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Major People Groups *

159

Major Unreached People Groups *

151

Total Population

4,173,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.0 %

Hindu

54.1 %

Muslim

42.5 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

1.0 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu % Muslim % Buddhist % Christian % Sikh % Other %
Ajila 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Anglo 1,900 English Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Ansari 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Aray Mala 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Arwa Mala 3,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Baghban (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Balija Bogam 4,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Balija Bolla 2,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Balija Musugu 4,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Chetti 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Komti 44,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Marwadi 800 Marwari (India) Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Oswal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10-50% - - - - 50-100%
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania unspecified 67,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 0.1-2%
Basor 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bavuri 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 800 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 29,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bindla 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Boya 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Chitpavan 1,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Deshastha 3,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Iyer 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kannada 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 5,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 2,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Telugu 45,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 193,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0-0.1% - 2-5%
Brahmin Velanadu 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Vyas 5,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Budega Jangam 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Chachati 40 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Chitara 60 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Christian 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Devadiga Kalavant 80 Konkani Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 5,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Dhor 1,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dudekula 300 Telugu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Gavara 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Godagali 60 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Godari 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gondhali 700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gujar (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Hajam 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Hakki Pikki 300 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Holaya Dasar 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ilavan 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 6,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50-100% -
Kaikolan 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalal Idiga 25,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kapu Reddi 124,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kapu unspecified 261,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Kasar Otari 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khatti Khatti 80 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Koli (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Konda Kapu 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% 2-5% - 0.1-2% - -
Konda Reddi 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 0.1-2% - 2-5%
Korwa 5,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Koya unspecified 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% 2-5% - 0.1-2% - 2-5%
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kuruba 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lingayat 13,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 50-100%
Lodha (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Madiga (Christian traditions) 48,000 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 182,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Mahratta Kunbi 3,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahratta unspecified 16,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mala (Christian traditions) 22,000 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 93,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Malabar Catholic 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Malla Jetty 3,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mandala (Hindu traditions) 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mang Garudi 1,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mangala 6,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mawalud 36,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Mitha Ayyalvar 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Munnur 50,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mutrasi 57,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nair 3,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nandiwale 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pallan (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pardhan 3,100 Pardhan Progress Gauge 50-100% 2-5% - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2%
Pardhi 17,000 Pardhi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pashtun Afridi 4,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Dilazak 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Ghilzai 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Kakar 3,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Mohmand 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Yusafzai 4,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 73,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Perka 3,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Persian 300 Dari Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pichakuntla 4,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pinjara 2,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 77,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2%
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 1,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50-100% -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sapru 20 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Satani 8,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sayyid 145,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Faruqi 5,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 57,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 1,359,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Usmani 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Silpi 12,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Syrian Christian 2,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Thoti, caste 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Thoti, tribal 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Tiruvalluvar 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 7,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vakkaliga unspecified 3,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vanniyan 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan unspecified 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 10-50% - -
Viswakarma unspecified 136,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 115,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Yadav Ghosi 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Gola 7,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yerukula 5,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 2-5% 0.1-2% 0.1-2%
  Major Groups (displayed):  159 4,119,000   151 ● 50-100% 10-50% 0-0.1% 2-5% 0.1-2% 0.1-2%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  470 4,173,000   430 ● 50-100% 10-50% 0-0.1% 2-5% 0.1-2% 0.1-2%
* District 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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