People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Magar | Nepali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Newah | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 470 | - | 470 | - | - | - | - |
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Santal (Sawntal) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 40 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tharu | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Adi Andhra | Telugu | 12,300 | 12300 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Adi Dravida | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 212,000 | 212000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ambalavasi | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ansari | Urdu | 6,650 | - | 6650 | - | - | - | - |
Aray Mala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arunthathiyar | Telugu | 310 | 310 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arwa Mala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ayyanavar | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Badaga | Kannada | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bagata | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 240 | 240 | - | - | - | - | - |
Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 17,100 | 17000 | - | 10 | - | - | 50 |
Bania unspecified | Telugu | 124,000 | 123000 | - | - | - | - | 450 |
Bariki | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Budega Jangam | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 370 | 370 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,900 | 4900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Banijiga | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bondili | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Boya | Telugu | 76,100 | 76100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin unspecified | Telugu | 62,400 | 62200 | - | - | - | - | 200 |
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chenchu | Telugu | 1,320 | 1320 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chhetri | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madiga (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 13,200 | - | - | 13200 | - | - | - |
Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 8,970 | - | - | 8970 | - | - | - |
Dakkal | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,100 | 7100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Devendrakulathan | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 127,000 | 127000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dom (Dombara) | Telugu | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dudekula | Telugu | 450 | - | 450 | - | - | - | - |
Ellamalawar | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gadaba | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gammalla | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gangakula | Kannada | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gauda | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gandla | Telugu | 1,830 | 1830 | - | - | - | - | - |
Godagali | Odia | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gond unspecified | Lambadi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Holaya Dasar | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hakki Pikki | Telugu | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Christian | Telugu | 540 | - | - | 540 | - | - | - |
Ilavan | Tamil | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jaggali | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jingar | Telugu | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kallan unspecified | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khandait | Odia | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kaikolan | Telugu | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli Malhar | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kammara | Telugu | 80 | 60 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Kandra | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Konda Dhora | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Konda Kapu | Telugu | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kokna | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kori | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koracha, caste | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koshti | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koya unspecified | Telugu | 220 | 210 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Konda Reddi | Telugu | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 46,900 | 46900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,000 | 2000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kuruba | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lingayat | Telugu | 2,000 | - | - | - | - | - | 2000 |
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 15,900 | 15900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 167,000 | 167000 | - | 320 | 20 | 10 | - |
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Marathi | 340 | 330 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahishya | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 185,000 | 185000 | - | 170 | 50 | 20 | - |
Malayekandi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malayali | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Manbhav | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Manne | Telugu | 930 | 930 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mappila | Malayalam | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Maravan | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Banjara (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Musti Chenchu | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mala Dasari | Telugu | 320 | 320 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madiga Dasu | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 4,570 | - | 4570 | - | - | - | - |
Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 1,100 | 1100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madasi Kuruva | Telugu | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malasar | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mala Dasu | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 420 | - | 420 | - | - | - | - |
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 60,100 | 60100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nair | Tamil | 150 | 150 | - | - | - | - | - |
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Navithan | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nayadi | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pambada | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pamidi | Odia | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pandaram | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paniyan | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pan | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pinjara | Telugu | 3,380 | - | 3380 | - | - | - | - |
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pulayan unspecified | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Qassab | Urdu | 180 | - | 180 | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 23,100 | 23100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Razu | Telugu | 17,500 | 17500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sali | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Saora unspecified | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Satani | Telugu | 3,610 | 3610 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sayyid | Urdu | 48,600 | - | 48600 | - | - | - | - |
Shabar | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 253,000 | - | 253000 | - | - | - | - |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 39,100 | 39100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Telugu | 60 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
Masan Jogi | Telugu | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tamang | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Teli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 21,100 | 21100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thoti, caste | Telugu | 260 | 260 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tili | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 52,600 | 52600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) | Telugu | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 31,800 | 31800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vellalan unspecified | Telugu | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | - |
Velakkithalanayan | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vanniyan | Telugu | 850 | 850 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yatala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yenadi | Telugu | 22,500 | 22300 | 80 | 30 | - | - | 100 |
Yerukula | Telugu | 17,200 | 17000 | 30 | 50 | - | - | 140 |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Telugu | 190 | - | - | - | - | 190 | - |
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,160 | 1160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kui Khond | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mangala | Telugu | 72,200 | 72200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ganda | Odia | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Munnur | Telugu | 16,000 | 16000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mutrasi | Telugu | 23,500 | 23500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 293,000 | 293000 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
Hajam | Urdu | 1,580 | - | 1580 | - | - | - | - |
Bania Agarwal | Telugu | 16,500 | 16400 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
Bania Agrahari | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Chetti | Telugu | 8,230 | 8150 | - | - | - | - | 80 |
Bania Gujar | Telugu | 1,640 | 1640 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Jaiswal | Telugu | 150 | 140 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Bania Komti | Telugu | 80,400 | 80200 | - | - | - | - | 240 |
Bania Mahajan | Telugu | 560 | 560 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Mahesri | Telugu | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Oswal | Telugu | 410 | 380 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
Bania Porwal | Telugu | 710 | 690 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 6,320 | 6320 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Chitpavan | Telugu | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Deshastha | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Gaur | Telugu | 1,800 | 1800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Joshi | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 560 | 560 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Telugu | 4,960 | 4960 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 30,000 | 30000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Vyas | Telugu | 5,410 | 5410 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Kosala Nadu | Telugu | 1,830 | 1830 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Muttad | Malayalam | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Vadama | Telugu | 560 | 560 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Velanadu | Telugu | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Dikhit | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 560 | 560 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vaniyan | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Balija Dasari | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Balija Musugu | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 193,000 | 193000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kapu Tolakari | Telugu | 1,800 | 1800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malla Jetty | Telugu | 240 | 240 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 27,100 | - | 27100 | - | - | - | - |
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Gola | Telugu | 144,000 | 144000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Silpi | Telugu | 1,940 | 1940 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mali | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 1,300 | - | 1300 | - | - | - | - |
Nadar (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 80 | - | - | 80 | - | - | - |
Madari (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Adi Andhra Christian | Telugu | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - |
Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 2,140 | - | 2140 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Faruqi | Telugu | 2,480 | - | 2480 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 7,440 | - | 7440 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 1,520 | - | 1520 | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Ghosi | Telugu | 8,120 | 8120 | - | - | - | - | - |
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