| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Abdul | Urdu | 41,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0  | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 356,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 8,618,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 657,000 | 30 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 729,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 256,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agariya (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 244,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aghori | Hindi | 81,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aguri | Bengali | 607,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ahmadi | Urdu | 86,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Amat | Hindi | 318,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angarok | Bengali | 7,900 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anglo Indian | English | 156,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 12,518,000 | 1,305,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,305,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 543,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,900 | - |
| Asur | Asuri | 38,000 | 24,000 | N | 2.0  | 8,000 | 100 | 10 | 2,400 | - | 13,000 |
| Badaik | Hindi | 125,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,695,000 | 311,000 | Y | 1.0 | 311,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,402,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baidya (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 332,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiga | Hindi | 672,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | 30 | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 4,139,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiti | Bengali | 52,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bajikar (Muslim tradition | Bengali | 2,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,775,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 5,732,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 382,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 116,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Bais | Hindi | 153,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Barnawar | Hindi | 80,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Gahoi | Hindi | 407,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bania Gandha Banik | Hindi | 342,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 142,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | 2,200 |
| Bania Kasarwani | Magahi | 497,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Hindi | 593,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Khatri | Hindi | 240,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 226,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 436,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Hindi | 1,022,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 493,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | 1,900 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 388,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | 800 |
| Bania Rauniar | Hindi | 156,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Sinduria | Hindi | 31,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Srimali | Hindi | 425,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Bania Subarna Banik | Bengali | 196,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ummad | Gujarati | 352,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania unspecified | Hindi | 16,801,000 | 182,000 | Y | 1.0 | 171,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 10,000 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 7,123,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Banjara (Muslim tradition | Hindi | 191,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Bansphor (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 180,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bantar | Hindi | 160,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baori | Bhili | 453,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bari (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 741,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | 4,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 304,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bathudi | Bengali | 270,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bauri | Hindi | 2,327,000 | 217,000 | Y | 1.0 | 216,000 | - | 100 | 200 | 1,200 | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 127,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 653,000 | 117,000 | Y | 1.0 | 81,000 | - | 10 | 200 | 10 | 36,000 |
| Bedia (Muslim traditions) | Santhali | 4,800 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,977,000 | 9,700 | Y | 1.0 | 9,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Laria (Hindu tradi | Magahi | 61,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Besya (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,900 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhakat | Bengali | 3,400 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 40,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Hindi | 761,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 20,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhar | Hindi | 2,344,000 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0 | 6,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhaskar | Bengali | 1,400 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,621,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhathiara (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 220,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Hindi | 14,436,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 200 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Bhogta | Hindi | 299,000 | 260,000 | Y | 1.0 | 260,000 | - | 30 | 50 | 70 | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,849,000 | 78,000 | Y | 1.0 | 78,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Ghogra | Hindi | 65,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Kharbind | Hindi | 606,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Kharot | Hindi | 212,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Mallah Mewat | Hindi | 721,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Nikhad | Hindi | 75,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia | Sikkimese | 134,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Bhatri | 544,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuiya Ghatwar | Hindi | 358,000 | 253,000 | Y | 1.0 | 253,000 | - | 20 | 300 | 20 | - |
| Bhuiya unspecified | Hindi | 1,741,000 | 879,000 | Y | 1.0 | 876,000 | - | 400 | 2,000 | 400 | - |
| Bhumij | Bengali | 1,318,000 | 244,000 | Y | 1.0 | 157,000 | 200 | 20 | 700 | 20 | 86,000 |
| Bind | Hindi | 1,162,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binjhia | Hindi | 210,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | 10 | - | 200 | - | 8,600 |
| Birhor | Birhor | 24,000 | 13,000 | N | 2.0 | 9,400 | - | - | 800 | - | 2,200 |
| Birjia | Bijori | 17,000 | 7,300 | N | 2.0 | 1,500 | - | - | 2,300 | - | 3,500 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 107,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 98,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Hindi | 546,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 243,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bhumihar | Hindi | 3,264,000 | 246,000 | Y | 1.0 | 246,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Hindi | 3,618,000 | 60,000 | Y | 1.0 | 60,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 445,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Jyoti | Hindi | 151,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Hindi | 5,064,000 | 83,000 | Y | 1.0 | 83,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit | Kashmiri | 828,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 337,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Hindi | 231,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maithili | Maithili | 26,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 120,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Gujarati | 150,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Hindi | 62,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Radhi | Hindi | 1,884,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Rikhisur | Hindi | 61,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Hindi | 580,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Hindi | 708,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Hindi | 5,095,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 550,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,228,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Hindi | 34,453,000 | 744,000 | Y | 1.0 | 741,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 |
| Brahmin Utkal | Bengali | 218,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vaidik | Bengali | 226,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Varendra | Bengali | 308,000 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Buna (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 473,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 17,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 598,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 64,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 53,943,000 | 984,000 | Y | 1.0 | 973,000 | - | 2,500 | 9,400 | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,808,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Chamar Satnami | Hindi | 2,088,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | 20 | 200 | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 372,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chaupal | Hindi | 105,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chero | Hindi | 187,000 | 111,000 | Y | 1.0 | 109,000 | 200 | 10 | 100 | - | 1,900 |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 291,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Hindu traditions | Bengali | 152,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 144,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Chik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 122,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Chik Baraik | Hindi | 139,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | 100 | 10 | 2,300 | - | 22,000 |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Maithili | 72,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Hindi | 1,481,000 | 62,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 62,000 | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 136,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dai (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 16,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Dangi | Hindi | 834,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Darjee | Nepali | 56,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,446,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,183,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 46,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Hindi | 659,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Hindi | 3,280,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangri | Hindi | 27,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanuk | Hindi | 4,958,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanwar | Chhattisgarhi | 75,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dharua | Hindi | 22,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 12,478,000 | 252,000 | Y | 1.0 | 251,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,138,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 11,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Dhobi Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 226,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Batham | Hindi | 470,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Kanaujia | Hindi | 566,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Kathiya | Hindi | 123,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Mathuria | Hindi | 202,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Parit | Hindi | 298,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | 7,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi Sribastab | Hindi | 208,000 | 6,400 | Y | 1.0 | 6,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 16,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - |
| Domar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,534,000 | 196,000 | Y | 1.0 | 195,000 | - | 400 | 600 | 10 | - |
| Dulia | Bengali | 452,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 6,598,000 | 495,000 | Y | 1.0 | 493,000 | - | 300 | 800 | 200 | - |
| Dusadh Bahelia | Hindi | 811,000 | 78,000 | Y | 1.0 | 78,000 | - | 30 | 60 | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 105,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 4,750,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Gamit | 537,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,485,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandharb (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 17,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Hindi | 2,392,000 | 463,000 | Y | 1.0 | 461,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,500 |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 134,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 25,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 522,000 | 176,000 | Y | 1.0 | 174,000 | - | 200 | 800 | 100 | - |
| Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | Odia | 340,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghusuria | Hindi | 107,000 | 92,000 | Y | 1.0 | 92,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 688,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Godra | Odia | 4,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gokha | Odia | 258,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond Jhare | Hindi | 119,000 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | 30 | - | 2,200 |
| Gond unspecified | Hindi | 10,034,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | 80 | - | 300 | - | 20,000 |
| Gonrhi | Hindi | 955,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gorait | Hindi | 12,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | 10 | - | 100 | - | 1,900 |
| Gosain Dasnami | Hindi | 476,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain unspecified | Hindi | 1,361,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 54,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Guria | Odia | 864,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 126,000 | 60 | N | 2.0 | 40 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Bengali | 1,152,000 | 99,000 | Y | 1.0 | 99,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 2,331,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 89,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Halalkhor (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 8,600 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halalkhor (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 4,300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,652,000 | 128,000 | Y | 1.0 | 128,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai Maira | Hindi | 147,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 10,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Hazra (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ho | Ho | 1,263,000 | 1,082,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | 1,000 | 100 | 23,000 | 20 | 1,016,000 |
| Idayan | Panchpargania | 80,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 6,650,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 15,914,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,659,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 37,000 | - |
| Jat Dehia (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 24,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 | - |
| Jat Gil (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 278,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 497,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 184,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Jatapu | Kuvi | 167,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhalo Malo | Bengali | 474,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 476,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,757,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jogi Kanphata (Hindu trad | Hindi | 70,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Juang | Juang | 56,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julaha | Hindi | 968,000 | 189,000 | Y | 1.0 | 188,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 97,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 | - |
| Kadar | Hindi | 137,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 9,608,000 | 537,000 | Y | 1.0 | 537,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 90,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Kahar Kamkar (Hindu tradi | Magahi | 242,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta Jalia | Bengali | 532,000 | 5,700 | Y | 1.0 | 5,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Hindi | 1,632,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,709,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,574,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Hindi | 2,060,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalingi | Odia | 322,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalu | Bengali | 304,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,655,000 | 309,000 | Y | 1.0 | 309,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 77,000 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar Jaiswal | Hindi | 1,143,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar Sunri | Hindi | 696,000 | 199,000 | Y | 1.0 | 199,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Bengali | 36,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 582,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 109,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Kandra | Odia | 781,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandu | Hindi | 2,769,000 | 90,000 | Y | 1.0 | 90,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 248,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 345,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapali | Bengali | 352,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,181,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,829,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karan | Odia | 622,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karenga | Hindi | 49,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karmali | Hindi | 153,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 68,000 | 100 | 10 | 200 | - | 6,800 |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 771,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,885,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Kawar | Hindi | 1,176,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | 10 | - | 70 | - | 600 |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 7,037,000 | 234,000 | Y | 1.0 | 234,000 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Karan | Bengali | 628,000 | 34,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Mathur | Bengali | 43,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kela (Hindu traditions) | Odia | 29,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khadala | Bengali | 136,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khadura | Odia | 20,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Hindi | 493,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khandait | Bengali | 2,035,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khangar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 403,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharia | Kharia | 888,000 | 229,000 | N | 2.0 | 21,000 | 600 | 400 | 167,000 | 30 | 39,000 |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 487,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharwar | Hindi | 667,000 | 288,000 | Y | 1.0 | 263,000 | 300 | - | 500 | 20 | 24,000 |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,652,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,759,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 353,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 | - |
| Khatwa | Hindi | 319,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khetauri | Hindi | 130,000 | 123,000 | Y | 1.0 | 123,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kisan | Hindi | 1,912,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | 70 | - | 1,300 | - | 26,000 |
| Koch (Hindu traditions) | Koch | 59,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 9,582,000 | 816,000 | Y | 1.0 | 816,000 | - | 100 | 100 | - | - |
| Kol | Hindi | 2,069,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | 80 | - | 700 | - | 5,900 |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,640,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,970,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 366,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Gujarati | 9,748,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolta | Odia | 795,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konai | Bengali | 150,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Hindi | 3,039,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | 60 | - | 500 | - | 4,700 |
| Korku | Hindi | 1,191,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Korwa | Hindi | 527,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | 100 | - | 900 | - | 4,900 |
| Koshti | Sadri | 1,309,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotal | Bengali | 31,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Santhali | 1,560,000 | 1,100 | N | 2.0 | 800 | - | - | 50 | - | 300 |
| Kumal | Nepali | 4,200 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 18,455,000 | 829,000 | Y | 1.0 | 829,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 348,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Kumhar Bardiha | Hindi | 767,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Kanaujia | Hindi | 601,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Magahia | Hindi | 211,000 | 9,800 | Y | 1.0 | 9,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Mathuria | Hindi | 82,000 | 9,900 | Y | 1.0 | 9,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 15,483,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurariar | Hindi | 15,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 22,316,000 | 2,182,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,182,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi Mahato | Hindi | 297,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 390,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 900 | - |
| Laheri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 90,000 | 6,200 | Y | 1.0 | 6,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laheri (Muslim traditions | Bengali | 66,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Lakhera | Bhojpuri | 224,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 4,029,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions, | Bengali | 152,000 | 3,700 | N | 2.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 685,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 11,177,000 | 777,000 | Y | 1.0 | 777,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 731,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Lohara | Hindi | 313,000 | 254,000 | Y | 1.0 | 142,000 | 600 | 20 | 8,700 | 20 | 103,000 |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,742,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 66,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 750,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,054,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 406,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Maghaiya | Magahi | 1,600 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahanta | Odia | 105,000 | 8,600 | Y | 1.0 | 8,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,200,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 11,686,000 | 272,000 | Y | 1.0 | 268,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,700 |
| Mahli | Hindi | 479,000 | 179,000 | Y | 1.0 | 110,000 | 500 | 10 | 10,000 | 10 | 58,000 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Hindi | 8,947,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,088,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 633,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 | - |
| Mahuria | Magahi | 8,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,962,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Majhi | Majhi | 142,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Majhwar | Hindi | 219,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | 200 | - | 600 |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,074,000 | 106,000 | Y | 1.0 | 106,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 520,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,660,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,146,000 | 800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 800 | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 12,359,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali Bhagirathi | Hindi | 98,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,060,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Chain (Hindu tradi | Bhojpuri | 390,000 | 5,900 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Dhawa (Hindu tradi | Bhojpuri | 26,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Kewat (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 352,000 | 6,300 | Y | 1.0 | 6,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallik (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 661,000 | 8,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Malto | Santhali | 223,000 | 158,000 | N | 2.0 | 125,000 | 600 | 60 | 29,000 | - | 4,600 |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,165,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manihar | Urdu | 668,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,341,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Markande | Hindi | 91,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,049,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matia | Hindi | 239,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 3,354,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 1,412,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 713,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Mir | Bengali | 57,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirzakhani | Urdu | 14,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Mishri | Bengali | 7,400 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,292,000 | 48,000 | Y | 1.0 | 48,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 78,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 2,048,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 13,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 191,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukeri | Urdu | 38,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Mundari | 4,334,000 | 1,445,000 | N | 2.0 | 300,000 | 2,800 | 1,100 | 425,000 | 100 | 718,000 |
| Munnur | Telugu | 986,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Musahar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 3,683,000 | 62,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | 50 | 400 | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,200,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,430,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,337,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagar | Hindi | 171,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 175,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Muslim traditio | Sadri | 200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 13,922,000 | 399,000 | Y | 1.0 | 399,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 383,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Nai Mathuria | Hindi | 190,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 7,659,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 3,812,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Muslim traditio | Bengali | 2,900 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,690,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 583,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 162,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 885,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 189,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Oraon | Kurux | 5,270,000 | 2,006,000 | N | 2.0 | 283,000 | 4,000 | 900 | 520,000 | 200 | 1,197,000 |
| Paharia | Santhali | 19,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paik | Hindi | 258,000 | 9,700 | Y | 1.0 | 9,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Bengali | 143,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,661,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Hindi | 1,597,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | 60 | 70 | 30 | - |
| Panika | Sadri | 1,245,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 887,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,451,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Gondi, Northern | 373,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parhaiya | Hindi | 36,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | 30 | - | 300 | - | 1,800 |
| Parja unspecified | Hindi | 387,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 92,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 569,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Bangash | Urdu | 71,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Durrani | Urdu | 22,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Ghilzai | Urdu | 46,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 570,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khan | Urdu | 125,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 697,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 210,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Rohilla | Urdu | 76,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 1,016,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 9,073,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 64,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,823,000 | 72,000 | Y | 1.0 | 72,000 | - | 100 | 100 | 20 | - |
| Pasi Gujar | Hindi | 754,000 | 6,900 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi Kaithwan | Hindi | 1,028,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi Rajpasi | Hindi | 1,567,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patari | Hindi | 24,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Gujarati | 141,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patial | Bengali | 47,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patralu | Odia | 142,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patwa (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 304,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patwa (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 6,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pawaria (Hindu traditions | Bareli, Rathwi | 21,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pawaria (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 54,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Dari | 8,800 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Urdu | 3,877,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 5,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,515,000 | 67,000 | Y | 1.0 | 67,000 | - | - | - | - | 500 |
| Pundari | Bengali | 308,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puran Bhaja | Odia | 1,300 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puran unspecified | Odia | 1,300 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,265,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Quam-e-Punjab | Urdu | 9,100 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Marwari | 1,251,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Nepali | 143,000 | 1,500 | N | 2.0 | 1,300 | - | - | 30 | - | 100 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 4,968,000 | 147,000 | Y | 1.0 | 130,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 17,000 |
| Rajbansi (Muslim traditio | Bengali | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbhar | Hindi | 87,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 27,285,000 | 626,000 | Y | 1.0 | 625,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,935,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,241,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 8,400 | - |
| Rajput Bachgoti | Hindi | 182,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Baghel (Hindu trad | Hindi | 181,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,586,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bargujar (Hindu tr | Hindi | 241,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhadauria | Hindi | 304,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hind | Hindi | 71,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,048,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandel | Hindi | 399,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 3,587,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dikhit | Hindi | 312,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot (Hindu trad | Hindi | 676,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Garewal (Hindu tra | Hindi | 377,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 788,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gautam (Hindu trad | Hindi | 454,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadon | Hindi | 699,000 | 9,200 | Y | 1.0 | 9,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadu | Hindi | 341,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Janjua (Hindu trad | Hindi | 101,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Joia (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 78,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Kachhwaha | Hindi | 836,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Katheriya | Hindi | 191,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Manihas (Hindu tra | Hindi | 299,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Nagbansi | Hindi | 53,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Parihar | Hindi | 470,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,511,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Pundir (Hindu trad | Hindi | 214,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu tr | Hindi | 543,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,671,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu tr | Hindi | 237,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Salehria (Hindu tr | Hindi | 127,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 476,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Solanki | Gujarati | 361,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sombansi (Hindu tr | Hindi | 400,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Hindi | 301,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tonwar (Hindu trad | Maithili | 535,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Bengali | 697,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajwar | Hindi | 716,000 | 229,000 | Y | 1.0 | 229,000 | - | 100 | 200 | 50 | - |
| Rajwar Nagbansi | Hindi | 34,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajwar Rajbhar | Hindi | 35,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 550,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Rana | Hindi | 1,400 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 416,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 363,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Gujarati | 767,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rautia | Hindi | 136,000 | 108,000 | Y | 1.0 | 108,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Ravalia | Gujarati | 624,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravidas Chamar (Hindu tra | Hindi | 1,652,000 | 204,000 | Y | 1.0 | 202,000 | - | 200 | 1,600 | - | - |
| Ravidas Chamar (Sikh trad | Hindi | 26,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,200 | - |
| Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,141,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 173,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sagarbanshi | Odia | 207,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sahariya | Hindi | 1,017,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sahisia | Urdu | 10,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 690,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 | - |
| Samanthan | Bengali | 57,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sankara | Bengali | 92,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Santal (Sawntal) | Santhali | 8,956,000 | 3,280,000 | N | 2.0 | 1,809,000 | 6,500 | 700 | 276,000 | 600 | 1,190,000 |
| Saora unspecified | Bengali | 936,000 | 9,700 | N | 2.0 | 7,100 | 20 | - | 200 | - | 2,500 |
| Sardar (Muslim traditions | Bengali | 15,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 106,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,800 | - |
| Sarki | Nepali | 32,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauntia | Hindi | 97,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauria Paharia | Santhali | 62,000 | 55,000 | N | 2.0 | 24,000 | 200 | 40 | 28,000 | - | 1,800 |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 9,153,000 | 145,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 145,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 500,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 5,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 624,000 | 2,000 | N | 2.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 945,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 33,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 9,577,000 | 353,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 353,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 8,880,000 | 479,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 479,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 71,108,000 | 3,238,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,238,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 559,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 21,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sherpa | Nepali | 44,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 5,200 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,194,000 | 75,000 | Y | 1.0 | 75,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 220,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 700 | - |
| Sonar Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 123,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Barhaiya | Hindi | 41,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Chhatri | Hindi | 140,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Deswali | Hindi | 44,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Jathera | Hindi | 42,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Kammakala | Hindi | 41,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | 3,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Khatri | Hindi | 51,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Magahiya | Magahi | 42,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Mair | Hindi | 91,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Rastaogi | Hindi | 81,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sukiyar | Hindi | 4,800 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 638,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Bengali | 323,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 497,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,372,000 | 700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 700 | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 264,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 2,191,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 175,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 14,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,409,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,716,000 | 429,000 | Y | 1.0 | 425,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,900 |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,228,000 | 3,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 3,100 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 22,101,000 | 1,409,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,409,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Gangauta (Hindu trad | Hindi | 675,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Sribastab | Hindi | 351,000 | 24,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 39,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 528,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Thathera (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 378,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 117,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,268,000 | 30,000 | Y | 1.0 | 30,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipera | Kok Borok | 808,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiyar | Bengali | 580,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turaiha | Maithili | 427,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 411,000 | 232,000 | Y | 1.0 | 231,000 | - | 200 | 300 | 60 | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,133,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 6,610,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Buddhist traditi | Hindi | 26,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Christian tradit | Hindi | 124,000 | 2,200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,200 | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 5,752,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 320,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 286,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu t | Hindi | 11,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki Mehtar | Hindi | 149,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 1,041,000 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 70 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 171,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 101,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,523,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Gujarati | 1,464,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,772,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 770,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 7,543,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 40,552,000 | 2,532,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,532,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 10,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Bagal | Bengali | 6,600 | 3,800 | Y | 1.0 | 3,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Hindi | 1,811,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gaoli | Hindi | 5,803,000 | 685,000 | Y | 1.0 | 685,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Kaonra | Hindi | 790,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Rawat | Hindi | 1,694,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 3,057,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 53,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba, Limbu | Nepali | 150,000 | 60 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 784,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 629,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 544 People Groups |
|
39,016,000 |
509 |
|
26,816,000 |
5,872,000 |
9,600 |
1,585,000 |
82,000 |
4,653,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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