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Country:

India
State: Dadra and Nagar Haveli
District: All

Number of People Groups

189

Unreached People Groups

181

Total Population

348,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

1.5 %

Hindu

93.6 %

Muslim

4.0 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.7 %
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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi Dravida 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Adi Karnataka 20 Kannada ● 20 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Agri 60 Marathi ● 60 - - - - -
Andh 40 Marathi ● 40 - - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Bagdi 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Bengali ● - - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bakad 30 Hindi ● 30 - - - - -
Balasantoshi 30 Marathi ● 30 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) Unknown Kannada ● - - - - - -
Baloch 20 Urdu ● - 20 - - - -
Bania 6,000 Hindi ● 5,100 - - - - 900
Bania Agarwal 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - 40
Bania Gujar 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Bania Mahur 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Bania Oswal 400 Hindi ● 30 - - - - 300
Bania Porwal 100 Hindi ● 40 - - - - 80
Bania Srimali 300 Gujarati ● 60 - - - - 200
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 60 Lambadi ● 60 - - - - -
Baria (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati ● 500 - - - - -
Basor 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Bavcha 30 Gujarati ● 30 - - - - -
Bawa Dhed 20 Gujarati ● 20 - - - - -
Bawaria (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada ● 40 - - - - -
Bhandari 100 Odia ● 100 - - - - -
Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ● 50 - - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) 40 Urdu ● - 40 - - - -
Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Bhil 12,000 Hindi ● 11,000 - - 400 - 100
Bhisti 20 Urdu ● - 20 - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ● 60 - - - - -
Bidur 40 Marathi ● 40 - - - - -
Bohra 50 Gujarati ● - 50 - - - -
Brahma Kshatriya 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Brahmin 5,600 Hindi ● 5,400 - - - - 300
Brahmin Anavala 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Audich 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Chitpavan 80 Marathi ● 80 - - - - -
Brahmin Deshastha 50 Marathi ● 50 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 30 Marathi ● 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 30 Gujarati ● 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Maha 20 Hindi ● 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 100 Marathi ● 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Brahmin Sawaria 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Brahmin Tapodhan 20 Gujarati ● 20 - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi ● 1,400 - 40 80 - -
Charan (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - 30
Chhipa (Muslim traditions) 30 Urdu ● - 30 - - - -
Christian 300 Hindi ● - - - 300 - -
Dahur (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Darzi (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu ● - 100 - - - -
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Dhangar Bharwad 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Dhimar 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Dhodia 24,000 Gujarati ● 24,000 30 - 30 - 40
Dhor 30 Marathi ● 30 - - - - -
Dubla 2,700 Dubli ● 2,700 - - - - -
Dubla Talavia 1,600 Dubli ● 1,600 - - - - -
Gamit 400 Gamit ● 400 - - 40 - -
Garoda (Hindu traditions) 60 Gujarati ● 60 - - - - -
Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Goanese 200 Konkani, Goan ● - - - 200 - -
Gosain 300 Hindi ● 300 - - - - -
Gujar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ● 50 - - - - -
Hajam 100 Urdu ● - 100 - - - -
Holar 20 Marathi ● 20 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 100 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali ● 50 - - - - -
Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati ● 600 - - - - -
Kachhia (Muslim traditions) 30 Gujarati ● - 30 - - - -
Kadia Kumbhar 80 Gujarati ● 80 - - - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 200 Telugu ● 200 - - - - -
Karadia 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Kathodi 100 Marathi ● 100 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Khalpa 80 Gujarati ● 80 - - - - -
Khant 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Kharva (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Khatri (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ● 400 - - - - -
Khoja 40 Gujarati ● - 40 - - - -
Kokna 28,000 Kukna ● 27,000 40 - 500 - 70
Koli Dhor 2,800 Marathi ● 2,800 - - - - -
Koli Mahadev 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Koli Malhar 40 Marathi ● 40 - - - - -
Koli of Gujarat 18,000 Gujarati ● 17,000 - 400 600 - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Koracha, caste 500 Kannada ● 500 - - - - -
Koshti 40 Marathi ● 40 - - - - -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ● 600 - - - - -
Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Kumhar Sutaria 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Gujarati ● 44,000 - - 300 - -
Kunbi Anjna 900 Gujarati ● 900 - - - - -
Kunbi Kadwa 2,000 Gujarati ● 2,000 - - - - -
Kunbi Lewa 5,500 Gujarati ● 5,400 - - 40 - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Kutana 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Lingayat 200 Kannada ● - - - - - 200
Lohana 80 Gujarati ● 80 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Machhi (Hindu traditions) 800 Gujarati ● 800 - - - - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu ● 20 - - - - -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 200 Marathi ● 100 - 100 - - -
Mahar (Christian traditions) 400 Marathi ● - - - 400 - -
Mahishya 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Mahratta 34,000 Marathi ● 34,000 - - - - -
Mahratta Kshatriya 800 Marathi ● 800 - - - - -
Mahratta Kunbi 1,800 Gujarati ● 1,800 - - - - -
Mahtam (Hindu traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ● 30 - - - - -
Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Mahyavanshi 2,100 Gujarati ● 2,000 - 50 60 - -
Makrani (Muslim traditions) 80 Gujarati ● - 80 - - - -
Malabar Catholic 80 Malayalam ● - - - 80 - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Mallik (Muslim traditions) 30 Gujarati ● - 30 - - - -
Matang (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ● 300 - - - - -
Meena 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Megh (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ● 30 - - - - -
Memon 400 Gujarati ● - 400 - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ● 500 - - - - -
Moghal 40 Urdu ● - 40 - - - -
Molesalam 60 Gujarati ● - 60 - - - -
Molvi 30 Gujarati ● - 30 - - - -
Momna 100 Gujarati ● - 100 - - - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 40 Tamil ● 40 - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ● 700 - - - - -
Naikda 300 Kannada ● 300 - - - - -
Nair 200 Malayalam ● 200 - - - - -
Nayadi 400 Gujarati ● 400 - - - - -
Pardhi 30 Pardhi ● 30 - - - - -
Parsee 90 Gujarati ● - - - - - 90
Pashtun, Pathan 200 Urdu ● - 200 - - - -
Patelia 100 Gujarati ● 100 - - - - -
Pod Unknown Bengali ● - - - - - -
Pomla Unknown Gujarati ● - - - - - -
Prabhu 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Prabhu Patane 60 Marathi ● 60 - - - - -
Qalaigar 30 Urdu ● - 30 - - - -
Qassab 50 Urdu ● - 50 - - - -
Rabari (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ● 200 - - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Hindi ● 5,100 - - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 30 -
Rajput Thakur 80 Kangri ● 80 - - - - -
Rathawa 400 Rathawi ● 400 - - - - -
Ravalia 80 Gujarati ● 80 - - - - -
Sagar 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Sali 40 Kannada ● 40 - - - - -
Sansi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ● 50 - - - - -
Sathwara 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Sayyid 800 Urdu ● - 800 - - - -
Shaikh 10,000 Urdu ● - 10,000 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 1,200 Urdu ● - 1,200 - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ● 900 - - - - -
Sonar Aksali 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Sutar Lohar 60 Gujarati ● 60 - - - - -
Syrian Christian 80 Malayalam ● - - - 80 - -
Tai 40 Gujarati ● - 40 - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ● 80 - - - - -
Targala 50 Gujarati ● 50 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ● 50 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ● - - - - 20 -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ● 100 - - - - -
Thakkar 60 Marathi ● 60 - - - - -
Thakor Pardeshi 40 Gujarati ● 40 - - - - -
Tipera Unknown Kok Borok ● - - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu ● 90 - - - - -
Vaghri (Muslim traditions) 20 Gujarati ● - 20 - - - -
Vakkaliga 200 Kannada ● 200 - - - - -
Valmiki, Balmiki (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ● 600 - - 30 - -
Vanniyan 40 Tamil ● 40 - - - - -
Varli 112,000 Varli ● 110,000 200 - 1,900 - 200
Viswakarma 30 Telugu ● 30 - - - - -
Vitholia 300 Gujarati ● 300 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ● 500 - - - - -
Yadav Gola 500 Telugu ● 500 - - - - -
  Totals:  189 348,000   181 ● 325,000 14,000 600 5,100 200 2,600
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