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Country:

India
Province / State: Telangana
District: Suryapet

Number of People Groups

185

Unreached People Groups

177

Total Population

1,359,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.9 %

Hindu

93.2 %

Muslim

5.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi Andhra 50 Telugu ● 50 - - - - -
Adi Dravida Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Unknown Tamil ● - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan unspecified 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Andh Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Ansari 38,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 38,000 - - - -
Aray Mala 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
Arwa Mala 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Baghban (Muslim traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Kannada ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 3,100 Telugu ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Bania Agrahari 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Bania Chetti 600 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - 20
Bania Gujar 500 Gujarati ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bania Komti 27,000 Telugu ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - 60
Bania Lad 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Bania Mahesri 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bania Porwal 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bania unspecified 47,000 Hindi ☀︎ 47,000 - - - - 70
Banijiga 50 Kannada ● 50 - - - - -
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 141,000 Lambadi ● 134,000 - - 6,400 40 500
Banjara (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Banjara Charan 9,100 Lambadi ☀︎ 9,100 - - - - -
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Lambadi ● 6,200 - - - - -
Basor 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Bavuri Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Kannada ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
Bhat (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
Bhil unspecified Unknown Gujarati ● - - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Bindla 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Chitpavan 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Deshastha Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 80 Marathi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 70 Marathi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Brahmin Telaganya 15,000 Telugu ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 22,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Velanadu 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Budega Jangam 5,400 Telugu ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
Byagara 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ● 200 - - - - -
Chenchu 300 Telugu ● 300 - - 30 - -
Chhetri Unknown Nepali ● - - - - - -
Christian 200 Hindi ● - - - 200 - -
Dakkal 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Hindi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Hindi ☀︎ 53,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 3,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,500 - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Dudekula 200 Telugu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Godagali Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Godari Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Gond unspecified 40 Hindi ● 40 - - - - -
Hajam 1,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
Holaya Dasar 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Ilavan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Jaggali 400 Telugu ● 400 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 400 -
Jatapu Unknown Telugu ● - - - - - -
Kaikolan 50 Tamil ● 50 - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Telugu ☀︎ 113,000 - - - - -
Kalal Idiga 55,000 Telugu ☀︎ 55,000 - - - - -
Kammara 50 Telugu ● 50 - - - - -
Kapu Reddi 22,000 Telugu ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
Kapu unspecified 164,000 Telugu ☀︎ 164,000 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Marathi ☀︎ 4,200 - - - - -
Kasar Otari 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Khandait 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kharva (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati ● - - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
Khatri (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Koli Mahadev Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Koli Malhar Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Konda Dhora Unknown Telugu ● - - - - - -
Konda Reddi 40 Telugu ● 40 - - - - -
Korwa 7,100 Telugu ● 7,100 - - - - -
Koshti Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Koya unspecified 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Kui Khond 30 Odia ● 30 - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi ☀︎ 36,000 - - - - -
Kuruba 40 Kannada ● 40 - - - - -
Lingayat 2,100 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 2,100
Lodha (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Madasi Kuruva 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Madiga (Christian traditions) 3,900 Telugu ● - - - 3,900 - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 150,000 Telugu ● 150,000 - - 90 - -
Madiga Dasu 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 200 Marathi ● 200 - - - - -
Mahratta Kunbi 60 Gujarati ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Mahratta unspecified 4,600 Marathi ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
Mala (Christian traditions) 1,500 Telugu ● - - - 1,500 - -
Mala (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Telugu ● 50,000 - 30 20 - -
Mala Dasari 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mala Dasu 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Mala Jangam Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mala Sale Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mandala (Hindu traditions) 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Mangala 2,100 Telugu ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Manne 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Masthi 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Matangi Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mitha Ayyalvar 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ● 200 - - - - -
Mundala 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Munnur 3,500 Telugu ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
Mutrasi 8,000 Telugu ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil ● - - - 50 - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 90 Tamil ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Nair 80 Malayalam ● 80 - - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Navithan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Pallan (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil ● 30 - - - - -
Pambada Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pamidi Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Pashtun Afridi 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Kakar 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 100 Hindi ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 3,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,200 - - - -
Perka 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Pichakuntla 2,400 Telugu ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali ● 20 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 700 Marathi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Relli Unknown Telugu ● - - - - - -
Sali 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Samagara 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Saora unspecified Unknown Odia ● - - - - - -
Satani 5,300 Telugu ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
Sayyid 6,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,400 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Shaikh Faruqi 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 2,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 16,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 16,000 - - - -
Shaikh Usmani 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Sindhollu 500 Telugu ● 500 - - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Tamang Unknown Nepali ● - - - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Tharu Unknown Bhojpuri ● - - - - - -
Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Telugu ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga unspecified 20 Kannada ● 20 - - - - -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Vaniyan 60 Tamil ● 60 - - - - -
Vanjara 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Vanniyan 50 Tamil ● 50 - - - - -
Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Velama 5,400 Telugu ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
Vellalan unspecified 80 Tamil ● 80 - - - - -
Viswakarma Panchal 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Viswakarma unspecified 700 Tamil ● 700 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 104,000 Hindi ☀︎ 104,000 - - - - -
Yadav Ghosi 4,000 Hindi ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
Yadav Gola 12,000 Telugu ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Yenadi 100 Telugu ● 100 - - - - -
Yerukula 5,800 Telugu ● 5,800 - - 50 - 20
  Totals:  185 1,359,000   177 ● 1,266,000 77,000 60 12,000 600 2,700
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