Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

570

Major Unreached People Groups *

556

Total Population

86,963,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

91.2 %

Muslim

6.2 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

1.8 %
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Photo People Group Population
in State
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in State
Primary Language Primary Religion Community
Category
Progress
Scale
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 862,000 10,010,000 8.6% Marathi Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 12,000 438,000 2.7% Marathi Christian OBC Progress Gauge
Mahar (Muslim traditions) 100 2,500 4.0% Marathi Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Mahishya 8,700 10,905,000 0.1% Bengali Hindu FC Progress Gauge
 Mahli 23,000 428,000 5.4% Marathi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Mahratta Kshatriya 7,500 59,000 12.7% Marathi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Mahratta Kunbi 49,000 7,996,000 0.6% Gujarati Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Mahratta unspecified 442,000 32,672,000 1.4% Marathi Hindu FC Progress Gauge
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 3,700 565,000 0.7% Punjabi, Eastern Sikh OBC Progress Gauge
 Mahyavanshi 2,300 1,752,000 0.1% Gujarati Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Majhi 53,000 126,000 42.1% Hindi Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 5,100 6,048,000 0.1% Telugu Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Malabar Catholic 2,100 2,814,000 0.1% Malayalam Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 883,000 10,613,000 8.3% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Mali Bhagirathi 5,000 88,000 5.7% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 43,000 3,461,000 1.2% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 1,300 348,000 0.4% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 1,400 315,000 0.4% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Mana 25,000 258,000 9.7% Marathi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Manbhav 1,900 28,000 6.8% Marathi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Mang Garudi 29,000 81,000 35.8% Marathi Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Manihar 13,000 598,000 2.2% Hindi Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Mappila 1,000 9,184,000 0.0% Malayalam Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Matang (Christian traditions) 2,200 195,000 1.1% Marathi Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 31,000 2,726,000 1.1% Marathi Hindu SC Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  570 86,909,000           556
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  776 86,963,000           729
* State level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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