State: Dadra and Nagar Haveli

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	India
State:	Dadra and Nagar Haveli
District:	All

Number of People Groups

189

Unreached People Groups

181

Total Population

347,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

1.5 %

Hindu

93.4 %

Muslim

4.0 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.7 %

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	20	Tamil	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	20	Kannada	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ager (Hindu traditions)	200	Kannada	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agri	60	Marathi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Andh	40	Marathi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi	20	Hindi	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakad	30	Hindi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balasantoshi	30	Marathi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baloch	20	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania	6,000	Hindi	1 ●	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Bania Agarwal	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bania Gujar	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Mahur	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Oswal	400	Hindi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Porwal	100	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bania Srimali	300	Gujarati	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	60	Lambadi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baria (Hindu traditions)	500	Gujarati	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor Kandra	100	Hindi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bavcha	30	Gujarati	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bawa Dedh	20	Gujarati	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bawaria (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	40	Kannada	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhandari	100	Odia	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions)	40	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhatia (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhil	12,000	Hindi	1 ●	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	100
Bhisti	20	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	60	Hindi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bidur	40	Marathi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	50	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahma Kshatriya	50	Gujarati	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin	5,600	Hindi	1 ●	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Brahmin Anavala	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Audich	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	80	Marathi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	50	Marathi	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Karhada	30	Marathi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Khedawal	30	Gujarati	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maha	20	Hindi	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	100	Marathi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	300	Marathi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mewada	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Modh	100	Gujarati	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nagar	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sawaria	40	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	1 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Charan (Hindu traditions)	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Chhipa (Muslim traditions)	30	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	300	Hindi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Dahur (Hindu traditions)	100	Gujarati	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	100	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions)	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhangar Bharwad	400	Gujarati	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhimar	80	Hindi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhodia	24,000	Gujarati	1 ●	24,000	30	-1 -	30	-1 -	40
Dhor	30	Marathi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dubla	2,700	Dubli	1 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gamit	400	Gamit	2 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Garoda (Hindu traditions)	60	Gujarati	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions)	400	Gujarati	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	200	Konkani, Goan	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gosain	300	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gujar (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	100	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holar	20	Marathi	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	100	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachhia (Hindu traditions)	600	Gujarati	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachhia (Muslim traditions)	30	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadia Kumbhar	80	Gujarati	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	200	Telugu	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadia	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	200	Marathi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kathodi	100	Marathi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khalpa	80	Gujarati	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khant	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharva (Hindu traditions)	300	Gujarati	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khatri (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khoja	40	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kokna	28,000	Kukna	1 ●	27,000	40	-1 -	500	-1 -	70
Koli	18,000	Gujarati	1 ●	18,000	-1 -	100	600	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Dhor	2,800	Marathi	1 ●	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Mahadev	300	Marathi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli Malhar	40	Marathi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions)	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, caste	500	Kannada	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	40	Marathi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Kumhar Sutaria	300	Gujarati	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Gujarati	1 ●	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Anjna	900	Gujarati	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Kadwa	2,000	Gujarati	1 ●	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi Lewa	5,500	Gujarati	1 ●	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kutana	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	200	Kannada	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Lohana	80	Gujarati	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Machhi (Hindu traditions)	800	Gujarati	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Christian traditions)	400	Marathi	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Hindu traditions)	200	Marathi	1 ●	200	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	20	Bengali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta	34,000	Marathi	1 ●	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kshatriya	800	Marathi	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	1,800	Gujarati	1 ●	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahtam (Hindu traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahtam (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Mahyavanshi	2,100	Gujarati	1 ●	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Makrani (Muslim traditions)	80	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Makwana (Muslim traditions)	50	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	80	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	30	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matang (Hindu traditions)	300	Marathi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meena	40	Hindi	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Megh (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	400	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moghal	40	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Molesalam	60	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Molvi	30	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Momna	100	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	40	Tamil	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	300	Kannada	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	200	Malayalam	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nayadi	400	Gujarati	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhi	30	Pardhi	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	90	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Pashtun, Pathan	200	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patelia	100	Gujarati	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pod	-1 Unknown	Bengali	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pomla	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Portuguese	20	Indo-Portuguese	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Prabhu Patane	60	Marathi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qalaigar	30	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	50	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rabari (Hindu traditions)	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	20	Bengali	1 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	1 ●	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Rajput Thakur	80	Kangri	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raniparaj	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rathawa	400	Rathawi	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ravalia	80	Gujarati	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sagar	50	Gujarati	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	40	Kannada	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sansi (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sathwara	50	Gujarati	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	800	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	10,000	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,200	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	900	Hindi	1 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar Aksali	200	Gujarati	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutar Lohar	60	Gujarati	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	80	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Tai	40	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	1 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Targala	50	Gujarati	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions)	50	Hindi	1 ●	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	1 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakkar	60	Marathi	1 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thakor Pardeshi	40	Gujarati	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	90	Telugu	1 ●	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaghri (Muslim traditions)	20	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga	200	Kannada	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions)	700	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	40	Tamil	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Varli	113,000	Varli	1 ●	110,000	200	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	200
Viswakarma	30	Telugu	1 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vitholia	300	Gujarati	2 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	500	Telugu	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 189	347,000		181 ●	324,000	14,000	200	5,100	200	2,600

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