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	1,247,000	87,000	Y	1.0	78,000	-	-	9,200	-	-
Adi Dravida	Tamil	9,835,000	8,195,000	N	2.0	7,603,000	-	5,100	588,000	-	-
Adi Karnataka	Kannada	3,714,000	39,000	Y	1.0	38,000	-	40	500	-	-
Adiyan	Tamil	19,000	4,500	Y	1.0	4,400	30	-	30	10	20
Agamudaiyan	Tamil	857,000	794,000	Y	1.0	790,000	-	-	4,400	-	-
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	Tamil	1,600	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	Tamil	654,000	613,000	Y	1.0	611,000	-	-	1,100	-	-
Agamudaiyan Udayar	Tamil	8,500	8,500	N	2.0	6,900	-	-	1,600	-	-
Ager (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	24,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Agri	Sindhi	416,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Aiyanavar	Telugu	24,000	11,000	N	3.0	2,400	-	-	9,000	-	-
Ajila	Tamil	6,700	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Alambadi Kuricchan	Kurichiya	48,000	6,200	Y	1.0	6,100	20	-	-	-	30
Alavan	Tamil	7,600	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi	Tamil	151,000	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	182,000	170,000	Y	1.0	168,000	-	-	2,100	-	-
Anamuk	Telugu	3,900	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Angami	Naga, Angami	159,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Anglo	Tamil	154,000	9,800	N	3.0	-	-	-	9,800	-	-
Ansari	Urdu	10,505,000	31,000	Y	1.0	-	31,000	-	-	-	-
Anuppan	Kannada	1,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Ao	Naga, Ao	233,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Arab	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	2,300	10	Y	1.0	-	10	-	-	-	-
Arandan	Tamil	400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	10	-	-
Arasar	Tamil	73,000	31,000	N	3.0	8,100	-	-	23,000	-	-
Arasu	Kannada	47,000	3,200	Y	1.0	3,200	-	-	-	-	-
Aray Mala	Telugu	4,900	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Arayan	Malayalam	198,000	45,000	Y	1.0	45,000	-	-	100	-	-
Arora (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	465,000	600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	600	-
Arunthathiyar	Tamil	965,000	828,000	Y	1.0	828,000	-	100	-	70	-
Arwa Mala	Tamil	100,000	80,000	Y	1.0	80,000	-	-	-	-	-
Assamese (Muslim traditio	Assamese	2,703,000	30	Y	1.0	-	30	-	-	-	-
Ayyanavar	Tamil	21,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Badaga	Badaga	218,000	198,000	Y	1.0	197,000	-	-	600	-	-
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	6,456,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Bagata	Telugu	147,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	3,499,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Baira	Kannada	12,000	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Bairagi (Hindu traditions	Tamil	3,517,000	33,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	3,200
Bakad	Kannada	12,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Bakuda	Tamil	12,000	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Balagai	Kannada	15,000	6,400	Y	1.0	6,400	-	-	-	-	-
Balija (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,707,000	230,000	Y	1.0	230,000	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Bogam	Telugu	66,000	4,200	Y	1.0	4,200	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Bolla	Telugu	68,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Dasari	Telugu	46,000	7,600	Y	1.0	7,600	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Musugu	Telugu	20,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	10,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
Bania	Tamil	29,240,000	739,000	Y	1.0	648,000	-	-	20	-	77,000
Bania Agarwal	Marwari	4,792,000	23,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	5,000
Bania Agrahari	Hindi	315,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Chetti	Tamil	800,000	399,000	Y	1.0	359,000	-	-	-	-	41,000
Bania Gujar	Gujarati	194,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Komti	Telugu	1,780,000	29,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	-	-	-	100
Bania Mahajan	Saurashtra	184,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahesri	Gujarati	360,000	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Mahur	Hindi	872,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Oswal	Hindi	422,000	8,300	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	5,800
Bania Porwal	Hindi	326,000	4,600	Y	1.0	3,000	-	-	-	-	1,600
Bania Srimali	Saurashtra	362,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	10
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya	Telugu	80,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Banijiga	Kannada	804,000	21,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	6,400
Banjara (Hindu traditions	Telugu	6,000,000	74,000	Y	1.0	74,000	-	-	-	-	-
Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra	Telugu	383,000	3,800	Y	1.0	3,800	-	-	-	-	-
Baria (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	298,000	2,200	Y	1.0	2,200	-	-	-	-	-
Bariki	Odia	35,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Basor	Tamil	989,000	147,000	Y	1.0	147,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bathada	Kannada	4,100	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bauri	Bengali	2,186,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Bawaria (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	96,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Bazigar (Hindu traditions	Telugu	773,000	482,000	Y	1.0	482,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beda Jangam	Telugu	686,000	14,000	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	-	-	6,300
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,545,000	152,000	Y	1.0	152,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	1,936,000	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	35,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Sunkar	Telugu	12,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar Toreya	Kannada	1,400	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Bellara	Kannada	3,100	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Bhansala	Marathi	267,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bharathar	Tamil	73,000	42,000	N	3.0	7,700	-	-	34,000	-	-
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,364,000	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bhil	Hindi	16,868,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	6,364,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhotia (Hindu traditions)	Sikkimese	115,000	40	Y	1.0	-	-	40	-	-	-
Bohra	Gujarati	1,102,000	5,000	Y	1.0	-	5,000	-	-	-	-
Bondili	Telugu	2,400	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Boya	Telugu	4,000,000	1,854,000	Y	1.0	1,854,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin	Tamil	59,282,000	2,344,000	Y	1.0	2,325,000	-	-	3,700	-	11,000
Brahmin Anavala	Saurashtra	83,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Ashtashasram	Tamil	36,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Audich	Saurashtra	483,000	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Bengali	Bengali	213,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Chitpavan	Marathi	477,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Christian	Unknown	1,400	1,300	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,300	-	-
Brahmin Deshastha	Tamil	564,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Dravida	Tamil	124,000	77,000	Y	1.0	77,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	Tamil	281,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaur	Tamil	2,961,000	59,000	Y	1.0	59,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	Gujarati	270,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujarati	Gujarati	152,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Iyer	Tamil	302,000	222,000	Y	1.0	222,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Joshi	Tamil	352,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kannada	Kannada	455,000	69,000	Y	1.0	69,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Karhada	Marathi	80,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kosala Nadu	Telugu	48,000	8,300	Y	1.0	8,300	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Mahratta	Tamil	460,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Malla Jetti	Telugu	133,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Marathi	Marathi	103,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Modh	Gujarati	127,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Nambudiri	Malayalam	94,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	Tamil	145,000	66,000	Y	1.0	66,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Saraswat	Tamil	565,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sawaria	Saurashtra	4,145,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sholiar	Tamil	48,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Tamil	Tamil	507,000	392,000	Y	1.0	392,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telaganya	Telugu	207,000	25,000	Y	1.0	25,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telugu	Telugu	1,029,000	52,000	Y	1.0	52,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vadama	Tamil	44,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vaidik	Hindi	178,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Velanadu	Tamil	118,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Burmese	Burmese	15,000	400	Y	1.0	-	-	400	-	-	-
Byagara	Telugu	43,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Chackaravar	Tamil	39,000	20,000	N	2.0	17,000	-	-	2,900	-	-
Chakkiliyan	Tamil	1,296,000	1,223,000	N	2.0	1,106,000	-	300	117,000	-	-
Chalvadi	Tamil	204,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	51,467,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Chandala	Kannada	14,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Charan (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	314,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Chavalakkaran	Malayalam	25,000	11,000	N	2.0	9,500	-	-	1,500	-	-
Chayakkaran	Tamil	41,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Chenchu	Telugu	71,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	40	-	-
Chenna Dasar	Kannada	47,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Cheruman (Hindu tradition	Malayalam	449,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Cherumar Christian	Tamil	460,000	81,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	81,000	-	-
Chhetri	Nepali	270,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	118,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Chitrakar (Hindu traditio	Telugu	63,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Christian	Tamil	871,000	98,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	97,000	-	-
Dakkal	Telugu	7,100	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Dandasi	Odia	89,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,896,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Devadasi	Tamil	20,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Devadiga	Tulu	151,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Devanga	Kannada	563,000	45,000	Y	1.0	40,000	-	-	700	-	3,500
Devendrakulathan	Tamil	83,000	82,000	Y	1.0	82,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dhangar Bharwad	Saurashtra	2,827,000	7,500	Y	1.0	7,500	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	12,268,000	926,000	Y	1.0	926,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	959,000	4,100	Y	1.0	-	4,100	-	-	-	-
Dhor	Marathi	164,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Divehi	Maldivian	1,200	100	Y	1.0	-	100	-	-	-	-
Dom	Tamil	74,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Dom (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,267,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	-
Drukpa	Dzongkha	12,000	10	Y	1.0	-	-	10	-	-	-
Dudekula	Telugu	8,900	900	Y	1.0	-	900	-	-	-	-
Ellamalawar	Kannada	23,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Eravallan	Tamil	7,700	3,000	Y	1.0	3,000	-	-	20	-	-
Gamit	Saurashtra	456,000	1,700	N	2.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ganda	Odia	1,284,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gandla	Telugu	101,000	20,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	1,600
Gangakula	Kannada	1,506,000	68,000	Y	1.0	68,000	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	143,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Muslim traditions	Urdu	800	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Gauda	Odia	1,988,000	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	-	-	-	-	-
Ghasi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	461,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Goanese	Konkani, Goan	563,000	14,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	14,000	-	-
Godagali	Tamil	7,800	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Godda	Telugu	6,300	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Gond	Gondi, Adilabad	13,982,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Gosain	Marathi	1,537,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Gosangi (Hindu traditions	Telugu	24,000	1,900	Y	1.0	1,900	-	-	-	-	-
Gowdali	Telugu	500	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Gudigar	Konkani	2,900	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	7,161,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Gurung	Nepali	108,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Hajam	Tamil	1,970,000	21,000	Y	1.0	-	21,000	-	-	-	-
Hakki Pikki	Vaagri Booli	25,000	7,000	Y	1.0	7,000	-	-	-	-	-
Halleer	Marathi	11,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Halsar	Kannada	16,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Han Chinese, Mandarin	Chinese, Mandarin	9,800	500	N	2.0	-	-	500	-	-	40
Hande Jogi	Telugu	44,000	5,400	Y	1.0	4,600	-	-	-	-	800
Hasalaru	Kannada	26,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Hasla	Tamil	3,100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Hill Pulayan	Tamil	101,000	97,000	Y	1.0	97,000	-	-	200	-	-
Ho	Kurux	1,074,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Holar	Kannada	143,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Holaya Dasar	Kannada	8,500	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Holer	Kannada	816,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Idayan	Tamil	70,000	26,000	Y	1.0	26,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavan	Tamil	5,859,000	2,122,000	Y	1.0	2,067,000	-	-	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	32,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Irular	Irula	230,000	190,000	Y	1.0	189,000	300	-	700	-	400
Jaggali	Telugu	12,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Jalakaduguvallu	Tamil	100	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Jambuvulu	Telugu	56,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Hindu traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	19,129,000	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	9,114,000	6,500	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	6,500	-
Jatapu	Telugu	142,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Jenu Kuruba	Tamil	47,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Jew, South Asian	Malayalam	6,100	20	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	20
Jhinwar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	412,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	3,146,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Julaha	Punjabi, Eastern	890,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kachari (Hindu traditions	Tamil	81,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kadaiyar	Tamil	17,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	500	-	-
Kadan	Kadar	3,900	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Kadu Kuruba	Kannada	24,000	12,000	Y	1.0	12,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	8,075,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Kahar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	77,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kahha	Naga, Phom	53,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
Kaibartta	Bengali	1,948,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikadi	Kannada	332,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikolan	Tamil	2,417,000	2,174,000	Y	1.0	2,168,000	-	-	5,200	-	-
Kakkalan	Tamil	16,000	7,400	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	3,982,000	152,000	Y	1.0	152,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal Idiga	Telugu	1,790,000	96,000	Y	1.0	96,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalavant	Kannada	38,000	1,300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	1,300
Kalladi	Malayalam	43,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Kallan	Tamil	1,262,000	1,186,000	Y	1.0	1,184,000	-	-	2,400	-	-
Kamathi	Telugu	199,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	500,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kammara	Telugu	130,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	10	-	-
Kamsala	Telugu	29,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Kanakkan	Tamil	254,000	5,600	Y	1.0	5,600	-	-	40	-	-
Kanikkaran	Tamil	30,000	3,800	Y	1.0	3,500	10	-	300	-	-
Kaniyan	Tamil	98,000	2,300	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	500	-	10
Kapu	Telugu	15,153,000	560,000	Y	1.0	560,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu Reddi	Telugu	3,624,000	69,000	Y	1.0	69,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu Vadugan	Telugu	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Karimpalan	Tamil	17,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Karnam	Telugu	83,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Karumpuram	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	716,000	3,200	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	100	-	2,000
Kashmiri (Muslim traditio	Urdu	6,803,000	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Kattunayakan	Telugu	67,000	47,000	Y	1.0	46,000	50	-	300	-	60
Kavara	Tamil	71,000	66,000	Y	1.0	66,000	-	50	20	-	-
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	7,605,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Kepmaris	Tamil	1,300	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Keralamuthali	Tamil	9,100	4,000	N	2.0	3,100	-	-	800	-	-
Khandait	Odia	1,725,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	418,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khasi	Khasi	1,523,000	400	N	3.0	-	-	-	400	-	-
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	2,305,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	Kharia	303,000	800	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	800	-
Khoja	Gujarati	413,000	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Kochu Velan	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Koli (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	13,251,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Dhor	Marathi	443,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Mahadev	Marathi	1,640,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Malhar	Marathi	312,000	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Koliyan	Tamil	14,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	700	-	-
Kolupulvandlu	Telugu	6,400	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Konda Dhora	Kui	234,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Konda Kapu	Telugu	21,000	500	Y	1.0	400	-	-	100	-	10
Konda Reddi	Tamil	121,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	20	-	10
Konyak	Naga, Konyak	240,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Koosa	Tamil	5,400	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Kootan	Malayalam	11,000	6,100	Y	1.0	6,100	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, caste	Tamil	79,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Koracha, tribal	Kannada	17,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	10	10	-	-
Korama	Tamil	164,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kori	Telugu	287,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Koshti	Tamil	1,066,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	200	-	-
Kota	Kota	800	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kotegar	Kannada	14,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Koya	Odia	783,000	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	-	-	-	-	-
Kudavakkal	Kannada	60,000	1,700	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	1,700
Kudiya	Tamil	2,900	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kudumban	Tamil	75,000	66,000	Y	1.0	64,000	-	-	2,000	-	-
Kudumi	Tamil	288,000	114,000	Y	1.0	114,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kui Khond	Telugu	1,835,000	100	N	2.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kuli	Odia	16,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	15,375,000	234,000	Y	1.0	232,000	-	-	-	-	1,300
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	300,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	17,702,000	48,000	Y	1.0	48,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kunchatiga	Kannada	374,000	33,000	Y	1.0	33,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kunnavan	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kuravan	Tamil	485,000	135,000	Y	1.0	122,000	-	-	13,000	-	-
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	18,825,000	50,000	Y	1.0	50,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kuruba	Tamil	4,212,000	753,000	Y	1.0	753,000	40	-	30	10	20
Kuruman	Kannada	64,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	50	-	40	-	70
Kuruman Tacchan	Kurumba, Betta	2,200	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Labana (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	334,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Lingader	Marathi	77,000	40	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	40
Lingayat	Kannada	1,581,000	38,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	38,000
Lohana	Saurashtra	597,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	9,343,000	128,000	Y	1.0	128,000	-	-	-	-	-
Lotha	Naga, Lotha	177,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Madasi Kuruva	Telugu	3,800	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Madiga (Christian traditi	Telugu	589,000	5,700	N	3.0	-	-	-	5,700	-	-
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	7,424,000	8,200	Y	1.0	8,100	-	-	50	-	-
Madiga Dasu	Telugu	7,200	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Magar	Nepali	342,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Maha Malasar	Tamil	300	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mahar (Christian traditio	Marathi	391,000	1,400	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,400	-	-
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	9,955,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Mahishya	Bengali	9,622,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta	Tamil	30,372,000	142,000	Y	1.0	141,000	-	-	-	-	200
Mahratta Kunbi	Saurashtra	7,861,000	8,400	Y	1.0	8,400	-	-	-	-	-
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	622,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Mahyavanshi	Saurashtra	1,946,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	-	-	-
Maila	Tamil	5,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Mala (Christian tradition	Telugu	418,000	7,600	N	3.0	-	-	-	7,600	-	-
Mala (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	5,535,000	24,000	Y	1.0	24,000	-	-	80	-	-
Mala Dasari	Telugu	48,000	8,000	Y	1.0	8,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Dasu	Telugu	12,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Jangam	Telugu	40,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Kuravan	Tamil	1,300	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Masti	Telugu	2,500	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Pulayan	Telugu	70,000	69,000	Y	1.0	69,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sale	Telugu	134,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sanyasi	Telugu	4,400	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Urali	Telugu	6,300	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Malabar Catholic	Malayalam	2,657,000	243,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	243,000	-	-
Malai Arayan	Telugu	40,000	300	N	2.0	300	-	-	30	-	-
Malai Pandaram	Tamil	4,800	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Malai Vedan	Tamil	16,000	7,300	Y	1.0	7,100	-	-	200	-	-
Malai Vellala	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Malakkuravan	Tamil	20,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	50	-	90	-	30
Malasar	Tamil	8,700	6,500	Y	1.0	6,500	10	-	10	-	-
Malayali	Tamil	372,000	361,000	Y	1.0	360,000	400	-	400	20	200
Malayan, caste	Tamil	46,000	39,000	Y	1.0	39,000	-	-	-	-	-
Malayan, tribal	Malayalam	40,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	-	-	-	-
Malayarayar	Tamil	4,300	1,400	N	2.0	1,400	10	-	20	-	-
Malayekandi	Tamil	1,800	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mali (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	9,779,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mang Garudi	Marathi	75,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Mangala	Telugu	1,864,000	465,000	Y	1.0	465,000	-	-	-	-	-
Maniyattikkaran	Tamil	5,000	5,000	Y	1.0	5,000	-	-	-	-	-
Manna Dhora	Telugu	20,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mannan, caste	Tamil	136,000	44,000	Y	1.0	44,000	-	-	100	-	-
Mannan, tribal	Tamil	9,700	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Manne	Telugu	82,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mappila	Malayalam	9,161,000	108,000	Y	1.0	-	110,000	-	-	-	-
Marakkan (Christian tradi	Tamil	5,100	200	N	3.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Marakkan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	8,900	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	3,130,000	2,994,000	Y	1.0	2,917,000	-	-	79,000	-	-
Masan Jogi	Telugu	22,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mashti	Telugu	6,600	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Matang (Christian traditi	Marathi	166,000	300	N	3.0	-	-	-	300	-	-
Matang (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	2,622,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Matangi	Telugu	1,400	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mavilan	Tamil	35,000	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Mazhabi	Punjabi, Eastern	2,645,000	10	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	10	-
Megh (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	2,941,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Meitei	Meitei	1,439,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Melakkaran	Tamil	100	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Memon	Gujarati	571,000	2,300	Y	1.0	-	2,300	-	-	-	-
Mizo	Mizo	144,000	200	N	5.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Mizo Lushai	Mizo	562,000	100	N	5.0	-	-	-	100	-	-
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,130,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Moger	Tamil	137,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	30	-	-	-
Moghal	Urdu	1,726,000	19,000	Y	1.0	-	19,000	-	-	-	-
Momna	Gujarati	162,000	800	Y	1.0	-	800	-	-	-	-
Mondiwaru	Tamil	700	70	Y	1.0	-	70	-	-	-	-
Mudugar	Tamil	1,800	1,400	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	153,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio	Tamil	2,700	30	Y	1.0	-	30	-	-	-	-
Mundala	Tulu	34,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Munnur	Telugu	826,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mutali	Tamil	41,000	37,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	800	-	-
Muthan	Malayalam	7,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Muthuvan	Tamil	27,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	10	-	-
Mutrasi	Telugu	1,002,000	54,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	400	-	-
Nadar	Tamil	4,246,000	2,686,000	N	2.0	1,665,000	-	-	1,020,000	-	-
Nadia	Gujarati	60,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Naga	Naga Pidgin	19,000	30	N	3.0	10	-	-	30	-	-
Nagartha	Tamil	52,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nai (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	11,743,000	583,000	Y	1.0	578,000	-	-	-	-	3,700
Nai (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	326,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Nair	Tamil	6,663,000	1,314,000	Y	1.0	1,297,000	-	-	17,000	-	-
Nair Anthur	Malayalam	128,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Nalakeyava	Kannada	8,300	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Nalkadaya	Tulu	2,900	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej	Bengali	5,079,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej Chandel	Bengali	1,543,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Nanjil Mudali	Tamil	600	600	N	2.0	500	-	-	80	-	-
Nat (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	450,000	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Nau Buddh	Tamil	1,573,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	300	-	-	-
Navait	Tamil	56,000	20,000	Y	1.0	-	20,000	-	-	-	-
Navithan	Tamil	786,000	733,000	Y	1.0	733,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nayadi	Tamil	89,000	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Newah	Nepali	166,000	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	8,500	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pagadai	Telugu	28,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Pale	Tamil	15,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Paliya	Bengali	216,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Paliyan	Tamil	10,000	7,200	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	-	-	-
Pallan	Tamil	3,316,000	3,158,000	N	2.0	2,675,000	-	1,000	482,000	200	-
Palleyan	Tamil	1,000	300	N	2.0	300	-	-	10	-	-
Palliyan	Tamil	7,300	5,700	Y	1.0	5,500	10	-	200	-	10
Palliyar	Tamil	5,900	5,500	N	2.0	5,200	10	-	200	-	20
Palluvan	Tamil	6,600	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Pambada	Tamil	4,400	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Pan	Odia	1,580,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Panan	Tamil	242,000	179,000	Y	1.0	179,000	-	-	-	-	-
Panchama	Telugu	15,000	2,300	Y	1.0	2,300	-	-	-	-	-
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	111,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	60	-	200	-	-
Pannadi	Tamil	19,000	17,000	Y	1.0	17,000	-	-	-	-	-
Panniandi	Telugu	5,700	5,500	Y	1.0	5,500	-	-	-	-	-
Paraiyan	Tamil	3,092,000	2,562,000	N	2.0	1,932,000	-	1,100	629,000	400	-
Paravan	Tamil	128,000	49,000	N	2.0	24,000	-	80	25,000	-	-
Pardhan	Telugu	317,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Parsee	Saurashtra	82,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	300
Patelia	Gujarati	120,000	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	8,200	300	Y	1.0	-	300	-	-	-	-
Perumal Makkukkaran	Telugu	1,400	1,400	Y	1.0	1,400	-	-	-	-	-
Perumannan	Tamil	86,000	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	3,376,000	3,300	Y	1.0	-	3,300	-	-	-	-
Pod	Bengali	3,101,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Poi	Unknown	49,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
Portuguese	Indo-Portuguese	1,400	100	N	3.0	-	-	-	100	-	-
Prabhu Kayastha	Marathi	266,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Pulaya Vettuvan	Malayalam	1,100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan	Tamil	1,417,000	132,000	Y	1.0	132,000	-	40	-	-	-
Puthirai Vannan	Tamil	43,000	41,000	Y	1.0	41,000	-	-	100	-	-
Qassab	Urdu	1,069,000	800	Y	1.0	-	800	-	-	-	-
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	1,064,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Raddi	Kannada	179,000	2,700	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	2,600
Rai	Nepali	125,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition	Bengali	5,209,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajpur	Konkani	50,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	45,473,000	235,000	Y	1.0	234,000	-	-	-	-	1,000
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	985,000	2,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	2,000	-
Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit	Hindi	1,280,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad	Hindi	848,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chandrabansi	Hindi	98,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra	Hindi	2,908,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gahlot	Hindi	564,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gaur	Hindi	652,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad	Hindi	1,218,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Rathor	Hindi	1,376,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Solanki	Gujarati	304,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Surajbansi	Tamil	246,000	36,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	-	-	-	-
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	473,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Raneyar	Kannada	5,400	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Rangrez (Hindu traditions	Tamil	351,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Rathawa	Saurashtra	652,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ravalia	Saurashtra	531,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rawat	Hindi	672,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Razu	Telugu	466,000	59,000	Y	1.0	59,000	-	-	-	-	-
Relli	Telugu	161,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Rona	Telugu	3,900	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Sahari	Tamil	200	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Saini (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	604,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Sali	Telugu	1,301,000	129,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	14,000
Sali Pattariyan	Tamil	3,300	1,900	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	80
Samagara	Marathi	114,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Samanthan	Malayalam	48,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Samban	Tamil	51,000	37,000	Y	1.0	36,000	-	40	400	-	-
Santal	Telugu	7,409,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Saora	Telugu	982,000	100	N	2.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Sapari	Telugu	1,300	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Sarera (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	91,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Satani	Telugu	365,000	25,000	Y	1.0	25,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayankulam	Tamil	1,100	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayyid	Tamil	7,730,000	228,000	Y	1.0	-	230,000	-	-	-	-
Sema	Naga, Sumi	245,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Semman	Tamil	4,900	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	30	-	-
Shaikh	Urdu	85,075,000	896,000	Y	1.0	-	899,000	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Qureshi	Urdu	7,408,000	106,000	Y	1.0	-	106,000	-	-	-	-
Sillekyatha	Marathi	21,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Silpi	Tamil	200,000	67,000	Y	1.0	67,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sinhalese	Sinhala	4,200	1,300	Y	1.0	-	-	1,300	-	-	-
Siyal	Odia	32,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Soligar	Sholaga	6,300	6,100	Y	1.0	6,000	-	-	40	-	-
Somvanshi	Kannada	496,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	7,683,000	364,000	Y	1.0	363,000	-	-	-	-	1,500
Sonar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	188,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	923,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Christian	Malayalam	3,711,000	324,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	324,000	-	-
Tamang	Nepali	229,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Tamboli (Hindu traditions	Tamil	1,873,000	13,000	Y	1.0	9,300	-	-	-	-	3,400
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	Tamil	3,160,000	2,539,000	Y	1.0	-	2,547,000	-	-	-	-
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	4,685,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,052,000	700	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	700	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	18,562,000	250,000	Y	1.0	245,000	-	-	-	-	5,800
Thakkar	Marathi	584,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Thandan	Tamil	252,000	15,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	1,900	-	-
Thantapulayan	Malayalam	5,200	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Tharu	Nepali	456,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Tholuva Naicker	Tamil	400	400	N	3.0	400	-	-	500	-	-
Thoti, caste	Telugu	23,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Thoti, tribal	Telugu	5,100	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Tibetan	Tibetan, Central	109,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	200	-	-	-
Tili	Bengali	1,010,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Tirgar (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	17,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tiruvalluvar	Tamil	2,700	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Toda	Toda	2,300	2,100	N	2.0	1,800	20	-	300	-	-
Ulladan	Malayalam	21,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Urali	Tamil	73,000	14,000	Y	1.0	13,000	30	-	1,000	-	30
Urikkara Naicker	Telugu	1,100	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	80
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	3,579,000	505,000	Y	1.0	503,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Vaghri (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	565,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga	Kannada	6,387,000	219,000	Y	1.0	219,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	Kannada	5,600	5,600	Y	1.0	5,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	Kannada	241,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valan	Tamil	88,000	33,000	Y	1.0	33,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valanchian	Malayalam	5,300	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Vallan	Tamil	1,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Valluvan	Tamil	131,000	102,000	Y	1.0	102,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t	Hindi	4,983,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vaniyan	Tamil	931,000	615,000	N	2.0	516,000	-	-	100,000	-	-
Vannan	Tamil	1,003,000	899,000	N	2.0	772,000	-	-	126,000	-	-
Vanniyan	Tamil	12,550,000	10,658,000	Y	1.0	10,482,000	-	-	178,000	-	-
Vanniyan Agnikula	Tamil	572,000	455,000	Y	1.0	448,000	-	-	7,200	-	-
Vanniyan Kalingi	Tamil	36,000	36,000	Y	1.0	35,000	-	-	500	-	-
Vanniyan Kallaveli	Tamil	157,000	157,000	Y	1.0	151,000	-	-	5,500	-	-
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma	Tamil	93,000	93,000	Y	1.0	93,000	-	-	100	-	-
Vanniyan Kotton	Tamil	13,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	Telugu	25,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Varli	Saurashtra	1,246,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vathiriyan	Tamil	5,900	4,400	N	3.0	900	-	-	3,600	-	-
Velakkithalanayan	Tamil	351,000	189,000	Y	1.0	189,000	-	-	-	-	-
Velama	Telugu	434,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Velan	Tamil	86,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan	Tamil	2,533,000	1,809,000	Y	1.0	1,755,000	-	-	55,000	-	-
Vellalan Isai	Tamil	140,000	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	41,000	8,900	Y	1.0	8,900	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	Tamil	197,000	197,000	N	2.0	181,000	-	-	15,000	-	-
Vellalan Nanjanad	Tamil	196,000	100,000	Y	1.0	98,000	-	-	2,200	-	-
Vellalan Pattanavan	Tamil	9,300	6,800	Y	1.0	6,800	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Sozhia	Tamil	147,000	145,000	Y	1.0	144,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Vellalan Tondamandalam	Tamil	209,000	206,000	Y	1.0	205,000	-	-	1,800	-	-
Vellalan Vipravindolu	Telugu	1,600	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Virakodi	Tamil	118,000	118,000	Y	1.0	117,000	-	-	900	-	-
Veluthadanayar	Tamil	199,000	92,000	Y	1.0	92,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vetan	Tamil	72,000	38,000	Y	1.0	37,000	-	-	600	-	-
Vettakkaran	Tamil	5,300	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Vettiyan	Tamil	4,500	4,000	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan	Tamil	182,000	19,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan Gounder	Tamil	1,200	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma	Tamil	7,672,000	2,667,000	Y	1.0	2,665,000	-	-	3,200	-	-
Viswakarma Asari	Tamil	698,000	282,000	Y	1.0	282,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Kollan	Tamil	190,000	54,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Panchal	Tamil	95,000	8,900	Y	1.0	8,900	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Thattan	Tamil	200,000	65,000	Y	1.0	65,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Vilkurup	Tamil	12,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	58,708,000	3,002,000	Y	1.0	3,002,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Gola	Tamil	4,919,000	872,000	Y	1.0	872,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Sadgope	Bengali	2,484,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Yenadi	Telugu	675,000	88,000	Y	1.0	88,000	50	-	-	-	-
Yerava	Tamil	31,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Yerukula	Telugu	539,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	50	-	-	-	-
Yimchungra	Naga, Yimchungru	68,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
State Totals: 573 People Groups			76,810,000	513		68,106,000	4,007,000	11,000	4,434,000	13,000	241,000