| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Ad Dharmi | Hindi | 744,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0  | 200 | - | - | - | - | 60 |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 315,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,608,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 566,000 | 40 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 2,974,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Padam | Hindi | 14,000 | 20 | N | 2.0  | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Agamudaiyan | Tamil | 870,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 662,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agariya (Hindu traditions | Agariya | 206,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | 40 | - | 200 | - | 1,000 |
| Aghori | Hindi | 69,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agri | Sindhi | 419,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aheria | Hindi | 162,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ahmadi | Urdu | 73,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 10,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Ahom | Assamese | 1,331,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajna | Hindi | 42,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andh | Hindi | 491,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angami | Naga, Angami | 158,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Anglo | English | 139,000 | 2,900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,900 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 10,605,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 65,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Ao | Naga, Ao | 233,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 2,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Arakh | Hindi | 595,000 | 214,000 | Y | 1.0 | 214,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arleng | Karbi | 499,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 4,079,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 470,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,700 | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 2,710,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Atari | Urdu | 3,800 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Audhelia | Hindi | 6,300 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bachhada | Hindi | 19,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 6,486,000 | 678,000 | Y | 1.0 | 678,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 589,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Badhi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 80,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badwa | Hindi | 2,700 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi | Hindi | 380,000 | 304,000 | Y | 1.0 | 304,000 | - | 50 | - | 80 | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Nimadi | 2,898,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bahelia (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 180,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bahna (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 822,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Bahrupi | Hindi | 4,400 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baidya (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 282,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiga | Hindi | 576,000 | 416,000 | Y | 1.0 | 403,000 | 1,000 | 30 | 1,000 | 50 | 11,000 |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 3,508,000 | 231,000 | Y | 1.0 | 231,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairwa | Hindi | 1,305,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiswar | Hindi | 88,000 | 69,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,191,000 | 1,344,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,336,000 | - | 300 | 6,300 | 800 | - |
| Balasantoshi | Hindi | 28,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,718,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 74,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bolla | Telugu | 71,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baloch | Urdu | 58,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Banchada | Hindi | 37,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania | Hindi | 29,114,000 | 2,002,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,525,000 | - | - | - | - | 476,000 |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 4,799,000 | 366,000 | Y | 1.0 | 260,000 | - | - | - | - | 106,000 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 316,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 98,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | 3,700 |
| Bania Bijabargi | Hindi | 99,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Brittal | Assamese | 69,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Dhusar | Hindi | 198,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Gahoi | Hindi | 339,000 | 110,000 | Y | 1.0 | 106,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,800 |
| Bania Golapurab | Hindi | 51,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | 4,500 |
| Bania Gujar | Hindi | 193,000 | 9,600 | Y | 1.0 | 9,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 121,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | 8,400 |
| Bania Kasar | Hindi | 70,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasarwani | Hindi | 407,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Hindi | 490,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Khandelwal | Hindi | 92,000 | 8,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | 3,300 |
| Bania Lad | Gujarati | 131,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Marwari | 184,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 360,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Hindi | 869,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Modh | Hindi | 75,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Nagar | Gujarati | 43,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Nima | Hindi | 84,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 5,700 |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 418,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | 52,000 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 325,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | 16,000 |
| Bania Rastaogi | Hindi | 57,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Saitwal | Hindi | 46,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Saraogi | Hindi | 76,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | 26,000 |
| Bania Srimali | Hindi | 360,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | 14,000 |
| Bania Ummad | Hindi | 295,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | 13,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 6,116,000 | 485,000 | Y | 1.0 | 485,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 163,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Rathor (Hindu tra | Hindi | 419,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Rathor (Muslim tr | Hindi | 200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bansphor (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 162,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baori | Marwari | 409,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barad (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 13,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barahar | Hindi | 128,000 | 103,000 | Y | 1.0 | 103,000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Baraua | Hindi | 500 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bargunda | Hindi | 35,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bari (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 632,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 73,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 258,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor Kandra | Hindi | 941,000 | 317,000 | Y | 1.0 | 317,000 | - | 50 | 20 | 70 | - |
| Basor Kandra | Hindi | 1,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 2,038,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawa Dedh | Hindi | 10,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 103,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Bazigar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 281,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beda Jangam | Hindi | 307,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,497,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 540,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,889,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 11,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Laria (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 49,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Laria (Muslim trad | Urdu | 400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Hindi | 18,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bemaria | Bagheli | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhaina | Hindi | 74,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | 40 | - | 50 | - | 100 |
| Bhampta | Hindi | 44,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 31,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 34,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Odia | 637,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 137,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 8,700 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhantu | Hindi | 13,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhanumati | Hindi | 4,200 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhar | Hindi | 1,984,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 1,202,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Muslim tradit | Urdu | 65,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Bharewa | Hindi | 9,400 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharia Bhumia | Hindi | 322,000 | 194,000 | Y | 1.0 | 193,000 | 400 | - | 90 | 20 | 700 |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,375,000 | 125,000 | Y | 1.0 | 125,000 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Bhathiara (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 187,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhattra | Hindi | 311,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil | Hindi | 16,928,000 | 5,981,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,913,000 | 11,000 | 300 | 50,000 | 500 | 4,600 |
| Bhil Barela | Hindi | 1,004,000 | 1,004,000 | Y | 1.0 | 988,000 | 1,700 | 40 | 11,000 | 100 | 1,000 |
| Bhil Mankar | Bhili | 228,000 | 228,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | 500 | 20 | 1,500 | 10 | 200 |
| Bhil Mavchi (Hindu tradit | Bhili | 500,000 | 242,000 | Y | 1.0 | 239,000 | 600 | 10 | 1,900 | 10 | 100 |
| Bhil Mina | Hindi | 108,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | 10 | - | 30 | - | - |
| Bhil Nihal | Nimadi | 329,000 | 291,000 | Y | 1.0 | 289,000 | 500 | 30 | 1,000 | 30 | 100 |
| Bhil Rathia | Bhili | 84,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | 50 | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Bhil Tadvi | Dhanki | 469,000 | 402,000 | Y | 1.0 | 398,000 | 3,800 | 20 | 200 | 20 | 200 |
| Bhisti | Urdu | 546,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 6,409,000 | 337,000 | Y | 1.0 | 337,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Ghogra | Hindi | 52,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Kharbind | Hindi | 515,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Kharot | Hindi | 178,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Nauria | Hindi | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Nikhad | Hindi | 62,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Bhatri | 458,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoyar | Hindi | 194,000 | 115,000 | Y | 1.0 | 115,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinhar | Hindi | 949,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuinmali | Bengali | 168,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuiya | Hindi | 2,006,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhumia | Hindi | 157,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhumij | Mundari | 1,124,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhunjia | Hindi | 27,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhurtia | Hindi | 14,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Biar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 372,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | 20 | - | 10 | - | 40 |
| Bidakia | Hindi | 500 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 348,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Billedar | Hindi | 7,600 | 7,600 | Y | 1.0 | 7,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binjhia | Marathi | 179,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | 30 | 10 | 30 | - | 60 |
| Birhor | Hindi | 21,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bishnoi (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 952,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bodh (Buddhist traditions | Sikkimese | 117,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,113,000 | 112,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 112,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 3,990,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin | Hindi | 59,242,000 | 3,862,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,809,000 | - | 700 | - | - | 55,000 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 94,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Brahmin Anavada | Hindi | 25,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 84,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Hindi | 464,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bagda | Hindi | 70,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 210,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bhagor | Hindi | 97,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chaturvedi | Hindi | 49,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 477,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 6,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Daima | Hindi | 75,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Dakshini | Hindi | 116,000 | 114,000 | Y | 1.0 | 114,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Hindi | 565,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Hindi | 2,967,000 | 107,000 | Y | 1.0 | 107,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Hindi | 267,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 152,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Jijhotia | Hindi | 478,000 | 147,000 | Y | 1.0 | 147,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 354,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Jyoti | Hindi | 121,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Hindi | 4,192,000 | 226,000 | Y | 1.0 | 226,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 457,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit | Kashmiri | 714,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 272,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khedawal | Hindi | 38,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Hindi | 180,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Hindi | 461,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maithili | Hindi | 21,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Malvi | Hindi | 78,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 75,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mewada | Hindi | 97,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Hindi | 127,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Nagar | Hindi | 109,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Hindi | 47,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Palliwal | Hindi | 86,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Parikh | Hindi | 147,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Rikhisur | Hindi | 50,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Hindi | 460,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Hindi | 2,698,000 | 426,000 | Y | 1.0 | 426,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Hindi | 567,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Hindi | 4,157,000 | 409,000 | Y | 1.0 | 409,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srigaud | Hindi | 100,000 | 71,000 | Y | 1.0 | 71,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Srimali | Hindi | 56,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | 8,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 509,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,030,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Buna (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 397,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 15,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Chadar | Hindi | 149,000 | 132,000 | Y | 1.0 | 132,000 | - | 10 | 20 | 30 | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 507,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakhesang | Naga, Chokri | 158,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Telugu | 863,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 48,867,000 | 5,322,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,249,000 | - | 34,000 | 39,000 | 80 | - |
| Chamar (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 17,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,349,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | 1,900 | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 317,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chepang | Nepali | 1,100 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 262,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 130,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 120,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Chhipa (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 450,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 75,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,100 |
| Chhipa (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 83,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 22,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Chidar | Hindi | 43,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Chik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 123,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Chitara | Hindi | 8,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 61,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Hindi | 983,000 | 11,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 11,000 | - | - |
| Chudigar | Marwari | 1,100 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 116,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dadupanthi | Hindi | 2,500 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dahait | Hindi | 57,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Daharia | Hindi | 10,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Damor | Hindi | 94,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | 10 | - | 100 | - | - |
| Dangi | Hindi | 708,000 | 396,000 | Y | 1.0 | 396,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darjee | Nepali | 53,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Daroga (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,023,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,903,000 | 357,000 | Y | 1.0 | 353,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,400 |
| Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,006,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 6,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Darzi Chhipi (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 9,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi Kaithiya (Hindu tra | Hindi | 45,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi Mathuria (Hindu tra | Hindi | 16,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi Mathuria (Muslim tr | Urdu | 6,800 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 93,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi Sribastab (Hindu tr | Hindi | 105,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Deshwali (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 181,000 | 163,000 | Y | 1.0 | 163,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 478,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Hindi | 562,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dewar | Hindi | 319,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhakad | Hindi | 718,000 | 248,000 | Y | 1.0 | 248,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 2,796,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanka | Nimadi | 422,000 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0 | 6,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanuk | Hindi | 4,224,000 | 106,000 | Y | 1.0 | 106,000 | - | 50 | - | 10 | - |
| Dhanwar | Hindi | 66,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | 90 | - | 100 |
| Dharkar | Hindi | 139,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhimar | Hindi | 1,851,000 | 948,000 | Y | 1.0 | 948,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 12,031,000 | 667,000 | Y | 1.0 | 667,000 | - | 300 | 20 | 200 | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 970,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dholi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 229,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dholi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 5,800 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Dohor | Hindi | 59,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,276,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Dom (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 181,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 6,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 91,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,400 | - | - | 40 | - |
| Gadaba | Hindi | 133,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 6,565,000 | 951,000 | Y | 1.0 | 951,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gaddi (Muslim traditions) | Hindi | 434,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Gujarati | 457,000 | 1,900 | N | 2.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Hindi | 1,281,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangai | Nepali | 4,700 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,531,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 124,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Garpaguri | Hindi | 32,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Odia | 2,002,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gawaria | Hindi | 72,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 114,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 22,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 433,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 286,000 | 142,000 | Y | 1.0 | 142,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghosi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 177,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 567,000 | 1,800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,800 | - | - |
| Godhi | Mewari | 2,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Golak | Hindi | 700 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goley | Hindi | 13,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond | Hindi | 14,294,000 | 5,107,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,518,000 | 9,400 | 700 | 19,000 | 500 | 560,000 |
| Gond Mannewar | Gondi, Adilabad | 47,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | 30 | - | 20 | - | 500 |
| Gond Maria | Hindi | 1,574,000 | 492,000 | Y | 1.0 | 408,000 | 1,000 | 60 | 2,800 | 50 | 80,000 |
| Gond Muria | Hindi | 687,000 | 157,000 | Y | 1.0 | 127,000 | 300 | - | 400 | - | 29,000 |
| Gond Nagawasi | Hindi | 152,000 | 115,000 | Y | 1.0 | 102,000 | 200 | - | 400 | - | 12,000 |
| Gond Rajgond | Gondi, Adilabad | 1,214,000 | 117,000 | Y | 1.0 | 114,000 | 200 | - | 100 | - | 3,200 |
| Gondhali | Marathi | 58,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gopal | Gujarati | 38,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain | Hindi | 1,550,000 | 198,000 | Y | 1.0 | 198,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gowari | Hindi | 449,000 | 72,000 | Y | 1.0 | 72,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,160,000 | 1,131,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,128,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,900 |
| Gujar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 467,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 47,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Gujjar (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,016,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Guria | Odia | 724,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung | Nepali | 109,000 | 90 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Habura | Hindi | 7,900 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Bengali | 998,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 1,987,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Halba | Hindi | 731,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 30 | - | 30 | - | 20 |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,399,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hammal | Urdu | 1,600 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 9,700 | 200 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Hela | Hindi | 53,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hijda | Hindi | 178,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Hindi | 164,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 5,878,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 19,308,000 | 237,000 | Y | 1.0 | 237,000 | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Jat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 533,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 18,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 9,349,000 | 84,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 84,000 | - |
| Jat Bains (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 33,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Bajwa (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 38,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Barh | Hindi | 99,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Chahil (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 155,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Chahil (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 78,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 80 | - |
| Jat Chima (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 68,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dagar | Hindi | 132,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dalal | Hindi | 121,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dehia (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 275,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dhariwal (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 166,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dhillon (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 157,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Dhillon (Sikh traditi | Punjabi, Eastern | 179,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Jat Gahlot (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 77,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Ghatwal (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 194,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Ghumman (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 36,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Gil (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 235,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Gil (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 195,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Jat Hela | Hindi | 229,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Jakhar (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 99,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Kharral (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 53,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Mann (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 164,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Mann (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 120,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 90 | - |
| Jat Pachhade | Hindi | 319,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Rathi (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 119,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sahrawat | Hindi | 129,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sangwan (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 108,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sarai (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 57,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 391,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 432,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 329,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 129,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Jat Thakurela | Hindi | 132,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Varaich (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 52,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat Virk (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 56,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jew, South Asian | Hindi | 6,100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Jhamral | Hindi | 8,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 413,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 | - |
| Jingar | Hindi | 52,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,183,000 | 134,000 | Y | 1.0 | 134,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jogi Kanphata (Hindu trad | Hindi | 53,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julaha | Punjabi, Eastern | 894,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | 1,800 | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Hindi | 42,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kachera (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 61,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachera (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 2,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,927,000 | 2,474,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,474,000 | - | - | - | - | 40 |
| Kachhi (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 3,400 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhia (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 109,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kadera | Hindi | 46,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,119,000 | 267,000 | Y | 1.0 | 267,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 78,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Kahar Kamkar (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 195,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta | Bengali | 1,893,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kaikadi | 335,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,428,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,922,000 | 309,000 | Y | 1.0 | 309,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 1,766,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalbelia | Hindi | 101,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalota | Hindi | 63,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalu | Bengali | 259,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,772,000 | 225,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 63,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar Jaiswal | Hindi | 967,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamad | Mewari | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Kamar | 31,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 203,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 506,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,900 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 104,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Kamrai | Bagheli | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandera | Hindi | 19,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandra | Odia | 737,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 200,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 15,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 294,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapewar | Telugu | 47,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu | Telugu | 15,016,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 3,572,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karan | Odia | 524,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karku | Hindi | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 652,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 6,725,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Kathodi | Marathi | 314,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Katia | Hindi | 207,000 | 171,000 | Y | 1.0 | 171,000 | - | 100 | - | 40 | - |
| Kawar | Hindi | 990,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | 40 | - | 100 | - | 200 |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 7,778,000 | 407,000 | Y | 1.0 | 407,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Karan | Hindi | 524,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Mathur | Bengali | 35,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Saksena | Hindi | 296,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Sribastab | Hindi | 960,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Hindi | 418,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | 100 | 10 | - | - | 60 |
| Khandait | Odia | 1,741,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khangar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 343,000 | 178,000 | Y | 1.0 | 178,000 | - | 60 | - | 60 | - |
| Kharadi | Hindi | 7,100 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharia | Hindi | 754,000 | 2,600 | N | 2.0 | 2,300 | 10 | - | 300 | - | - |
| Kharol | Hindi | 23,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 401,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharwar | Hindi | 569,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khasi | Khasi | 1,529,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Khati (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,641,000 | 452,000 | Y | 1.0 | 452,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,297,000 | 161,000 | Y | 1.0 | 161,000 | - | 30 | - | 60 | - |
| Khatik (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 32,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatki | Gujarati | 5,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,338,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | 100 | - | - | - | 300 |
| Khatri (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 50,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 305,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 424,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kir (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 72,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | 10 | 10 | - | - |
| Kir (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 300 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Kirar | Hindi | 877,000 | 716,000 | Y | 1.0 | 716,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kisan | Kurux | 1,621,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 8,189,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kol | Hindi | 1,767,000 | 1,173,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,167,000 | 2,500 | 80 | 300 | 100 | 2,100 |
| Kolha | Marathi | 710,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolhati | Marathi | 29,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli | Gujarati | 8,302,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,263,000 | 660,000 | Y | 1.0 | 659,000 | - | 400 | 60 | 200 | - |
| Koli Dhor | Marathi | 449,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,681,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 313,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolowar | Hindi | 242,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolta | Hindi | 666,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Dhora | Kuvi | 234,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Koda | 2,594,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koria | Hindi | 1,800 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korku | Korku | 1,043,000 | 732,000 | Y | 1.0 | 729,000 | 1,200 | 30 | 500 | 50 | 800 |
| Korku Bawaria | Korku | 15,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korku Muwasi | Korku | 44,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | 20 | - | 10 | - | 40 |
| Korku Nahal | Korku | 113,000 | 99,000 | Y | 1.0 | 99,000 | 100 | - | 80 | - | 60 |
| Korwa | Korwa | 449,000 | 8,700 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Hindi | 1,084,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Kotwal | Hindi | 99,000 | 97,000 | Y | 1.0 | 97,000 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Koya | Koya | 786,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuchbandia | Hindi | 33,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 32,000 | 30 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Hindi | 1,844,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumal | Nepali | 3,600 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 15,526,000 | 989,000 | Y | 1.0 | 988,000 | - | 200 | 80 | 300 | - |
| Kumhar Bardiha | Hindi | 648,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Kanaujia | Hindi | 508,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 6,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Mathuria | Hindi | 69,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 17,678,000 | 834,000 | Y | 1.0 | 833,000 | - | - | 100 | - | 800 |
| Kunbi Anjna | Hindi | 384,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Dhaneja | Marathi | 46,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Khaire | Marathi | 72,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Khedule | Marathi | 16,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Lonari | Marathi | 101,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Tirole | Marathi | 329,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 15,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 428,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 18,971,000 | 2,058,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,058,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 4,164,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 29,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 339,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,100 | - |
| Ladia | Hindi | 9,400 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lahangar | Hindi | 1,400 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lakhera | Hindi | 190,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 3,397,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 2,400 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 6,635,000 | 1,788,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,788,000 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Lodha (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 4,100 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 583,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 9,412,000 | 795,000 | Y | 1.0 | 794,000 | - | 300 | 10 | - | - |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 623,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 24,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 178,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,178,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Machhi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 787,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 56,000 | 9,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 9,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Madgi | Telugu | 58,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 638,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,797,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 346,000 | 500 | N | 2.0 | 400 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 404,000 | 11,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 11,000 | - | - |
| Mahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 9,617,000 | 824,000 | Y | 1.0 | 636,000 | - | 186,000 | 400 | 300 | - |
| Mahar (Muslim traditions) | Marathi | 2,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 9,885,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahli | Marathi | 405,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta | Marathi | 30,399,000 | 395,000 | Y | 1.0 | 394,000 | - | - | 10 | - | 500 |
| Mahratta Kshatriya | Marathi | 56,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Hindi | 7,682,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 628,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,600 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Hindi | 1,679,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Majhi | Hindi | 121,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | 100 | 80 | 50 | - | 200 |
| Majhwar | Hindi | 188,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | 10 | - | 10 |
| Makwana (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 67,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 1,783,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 444,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,691,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 2,660,000 | 1,900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,900 | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 9,861,000 | 820,000 | Y | 1.0 | 820,000 | - | 300 | 10 | - | - |
| Mali (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 15,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Mali Bhagirathi | Hindi | 82,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,260,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Chain (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 321,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Kewat (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 290,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mana | Marathi | 244,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manbhav | Hindi | 27,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mang Garodi | Marathi | 81,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,887,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manihar | Urdu | 568,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 12,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 9,153,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,155,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 171,000 | 2,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,000 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,595,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | 500 | 70 | 20 | - |
| Matia | Bengali | 203,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mawasi | Korku | 110,000 | 110,000 | Y | 1.0 | 109,000 | 400 | - | 10 | 10 | 600 |
| Mazhabi | Punjabi, Eastern | 2,690,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Meena | Hindi | 4,661,000 | 379,000 | Y | 1.0 | 379,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,033,000 | 81,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Meitei | Meitei | 1,449,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 608,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mewati (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 829,000 | 114,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 114,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Miana | Urdu | 72,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirasi (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 40,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirdhas (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 136,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 144,000 | 20 | N | 5.0  | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,062,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 67,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 1,747,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 75,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Moghia | Hindi | 53,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 163,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukeri | Urdu | 33,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Hindi | 3,688,000 | 5,200 | N | 2.0 | 2,100 | 2,400 | - | 700 | - | 40 |
| Munnur | Telugu | 860,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Murao (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,364,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Muskhan | Hindi | 500 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,043,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,271,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,983,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naga | Naga Pidgin | 19,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 152,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 11,822,000 | 998,000 | Y | 1.0 | 998,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 333,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,500 | - |
| Nai Mathuria | Hindi | 160,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naikda | Hindi | 3,821,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 6,684,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naita | Urdu | 57,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 57,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Nalband | Urdu | 5,500 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej | Bengali | 4,833,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,478,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nanakshahi | Hindi | 2,200 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Nanbai | Urdu | 13,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Naroda | Hindi | 36,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 472,000 | 112,000 | Y | 1.0 | 112,000 | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Nat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 138,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 12,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Nau Buddh | Hindi | 963,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 36,000 | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 790,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 167,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oraon | Hindi | 4,474,000 | 28,000 | N | 2.0 | 15,000 | 400 | 40 | 13,000 | 80 | 60 |
| Paik | Odia | 201,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Hindi | 122,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 462,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,476,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Odia | 1,593,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panika | Hindi | 1,082,000 | 195,000 | Y | 1.0 | 194,000 | 300 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 900 |
| Pao | Hindi | 59,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | 70 | - | 10 | - | 50 |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 792,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,208,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Pardhan | 318,000 | 124,000 | Y | 1.0 | 115,000 | 200 | 10 | 200 | 20 | 8,700 |
| Pardhi | Hindi | 365,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | 10 | - | - | - | 200 |
| Parja | Hindi | 493,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 82,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 11,486,000 | 890,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 890,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,729,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | 30 | - | 10 | - |
| Patari | Hindi | 20,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Gujarati | 120,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patlia | Hindi | 33,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patni (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 265,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patwa (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 259,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pawaria (Hindu traditions | Bareli, Rathwi | 18,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Hindi | 194,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Persian, Iranian | 7,900 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Pindara | Urdu | 69,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 27,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Urdu | 3,396,000 | 378,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 378,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 2,984,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu | Hindi | 23,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 267,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pundari | Bengali | 257,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,079,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 5,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Qazi | Urdu | 730,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,066,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rabha | Bengali | 370,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rahmani (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 234,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Hindi | 126,000 | 800 | N | 2.0 | 700 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,940,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbhar | Bengali | 73,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 45,716,000 | 5,338,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,302,000 | - | 700 | 10 | - | 36,000 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 2,890,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 32,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,073,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 18,000 | - |
| Rajput Agnivansi | Hindi | 200,000 | 188,000 | Y | 1.0 | 188,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bachgoti | Hindi | 145,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Baghel (Hindu trad | Hindi | 148,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 95,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,285,000 | 73,000 | Y | 1.0 | 73,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bargujar (Hindu tr | Hindi | 199,000 | 9,600 | Y | 1.0 | 9,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhadauria | Hindi | 252,000 | 91,000 | Y | 1.0 | 91,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hind | Hindi | 56,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 857,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bisen (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 288,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bundela | Hindi | 99,000 | 67,000 | Y | 1.0 | 67,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandel | Hindi | 329,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandrabansi | Hindi | 98,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 2,917,000 | 263,000 | Y | 1.0 | 263,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dangi | Hindi | 53,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dhakaru | Hindi | 49,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dikhit | Hindi | 259,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot | Hindi | 559,000 | 85,000 | Y | 1.0 | 85,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Garewal (Hindu tra | Hindi | 303,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 654,000 | 116,000 | Y | 1.0 | 116,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gautam | Hindi | 376,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadon | Hindi | 579,000 | 67,000 | Y | 1.0 | 67,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadu | Hindi | 280,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Janjua (Hindu trad | Hindi | 80,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Joia (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 61,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Kachhwaha | Hindi | 709,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Katheriya | Hindi | 159,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Mahratta (Hindu tr | Hindi | 79,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Manihas (Hindu tra | Hindi | 243,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Nagbansi | Hindi | 42,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Nikumbh | Hindi | 64,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Paik | Hindi | 95,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 95,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Parihar | Hindi | 391,000 | 100,000 | Y | 1.0 | 100,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Parmar | Hindi | 64,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,222,000 | 280,000 | Y | 1.0 | 280,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Pundir (Hindu trad | Hindi | 174,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rajbansi | Hindi | 471,000 | 233,000 | Y | 1.0 | 233,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor | Hindi | 1,377,000 | 192,000 | Y | 1.0 | 192,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rawat | Hindi | 93,000 | 86,000 | Y | 1.0 | 86,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Saithwar | Hindi | 477,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sakarwar | Hindi | 197,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Salehria (Hindu tr | Hindi | 101,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 396,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 64,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sikarwar | Hindi | 47,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sisodia | Hindi | 112,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Solanki | Hindi | 303,000 | 104,000 | Y | 1.0 | 104,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sombansi | Hindi | 330,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Hindi | 247,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tonwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 452,000 | 141,000 | Y | 1.0 | 141,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Bengali | 594,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajwar | Hindi | 585,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 479,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,100 | - |
| Ramoshi | Marathi | 317,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 309,000 | 61,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 61,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Gujarati | 654,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rathia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 691,000 | 84,000 | Y | 1.0 | 84,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Gujarati | 533,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravidas Chamar | Hindi | 2,199,000 | 116,000 | Y | 1.0 | 115,000 | - | 600 | 600 | - | - |
| Rawal (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 174,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rawat | Hindi | 781,000 | 113,000 | Y | 1.0 | 113,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 973,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 26,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rengma | Naga, Southern Rengma | 69,000 | 40 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Sahariya | Hindi | 867,000 | 617,000 | Y | 1.0 | 616,000 | 700 | 300 | 70 | 60 | 500 |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 607,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,000 | - |
| Sali | Telugu | 1,021,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salvi | Hindi | 61,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sansi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 240,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Sansi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 57,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,400 | - |
| Santal | Santhali | 7,642,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saonta | Hindi | 4,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saora | Hindi | 984,000 | 1,200 | N | 2.0 | 1,200 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 88,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,600 | - |
| Sargara | Hindi | 144,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarki | Nepali | 28,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Satani | Hindi | 432,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauntia | Hindi | 83,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saur | Hindi | 169,000 | 168,000 | Y | 1.0 | 168,000 | 300 | - | 30 | 20 | 100 |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 7,855,000 | 348,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 348,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sema | Naga, Sumi | 246,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 533,000 | 40 | N | 2.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh | Urdu | 85,980,000 | 2,238,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,238,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 8,093,000 | 141,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 141,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sherpa | Nepali | 38,000 | 30 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 81,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 45,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Silawat (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 70,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 4,500 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Sirvi | Hindi | 313,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Somvanshi | Hindi | 493,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,742,000 | 571,000 | Y | 1.0 | 568,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 192,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 | - |
| Sonar Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 104,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Chhatri | Hindi | 118,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Deswali | Hindi | 37,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Khatri | Hindi | 44,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Mair | Hindi | 78,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Rastaogi | Hindi | 69,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sondhia | Hindi | 562,000 | 449,000 | Y | 1.0 | 449,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonjhara | Chhattisgarhi | 18,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonr | Hindi | 46,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 20 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Soria | Hindi | 1,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 785,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Bengali | 272,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunuwar | Nepali | 83,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Bengali | 440,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 3,709,000 | 2,500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,500 | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 231,000 | 300 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 1,847,000 | 211,000 | Y | 1.0 | 211,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 150,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,190,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,839,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,073,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 7,100 | - |
| Tawaif (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 112,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 18,749,000 | 1,513,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,513,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,704,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Gangauta (Hindu trad | Hindi | 563,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Gangauta (Muslim tra | Urdu | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Sahu | Hindi | 80,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Sribastab | Hindi | 295,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 587,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 33,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thami | Nepali | 2,500 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 516,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Thathera (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 322,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thori (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 826,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 105,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,065,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirgar (Hindu traditions) | Mewari | 14,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tirmali | Hindi | 14,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiyar | Hindi | 495,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 352,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turkmen | Turkmen | 500 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 3,548,000 | 6,700 | Y | 1.0 | 6,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga | Kannada | 6,352,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar | Hindi | 119,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t | Hindi | 4,027,000 | 368,000 | Y | 1.0 | 363,000 | - | 200 | 4,600 | 300 | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki Lal Begi | Hindi | 18,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | 10 | - | 10 | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 936,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 90 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 138,000 | 40 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 870,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 12,588,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Gujarati | 1,249,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vasudev | Hindi | 15,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan | Tamil | 2,555,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Viswakarma | Tamil | 7,678,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 701,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 191,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 58,970,000 | 2,507,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,507,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Hindi | 1,541,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gaoli | Hindi | 5,053,000 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Hindi | 4,919,000 | 155,000 | Y | 1.0 | 155,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gualbans (Hindu tra | Hindi | 4,880,000 | 204,000 | Y | 1.0 | 204,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Rawat | Hindi | 1,447,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 2,610,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba | Nepali | 144,000 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 677,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zamral (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zeliang | Naga, Zeme | 105,000 | 50 | N | 3.0 | 10 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Zou | Zo | 25,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| State Totals: 752 People Groups |
|
81,487,000 |
706 |
|
74,443,000 |
4,869,000 |
265,000 |
192,000 |
155,000 |
1,560,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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