Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: All

Number of People Groups

583

Unreached People Groups

515

Total Population

88,325,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.9 %

Hindu

87.9 %

Muslim

5.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 70,000 Telugu 69,000 - 90 800 - -
Adi Andhra Christian 13,000 Telugu - - - 13,000 - -
 Adi Dravida 8,637,000 Tamil 8,623,000 - 6,200 7,800 500 -
Adi Dravida Christian 651,000 Tamil - - - 615,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka 32,000 Kannada 32,000 - - - - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 400 Kannada - - - 400 - -
 Adiyan 4,800 Malayalam 4,600 20 - 30 - 30
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 1,300 Tamil 1,300 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 733,000 Tamil 731,000 - - 1,500 - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 10,000 Tamil 8,400 - - 1,800 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 823,000 Tamil 819,000 - - 4,400 - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Agri 40 Marathi 40 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 3,200 Telugu 3,000 - - 200 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 8,200 Telugu - - - 8,200 - -
Ajila 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 7,300 Kurichiya 7,200 20 - - - 40
 Alavan 5,200 Tamil 5,200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 76,000 Malayalam 75,000 - - 600 - -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu 3,400 Tamil 3,400 - - 50 - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 12,000 Tamil 12,000 - - 100 - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 201,000 Tamil 201,000 - - 90 - -
Ambattan Christian 2,400 Tamil - - - 2,300 - -
 Angami 60 Naga, Angami - - - 60 - -
Anglo 11,000 English - - - 11,000 - -
 Ansari 38,000 Urdu - 38,000 - - - -
Anuppan 900 Kannada 900 - - - - -
 Ao 60 Naga, Ao - - - 60 - -
 Arab Unknown Arabic, Mesopotamian - - - - - -
Arasar 10,000 Malayalam 9,800 - - 300 - -
Arasar Christian 27,000 Malayalam - - - 27,000 - -
 Arasu 3,900 Kannada 3,900 - - - - -
 Aray Mala 600 Telugu 600 - - - - -
Arayan 56,000 Malayalam 55,000 - - 200 - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 700 -
 Arunthathiyar 1,163,000 Tamil 1,163,000 - 200 - 70 -
 Arwa Mala 96,000 Tamil 96,000 - - - - -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 40 Assamese - 40 - - - -
 Ayyanavar 3,000 Malayalam 3,000 - - - - -
 Badaga 235,000 Badaga 234,000 - - 700 - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi 4,100 - - - - -
 Bagata 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Baha'i 2,500 Hindi - - - - - 2,600
 Baira 3,300 Kannada 3,300 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Bengali 38,000 - - - - -
Bakad 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
Bakuda 5,700 Tamil 5,700 - - - - -
Balagai 7,500 Kannada 7,500 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 238,000 Kannada 238,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 5,000 Telugu 5,000 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 26,000 Telugu 26,000 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 9,200 Kannada 9,200 - - - - -
Balija Musugu 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Tamil 3,700 - - - - -
 Bangali Muslim Moghal 23,000 Urdu - 23,000 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 29,000 Hindi 24,000 - - - - 5,500
 Bania Agrahari 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 460,000 Tamil 416,000 - - - - 44,000
Bania Gujar 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 19,000 Telugu 19,000 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 35,000 Telugu 34,000 - - - - 300
Bania Mahajan 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 3,200 Hindi 3,200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 9,700 Hindi 3,200 - - - - 6,600
 Bania Porwal 5,400 Hindi 3,600 - - - - 1,800
 Bania Srimali 1,100 Gujarati 1,100 - - - - -
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya 4,200 Telugu 4,200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 739,000 Hindi 665,000 - - 20 - 74,000
 Banijiga 17,000 Kannada 17,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 89,000 Lambadi 89,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Lambadi 4,800 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Gujarati 2,600 - - - - -
Bariki 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Basor 176,000 Hindi 176,000 - - - - -
Bathada 500 Kannada 500 - - - - -
 Bauri 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 60 -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 156,000 Kannada 156,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 163,000 Kannada 163,000 - - - - -
Beldar Kannada Balija Naicker 6,000 Kannada 6,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Kannada 3,700 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 2,100 Kannada 2,100 - - - - -
Beldar Toreya 2,000 Kannada 2,000 - - - - -
Bellara 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Bhansala 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 41,000 Tamil - - - 41,000 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Tamil 8,300 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi 52,000 - - - - -
 Bhotia 30 Nepali - - 30 - - -
 Bohra 6,000 Gujarati - 6,000 - - - -
 Bondili 800 Telugu 800 - - - - -
 Boya 2,278,000 Telugu 2,278,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 600 Gujarati 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 42,000 Tamil 42,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 3,200 Gujarati 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 3,800 Tamil - - - 3,600 - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 19,000 Marathi 19,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Dikshitar 25,000 Tamil 25,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 92,000 Tamil 92,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 24,000 Marathi 24,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 70,000 Hindi 70,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujar Gaur 4,600 Hindi 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 272,000 Tamil 272,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 7,500 Hindi 7,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 82,000 Kannada 82,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 2,300 Marathi 2,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 10,000 Telugu 10,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 45,000 Marathi 45,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 3,700 Marathi 3,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 2,200 Gujarati 2,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 24,000 Malayalam 24,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 78,000 Malayalam 78,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 12,000 Malayalam 12,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 17,000 Hindi 17,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 38,000 Tamil 38,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 462,000 Tamil 462,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 30,000 Telugu 30,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 64,000 Telugu 64,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 2,400,000 Hindi 2,388,000 - - 700 - 11,000
Brahmin Vadama 36,000 Tamil 36,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 33,000 Telugu 33,000 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 8,800 Telugu 8,800 - - - - -
 Burmese 500 Burmese - - 500 - - -
Byagara 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 19,000 Konkani - 19,000 - - - -
Chackaravar 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 3,400 Tamil - - - 3,400 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 139,000 Tamil - - - 139,000 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 947,000 Tamil 945,000 - 500 600 40 -
 Chalvadi 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
Chandala 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 11,000 Malayalam 11,000 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 1,800 Malayalam - - - 1,800 - -
Chayakkaran 37,000 Tamil 37,000 - - - - -
 Chenchu 5,000 Telugu 4,900 - - 50 - -
 Chenna Dasar 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 97,000 Malayalam - - - 97,000 - -
 Chhetri 70 Nepali 70 - - - - -
 Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 60 -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Christian 202,000 Hindi - - - 199,000 - -
 Dakkal 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Dandasi 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 115,000 Hindi 115,000 - - - - -
Devadasi 3,900 Kannada 3,900 - - - - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 500 Tulu 500 - - - - -
 Devanga 49,000 Kannada 48,000 - - 1,000 - -
 Devendrakulathan 102,000 Tamil 102,000 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Gujarati 2,500 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 8,700 Gujarati 8,700 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 956,000 Hindi 956,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 5,300 Urdu - 4,900 - - - -
 Dhor 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Divehi 200 Maldivian - 200 - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 4,800 Telugu 4,800 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Odia 20,000 - - - - -
 Drukpa Unknown Dzongkha - - - - - -
 Dudekula 1,100 Telugu - 1,100 - - - -
Ellamalawar 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
Eravallan 3,500 Tamil 3,500 - - 20 - -
 Gamit 2,000 Gamit 2,000 - - - - -
 Ganda 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Gandla 22,000 Telugu 22,000 - - - - -
 Gangakula 81,000 Kannada 81,000 - - - - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Gauda 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Gavara 14,000 Malayalam 14,000 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 700 Gujarati 700 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Goanese 17,000 Konkani, Goan - - - 16,000 - -
Godagali 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
 Godari 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
Godda 800 Kannada 800 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Telugu 4,400 - - - - -
 Gudigar 500 Konkani 500 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Hajam 26,000 Urdu - 25,000 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 8,400 Vaagri Booli 8,400 - - - - -
Halleer 20 Konkani, Goan 20 - - - - -
Halsar 80 Kannada 80 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 400 Chinese, Mandarin - - 400 - - 50
 Hande Jogi 5,400 Kannada 5,400 - - - - -
 Hasalaru 90 Tulu 90 - - - - -
Hasla 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 116,000 Tamil 116,000 - - 300 - -
 Ho 20 Ho 20 - - - - -
 Holar 3,800 Marathi 3,800 - - - - -
 Holaya 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Holaya Dasar 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
Idayan 32,000 Tamil 32,000 - - - - -
 Ilavan 2,483,000 Malayalam 2,483,000 - - 500 - -
Ilavan Christian 65,000 Tamil - - - 65,000 - -
Ilavaniyan 7,100 Malayalam 7,100 - - - - -
Ilavathi 22,000 Malayalam 22,000 - - - - -
Ilayathu 18,000 Malayalam 18,000 - - - - -
 Irular 225,000 Irula 224,000 300 - 700 - 400
Jaggali 1,000 Telugu 1,000 - - - - -
Jambuvulu Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi 3,700 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 6,800 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 6,600 -
Jatapu 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Jenu Kuruba 13,000 Kurumba, Jennu 13,000 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 20 Marathi - - - - - 20
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 300 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Bengali 33,000 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - 600 - -
 Kadan 800 Malayalam 800 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 14,000 Kannada 14,000 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
Kahar (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Kahha 40 Naga, Phom - - - 40 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 400 Bengali 400 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 24,000 Kannada 24,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 2,657,000 Tamil 2,649,000 - - 6,600 - -
 Kakkalan 8,700 Malayalam 8,700 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Telugu 155,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 113,000 Telugu 113,000 - - - - -
Kalladi 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 533,000 Tamil 532,000 - - 1,400 - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,196,000 Tamil 1,194,000 - - 2,400 - -
Kamathi 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
Kammara 1,500 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
Kamsala 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
Kanakkan 6,600 Malayalam 6,500 - - 50 - -
 Kanikkaran 4,600 Kanikkaran 4,200 - - 400 - -
 Kaniyan 2,700 Malayalam 2,100 - - 600 - 20
 Kapu Reddi 87,000 Telugu 87,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 562,000 Telugu 562,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
 Karnam 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Marathi 1,200 - - 200 - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 400 Kashmiri - 300 - - - -
 Kattunayakan 55,000 Tamil 55,000 30 - 300 - 50
Kavara 72,000 Tamil 72,000 - - - - -
Kavathi 12,000 Tamil 12,000 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 2,400 Tamil - - - 2,400 - -
Kavuthiyan 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Kepmaris 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
Keralamuthali 3,800 Malayalam 3,800 - - 20 - -
Keralamuthali Christian 1,000 Malayalam - - - 1,000 - -
 Khandait 50 Odia 50 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Gujarati 1,200 - - - - -
 Khasi 500 Khasi - - - 500 - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 1,000 -
 Khoja 50 Gujarati - 50 - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi 26,000 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 80 Marathi 80 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 2,800 Marathi 2,800 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 900 Marathi 900 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 15,000 Gujarati 15,000 - - - - -
Koliyan 9,500 Tamil 9,100 - - 400 - -
 Kolupulvandlu 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 1,000 Telugu 1,000 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 700 Telugu 500 - - 200 - -
 Konda Reddi 13,000 Telugu 13,000 - - 20 - 20
 Konyak 50 Naga, Konyak - - - 50 - -
Kootan 4,500 Malayalam 4,500 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 800 Kannada 800 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 300 Tulu 300 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 3,300 Kannada 3,300 - - - - -
 Kori 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Koshti 60,000 Marathi 60,000 - - 200 - -
Kotegar 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 1,200 Telugu 1,200 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 13,000 Malayalam 13,000 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 2,200 Tamil 2,200 - - - - -
Kudiya 100 Kudiya 100 - - - - -
 Kudumban 30,000 Tamil 28,000 - - 2,300 - -
 Kudumi 136,000 Tamil 136,000 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Kuli 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 288,000 Hindi 288,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 70 -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Gujarati 48,000 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 39,000 Kannada 39,000 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 16,000 Tamil - - - 15,000 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 168,000 Malayalam 168,000 - 100 - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Hindi 60,000 - - - - -
 Kuruba 906,000 Kannada 906,000 40 - 40 - 20
 Kuruman 37,000 Kurumba, Betta 37,000 60 - 30 - 80
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Lingayat 102,000 Kannada - - - - - 100,000
 Lohana 1,400 Gujarati 1,400 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Hindi 155,000 - - - - -
 Lotha 60 Naga, Lotha - - - 60 - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 294,000 Tamil 294,000 - - - - -
 Madasi Kuruva 2,400 Telugu 2,400 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 7,700 Telugu - - - 7,400 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Telugu 7,000 - 30 50 - -
 Madiga Dasu 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Magar 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 3,700 Marathi 3,700 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 1,700 Marathi - - - 1,700 - -
 Mahishya 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 9,500 Gujarati 9,500 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 141,000 Marathi 141,000 - - - - 200
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 300 -
 Mahyavanshi 6,200 Gujarati 6,200 - - - - -
Maila 500 Tulu 500 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 10,000 Telugu - - - 9,300 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Telugu 4,500 - - 30 - -
 Mala Dasari 9,500 Telugu 9,500 - - - - -
 Mala Dasu 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 83,000 Telugu 83,000 - - - - -
 Mala Sale 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
Mala Urali 3,700 Telugu 3,700 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 286,000 Malayalam - - - 283,000 - -
Malai Arayan 400 Malayalam 300 - - 40 - -
Malai Pandaram 1,800 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 8,700 Malayalam 8,400 - - 200 - -
Malakkuravan 23,000 Tamil 23,000 30 - 90 - 30
Malakuravan 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
Malasar 7,600 Tamil 7,600 - - - - -
 Malayali 428,000 Tamil 427,000 500 20 500 - 200
Malayan, caste 29,000 Malayalam 29,000 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 47,000 Tamil 47,000 - - - - -
Malayarayar 1,600 Malayalam 1,600 - - 20 - -
Malayekandi 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Malla Jetty 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Mang Garudi 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Mangala 570,000 Telugu 570,000 - - - - -
Maniyattikkaran 6,000 Tamil 6,000 - - - - -
 Manna Dhora 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 52,000 Malayalam 51,000 - - 100 - -
Mannan, tribal 300 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Manne 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
 Mappila 112,000 Malayalam - 111,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Malayalam 2,200 - - - - -
 Maravan 3,647,000 Tamil 3,555,000 - - 93,000 - -
 Masan Jogi 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
Masthi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 400 Marathi - - - 400 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Marathi 1,700 - - - - -
Matangi 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Mavilan 4,800 Tulu 4,800 - - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 100 Meitei 100 - - - - -
 Memon 2,800 Gujarati - 2,800 - - - -
 Mizo 200 Mizo - - - 200 - -
Mizo Lushai 200 Mizo - - - 200 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Bengali 4,200 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 200 Kannada 200 - 20 - - -
 Momna 1,000 Gujarati - 1,000 - - - -
 Mudugar 1,600 Tamil 1,500 - - 90 - -
Mukha Dhora 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 3,800 Malayalam - - - 3,800 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Malayalam 12,000 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 30 Malayalam - 30 - - - -
Mundala 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Munnur 60,000 Telugu 60,000 - - - - -
Mutali 44,000 Tamil 43,000 - - 900 - -
 Muthan 2,800 Malayalam 2,800 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 64,000 Telugu 64,000 - - 400 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,230,000 Tamil - - - 1,214,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 2,009,000 Tamil 2,009,000 - - - - -
 Nadia 40 Gujarati 40 - - - - -
 Naga 40 Nagamese - - - 30 - -
Nagartha 15,000 Kannada 15,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 702,000 Hindi 702,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 400 -
 Nair 1,593,000 Malayalam 1,578,000 - - 15,000 - -
Nair Anthur 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 200 Tulu 200 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 90 Bengali 90 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi 4,900 - - - - -
Navait 24,000 Konkani - 24,000 - - - -
 Navithan 899,000 Tamil 899,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Newah 20 Nepali 20 - - - - -
 Odiya 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
Padannan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Pagadai 9,000 Tamil 9,000 - - - - -
Pale 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Paliya 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Paliyan 8,600 Tamil 8,600 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 532,000 Tamil - - - 565,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 2,770,000 Tamil 2,762,000 - 1,200 5,500 90 -
Palleyan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Palliyan 5,500 Tamil 5,200 - - 200 - -
Palliyar 6,500 Tamil 6,200 - - 300 - 20
Palluvan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Pambada 1,700 Telugu 1,700 - - - - -
 Pan 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
 Panan 216,000 Tamil 216,000 - - - - -
 Panchama 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Pandaram 3,300 Malayalam 3,300 - - - - -
Panditattan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Panikkan 39,000 Tamil 39,000 - - - - -
 Paniyan 12,000 Paniya 12,000 70 - 200 - -
 Pannadi 5,300 Tamil 5,300 - - - - -
Panniandi 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 741,000 Tamil - - - 740,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 2,167,000 Tamil 2,161,000 - 1,200 4,000 300 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 29,000 Tamil - - - 29,000 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Malayalam 27,000 - 90 - - -
 Pardhan 50 Pardhan 50 - - - - -
 Parsee 300 Gujarati - - - - - 300
 Pashtun Afridi 28,000 Urdu - 28,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 700 Urdu - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 21,000 Urdu - 21,000 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 800 Urdu - 800 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 8,900 Urdu - 8,900 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 8,200 Urdu - 8,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 31,000 Urdu - 30,000 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 204,000 Urdu - 203,000 - - - -
 Patelia 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Pathiyan 6,300 Malayalam 6,300 - - - - -
Patnulkaran 800 Tamil 800 - - - - -
 Persian 300 Dari - 300 - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 1,700 Telugu 1,700 - - - - -
Perumannan 50,000 Malayalam 50,000 - - - - -
Pichakuntla 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Pindara 3,100 Urdu - 3,100 - - - -
 Pinjara 4,100 Urdu - 4,100 - - - -
 Pod 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
Poi 50 Mizo - - - 50 - -
Prabhu Kayastha 70 Marathi 70 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 8,500 Malayalam 8,500 - 30 - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 34,000 Tamil 34,000 - - 100 - -
 Qassab 1,200 Urdu - 1,200 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Gujarati 1,300 - - - - -
 Raddi 90 Kannada 90 - - - - -
 Rai Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
Rajpur 200 Konkani, Goan 200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 237,000 Hindi 236,000 - - - - 900
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 2,700 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 2,600 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
Rajput Chandrabansi 15,000 Hindi 15,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi 4,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 45,000 Hindi 45,000 - - - - -
Ralte 70 Mizo - - - 70 - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
 Rathawa 2,000 Rathawi 2,000 - - - - -
 Ravalia 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Rawat 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Razu 69,000 Telugu 69,000 - - - - -
 Relli 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
Rona 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Sali 139,000 Kannada 139,000 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 2,100 Tamil 2,100 - - - - -
 Samagara 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Samanthan 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
 Samban 9,000 Tamil 8,800 - - 300 - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 40 Santhali 40 - - - - -
 Saora unspecified 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Satani 30,000 Telugu 30,000 - - - - -
Sayankulam 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 280,000 Urdu - 278,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 11,000 Urdu - 11,000 - - - -
 Sema 60 Naga, Sumi - - - 60 - -
Semman 3,000 Tamil 3,000 - - 40 - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 15,000 Urdu - 15,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 127,000 Urdu - 126,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 56,000 Bengali - 56,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 923,000 Urdu - 913,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 7,200 Urdu - 7,200 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
Silpi 80,000 Telugu 80,000 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 1,900 Sinhala - - 1,900 - - -
 Siyal 80 Odia 80 - - - - -
 Soligar 7,200 Sholaga 7,200 - - 40 - -
 Somvanshi 37,000 Marathi 37,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 368,000 Hindi 367,000 - - - - 1,400
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 70 -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 381,000 Malayalam - - - 378,000 - -
 Tamang Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - 1,000
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 3,121,000 Tamil - 3,082,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 900 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 800 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 299,000 Hindi 299,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 40 Marathi 40 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 2,400 Malayalam - - - 2,300 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Malayalam 15,000 - - - - -
Thantapulayan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Tharu 40 Bhojpuri 40 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 1,100 Tamil 500 - - 600 - -
 Thoti, caste 5,000 Telugu 5,000 - - - - -
Thoti, tribal 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
 Tibetan 200 Tibetan, Central - - 200 - - -
 Tili 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Tipera 30 Kok Borok 30 - - - - -
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 1,600 Tamil 1,600 - - - - -
 Toda 2,400 Toda 2,100 20 - 300 - -
 Ulladan 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
 Urali 16,000 Malayalam 15,000 30 - 1,200 - 30
Urikkara Naicker 1,400 Telugu 1,200 - - - - 100
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 613,000 Telugu 611,000 - - 1,900 - -
Vadugan 26,000 Telugu 26,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 10,000 Kannada 10,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 6,800 Kannada 6,800 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 26,000 Kannada 26,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 226,000 Kannada 226,000 - - - - -
 Valan 42,000 Malayalam 42,000 - - - - -
Valanchian 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Valluvan 108,000 Tamil 108,000 - 20 - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi 1,900 - - - - -
Vaniyan 747,000 Tamil 629,000 - - 118,000 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 161,000 Tamil - - - 160,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 799,000 Tamil 799,000 - 40 800 - -
 Vanniyan 12,887,000 Tamil 12,683,000 - - 204,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 558,000 Tamil 549,000 - - 8,500 - -
Vanniyan Kalingi 42,000 Tamil 42,000 - - 600 - -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma 111,000 Tamil 110,000 - - 700 - -
Vanniyan Kotton 19,000 Tamil 19,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Pala Ekiri 2,600 Telugu 2,600 - - - - -
 Varli 1,800 Varli 1,800 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 4,500 Tamil - - - 4,400 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 230,000 Malayalam 230,000 - - - - -
 Velama 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
Velan 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 165,000 Tamil 164,000 - - 1,100 - -
Vellalan Kongu 24,000 Tamil 23,000 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 233,000 Tamil 214,000 - - 18,000 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 124,000 Tamil 121,000 - - 2,600 - -
Vellalan Pattanavan 8,000 Tamil 8,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 172,000 Tamil 170,000 - - 1,900 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 243,000 Tamil 241,000 - - 2,100 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 1,839,000 Tamil 1,783,000 - - 55,000 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 1,200 Telugu 1,200 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 139,000 Tamil 138,000 - - 1,100 - -
Veluthadanayar 111,000 Malayalam 111,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 700 Malayalam - - - 700 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Tamil 45,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 3,300 Tamil 3,300 - - - - -
Vettuvan 22,000 Malayalam 22,000 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 1,800 Tamil 1,800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 333,000 Malayalam 333,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 66,000 Malayalam 66,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 11,000 Kannada 11,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 79,000 Malayalam 79,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 2,672,000 Telugu 2,669,000 - - 3,100 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 4,900 Malayalam 4,900 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 3,072,000 Hindi 3,072,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 106,000 Hindi 106,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 1,033,000 Telugu 1,033,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Yenadi 104,000 Telugu 104,000 30 - - - -
Yerava 20 Ravula 20 - - - - -
 Yerukula 17,000 Yerukula 16,000 20 - - - -
 Yimchungra 50 Naga, Yimchungru - - - 50 - -
  Totals:  583 88,325,000   515 77,654,000 5,055,000 13,000 5,243,000 15,000 252,000



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