| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Abdul | Urdu | 34,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0  | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 1,242,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Kannada | 9,801,000 | 1,200 | N | 2.0  | 1,100 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan | Tamil | 855,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 653,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agariya (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 207,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aghori | Hindi | 69,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aguri | Bengali | 461,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ahmadi | Urdu | 73,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Amat | Hindi | 253,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Angarok | Bengali | 6,300 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anglo | English | 140,000 | 200 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 10,533,000 | 1,117,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,117,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Aoghar | Hindi | 100 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 467,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,600 | - |
| Asur | Asuri | 31,000 | 20,000 | N | 2.0 | 6,900 | 80 | 10 | 2,000 | - | 11,000 |
| Badaik | Hindi | 107,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 6,442,000 | 261,000 | Y | 1.0 | 261,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,265,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baidya (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 273,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiga | Hindi | 576,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | 20 | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 3,406,000 | 52,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baiti | Bengali | 50,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bajikar (Muslim tradition | Bengali | 2,200 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,699,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania | Hindi | 28,851,000 | 177,000 | Y | 1.0 | 167,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 10,000 |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 4,767,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 315,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 97,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Bais | Hindi | 125,000 | 3,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Barnawar | Hindi | 63,000 | 9,500 | Y | 1.0 | 9,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Gahoi | Hindi | 337,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bania Gandha Banik | Hindi | 282,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 120,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | 1,900 |
| Bania Kasarwani | Magahi | 405,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Kasaundhan | Hindi | 487,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Khatri | Hindi | 198,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 183,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 358,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Hindi | 864,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 416,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | 1,700 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 322,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Bania Rauniar | Hindi | 124,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Srimali | Hindi | 358,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| Bania Subarna Banik | Bengali | 163,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Ummad | Gujarati | 294,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 5,979,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Banjara (Muslim tradition | Hindi | 162,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Bansphor (Hindu tradition | Angika | 143,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bantar | Hindi | 146,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baori | Bhili | 368,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bari (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 629,000 | 4,200 | Y | 1.0 | 4,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 302,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bathudi | Bengali | 228,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 3,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Hindi | 2,130,000 | 156,000 | Y | 1.0 | 156,000 | - | - | 200 | 40 | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 103,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Bedia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 542,000 | 100,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | 100 | 10 | 31,000 |
| Bedia (Muslim traditions) | Santhali | 4,100 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,879,000 | 9,700 | Y | 1.0 | 9,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Laria (Hindu tradi | Magahi | 19,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Besya (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhakat | Bengali | 2,900 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhand (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 34,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhandari | Hindi | 633,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 136,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 8,700 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhar | Hindi | 1,971,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhaskar | Bengali | 1,100 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,360,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhathiara (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 186,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil | Hindi | 16,812,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 200 | - | - | - | 20 |
| Bhil Mavchi (Muslim tradi | Urdu | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhogta | Hindi | 267,000 | 225,000 | Y | 1.0 | 224,000 | - | 100 | 300 | 100 | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 6,370,000 | 74,000 | Y | 1.0 | 74,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Ghogra | Hindi | 52,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Kharbind | Hindi | 512,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Kharot | Hindi | 177,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi Nikhad | Hindi | 61,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhotia (Hindu traditions) | Sikkimese | 114,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Bhottada | Bhatri | 455,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhuiya | Hindi | 2,045,000 | 792,000 | Y | 1.0 | 784,000 | - | 200 | 2,500 | 900 | 3,700 |
| Bhuiya Ghatwar | Magahi | 299,000 | 213,000 | Y | 1.0 | 213,000 | - | 40 | 200 | - | 400 |
| Bhumij | Bengali | 1,116,000 | 209,000 | Y | 1.0 | 134,000 | 200 | 20 | 600 | 20 | 74,000 |
| Bind | Hindi | 978,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binjhia | Hindi | 178,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 6,900 | 10 | - | 200 | - | 7,300 |
| Birhor | Birhor | 20,000 | 11,000 | N | 2.0 | 8,100 | - | - | 700 | - | 1,900 |
| Birjia | Bijori | 13,000 | 6,300 | N | 2.0 | 1,300 | - | - | 2,000 | - | 3,000 |
| Brahmin | Hindi | 58,777,000 | 732,000 | Y | 1.0 | 729,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,400 |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 94,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 83,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Hindi | 462,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 209,000 | 67,000 | Y | 1.0 | 67,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bhumihar | Hindi | 2,745,000 | 201,000 | Y | 1.0 | 201,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Brahmin Gaur | Hindi | 2,946,000 | 42,000 | Y | 1.0 | 42,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 352,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Jyoti | Hindi | 121,000 | 7,800 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Hindi | 4,161,000 | 63,000 | Y | 1.0 | 63,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit | Kashmiri | 710,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Hindi | 271,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Hindi | 179,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maithili | Maithili | 21,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 102,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Gujarati | 127,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Hindi | 47,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Radhi | Hindi | 1,481,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Rikhisur | Hindi | 49,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Hindi | 457,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Hindi | 564,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Hindi | 4,131,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 506,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,027,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Utkal | Bengali | 170,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vaidik | Bengali | 178,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Varendra | Bengali | 243,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Buna (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 389,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 14,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 481,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 54,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 51,315,000 | 941,000 | Y | 1.0 | 929,000 | - | 3,100 | 9,800 | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,340,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 315,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chaupal | Bengali | 102,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chero | Hindi | 191,000 | 95,000 | Y | 1.0 | 93,000 | 200 | 10 | 100 | - | 1,600 |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 261,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Hindu traditions | Bengali | 129,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 119,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Chik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 128,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | 76,000 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Chik Baraik | Hindi | 117,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 33,000 | 100 | 10 | 2,000 | - | 19,000 |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Maithili | 60,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Hindi | 953,000 | 51,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 51,000 | - | - |
| Dabgar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 128,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dai (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 13,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Dangi | Hindi | 703,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Darjee | Nepali | 68,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,880,000 | 6,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,900 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,000,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 39,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Hindi | 558,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Hindi | 2,822,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangri | Hindi | 22,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanuk | Hindi | 4,165,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 64,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanwar | Chhattisgarhi | 65,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dharua | Hindi | 18,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 12,203,000 | 245,000 | Y | 1.0 | 245,000 | - | 100 | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 964,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,257,000 | 151,000 | Y | 1.0 | 150,000 | - | 200 | 500 | 10 | - |
| Dom (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 4,600 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Dulia | Bengali | 350,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dusadh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,616,000 | 399,000 | Y | 1.0 | 398,000 | - | 200 | 700 | 90 | - |
| Dusadh Bahelia | Hindi | 721,000 | 50,000 | Y | 1.0 | 50,000 | - | 40 | 80 | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 91,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaria (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 6,521,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Gamit | 454,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,277,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandharb (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 14,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Odia | 1,988,000 | 391,000 | Y | 1.0 | 389,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,100 |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 113,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 22,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasi (Hindu traditions) | Sadri | 454,000 | 126,000 | Y | 1.0 | 125,000 | - | 90 | 700 | 400 | 200 |
| Ghosi (Hindu traditions) | Odia | 284,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghusuria | Hindi | 93,000 | 80,000 | Y | 1.0 | 80,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 564,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Godra | Odia | 5,500 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gokha (Hindu traditions) | Odia | 234,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond | Hindi | 14,230,000 | 54,000 | Y | 1.0 | 34,000 | 80 | - | 300 | - | 19,000 |
| Gond Jhare | Hindi | 101,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | 10 | - | 1,900 |
| Gonrhi | Hindi | 836,000 | 8,100 | Y | 1.0 | 8,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gorait | Hindi | 11,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | 10 | - | 90 | - | 1,600 |
| Gosain | Hindi | 1,539,000 | 51,000 | Y | 1.0 | 51,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 47,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Guria | Odia | 719,000 | 4,600 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung | Nepali | 108,000 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | 40 | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Bengali | 1,222,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 1,974,000 | 76,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 76,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Halalkhor (Hindu traditio | Sadri | 11,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halalkhor (Muslim traditi | Urdu | 3,700 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,372,000 | 104,000 | Y | 1.0 | 104,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai Maira | Hindi | 117,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 9,100 | 90 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - |
| Hazra (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,100 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ho | Ho | 1,071,000 | 926,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | 900 | 100 | 20,000 | 10 | 869,000 |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 5,836,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 19,192,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 9,285,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 38,000 | - |
| Jat Gil (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 194,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 900 | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 429,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 129,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,100 | - |
| Jatapu | Kuvi | 142,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhalo Malo | Bengali | 445,000 | 9,400 | Y | 1.0 | 9,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 410,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,400 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,130,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jogi Kanphata (Hindu trad | Hindi | 53,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Juang | Juang | 47,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julaha | Hindi | 889,000 | 159,000 | Y | 1.0 | 157,000 | - | - | - | 1,300 | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Hindi | 42,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kadar | Hindi | 119,000 | 22,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,062,000 | 452,000 | Y | 1.0 | 452,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 78,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Kahar Kamkar (Hindu tradi | Magahi | 193,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta | Hindi | 1,932,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta Jalia | Bengali | 528,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,411,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,898,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Hindi | 1,754,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalingi | Odia | 268,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalu | Bengali | 257,000 | 7,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,746,000 | 298,000 | Y | 1.0 | 298,000 | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Kalwar Iraqi (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 63,000 | 8,000 | Y | 1.0 | 8,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalwar Jaiswal | Hindi | 961,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 38,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Bengali | 31,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 503,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 137,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandra | Odia | 706,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandu | Hindi | 2,350,000 | 77,000 | Y | 1.0 | 77,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 206,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 366,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapali | Bengali | 297,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu | Telugu | 15,027,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 3,664,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karan | Odia | 520,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karenga | Hindi | 43,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karmali | Hindi | 120,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | 100 | - | 200 | - | 5,800 |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 646,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 6,668,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kawar | Hindi | 1,003,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 9,800 | 10 | - | 50 | - | 600 |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 7,620,000 | 226,000 | Y | 1.0 | 226,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Karan | Bengali | 472,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Mathur | Bengali | 34,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kela (Hindu traditions) | Odia | 26,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khadala | Bengali | 136,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khadura | Odia | 14,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khairwar | Hindi | 423,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khandait | Bengali | 1,721,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khangar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 352,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharia | Kharia | 744,000 | 196,000 | N | 2.0 | 18,000 | 500 | 300 | 143,000 | 30 | 34,000 |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 398,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharwar | Hindi | 566,000 | 246,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | 300 | - | 400 | 10 | 21,000 |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,294,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,322,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 303,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Khatwa | Hindi | 271,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khetauri | Hindi | 107,000 | 103,000 | Y | 1.0 | 103,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kisan | Hindi | 1,612,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | 50 | - | 1,100 | - | 22,000 |
| Koch (Hindu traditions) | Koch | 66,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koiri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,123,000 | 697,000 | Y | 1.0 | 697,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Kol | Hindi | 1,754,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | 70 | - | 600 | - | 5,000 |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 5,025,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,669,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 311,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Gujarati | 8,249,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolta | Odia | 661,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konai | Bengali | 134,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Hindi | 285,000 | 33,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | 50 | - | 400 | - | 4,000 |
| Korku | Hindi | 1,036,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korwa | Hindi | 452,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | 100 | - | 800 | - | 4,200 |
| Koshti | Sadri | 1,074,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotal | Bengali | 32,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Santhali | 1,832,000 | 1,100 | N | 2.0 | 800 | - | - | 40 | - | 300 |
| Kumal | Nepali | 3,600 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 15,352,000 | 684,000 | Y | 1.0 | 684,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 303,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Kumhar Bardiha | Hindi | 644,000 | 43,000 | Y | 1.0 | 43,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Kanaujia | Hindi | 505,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Magahia | Hindi | 173,000 | 8,400 | Y | 1.0 | 8,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar Mathuria | Hindi | 69,000 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 17,570,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurariar | Hindi | 17,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 18,738,000 | 1,837,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,837,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi Mahato | Hindi | 241,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 337,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Laheri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 83,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laheri (Muslim traditions | Bengali | 56,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Lakhera | Bhojpuri | 189,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 3,378,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Lodhi | 6,719,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 579,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 9,387,000 | 645,000 | Y | 1.0 | 645,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 619,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Lohara | Hindi | 264,000 | 217,000 | Y | 1.0 | 121,000 | 600 | 20 | 7,400 | 10 | 88,000 |
| Lunia (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,165,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari | Urdu | 56,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 632,000 | 600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 600 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,395,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 343,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Maghaiya | Magahi | 1,400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahanta | Odia | 83,000 | 7,300 | Y | 1.0 | 7,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10,381,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 9,633,000 | 228,000 | Y | 1.0 | 225,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,200 |
| Mahli | Hindi | 403,000 | 153,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | 400 | - | 8,600 | 10 | 50,000 |
| Mahratta | Marathi | 30,244,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Hindi | 7,640,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 624,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Mahuria | Magahi | 7,400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,677,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Majhi | Majhi | 120,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Majhwar | Hindi | 188,000 | 36,000 | Y | 1.0 | 36,000 | - | - | 100 | - | 500 |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 1,806,000 | 89,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 437,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,517,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 2,648,000 | 900 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 900 | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Maithili | 9,771,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali Bhagirathi | Hindi | 81,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 3,261,000 | 70,000 | Y | 1.0 | 70,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Chain (Hindu tradi | Bhojpuri | 319,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 5,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Dhawa (Muslim trad | Bhojpuri | 22,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallah Kewat (Hindu tradi | Hindi | 288,000 | 5,400 | Y | 1.0 | 5,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 400 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallik (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 560,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Malto | Santhali | 189,000 | 135,000 | N | 2.0 | 107,000 | 500 | 50 | 24,000 | - | 3,900 |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,877,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangan | Odia | 1,800 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manihar | Urdu | 564,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 9,105,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,122,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Markande | Hindi | 77,000 | 9,300 | Y | 1.0 | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 2,634,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matia | Hindi | 190,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mazhabi | Punjabi, Eastern | 2,666,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 | - |
| Meitei | Meitei | 1,438,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 604,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Mir | Bengali | 49,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirzakhani | Urdu | 12,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Mishri | Bengali | 6,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 2,067,000 | 41,000 | Y | 1.0 | 41,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 67,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 1,737,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 162,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukeri | Urdu | 32,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Mundari | 3,661,000 | 1,236,000 | N | 2.0 | 217,000 | 2,400 | 900 | 402,000 | 80 | 614,000 |
| Munnur | Telugu | 854,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Musahar (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 3,167,000 | 90,000 | Y | 1.0 | 89,000 | - | 30 | 400 | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,037,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,263,000 | 80 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,963,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagar | Hindi | 145,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 151,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Nagarchi (Muslim traditio | Sadri | 200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 11,688,000 | 335,000 | Y | 1.0 | 335,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 330,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 900 | - |
| Nai Mathuria | Hindi | 159,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 6,637,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej | Bengali | 2,500 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej | Bengali | 5,029,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 16,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,495,000 | 6,100 | Y | 1.0 | 6,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 456,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 137,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 784,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 166,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Oraon | Kurux | 4,444,000 | 1,716,000 | N | 2.0 | 242,000 | 3,400 | 700 | 445,000 | 100 | 1,024,000 |
| Paharia | Santhali | 16,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paik | Hindi | 200,000 | 8,300 | Y | 1.0 | 8,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paliya | Bengali | 215,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan | Tamil | 3,303,000 | 600 | N | 2.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Panchpargania | 1,578,000 | 46,000 | Y | 1.0 | 46,000 | - | 60 | 200 | - | - |
| Panika | Sadri | 1,073,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | 56,000 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Paraiyan | Tamil | 3,081,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Pardhan | Gondi, Northern | 316,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parhaiya | Hindi | 42,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 24,000 | 30 | - | 200 | - | 1,500 |
| Parja | Hindi | 489,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 81,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 11,411,000 | 64,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 64,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,675,000 | 68,000 | Y | 1.0 | 68,000 | - | 50 | 200 | - | - |
| Patari | Hindi | 24,000 | 7,100 | Y | 1.0 | 7,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Gujarati | 119,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patial | Bengali | 74,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patralu | Odia | 120,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patwa (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 257,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patwa (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 5,100 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pawaria (Hindu traditions | Bareli, Rathwi | 18,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pawaria (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 46,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Persian, Iranian | 7,700 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Urdu | 3,374,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 5,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,106,000 | 56,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Pundari | Bengali | 249,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puran | Odia | 2,200 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puran Bhaja | Odia | 1,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,071,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,400 | - | - | - | - |
| Quam-e-Punjab | Urdu | 7,800 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Marwari | 1,060,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Nepali | 125,000 | 1,200 | N | 2.0 | 1,100 | - | - | 20 | - | 100 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,190,000 | 143,000 | Y | 1.0 | 126,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 17,000 |
| Rajbansi (Muslim traditio | Bengali | 3,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbhar | Hindi | 73,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | 1,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 45,389,000 | 611,000 | Y | 1.0 | 609,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,300 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 2,871,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 1,064,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 7,200 | - |
| Rajput Bachgoti | Hindi | 144,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Baghel (Hindu trad | Hindi | 148,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,277,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bargujar (Hindu tr | Hindi | 198,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhadauria | Hindi | 251,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hind | Hindi | 56,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 851,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandel | Hindi | 327,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 2,898,000 | 32,000 | Y | 1.0 | 32,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dikhit | Hindi | 258,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot | Hindi | 556,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Garewal (Hindu tra | Hindi | 302,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 651,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gautam | Bhojpuri | 373,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadon | Hindi | 575,000 | 6,500 | Y | 1.0 | 6,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadu | Hindi | 279,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Janjua (Hindu trad | Hindi | 80,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Joia (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 61,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Kachhwaha | Hindi | 706,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Katheriya | Hindi | 159,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Manihas (Hindu tra | Hindi | 242,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Mar | Hindi | 200 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Nagbansi | Hindi | 41,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Parihar | Hindi | 389,000 | 2,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,215,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Pundir (Hindu trad | Hindi | 174,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rajbansi | Hindi | 468,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor | Hindi | 1,368,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sakarwar | Hindi | 196,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Salehria (Hindu tr | Hindi | 101,000 | 1,600 | Y | 1.0 | 1,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Bhojpuri | 394,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Solanki | Gujarati | 302,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sombansi | Hindi | 328,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Hindi | 246,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tonwar (Hindu trad | Maithili | 449,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Bengali | 530,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajwar | Hindi | 634,000 | 171,000 | Y | 1.0 | 171,000 | - | 60 | 200 | 40 | - |
| Rajwar Nagbansi | Hindi | 31,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Rajwar Rajbhar | Hindi | 32,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Hindi | 476,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 800 | - |
| Rana | Hindi | 1,200 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 347,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 307,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Gujarati | 650,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rautia | Hindi | 114,000 | 92,000 | Y | 1.0 | 92,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Ravalia | Gujarati | 529,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravidas Chamar | Hindi | 2,019,000 | 935,000 | Y | 1.0 | 927,000 | - | 500 | 7,600 | - | - |
| Rayeen (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 967,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 161,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sagarbanshi | Odia | 174,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sahariya | Hindi | 845,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sahisia | Urdu | 8,700 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 603,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Samanthan | Bengali | 48,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sankara | Bengali | 74,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Santal | Santhali | 7,514,000 | 2,809,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,549,000 | 5,600 | 600 | 236,000 | 500 | 1,017,000 |
| Saora | Bengali | 977,000 | 9,700 | N | 2.0 | 7,000 | 20 | - | 100 | - | 2,400 |
| Sardar (Muslim traditions | Bengali | 13,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | 400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 87,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,500 | - |
| Sarki | Nepali | 39,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauntia | Chhattisgarhi | 82,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauria Paharia | Santhali | 52,000 | 47,000 | N | 2.0 | 21,000 | 100 | 30 | 24,000 | - | 1,500 |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 7,802,000 | 124,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 124,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sekera | Hindi | 300 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 529,000 | 1,700 | N | 2.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh | Urdu | 85,372,000 | 3,229,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 3,229,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 8,033,000 | 302,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 302,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 3,900 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,669,000 | 74,000 | Y | 1.0 | 74,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 191,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Sonar Ajudhyabansi | Hindi | 104,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Barhaiya | Hindi | 35,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Chhatri | Hindi | 118,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Deswali | Hindi | 37,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Jathera | Hindi | 35,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Kammakala | Hindi | 35,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Khatri | Hindi | 44,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Magahiya | Magahi | 35,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Mair | Hindi | 77,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Rastaogi | Hindi | 68,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sukiyar | Hindi | 2,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 925,000 | 13,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Bengali | 261,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Hindi | 420,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 3,690,000 | 700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 700 | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 229,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Hindi | 1,820,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 149,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 12,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,146,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 4,697,000 | 353,000 | Y | 1.0 | 350,000 | - | - | - | - | 3,300 |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,065,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 2,700 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 18,518,000 | 1,183,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,183,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Gangauta (Hindu trad | Hindi | 559,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli Sribastab | Hindi | 293,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 33,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 512,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Thathera (Hindu tradition | Hindi | 320,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,016,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiyar | Bengali | 494,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turaiha | Maithili | 352,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Turi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 373,000 | 217,000 | Y | 1.0 | 216,000 | - | 200 | 400 | 30 | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,571,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga | Kannada | 6,310,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar | Hindi | 185,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu t | Hindi | 4,785,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 62,000 | - | 200 | 2,100 | 300 | - |
| Valmiki, Balmiki Lal Begi | Hindi | 123,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 930,000 | 80 | N | 2.0 | 70 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Vannan | Tamil | 999,000 | 30 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 12,499,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Gujarati | 1,241,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan | Tamil | 2,525,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Viswakarma | Telugu | 7,634,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 696,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 58,339,000 | 2,509,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,509,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 8,600 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Bagal | Bengali | 5,600 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Hindi | 1,532,000 | 44,000 | Y | 1.0 | 44,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gaoli | Hindi | 5,023,000 | 653,000 | Y | 1.0 | 653,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Rawat | Hindi | 1,437,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 2,473,000 | 45,000 | Y | 1.0 | 45,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba | Nepali | 143,000 | 40 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 672,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 537,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| State Totals: 508 People Groups |
|
34,467,000 |
477 |
|
23,968,000 |
5,019,000 |
8,200 |
1,404,000 |
73,000 |
3,993,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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