868,000	5,900	Y	1.0	5,900	-	-	40	-	-
Madiga Dasu	Telugu	8,300	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Magar	Nepali	349,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Maha Malasar	Tamil	300	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mahar (Christian traditio	Marathi	408,000	1,400	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,400	-	-
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	9,705,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Mahishya	Bengali	9,976,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta	Tamil	30,677,000	142,000	Y	1.0	142,000	-	-	-	-	200
Mahratta Kunbi	Saurashtra	7,752,000	8,400	Y	1.0	8,400	-	-	-	-	-
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	633,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Mahyavanshi	Saurashtra	1,694,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	-	-	-
Maila	Tamil	2,700	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Mala (Christian tradition	Telugu	448,000	7,600	N	3.0	-	-	-	7,600	-	-
Mala (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	5,742,000	3,800	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	70	-	-
Mala Dasari	Telugu	31,000	8,000	Y	1.0	8,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Dasu	Telugu	13,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Jangam	Telugu	12,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Masti	Telugu	900	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Pulayan	Telugu	72,000	70,000	Y	1.0	70,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sale	Telugu	136,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sanyasi	Telugu	800	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Urali	Telugu	6,400	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Malabar Catholic	Malayalam	2,685,000	239,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	239,000	-	-
Malai Arayan	Telugu	34,000	300	N	2.0	300	-	-	30	-	-
Malai Pandaram	Tamil	4,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Malai Vedan	Tamil	17,000	7,300	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	200	-	-
Malai Vellala	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Malakkuravan	Tamil	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	50	-	90	-	30
Malakuravan	Tamil	1,200	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Malasar	Tamil	9,900	6,500	Y	1.0	6,500	10	-	10	-	-
Malayali	Tamil	378,000	363,000	Y	1.0	361,000	400	-	400	20	200
Malayan, caste	Malayalam	34,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	-
Malayan, tribe	Tamil	46,000	39,000	Y	1.0	39,000	-	-	-	-	-
Malayarayar	Tamil	3,000	1,400	N	2.0	1,400	10	-	20	-	-
Malayekandi	Tamil	1,800	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mali (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	9,951,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mang Garodi	Marathi	82,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Mangala	Telugu	1,905,000	467,000	Y	1.0	467,000	-	-	-	-	-
Maniyattikkaran	Tamil	5,000	5,000	Y	1.0	5,000	-	-	-	-	-
Manna Dhora	Telugu	20,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mannan, caste	Tamil	283,000	44,000	Y	1.0	44,000	-	-	100	-	-
Mannan, tribal	Tamil	10,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Manne	Telugu	44,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mappila	Malayalam	9,236,000	111,000	Y	1.0	-	111,000	-	-	-	-
Marakkan (Christian tradi	Tamil	5,100	200	N	3.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Marakkan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	9,000	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Marakkan (Muslim traditio	Tamil	800	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Marakkan Kayalam	Tamil	300	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Maravan	Tamil	3,184,000	3,017,000	Y	1.0	2,938,000	-	-	79,000	-	-
Masan Jogi	Telugu	32,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Masthi	Telugu	2,100	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Matang (Christian traditi	Marathi	173,000	300	N	3.0	-	-	-	300	-	-
Matang (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	2,619,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Matangi	Telugu	3,700	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mavilan	Tamil	36,000	4,000	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	-
Megh (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	3,061,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Meitei	Meitei	1,463,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Melakkaran	Tamil	100	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Memon	Gujarati	614,000	2,300	Y	1.0	-	2,300	-	-	-	-
Mizo	Mizo	146,000	200	N	5.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Mizo Lushai	Mizo	573,000	100	N	5.0	-	-	-	100	-	-
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,081,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Moger	Tamil	124,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	30	-	-	-
Moghal	Urdu	1,763,000	19,000	Y	1.0	-	19,000	-	-	-	-
Momna	Gujarati	165,000	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Mondiwaru	Tamil	700	70	Y	1.0	-	70	-	-	-	-
Mudugar	Tamil	1,900	1,400	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	80	-	-
Mukha Dhora	Telugu	45,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Christian tradi	Tamil	41,000	3,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,000	-	-
Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	156,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio	Tamil	2,700	30	Y	1.0	-	30	-	-	-	-
Mundala	Tamil	29,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Munnur	Telugu	867,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mutali	Tamil	42,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	800	-	-
Muthan	Malayalam	7,100	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Muthuvan	Tamil	25,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	10	-	-
Mutrasi	Telugu	1,053,000	54,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	400	-	-
Nadar (Christian traditio	Tamil	1,283,000	1,023,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,023,000	-	-
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	3,010,000	1,669,000	Y	1.0	1,669,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nadia	Gujarati	55,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Naga	Naga Pidgin	19,000	30	N	3.0	10	-	-	30	-	-
Nagartha	Tamil	53,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nai (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	11,930,000	580,000	Y	1.0	580,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nai (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	336,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Nair	Tamil	6,745,000	1,321,000	Y	1.0	1,304,000	-	-	17,000	-	-
Nair Anthur	Malayalam	130,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Nalkadaya	Tulu	2,900	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej (Hindu tradition	Bengali	4,877,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej Chandel	Bengali	1,492,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Nanjil Mudali	Tamil	600	600	N	2.0	500	-	-	80	-	-
Nat (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	476,000	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Nau Buddh	Tamil	972,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	200	-	-	-
Navait	Tamil	57,000	20,000	Y	1.0	-	20,000	-	-	-	-
Navithan	Tamil	798,000	737,000	Y	1.0	737,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nayadi	Tamil	86,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Newah	Nepali	168,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Odiya	Odia	69,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Oochan	Tamil	1,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Padannan	Tamil	8,600	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pagadai	Tamil	8,400	7,600	Y	1.0	7,600	-	-	-	-	-
Pale	Tamil	9,600	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Paliya	Bengali	123,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Paliyan	Tamil	10,000	7,200	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	-	-	-
Pallan (Christian traditi	Tamil	467,000	452,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	480,000	-	-
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,498,000	2,344,000	Y	1.0	2,338,000	-	-	4,600	80	-
Palleyan	Tamil	2,000	300	N	2.0	300	-	-	10	-	-
Palliyan	Tamil	6,300	4,700	Y	1.0	4,500	10	-	100	-	10
Palliyar	Tamil	6,000	5,500	N	2.0	5,200	10	-	200	-	20
Palluvan	Tamil	6,700	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Pambada	Tamil	4,100	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Pan	Odia	1,607,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Panan	Tamil	236,000	182,000	Y	1.0	182,000	-	-	-	-	-
Panchama	Telugu	4,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Pandaram	Tamil	29,000	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Panditattan	Tamil	11,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Panikkan	Tamil	36,000	33,000	Y	1.0	33,000	-	-	-	-	-
Panisavan	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Paniyan	Tamil	101,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	60	-	200	-	-
Pannadi	Tamil	7,300	4,500	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	-	-	-
Panniandi	Tamil	11,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Paraiyan (Christian tradi	Tamil	799,000	627,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	627,000	-	-
Paraiyan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	2,228,000	1,834,000	Y	1.0	1,830,000	-	-	3,400	300	-
Paravan (Christian tradit	Tamil	38,000	25,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	25,000	-	-
Paravan (Hindu traditions	Tamil	89,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	80	-	-	-
Pardhan	Telugu	321,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Parsee	Saurashtra	83,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	300
Pashtun, Pathan	Urdu	11,591,000	204,000	Y	1.0	-	204,000	-	-	-	-
Patelia	Gujarati	121,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Pathiyan	Tamil	18,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Patnulkaran	Tamil	1,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Persian	Persian, Iranian	8,000	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Perumal Makkukkaran	Telugu	1,400	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Perumannan	Tamil	87,000	40,000	Y	1.0	40,000	-	-	-	-	-
Pichakuntla	Telugu	43,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Pindara	Urdu	69,000	2,600	Y	1.0	-	2,600	-	-	-	-
Pinjara	Telugu	3,427,000	3,300	Y	1.0	-	3,300	-	-	-	-
Pod	Bengali	3,011,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Poi	Mizo	49,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
Prabhu Kayastha	Marathi	270,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Pulaya Vettuvan	Malayalam	1,100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan	Tamil	1,069,000	8,500	Y	1.0	8,500	-	-	-	-	-
Puthirai Vannan	Tamil	30,000	29,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	100	-	-
Qassab	Urdu	1,088,000	800	Y	1.0	-	800	-	-	-	-
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	1,075,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Raddi	Kannada	76,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Rai	Nepali	127,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition	Bengali	4,985,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajpur	Konkani	50,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	46,134,000	235,000	Y	1.0	235,000	-	-	-	-	900
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,082,000	2,100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	2,100	-
Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit	Hindi	1,297,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad	Hindi	864,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chandrabansi	Hindi	99,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra	Hindi	2,944,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gahlot	Hindi	564,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gaur	Hindi	660,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad	Hindi	1,233,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Rathor	Hindi	1,390,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Solanki	Gujarati	306,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Surajbansi	Tamil	250,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Tambiran	Tamil	1,700	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ralte	Mizo	19,000	60	N	3.0	-	-	-	60	-	-
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions	Punjabi, Eastern	483,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Rangrez (Hindu traditions	Tamil	353,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Rathawa	Saurashtra	660,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ravalia	Saurashtra	538,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rawat	Hindi	788,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Razu	Telugu	476,000	60,000	Y	1.0	60,000	-	-	-	-	-
Relli	Telugu	154,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Rona	Telugu	4,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Sahari	Tamil	200	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Saini (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	613,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Sali	Telugu	1,030,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sali Pattariyan	Tamil	3,400	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Samagara	Marathi	91,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Samanthan	Malayalam	49,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Samban	Tamil	21,000	7,600	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	200	-	-
Santal	Telugu	7,712,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Saora	Telugu	993,000	100	N	2.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Sarera (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	89,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Satani	Telugu	436,000	25,000	Y	1.0	25,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayankulam	Tamil	1,100	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayyid	Tamil	7,926,000	232,000	Y	1.0	-	232,000	-	-	-	-
Sema	Naga, Sumi	249,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Semman	Tamil	5,000	2,600	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	30	-	-
Shaikh	Urdu	86,765,000	902,000	Y	1.0	-	902,000	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Qureshi	Urdu	8,166,000	107,000	Y	1.0	-	107,000	-	-	-	-
Sillekyatha	Marathi	36,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Silpi	Tamil	207,000	67,000	Y	1.0	67,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sinhalese	Sinhala	4,500	1,700	Y	1.0	-	-	1,700	-	-	-
Siyal	Odia	32,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Soligar	Sholaga	6,400	6,100	Y	1.0	6,100	-	-	40	-	-
Somvanshi	Kannada	498,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	7,812,000	365,000	Y	1.0	364,000	-	-	-	-	1,400
Sonar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	194,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	792,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Christian	Malayalam	3,743,000	320,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	320,000	-	-
Tamang	Nepali	233,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Tamboli (Hindu traditions	Tamil	1,864,000	10,000	Y	1.0	9,400	-	-	-	-	800
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	Tamil	3,219,000	2,578,000	Y	1.0	-	2,578,000	-	-	-	-
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	4,883,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,082,000	700	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	700	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	18,920,000	246,000	Y	1.0	246,000	-	-	-	-	-
Thakkar	Marathi	592,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Thandan (Christian tradit	Malayalam	12,000	1,900	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,900	-	-
Thandan (Hindu traditions	Tamil	235,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Thantapulayan	Malayalam	5,200	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Tharu	Nepali	521,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Tholuva Naicker	Tamil	900	900	N	3.0	400	-	-	500	-	-
Thoti, caste	Tamil	12,000	4,200	Y	1.0	4,200	-	-	-	-	-
Thoti, tribal	Telugu	5,200	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Tibetan	Tibetan, Central	106,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	200	-	-	-
Tili	Bengali	1,075,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Tirgar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	14,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tiruvalluvar	Tamil	1,600	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Toda	Toda	2,300	2,100	N	2.0	1,800	20	-	300	-	-
Ulladan	Malayalam	17,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Urali	Tamil	72,000	14,000	Y	1.0	13,000	30	-	1,000	-	30
Urikkara Naicker	Telugu	1,200	1,100	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	80
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	3,581,000	506,000	Y	1.0	505,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Vakkaliga	Kannada	6,410,000	221,000	Y	1.0	221,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	Kannada	5,700	5,600	Y	1.0	5,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	Kannada	244,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valan	Tamil	89,000	33,000	Y	1.0	33,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valanchian	Malayalam	5,400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Vallan	Tamil	1,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Vallon	Malayalam	800	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Valluvan	Tamil	118,000	91,000	Y	1.0	91,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t	Hindi	4,064,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vaniyan	Tamil	945,000	618,000	N	2.0	517,000	-	-	100,000	-	-
Vannan (Christian traditi	Tamil	140,000	125,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	125,000	-	-
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	877,000	778,000	Y	1.0	778,000	-	-	700	-	-
Vanniyan	Tamil	12,703,000	10,694,000	Y	1.0	10,511,000	-	-	181,000	-	-
Vanniyan Agnikula	Tamil	591,000	468,000	Y	1.0	461,000	-	-	7,600	-	-
Vanniyan Kalingi	Tamil	36,000	36,000	Y	1.0	35,000	-	-	500	-	-
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma	Tamil	94,000	93,000	Y	1.0	93,000	-	-	100	-	-
Vanniyan Kotton	Tamil	16,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	Telugu	26,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Varli	Saurashtra	1,260,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vathiriyan (Christian tra	Tamil	5,000	3,600	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,600	-	-
Vathiriyan (Hindu traditi	Tamil	9,400	9,200	Y	1.0	9,200	-	-	-	-	-
Velakkithalanayan	Tamil	355,000	190,000	Y	1.0	190,000	-	-	-	-	-
Velama	Telugu	439,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Velan	Malayalam	86,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan	Tamil	2,578,000	1,830,000	Y	1.0	1,774,000	-	-	55,000	-	-
Vellalan Isai	Tamil	142,000	139,000	Y	1.0	138,000	-	-	1,000	-	-
Vellalan Kongu	Tamil	21,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	20	-	-
Vellalan Mudaliar	Tamil	42,000	8,900	Y	1.0	8,900	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	Tamil	199,000	198,000	N	2.0	182,000	-	-	15,000	-	-
Vellalan Nanjanad	Tamil	199,000	100,000	Y	1.0	98,000	-	-	2,200	-	-
Vellalan Pattanavan	Tamil	9,400	6,800	Y	1.0	6,800	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Sozhia	Tamil	149,000	146,000	Y	1.0	144,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Vellalan Tondamandalam	Tamil	212,000	207,000	Y	1.0	206,000	-	-	1,800	-	-
Vellalan Vipravindolu	Telugu	1,600	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Virakodi	Tamil	119,000	118,000	Y	1.0	117,000	-	-	900	-	-
Veluthadanayar	Tamil	202,000	92,000	Y	1.0	92,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vetan (Christian traditio	Tamil	3,500	600	N	3.0	-	-	-	600	-	-
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	60,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vettakkaran	Tamil	5,400	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Vettiyan	Tamil	400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan	Tamil	116,000	19,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan Gounder	Tamil	1,200	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma	Tamil	7,748,000	2,668,000	Y	1.0	2,664,000	-	-	3,200	-	-
Viswakarma Asari	Tamil	707,000	283,000	Y	1.0	283,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Kollan	Tamil	193,000	54,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Panchal	Tamil	94,000	8,900	Y	1.0	8,900	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Thattan	Tamil	203,000	66,000	Y	1.0	66,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Vilkurup	Tamil	12,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	59,508,000	3,016,000	Y	1.0	3,016,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Gola	Tamil	4,964,000	876,000	Y	1.0	876,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Sadgope	Bengali	2,634,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Yenadi	Telugu	683,000	88,000	Y	1.0	88,000	50	-	-	-	-
Yerava	Tamil	32,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Yerukula	Telugu	546,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	50	-	-	-	-
Yimchungra	Naga, Yimchungru	69,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
State Totals: 582 People Groups			75,655,000	516		66,823,000	4,249,000	3,200	4,344,000	14,000	232,000