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Major People Groups *

81

Major Unreached People Groups *

77

Total Population

1,092,000

Buddhist

2.3 %

Christian

2.0 %

Hindu

83.0 %

Muslim

4.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

8.1 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu % Muslim % Buddhist % Christian % Sikh % Other %
Adi Dravida 7,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Adi Karnataka 196,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - 2-5% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Adi Karnataka Christian 16,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Arasu 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Badaga 8,800 Badaga Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Balija Dasari 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Chetti 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 2-5%
Bania unspecified 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Banijiga 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 7,800 Lambadi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Basor 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Iyer 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Kannada 10,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Sanadhya 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Brahmin Vadama 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Christian 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Darzi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Devanga 3,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gangakula 78,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gudigar 50 Konkani Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Hande Jogi 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Holaya 2,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - 10-50% - - -
Jambuvulu 4,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Jenu Kuruba 800 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kadan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaikadi 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kalal Idiga 3,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 3,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Korama unspecified 3,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Koshti 1,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kuruba 69,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Lingayat 87,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 50-100%
Madiga (Christian traditions) 1,900 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% 0.1-2% - -
Mahratta unspecified 8,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Meda 800 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nagartha 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nai (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Naikda 92,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% 0-0.1% - 0-0.1% 0-0.1% 0.1-2%
Paliyan 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pannadi 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 5,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pindara 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Raya Rawat 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sali 1,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Satani 2,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sayyid 8,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 2,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 23,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Soligaru 18,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - - - -
Somvanshi 1,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Syrian Christian 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Tibetan 19,000 Tibetan, Central Progress Gauge - - 50-100% - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 7,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 18,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 10,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vakkaliga unspecified 86,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan unspecified 5,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 2-5% - -
Viswakarma unspecified 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  81 1,063,000   77 ● 50-100% 2-5% 2-5% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% 5-10%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  248 1,092,000   233 ● 50-100% 2-5% 2-5% 2-5% 0-0.1% 5-10%
* 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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