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Major People Groups *

156

Major Unreached People Groups *

153

Total Population

4,884,000

Buddhist

2.8 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

86.0 %

Muslim

10.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.1 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu % Muslim % Buddhist % Christian % Sikh % Other %
Adi Karnataka 2,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ansari 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Atari 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Badhai (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Badhai Konkani 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Balija Bolla 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Bania Chaturth 4,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 10-50% - - - - 50-100%
Bania Chetti 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Gujar 8,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Kasar 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Komti 3,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Bania Lad 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Mahajan 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Nagar 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Nima 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 10-50% - - - - 50-100%
Bania Oswal 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 10-50% - - - - 50-100%
Bania Pancham 600 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 50-100%
Bania Porwal 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Saitwal 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Ummad 4,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 10-50% - - - - 50-100%
Bania unspecified 188,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Banijiga 4,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Barda 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Basor 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Bedar Bile 1,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 3,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Bhampta 7,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhansala 19,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhil Kataria 400 Wagdi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bhil unspecified 2,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Boya 3,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahma Kshatriya 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Chitpavan 19,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Deshastha 42,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 3,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 7,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Joshi 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kannada 12,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Karbadu 2,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 1,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 5,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Sanadhya 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Sawaria 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Telugu 4,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 154,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Budega Jangam 13,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0-0.1% - 0-0.1% -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 109,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Devanga 2,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dhangar Bharwad 1,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% 2-5% 2-5% - - 0.1-2%
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Dhobi Parit 24,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Dhor 13,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Ellamalawar 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gangakula 9,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ghadasi 1,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ghisadi 4,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gondhali 9,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gosain unspecified 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Hanabar 2,600 Tulu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Holar 30,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - 0-0.1% -
Javeri 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kadia (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaikadi 22,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalal Idiga 9,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalavant 3,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kamathi 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kanai 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Kapu unspecified 4,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0-0.1%
Kasar Otari 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Khatik (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - 0.1-2% -
Khatri (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Kolhati 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Koli Mahadev 52,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 0.1-2%
Koshti 39,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 69,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Kunbi Konkani 4,800 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lingader 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lingayat 3,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 50-100%
Lohana 3,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 304,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 10-50% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% -
Mahar (Christian traditions) 4,400 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Mahratta Jadhav 138,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahratta Konkani 20,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahratta Kunbi 2,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahratta Pawar 115,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahratta unspecified 1,606,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Mala Jangam 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 172,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mallik (Muslim traditions) 5,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Mangala 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 3,800 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Matang (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 0-0.1% -
Mawalud 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Memon 2,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Oraon 1,700 Kurux Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - - - 0.1-2%
Panchama 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pangul 6,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pardhi 14,000 Pardhi Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - - 0-0.1% 0.1-2%
Parsee 3,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 50-100%
Pashtun Afridi 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 32,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Patlia 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions) 30 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Persian 90 Dari Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pinjara 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pomla 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 1,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 2-5%
Rajput Mahratta (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ramoshi 42,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ravalia 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sali 129,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sangar 6,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sayyid 50,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Faruqi 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 30,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Siddiqi 9,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 304,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Usmani 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Thakkar 2,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - - - -
Tirmali 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vakkaliga unspecified 28,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vanjara 31,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma unspecified 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Zarekari 40 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  156 4,841,000   153 ● 50-100% 5-10% 2-5% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 0.1-2%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  354 4,884,000   332 ● 50-100% 5-10% 2-5% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 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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