| People Name |
Primary Language |
Country Population |
State Population |
Least
Reached |
Progress Scale |
Hindu |
Muslim |
Buddhist |
Christian |
Sikh |
Other |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 359,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0  | 2,700 | - | 20 | 20 | - | - |
| Adi Andhra Christian | Telugu | 42,000 | 100 | N | 3.0  | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Telugu | 8,683,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Telugu | 662,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 3,444,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 735,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 258,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ajila | Malayalam | 4,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 580,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | 20 | - | 10 | - | 90 |
| Anglo Indian | Telugu | 157,000 | 2,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,700 | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 12,611,000 | 995,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 995,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 3,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Arakh | Hindi | 707,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Telugu | 5,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arayan | Malayalam | 241,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 547,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 700 | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Telugu | 1,122,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arwa Mala | Telugu | 98,000 | 9,900 | Y | 1.0 | 9,900 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Assamese (Muslim traditio | Assamese | 3,172,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Ayyanavar | Tamil | 18,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,753,000 | 343,000 | Y | 1.0 | 343,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagata | Telugu | 174,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | 30 | - | 70 | - | - |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 3,428,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baghban (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 20,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,200 | - | - | - | - |
| Bahrupi | Telugu | 5,600 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baidya (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 335,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 4,170,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakuda | Kannada | 15,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balasantoshi | Gujarati | 34,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,788,000 | 315,000 | Y | 1.0 | 315,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 88,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bolla | Telugu | 85,000 | 39,000 | Y | 1.0 | 39,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Balija Musugu | Telugu | 24,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Telugu | 5,775,000 | 186,000 | Y | 1.0 | 184,000 | - | - | - | - | 2,200 |
| Bania Agrahari | Hindi | 385,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Chetti | Telugu | 842,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 14,000 | - | - | - | - | 1,000 |
| Bania Gujar | Hindi | 230,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Jaiswal | Hindi | 143,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
| Bania Khandelwal | Marwari | 111,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 2,113,000 | 615,000 | Y | 1.0 | 605,000 | - | - | - | - | 9,200 |
| Bania Lad | Telugu | 158,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 227,000 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 439,000 | 9,900 | Y | 1.0 | 9,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahur | Hindi | 1,030,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Marwadi | Marwari | 21,000 | 12,000 | Y | 1.0 | 12,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Modh | Gujarati | 89,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Nima | Hindi | 99,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | 700 |
| Bania Oswal | Gujarati | 497,000 | 3,400 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | 900 |
| Bania Porwal | Hindi | 391,000 | 8,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,800 | - | - | - | - | 400 |
| Bania Srimali | Gujarati | 428,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 94,000 | 8,200 | Y | 1.0 | 8,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Telugu | 16,927,000 | 1,031,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,016,000 | - | - | - | - | 16,000 |
| Banijiga | Telugu | 890,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions | Lambadi | 7,176,000 | 2,366,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,333,000 | 300 | 100 | 25,000 | 400 | 7,000 |
| Banjara (Muslim tradition | Lambadi | 193,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,300 | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Charan | Lambadi | 133,000 | 132,000 | Y | 1.0 | 129,000 | 20 | - | 3,000 | - | 200 |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu tra | Lambadi | 498,000 | 100,000 | Y | 1.0 | 94,000 | - | - | 5,600 | - | 60 |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 306,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bariki | Telugu | 7,500 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basor | Telugu | 1,093,000 | 126,000 | Y | 1.0 | 126,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bauri | Bengali | 2,345,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bavuri | Telugu | 1,600 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 128,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,418,000 | 21,000 | Y | 1.0 | 21,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,992,000 | 132,000 | Y | 1.0 | 132,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu trad | Telugu | 64,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Telugu | 26,000 | 2,300 | Y | 1.0 | 2,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 53,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim t | Urdu | 20,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Marathi | 329,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditi | Hindi | 1,435,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,634,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | 57,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Telugu | 14,544,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,893,000 | 607,000 | Y | 1.0 | 607,000 | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 425,000 | 2,700 | Y | 1.0 | 2,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bindla | Telugu | 18,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Boro | 1,869,000 | 90 | N | 2.0  | 80 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 1,311,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Bondili | Telugu | 2,600 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 4,483,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 108,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Brahmin Acharya | Tamil | 88,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 99,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Audich | Telugu | 550,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 245,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 570,000 | 5,800 | Y | 1.0 | 5,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Christian | Telugu | 5,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Daima | Marwari | 89,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Marathi | 664,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Telugu | 334,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Telugu | 3,645,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Gujarati | 319,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 345,000 | 2,800 | Y | 1.0 | 2,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Joshi | Hindi | 449,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 531,000 | 7,200 | Y | 1.0 | 7,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 96,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Khandelwal | Marwari | 340,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kosala Nadu | Telugu | 56,000 | 6,600 | Y | 1.0 | 6,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Telugu | 233,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 557,000 | 18,000 | Y | 1.0 | 18,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 121,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Modh | Gujarati | 151,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Ojha | Telugu | 63,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Parikh | Gujarati | 173,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Telugu | 584,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Telugu | 3,236,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Marathi | 714,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Gujarati | 5,133,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 554,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telaganya | Telugu | 242,000 | 203,000 | Y | 1.0 | 203,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 1,237,000 | 58,000 | Y | 1.0 | 58,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Telugu | 34,711,000 | 808,000 | Y | 1.0 | 799,000 | - | - | 20 | - | 8,200 |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Telugu | 139,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vyas | Telugu | 184,000 | 37,000 | Y | 1.0 | 37,000 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Telugu | 345,000 | 130,000 | Y | 1.0 | 130,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Burmese | Burmese | 17,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Telugu | 15,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | 11,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chachati | Telugu | 1,800 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 602,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Christian tr | Tamil | 137,000 | 10 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradit | Telugu | 1,008,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Telugu | 252,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 54,347,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 20,000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,822,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Chandala | Telugu | 8,300 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 375,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenchu | Chenchu | 82,000 | 20,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | 100 | - | 200 | - | 40 |
| Chenna Dasar | Telugu | 84,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheruman (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 443,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherumar Christian | Tamil | 530,000 | 200 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 293,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Telugu | 145,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - |
| Chitara | Marathi | 6,300 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chitrakar (Hindu traditio | Telugu | 73,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Telugu | 1,492,000 | 27,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 27,000 | - | - |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 6,600 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dandasi | Telugu | 81,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darjee | Nepali | 56,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,464,000 | 196,000 | Y | 1.0 | 195,000 | - | 60 | - | - | 500 |
| Darzi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 47,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu tradi | Telugu | 139,000 | 7,900 | Y | 1.0 | 7,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu tradition | Kannada | 180,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga Kalavant | Kannada | 8,400 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Telugu | 577,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu t | Hindi | 664,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhakoda | Telugu | 20,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 3,305,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 12,571,000 | 911,000 | Y | 1.0 | 910,000 | - | 200 | 100 | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,146,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 55,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhodia | Dhodia | 807,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Marathi | 177,000 | 2,500 | Y | 1.0 | 2,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Telugu | 86,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dudekula | Telugu | 11,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Ellamalawar | Telugu | 6,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Faqir | Urdu | 106,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Gadaba | Telugu | 158,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Gamit | Gamit | 541,000 | 200 | N | 2.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ganda | Odia | 1,496,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Telugu | 86,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 1,829,000 | 5,200 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gauda | Odia | 2,410,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gavara | Telugu | 20,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions | Gujarati | 135,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gharti | Nepali | 25,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 526,000 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ghisadi | Hindi | 23,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godagali | Odia | 4,200 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Godari | Telugu | 1,400 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond Jhare | Gondi, Northern | 120,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | 40 | - | - | - | 200 |
| Gond unspecified | Gondi, Northern | 10,109,000 | 309,000 | Y | 1.0 | 306,000 | 700 | 10 | 400 | 40 | 1,700 |
| Gondhali | Telugu | 69,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain unspecified | Telugu | 1,371,000 | 3,900 | Y | 1.0 | 3,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gosangi (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 36,000 | 27,000 | Y | 1.0 | 27,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goudu | Telugu | 8,400 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gowari | Marathi | 580,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 8,481,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Marwari | 55,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Guria | Odia | 871,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 127,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Hadi | Bengali | 1,161,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 2,349,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 31,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Hakki Pikki | Marathi | 29,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | 200 | - | 10 |
| Halam | Chin, Falam | 50,000 | 100 | N | 2.0 | 100 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Halba | Halbi | 865,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halwai (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 1,665,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 11,000 | 60 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Hande Jogi | Telugu | 32,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hijda | Telugu | 211,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Marathi | 193,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 15,000 | 10,000 | Y | 1.0 | 10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 6,700,000 | 4,400 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 138,000 | 300 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Jaggali | Telugu | 13,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jambuvulu | Telugu | 23,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 16,034,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 8,724,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 16,000 | - |
| Jat Sidhu (Sikh tradition | Punjabi, Eastern | 501,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditio | Punjabi, Eastern | 186,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Jatapu | Telugu | 169,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhalo Malo | Bengali | 478,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 479,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 3,785,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kabirpanthi | Punjabi, Eastern | 97,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions | Marathi | 98,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,922,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 1,644,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kannada | 398,000 | 2,900 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 2,730,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,593,000 | 1,751,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,750,000 | - | 400 | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 2,076,000 | 731,000 | Y | 1.0 | 731,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Kalavant | Telugu | 12,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan unspecified | Tamil | 970,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 254,000 | 1,400 | Y | 1.0 | 1,400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 586,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 110,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kammara | Telugu | 144,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | 70 | - | 100 | - | 40 |
| Kanakkan | Malayalam | 302,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kandra | Odia | 787,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kanjar (Hindu traditions) | Kanjari | 250,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaora | Bengali | 347,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapewar | Telugu | 57,000 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 4,212,000 | 746,000 | Y | 1.0 | 746,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 13,932,000 | 5,836,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,836,000 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Karimpalan | Telugu | 24,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karnam | Telugu | 99,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 777,000 | 117,000 | Y | 1.0 | 117,000 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Kasar Otari | Telugu | 27,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditio | Urdu | 7,944,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Telugu | 72,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 7,090,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Mathur | Bengali | 44,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Saksena | Bengali | 353,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha Sribastab | Bengali | 1,141,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khandait | Odia | 2,050,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 490,000 | 6,800 | Y | 1.0 | 6,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,672,000 | 311,000 | Y | 1.0 | 311,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 2,780,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 356,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 600 | - |
| Khatti Khatti | Telugu | 2,200 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 501,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,660,000 | 65,000 | Y | 1.0 | 65,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Dhor | Marathi | 488,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 1,985,000 | 7,000 | Y | 1.0 | 7,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 369,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli of Gujarat | Gujarati | 9,821,000 | 2,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolowar | Telugu | 286,000 | 53,000 | Y | 1.0 | 52,000 | 100 | - | 40 | - | 300 |
| Kolupulvandlu | Telugu | 2,600 | 1,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Dhora | Telugu | 276,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Telugu | 24,000 | 3,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,900 | 20 | - | 40 | - | 30 |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 144,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | 70 | - | 200 | - | 100 |
| Korama unspecified | Kannada | 138,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kori | Bengali | 3,062,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korwa | Telugu | 531,000 | 184,000 | Y | 1.0 | 184,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Telugu | 1,319,000 | 4,800 | Y | 1.0 | 4,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kota | Telugu | 800 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotia | Telugu | 63,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya Dora | Koya | 36,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | 30 | - | 200 | - | 60 |
| Koya Racha | Koya | 37,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | 30 | - | 200 | - | 60 |
| Koya Rajulu | Koya | 37,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 28,000 | 30 | - | 200 | - | 60 |
| Koya unspecified | Telugu | 777,000 | 488,000 | Y | 1.0 | 481,000 | 1,200 | 30 | 4,500 | 30 | 1,400 |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 37,000 | 300 | N | 2.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Konkani | 334,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Telugu | 1,572,000 | 900 | N | 2.0 | 900 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Kuli | Telugu | 19,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumal | Nepali | 4,200 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 18,593,000 | 531,000 | Y | 1.0 | 531,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 351,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 15,599,000 | 200,000 | Y | 1.0 | 200,000 | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 448,000 | 1,700 | Y | 1.0 | 1,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 17,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Kuravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 493,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,483,000 | 1,001,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,001,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 4,857,000 | 4,300 | Y | 1.0 | 4,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 393,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Lakhera | Marwari | 225,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Telugu | 4,059,000 | 290,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 290,000 |
| Lodha (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,106,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 690,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 11,260,000 | 345,000 | Y | 1.0 | 345,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 307,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madari (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 66,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Madasi Kuruva | Telugu | 9,800 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditi | Telugu | 756,000 | 327,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 327,000 | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,122,000 | 3,835,000 | Y | 1.0 | 3,825,000 | - | 6,400 | 5,900 | 200 | - |
| Madiga (Muslim traditions | Telugu | 2,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Dasu | Telugu | 9,600 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Penda | Telugu | 1,700 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 409,000 | 60 | N | 2.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist tradition | Marathi | 11,284,000 | 38,000 | Y | 1.0 | 22,000 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditio | Marathi | 493,000 | 2,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,700 | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 11,773,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | 700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 9,014,000 | 23,000 | Y | 1.0 | 23,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 31,321,000 | 297,000 | Y | 1.0 | 297,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 638,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 1,976,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mal (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 2,090,000 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian tradition | Telugu | 524,000 | 147,000 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 147,000 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,709,000 | 1,791,000 | Y | 1.0 | 1,778,000 | - | 9,400 | 3,900 | 200 | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 34,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasu | Telugu | 15,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Jangam | Telugu | 14,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Sale | Telugu | 158,000 | 156,000 | Y | 1.0 | 155,000 | - | 700 | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 3,169,000 | 5,100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 5,100 | - | - |
| Mali | Telugu | 7,700 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 12,452,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | 17,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malla Jetti | Telugu | 16,000 | 5,500 | Y | 1.0 | 5,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mandala (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 2,300 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mang Garudi | Telugu | 91,000 | 2,200 | Y | 1.0 | 2,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 2,182,000 | 59,000 | Y | 1.0 | 59,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Manna Dhora | Gondi, Northern | 23,000 | 5,300 | Y | 1.0 | 5,200 | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Telugu | 51,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | 90 | - | - | - |
| Mappila | Malayalam | 10,352,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 3,366,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masan Jogi | Telugu | 37,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masthi | Telugu | 2,300 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditi | Marathi | 220,000 | 1,800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,800 | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,072,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | 15,000 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Matangi | Telugu | 4,300 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Matia | Telugu | 241,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mavilan | Tamil | 42,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mawalud | Urdu | 260,000 | 87,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 87,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 1,423,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 718,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 4,000 | 3,600 | Y | 1.0 | 3,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo | Mizo | 171,000 | 30 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,309,000 | 19,000 | Y | 1.0 | 19,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 78,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Moger unspecified | Telugu | 130,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Moghal | Urdu | 2,063,000 | 127,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 127,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Momna | Gujarati | 193,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | 200 | - | - | - | - |
| Mukha Dhora | Telugu | 52,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Christian tradi | Malayalam | 47,000 | 60 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Mukkuvan (Hindu tradition | Malayalam | 188,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Mundari | 4,367,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Telugu | 33,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 993,000 | 353,000 | Y | 1.0 | 353,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 1,209,000 | 456,000 | Y | 1.0 | 456,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditio | Tamil | 1,440,000 | 2,600 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 2,600 | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,362,000 | 4,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 14,026,000 | 553,000 | Y | 1.0 | 553,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 385,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Naikda | Telugu | 4,265,000 | 14,000 | Y | 1.0 | 13,000 | 40 | - | 20 | - | 800 |
| Nair | Tamil | 7,717,000 | 8,800 | Y | 1.0 | 8,800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 3,840,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 1,702,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nandiwale | Telugu | 1,600 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 587,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 892,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nayadi | Malayalam | 101,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 191,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pagadai | Telugu | 9,500 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 525,000 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 2,680,000 | 8,500 | Y | 1.0 | 8,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pambada | Telugu | 4,400 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pamidi | Odia | 3,300 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan | Odia | 1,609,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Panchama | Telugu | 3,600 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pangul | Marathi | 25,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian tradi | Tamil | 894,000 | 1,700 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 1,700 | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu tradition | Tamil | 2,470,000 | 3,700 | Y | 1.0 | 3,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paravan (Christian tradit | Tamil | 44,000 | 20 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions | Tamil | 103,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhan | Pardhan | 376,000 | 29,000 | Y | 1.0 | 29,000 | 100 | 60 | 50 | - | 200 |
| Pardhi | Pardhi | 430,000 | 55,000 | Y | 1.0 | 55,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parja unspecified | Telugu | 390,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 93,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 600 |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 573,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Dilazak | Urdu | 68,000 | 1,800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,800 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Ghilzai | Urdu | 47,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 500 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 574,000 | 11,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 11,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Khan | Urdu | 126,000 | 700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 700 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 702,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | - | 7,700 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 212,000 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,500 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 1,024,000 | 16,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 16,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 9,141,000 | 208,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 208,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Patelia | Gujarati | 142,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patharwat | Telugu | 43,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Patial | Bengali | 47,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Telugu | 227,000 | 196,000 | Y | 1.0 | 196,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Persian | Dari | 8,800 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Telugu | 50,000 | 47,000 | Y | 1.0 | 47,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Telugu | 3,906,000 | 8,600 | Y | 1.0 | - | 8,600 | - | - | - | - |
| Pod | Bengali | 3,541,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prabhu Kayastha | Marathi | 325,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pulayan unspecified | Tamil | 1,100,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pundari | Bengali | 311,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Urdu | 1,274,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 1,100 | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,260,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Nepali | 144,000 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajannalu | Telugu | 900 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajbansi (Hindu tradition | Bengali | 5,005,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 27,490,000 | 212,000 | Y | 1.0 | 210,000 | - | - | 100 | - | 1,300 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions | Urdu | 1,950,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,250,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 5,000 | - |
| Rajput Bais (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 1,597,000 | 1,900 | Y | 1.0 | 1,900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bargujar (Hindu tr | Marwari | 243,000 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhadauria | Hindi | 306,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,056,000 | 1,300 | Y | 1.0 | 1,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chandel | Telugu | 402,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu tra | Hindi | 3,614,000 | 5,000 | Y | 1.0 | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Dikhit | Hindi | 314,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gahlot (Hindu trad | Hindi | 681,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Garewal (Hindu tra | Hindi | 380,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 794,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gautam (Hindu trad | Hindi | 457,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Jadu | Hindi | 344,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Janjua (Hindu trad | Hindi | 101,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Joia (Hindu tradit | Hindi | 78,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Kachhwaha | Hindi | 842,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Mahratta (Hindu tr | Marathi | 94,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Manihas (Hindu tra | Hindi | 302,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Parihar | Hindi | 474,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,523,000 | 3,200 | Y | 1.0 | 3,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Pundir (Hindu trad | Hindi | 216,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Hindu trad | Hindi | 1,683,000 | 2,100 | Y | 1.0 | 2,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu tr | Hindi | 239,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Salehria (Hindu tr | Hindi | 128,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sengar | Hindi | 480,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Solanki | Gujarati | 364,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Sombansi (Hindu tr | Hindi | 403,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Surajbansi | Telugu | 303,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tonwar (Hindu trad | Unknown | 539,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raju | Bengali | 703,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajwar | Bengali | 721,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 554,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 300 | - |
| Ramoshi | Marathi | 381,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Raneyar | Telugu | 4,300 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 420,000 | 49,000 | Y | 1.0 | 49,000 | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 365,000 | 800 | Y | 1.0 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Rathawa | Gujarati | 773,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ravalia | Gujarati | 629,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Razu | Telugu | 558,000 | 2,600 | Y | 1.0 | 2,600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reddi Dhora | Telugu | 1,200 | 90 | Y | 1.0 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Relli | Odia | 174,000 | 3,500 | Y | 1.0 | 3,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rona | Telugu | 4,700 | 70 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 695,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Sali | Telugu | 1,218,000 | 4,000 | Y | 1.0 | 4,000 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Samagara | Marathi | 106,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | 1,200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Tamil | 24,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sangar | Telugu | 41,000 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saora unspecified | Telugu | 943,000 | 1,800 | N | 2.0 | 1,500 | 200 | - | 90 | - | 20 |
| Sapru | Odia | 1,400 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sardar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,600 | 80 | Y | 1.0 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 106,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 500 | - |
| Sarki | Nepali | 32,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Satani | Telugu | 511,000 | 233,000 | Y | 1.0 | 232,000 | - | 900 | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 9,222,000 | 473,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 473,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 504,000 | 15,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 15,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Semman | Telugu | 5,500 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shabar | Odia | 629,000 | 30 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 952,000 | 28,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 28,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 9,649,000 | 215,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 215,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 8,947,000 | 57,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 57,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 71,641,000 | 2,783,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 2,783,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 563,000 | 17,000 | Y | 1.0 | - | 17,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Sherpa | Nepali | 44,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Siddi (Muslim traditions) | Kannada | 16,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Sikh traditions | Punjabi, Eastern | 41,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 400 | - |
| Silpi | Telugu | 235,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sindhollu | Telugu | 7,500 | 4,500 | Y | 1.0 | 4,400 | - | 20 | 40 | - | - |
| Singiwala | Telugu | 22,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 5,200 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Soligar | Telugu | 7,300 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Somvanshi | Marathi | 588,000 | 1,500 | Y | 1.0 | 1,500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 8,255,000 | 474,000 | Y | 1.0 | 474,000 | - | 200 | - | - | 100 |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 222,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 200 | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Odia | 643,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunuwar | Nepali | 97,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditio | Bengali | 501,000 | 40 | Y | 1.0 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 4,405,000 | 6,800 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 6,800 | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 266,000 | 50 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 2,208,000 | 35,000 | Y | 1.0 | 35,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 3,435,000 | 4,900 | Y | 1.0 | - | 4,900 | - | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 5,759,000 | 400 | Y | 1.0 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 1,237,000 | 1,200 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 1,200 | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,267,000 | 159,000 | Y | 1.0 | 159,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 693,000 | 600 | Y | 1.0 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 39,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions | Malayalam | 274,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 532,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 13,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, tribal | Gondi, Northern | 6,000 | 5,600 | Y | 1.0 | 5,600 | 50 | - | - | - | 10 |
| Tili | Bengali | 1,277,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tipera | Kok Borok | 814,000 | 30 | N | 2.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiruvalluvar | Tamil | 1,700 | 30 | Y | 1.0 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiyar | Bengali | 584,000 | 20 | Y | 1.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toda | Toda | 2,600 | 20 | N | 2.0 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,164,000 | 588,000 | Y | 1.0 | 587,000 | - | 300 | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 6,659,000 | 26,000 | Y | 1.0 | 26,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valluvan | Telugu | 124,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Buddhist traditi | Telugu | 26,000 | 500 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions | Telugu | 5,795,000 | 7,700 | Y | 1.0 | 7,700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Muslim tradition | Urdu | 322,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Sikh traditions) | Telugu | 288,000 | 10 | Y | 1.0 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu t | Hindi | 11,000 | 50 | Y | 1.0 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki Mehtar | Telugu | 150,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki tribal | Telugu | 85,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 1,049,000 | 1,700 | N | 2.0 | 1,400 | - | - | 300 | - | - |
| Vanjara | Telugu | 1,136,000 | 127,000 | Y | 1.0 | 127,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditi | Tamil | 172,000 | 100 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 102,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 13,624,000 | 31,000 | Y | 1.0 | 31,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Varli | Marathi | 1,475,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vathiriyan (Christian tra | Tamil | 5,700 | 500 | N | 3.0 | - | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Vathiriyan (Hindu traditi | Tamil | 10,000 | 60 | Y | 1.0 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veerabhadreeya (Viramusht | Telugu | 49,000 | 40,000 | Y | 1.0 | 40,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velakkithalanayan | Malayalam | 417,000 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Telugu | 510,000 | 228,000 | Y | 1.0 | 228,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Velama Koppala | Telugu | 26,000 | 25,000 | Y | 1.0 | 25,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 101,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 1,786,000 | 5,100 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | 500 | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 776,000 | 1,100 | Y | 1.0 | 1,100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 223,000 | 300 | Y | 1.0 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Panchal | Telugu | 108,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 231,000 | 200 | Y | 1.0 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 7,599,000 | 489,000 | Y | 1.0 | 489,000 | - | - | 400 | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40,856,000 | 2,081,000 | Y | 1.0 | 2,080,000 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Telugu | 1,847,000 | 69,000 | Y | 1.0 | 69,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Telugu | 5,635,000 | 214,000 | Y | 1.0 | 214,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 3,080,000 | 900 | Y | 1.0 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakthumba, Limbu | Nepali | 151,000 | 10 | N | 2.0 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yatala | Telugu | 1,200 | 100 | Y | 1.0 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 790,000 | 4,700 | Y | 1.0 | 4,600 | - | - | 100 | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 633,000 | 168,000 | Y | 1.0 | 166,000 | 400 | - | 1,800 | 20 | 600 |
| State Totals: 524 People Groups |
|
41,324,000 |
483 |
|
35,131,000 |
5,201,000 |
38,000 |
581,000 |
29,000 |
345,000 |
JP Unreached of Day
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