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	315,000	59,000	Y	1.0	59,000	-	-	600	-	-
Adi Andhra Christian	Telugu	27,000	4,500	N	3.0	-	-	-	4,500	-	-
Adi Dravida	Tamil	8,608,000	7,336,000	Y	1.0	7,317,000	-	60	5,200	500	-
Adi Dravida Christian	Tamil	566,000	488,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	488,000	-	-
Adi Karnataka	Kannada	2,974,000	27,000	Y	1.0	27,000	-	-	-	-	-
Adi Karnataka Christian	Kannada	263,000	300	N	3.0	-	-	-	300	-	-
Adiyan	Tamil	17,000	4,500	Y	1.0	4,400	30	-	30	10	20
Agamudaiyan	Tamil	870,000	806,000	Y	1.0	802,000	-	-	4,400	-	-
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	Tamil	1,600	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	Tamil	662,000	620,000	Y	1.0	619,000	-	-	1,100	-	-
Agamudaiyan Udayar	Tamil	8,600	8,600	N	2.0	7,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Ager (Hindu traditions)	Sindhi	14,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Agri	Sindhi	419,000	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	43,000	6,200	Y	1.0	6,100	20	-	-	-	30
Alavan	Tamil	7,600	4,300	Y	1.0	4,300	-	-	-	-	-
Ambalavasi	Tamil	152,000	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	183,000	170,000	Y	1.0	168,000	-	-	2,100	-	-
Anamuk	Telugu	300	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Angami	Naga, Angami	158,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Anglo	Tamil	139,000	9,100	N	3.0	-	-	-	9,100	-	-
Ansari	Urdu	10,605,000	32,000	Y	1.0	-	32,000	-	-	-	-
Anuppan	Kannada	1,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Ao	Naga, Ao	233,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Arab	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	2,400	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	47,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Aray Mala	Telugu	4,300	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Arayan	Malayalam	199,000	45,000	Y	1.0	45,000	-	-	100	-	-
Arora (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	470,000	600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	600	-
Arunthathiyar	Tamil	1,026,000	984,000	Y	1.0	984,000	-	-	-	80	-
Arwa Mala	Tamil	95,000	81,000	Y	1.0	81,000	-	-	-	-	-
Assamese (Muslim traditio	Assamese	2,710,000	30	Y	1.0	-	30	-	-	-	-
Ayyanavar	Tamil	16,000	2,500	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	-
Badaga	Badaga	218,000	198,000	Y	1.0	198,000	-	-	600	-	-
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	6,486,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Bagata	Telugu	147,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	2,898,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Baira	Kannada	8,900	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Bairagi (Hindu traditions	Tamil	3,508,000	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	8,600	6,400	Y	1.0	6,400	-	-	-	-	-
Balija (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,718,000	231,000	Y	1.0	231,000	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Bogam	Telugu	74,000	4,200	Y	1.0	4,200	-	-	-	-	-
Balija Bolla	Telugu	71,000	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	29,114,000	726,000	Y	1.0	652,000	-	-	20	-	74,000
Bania Agarwal	Marwari	4,799,000	23,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	4,800
Bania Agrahari	Hindi	316,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Chetti	Tamil	745,000	399,000	Y	1.0	360,000	-	-	-	-	39,000
Bania Gujar	Gujarati	193,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Komti	Telugu	1,792,000	29,000	Y	1.0	29,000	-	-	-	-	90
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	869,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bania Oswal	Hindi	418,000	8,100	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	-	-	5,600
Bania Porwal	Hindi	325,000	4,600	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	1,500
Bania Srimali	Saurashtra	360,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	10
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya	Telugu	80,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Banijiga	Kannada	720,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Banjara (Hindu traditions	Telugu	6,116,000	74,000	Y	1.0	74,000	-	-	-	-	-
Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra	Telugu	419,000	4,000	Y	1.0	4,000	-	-	-	-	-
Baria (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	258,000	2,200	Y	1.0	2,200	-	-	-	-	-
Bariki	Odia	27,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Basor Kandra	Tamil	941,000	150,000	Y	1.0	150,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bathada	Kannada	3,100	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Bauri	Bengali	2,038,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Bawaria (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	103,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Beda Jangam	Telugu	307,000	7,400	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	-	-	-
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,497,000	152,000	Y	1.0	152,000	-	-	-	-	-
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	1,889,000	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	51,000	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	271,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bharathar (Christian trad	Tamil	38,000	34,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	34,000	-	-
Bharathar (Hindu traditio	Tamil	12,000	7,000	Y	1.0	7,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	1,375,000	800	Y	1.0	800	-	-	-	-	-
Bhil	Hindi	16,928,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	6,409,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Bhotia	Sikkimese	114,000	40	Y	1.0	-	-	40	-	-	-
Bohra	Gujarati	1,113,000	5,000	Y	1.0	-	5,000	-	-	-	-
Bondili	Telugu	2,400	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Boya	Telugu	3,990,000	1,859,000	Y	1.0	1,859,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin	Tamil	59,242,000	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	464,000	2,700	Y	1.0	2,700	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Bengali	Bengali	210,000	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	565,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Dravida	Tamil	125,000	78,000	Y	1.0	78,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	Tamil	282,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gaur	Tamil	2,967,000	60,000	Y	1.0	60,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujar Gaur	Gujarati	267,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,900	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Gujarati	Gujarati	152,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Iyer	Tamil	304,000	224,000	Y	1.0	224,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Joshi	Tamil	354,000	5,400	Y	1.0	5,400	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Kannada	Kannada	457,000	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	461,000	38,000	Y	1.0	38,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Malla Jetti	Telugu	134,000	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	567,000	15,000	Y	1.0	15,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sawaria	Saurashtra	4,157,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Sholiar	Tamil	48,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Tamil	Tamil	509,000	394,000	Y	1.0	394,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telaganya	Telugu	208,000	25,000	Y	1.0	25,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Telugu	Telugu	1,030,000	52,000	Y	1.0	52,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vadama	Tamil	44,000	30,000	Y	1.0	30,000	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Vaidik	Hindi	185,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin Velanadu	Tamil	118,000	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	118,000	117,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	117,000	-	-
Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit	Tamil	863,000	802,000	Y	1.0	801,000	-	-	500	40	-
Chalvadi	Tamil	227,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	Hindi	48,867,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Chandala	Kannada	12,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Charan (Hindu traditions)	Gujarati	317,000	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	71,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	40	-	-
Chenna Dasar	Kannada	75,000	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Cheruman (Hindu tradition	Malayalam	376,000	1,500	Y	1.0	1,500	-	-	-	-	-
Cherumar Christian	Tamil	462,000	81,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	81,000	-	-
Chhetri	Nepali	262,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Chhimba (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	120,000	50	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	50	-
Chitrakar (Hindu traditio	Telugu	61,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Christian	Tamil	983,000	109,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	109,000	-	-
Dakkal	Telugu	5,700	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Dandasi	Odia	87,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,903,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Devadasi	Tamil	21,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Devadiga (Hindu tradition	Tulu	148,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Devanga	Kannada	478,000	41,000	Y	1.0	40,000	-	-	800	-	-
Devendrakulathan	Tamil	88,000	86,000	Y	1.0	86,000	-	-	-	-	-
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t	Hindi	562,000	2,100	Y	1.0	2,100	-	-	-	-	-
Dhangar Bharwad	Saurashtra	2,796,000	7,500	Y	1.0	7,500	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	12,031,000	929,000	Y	1.0	929,000	-	-	-	-	-
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	Urdu	970,000	4,100	Y	1.0	-	4,100	-	-	-	-
Dhor	Marathi	150,000	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	2,276,000	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	5,100	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Eravallan	Tamil	7,800	3,000	Y	1.0	3,000	-	-	20	-	-
Gamit	Saurashtra	457,000	1,700	N	2.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ganda	Odia	1,281,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gandla	Telugu	74,000	18,000	Y	1.0	18,000	-	-	-	-	-
Gangakula	Kannada	1,531,000	69,000	Y	1.0	69,000	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Hindu traditions)	Kannada	124,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Garoda (Muslim traditions	Urdu	900	400	Y	1.0	-	400	-	-	-	-
Gauda	Odia	2,002,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Gavara	Malayalam	17,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions	Saurashtra	114,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions	Telugu	433,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Goanese	Konkani, Goan	567,000	14,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	14,000	-	-
Godagali	Telugu	5,400	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	14,294,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Gosain	Marathi	1,550,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Gosangi (Hindu traditions	Telugu	31,000	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	7,160,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Gurung	Nepali	109,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Hajam	Tamil	1,987,000	21,000	Y	1.0	-	21,000	-	-	-	-
Hakki Pikki	Vaagri Booli	25,000	7,100	Y	1.0	7,100	-	-	-	-	-
Halleer	Marathi	4,500	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Halsar	Kannada	11,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Han Chinese, Mandarin	Chinese, Mandarin	9,700	500	N	2.0	-	-	500	-	-	40
Hande Jogi	Telugu	28,000	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	102,000	99,000	Y	1.0	98,000	-	-	200	-	-
Ho	Kurux	1,078,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Holar	Kannada	164,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Holaya	Kannada	814,000	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	5,878,000	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	225,000	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	19,308,000	3,700	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	-	-	-
Jat (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	9,349,000	6,600	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	6,600	-
Jatapu	Telugu	143,000	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	413,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	3,183,000	28,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	-	-	-
Julaha	Punjabi, Eastern	894,000	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	8,119,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Kahar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	78,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kahha	Naga, Phom	54,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
Kaibartta	Bengali	1,893,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikadi	Kannada	335,000	20,000	Y	1.0	20,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kaikolan	Tamil	2,428,000	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	3,922,000	153,000	Y	1.0	153,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalal Idiga	Telugu	1,766,000	96,000	Y	1.0	96,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kalladi	Tamil	41,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Kallan	Tamil	1,274,000	1,198,000	Y	1.0	1,195,000	-	-	2,400	-	-
Kamathi	Telugu	203,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Kamboh (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	506,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Kammara	Telugu	121,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	10	-	-
Kamsala	Telugu	29,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Kanakkan	Tamil	255,000	5,500	Y	1.0	5,500	-	-	40	-	-
Kanikkaran	Tamil	25,000	3,900	Y	1.0	3,500	10	-	300	-	-
Kaniyan	Tamil	99,000	2,300	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	500	-	10
Kapu	Telugu	15,016,000	565,000	Y	1.0	565,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kapu Reddi	Telugu	3,572,000	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	83,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Karumpuram	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	652,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	100	-	-
Kashmiri (Muslim traditio	Urdu	6,725,000	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	7,778,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Kepmaris	Tamil	1,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Keralamuthali	Tamil	9,200	4,000	N	2.0	3,200	-	-	800	-	-
Khandait	Odia	1,741,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	401,000	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Khasi	Khasi	1,529,000	400	N	3.0	-	-	-	400	-	-
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	2,338,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Khatri (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	305,000	800	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	800	-
Khoja	Gujarati	424,000	40	Y	1.0	-	40	-	-	-	-
Kochu Velan	Tamil	200	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Koli	Saurashtra	8,302,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	2,263,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Dhor	Marathi	449,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Mahadev	Marathi	1,681,000	2,400	Y	1.0	2,400	-	-	-	-	-
Koli Malhar	Marathi	313,000	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	234,000	900	Y	1.0	900	-	-	-	-	-
Konda Kapu	Telugu	21,000	600	Y	1.0	400	-	-	100	-	10
Konda Reddi	Tamil	123,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	20	-	10
Konyak	Naga, Konyak	241,000	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	219,000	3,300	Y	1.0	3,300	-	-	-	-	-
Kori	Telugu	2,594,000	700	Y	1.0	700	-	-	-	-	-
Koshti	Tamil	1,084,000	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	786,000	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	289,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kui Khond	Telugu	1,844,000	100	N	2.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kuli	Odia	16,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	15,526,000	233,000	Y	1.0	233,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	303,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	17,678,000	48,000	Y	1.0	48,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kunchatiga	Kannada	377,000	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	428,000	142,000	Y	1.0	142,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	18,971,000	51,000	Y	1.0	51,000	-	-	-	-	-
Kuruba	Tamil	4,164,000	754,000	Y	1.0	754,000	40	-	30	10	20
Kuruman	Kannada	57,000	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	339,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Lingayat	Kannada	3,397,000	91,000	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	91,000
Lohana	Saurashtra	583,000	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	9,412,000	128,000	Y	1.0	128,000	-	-	-	-	-
Lotha	Naga, Lotha	178,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Madari (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	260,000	248,000	Y	1.0	248,000	-	-	-	10	-
Madasi Kuruva	Telugu	8,700	2,000	Y	1.0	2,000	-	-	-	-	-
Madiga (Christian traditi	Telugu	638,000	5,700	N	3.0	-	-	-	5,700	-	-
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	7,797,000	5,900	Y	1.0	5,900	-	-	40	-	-
Madiga Dasu	Telugu	8,200	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Magar	Nepali	346,000	20	N	2.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Maha Malasar	Tamil	300	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Mahar (Christian traditio	Marathi	404,000	1,400	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,400	-	-
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	9,617,000	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Mahishya	Bengali	9,885,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Mahratta	Tamil	30,399,000	142,000	Y	1.0	142,000	-	-	-	-	200
Mahratta Kunbi	Saurashtra	7,682,000	8,400	Y	1.0	8,400	-	-	-	-	-
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	628,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Mahyavanshi	Saurashtra	1,679,000	5,200	Y	1.0	5,200	-	-	-	-	-
Maila	Tamil	2,700	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Mala (Christian tradition	Telugu	444,000	7,600	N	3.0	-	-	-	7,600	-	-
Mala (Hindu traditions)	Telugu	5,691,000	3,800	Y	1.0	3,700	-	-	70	-	-
Mala Dasari	Telugu	31,000	8,000	Y	1.0	8,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Dasu	Telugu	12,000	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	135,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Sanyasi	Telugu	800	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mala Urali	Telugu	6,300	3,100	Y	1.0	3,100	-	-	-	-	-
Malabar Catholic	Malayalam	2,660,000	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	9,800	6,500	Y	1.0	6,500	10	-	10	-	-
Malayali	Tamil	374,000	363,000	Y	1.0	361,000	400	-	400	20	200
Malayan, caste	Malayalam	33,000	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	9,861,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Mang Garodi	Marathi	81,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Mangala	Telugu	1,887,000	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	280,000	44,000	Y	1.0	44,000	-	-	100	-	-
Mannan, tribal	Tamil	10,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Manne	Telugu	43,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mappila	Malayalam	9,153,000	111,000	Y	1.0	-	111,000	-	-	-	-
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	3,155,000	3,017,000	Y	1.0	2,938,000	-	-	79,000	-	-
Masan Jogi	Telugu	32,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Masthi	Telugu	2,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Matang (Christian traditi	Marathi	171,000	300	N	3.0	-	-	-	300	-	-
Matang (Hindu traditions)	Marathi	2,595,000	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	3,033,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Meitei	Meitei	1,449,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Melakkaran	Tamil	100	90	Y	1.0	90	-	-	-	-	-
Memon	Gujarati	608,000	2,300	Y	1.0	-	2,300	-	-	-	-
Mizo	Mizo	144,000	200	N	5.0	-	-	-	200	-	-
Mizo Lushai	Mizo	568,000	100	N	5.0	-	-	-	100	-	-
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,062,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Moger	Tamil	123,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	30	-	-	-
Moghal	Urdu	1,747,000	19,000	Y	1.0	-	19,000	-	-	-	-
Momna	Gujarati	163,000	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	44,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Christian tradi	Tamil	40,000	3,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,000	-	-
Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	154,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	-	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditio	Tamil	2,700	30	Y	1.0	-	30	-	-	-	-
Mundala	Tamil	28,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Munnur	Telugu	860,000	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	25,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	10	-	-
Mutrasi	Telugu	1,043,000	54,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	400	-	-
Nadar (Christian traditio	Tamil	1,271,000	1,023,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,023,000	-	-
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,983,000	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	11,822,000	580,000	Y	1.0	580,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nai (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	333,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	300	-
Nair	Tamil	6,684,000	1,321,000	Y	1.0	1,304,000	-	-	17,000	-	-
Nair Anthur	Malayalam	129,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Nalkadaya	Tulu	2,900	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej	Bengali	4,833,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Namassej Chandel	Bengali	1,478,000	70	Y	1.0	70	-	-	-	-	-
Nanjil Mudali	Tamil	600	600	N	2.0	500	-	-	80	-	-
Nat (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	472,000	4,100	Y	1.0	4,100	-	-	-	-	-
Nau Buddh	Tamil	963,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	200	-	-	-
Navait	Tamil	57,000	20,000	Y	1.0	-	20,000	-	-	-	-
Navithan	Tamil	790,000	737,000	Y	1.0	737,000	-	-	-	-	-
Nayadi	Tamil	85,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Newah	Nepali	167,000	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	Tamil	8,300	7,600	Y	1.0	7,600	-	-	-	-	-
Pale	Tamil	9,500	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Paliya	Bengali	122,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Paliyan	Tamil	10,000	7,200	Y	1.0	7,200	-	-	-	-	-
Pallan (Christian traditi	Tamil	462,000	452,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	480,000	-	-
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	2,476,000	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	5,900	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	1,593,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Panan	Tamil	234,000	182,000	Y	1.0	182,000	-	-	-	-	-
Panchama	Telugu	4,000	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	100,000	10,000	Y	1.0	10,000	60	-	200	-	-
Pannadi	Tamil	7,200	4,500	Y	1.0	4,500	-	-	-	-	-
Panniandi	Tamil	11,000	11,000	Y	1.0	11,000	-	-	-	-	-
Paraiyan (Christian tradi	Tamil	792,000	627,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	627,000	-	-
Paraiyan (Hindu tradition	Tamil	2,208,000	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	88,000	23,000	Y	1.0	23,000	-	80	-	-	-
Pardhan	Telugu	318,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Parsee	Saurashtra	82,000	300	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	-	300
Pashtun, Pathan	Urdu	11,486,000	204,000	Y	1.0	-	204,000	-	-	-	-
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	7,900	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	69,000	2,600	Y	1.0	-	2,600	-	-	-	-
Pinjara	Telugu	3,396,000	3,300	Y	1.0	-	3,300	-	-	-	-
Pod	Bengali	2,984,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Poi	Mizo	49,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
Portuguese	Indo-Portuguese	1,400	100	N	3.0	-	-	-	100	-	-
Prabhu Kayastha	Marathi	267,000	60	Y	1.0	60	-	-	-	-	-
Pulaya Vettuvan	Malayalam	1,100	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Pulayan	Tamil	1,059,000	8,500	Y	1.0	8,500	-	-	-	-	-
Puthirai Vannan	Tamil	30,000	29,000	Y	1.0	28,000	-	-	100	-	-
Qassab	Urdu	1,079,000	800	Y	1.0	-	800	-	-	-	-
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	Saurashtra	1,066,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Raddi	Kannada	75,000	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Rai	Nepali	126,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Rajbansi (Hindu tradition	Bengali	4,940,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajpur	Konkani	50,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	45,716,000	235,000	Y	1.0	235,000	-	-	-	-	900
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,073,000	2,100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	2,100	-
Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit	Hindi	1,285,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad	Hindi	857,000	600	Y	1.0	600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chandrabansi	Hindi	98,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra	Hindi	2,917,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gahlot	Hindi	559,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Gaur	Hindi	654,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad	Hindi	1,222,000	1,300	Y	1.0	1,300	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Rathor	Hindi	1,377,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Solanki	Gujarati	303,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Rajput Surajbansi	Tamil	247,000	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	479,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Rangrez (Hindu traditions	Tamil	350,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Rathawa	Saurashtra	654,000	1,700	Y	1.0	1,700	-	-	-	-	-
Ravalia	Saurashtra	533,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Rawat	Hindi	781,000	400	Y	1.0	400	-	-	-	-	-
Razu	Telugu	472,000	60,000	Y	1.0	60,000	-	-	-	-	-
Relli	Telugu	152,000	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	607,000	100	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	100	-
Sali	Telugu	1,021,000	115,000	Y	1.0	115,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sali Pattariyan	Tamil	3,300	1,800	Y	1.0	1,800	-	-	-	-	-
Samagara	Marathi	90,000	40	Y	1.0	40	-	-	-	-	-
Samanthan	Malayalam	48,000	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Samban	Tamil	21,000	7,600	Y	1.0	7,400	-	-	200	-	-
Santal	Telugu	7,642,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Saora	Telugu	984,000	100	N	2.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Sarera (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	88,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	200	-
Satani	Telugu	432,000	25,000	Y	1.0	25,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayankulam	Tamil	1,100	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sayyid	Tamil	7,855,000	232,000	Y	1.0	-	232,000	-	-	-	-
Sema	Naga, Sumi	246,000	50	N	3.0	-	-	-	50	-	-
Semman	Tamil	5,000	2,600	Y	1.0	2,500	-	-	30	-	-
Shaikh	Urdu	85,980,000	902,000	Y	1.0	-	902,000	-	-	-	-
Shaikh Qureshi	Urdu	8,093,000	107,000	Y	1.0	-	107,000	-	-	-	-
Sillekyatha	Marathi	36,000	300	Y	1.0	300	-	-	-	-	-
Silpi	Tamil	205,000	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	6,300	6,100	Y	1.0	6,100	-	-	40	-	-
Somvanshi	Kannada	493,000	31,000	Y	1.0	31,000	-	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	7,742,000	365,000	Y	1.0	364,000	-	-	-	-	1,400
Sonar (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	192,000	60	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	60	-
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	785,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Christian	Malayalam	3,709,000	320,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	320,000	-	-
Tamang	Nepali	231,000	10	N	2.0	10	-	-	-	-	-
Tamboli (Hindu traditions	Tamil	1,847,000	10,000	Y	1.0	9,400	-	-	-	-	800
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	Tamil	3,190,000	2,578,000	Y	1.0	-	2,578,000	-	-	-	-
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	Bengali	4,839,000	100	Y	1.0	100	-	-	-	-	-
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	Punjabi, Eastern	1,073,000	700	Y	1.0	-	-	-	-	700	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	18,749,000	246,000	Y	1.0	246,000	-	-	-	-	-
Thakkar	Marathi	587,000	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Thandan (Christian tradit	Malayalam	12,000	1,900	N	3.0	-	-	-	1,900	-	-
Thandan (Hindu traditions	Tamil	233,000	13,000	Y	1.0	13,000	-	-	-	-	-
Thantapulayan	Malayalam	5,200	30	Y	1.0	30	-	-	-	-	-
Tharu	Nepali	516,000	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	5,100	80	Y	1.0	80	-	-	-	-	-
Tibetan	Tibetan, Central	105,000	200	Y	1.0	-	-	200	-	-	-
Tili	Bengali	1,065,000	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	71,000	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	3,548,000	506,000	Y	1.0	505,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Vakkaliga	Kannada	6,352,000	221,000	Y	1.0	221,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	Kannada	5,600	5,600	Y	1.0	5,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	Kannada	242,000	22,000	Y	1.0	22,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valan	Tamil	88,000	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	117,000	91,000	Y	1.0	91,000	-	-	-	-	-
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t	Hindi	4,027,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vaniyan	Tamil	936,000	618,000	N	2.0	517,000	-	-	100,000	-	-
Vannan (Christian traditi	Tamil	138,000	125,000	N	3.0	-	-	-	125,000	-	-
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	870,000	778,000	Y	1.0	778,000	-	-	700	-	-
Vanniyan	Tamil	12,588,000	10,694,000	Y	1.0	10,511,000	-	-	181,000	-	-
Vanniyan Agnikula	Tamil	586,000	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	93,000	93,000	Y	1.0	93,000	-	-	100	-	-
Vanniyan Kotton	Tamil	16,000	16,000	Y	1.0	16,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	Telugu	25,000	1,100	Y	1.0	1,100	-	-	-	-	-
Varli	Saurashtra	1,249,000	1,600	Y	1.0	1,600	-	-	-	-	-
Vathiriyan (Christian tra	Tamil	5,000	3,600	N	3.0	-	-	-	3,600	-	-
Vathiriyan (Hindu traditi	Tamil	9,300	9,200	Y	1.0	9,200	-	-	-	-	-
Velakkithalanayan	Tamil	352,000	190,000	Y	1.0	190,000	-	-	-	-	-
Velama	Telugu	435,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Velan	Malayalam	86,000	500	Y	1.0	500	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan	Tamil	2,555,000	1,830,000	Y	1.0	1,774,000	-	-	55,000	-	-
Vellalan Isai	Tamil	141,000	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	198,000	198,000	N	2.0	182,000	-	-	15,000	-	-
Vellalan Nanjanad	Tamil	197,000	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	146,000	Y	1.0	144,000	-	-	1,600	-	-
Vellalan Tondamandalam	Tamil	210,000	207,000	Y	1.0	206,000	-	-	1,800	-	-
Vellalan Vipravindolu	Telugu	1,600	1,000	Y	1.0	1,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vellalan Virakodi	Tamil	118,000	118,000	Y	1.0	117,000	-	-	900	-	-
Veluthadanayar	Tamil	200,000	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	5,300	2,800	Y	1.0	2,800	-	-	-	-	-
Vettiyan	Tamil	400	200	Y	1.0	200	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan	Tamil	115,000	19,000	Y	1.0	19,000	-	-	-	-	-
Vettuvan Gounder	Tamil	1,200	1,200	Y	1.0	1,200	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma	Tamil	7,678,000	2,668,000	Y	1.0	2,664,000	-	-	3,200	-	-
Viswakarma Asari	Tamil	701,000	283,000	Y	1.0	283,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Kollan	Tamil	191,000	54,000	Y	1.0	54,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Panchal	Tamil	93,000	8,900	Y	1.0	8,900	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Thattan	Tamil	201,000	66,000	Y	1.0	66,000	-	-	-	-	-
Viswakarma Vilkurup	Tamil	12,000	3,500	Y	1.0	3,500	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	Tamil	58,970,000	3,016,000	Y	1.0	3,016,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Gola	Tamil	4,919,000	876,000	Y	1.0	876,000	-	-	-	-	-
Yadav Sadgope	Bengali	2,610,000	50	Y	1.0	50	-	-	-	-	-
Yenadi	Telugu	677,000	88,000	Y	1.0	88,000	50	-	-	-	-
Yerava	Tamil	31,000	20	Y	1.0	20	-	-	-	-	-
Yerukula	Telugu	541,000	14,000	Y	1.0	14,000	50	-	-	-	-
Yimchungra	Naga, Yimchungru	68,000	40	N	3.0	-	-	-	40	-	-
State Totals: 583 People Groups			75,655,000	516		66,823,000	4,249,000	3,200	4,344,000	14,000	232,000