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| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglo | English | 90 | - | - | 90 | - | - | - |
| Magar | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 4,800 | 4800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 1,245,000 | - | 1245000 | - | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 1,080 | - | 1080 | - | - | - | - |
| Mon | Purig | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 30 | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Persian | Dari | 50 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Tibetan | Tibetan, Central | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Tipera | Kok Borok | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arain (Muslim traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 410 | - | 410 | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Hindu traditions) | Dogri | 560 | 560 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 540 | - | - | - | - | 540 | - |
| Awan | Kashmiri | 2,440 | - | 2440 | - | - | - | - |
| Bomba | Kashmiri | 360 | - | 360 | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 530 | 530 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakkarwal | Kashmiri | 800 | - | 800 | - | - | - | - |
| Balti | Balti | 210 | 10 | 210 | - | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Hindi | 1,450 | 1330 | - | - | - | 60 | 60 |
| Badhai (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 230 | - | 230 | - | - | - | - |
| Barwala (Hindu traditions) | Dogri | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Batwal (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bawaria (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 390 | 390 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beg | Kashmiri | 370 | - | 370 | - | - | - | - |
| Rahmani (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 240 | - | 240 | - | - | - | - |
| Bodh (Buddhist traditions) | Tibetan, Central | 100 | 30 | 60 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Kashmiri | 11,300 | 11300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Broq-Pa | Brokskat | 300 | 10 | 290 | - | - | - | - |
| Basith (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 30 | 20 | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Budhan (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 860 | - | 860 | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 370 | 320 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Chhetri | Nepali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Desil | Kashmiri | 270 | - | 270 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhiar | Kashmiri | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gaddi (Muslim traditions) | Gaddi | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Gujjar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 5,430 | - | 5430 | - | - | - | - |
| Gardi (Hindu traditions) | Dogri | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Dogri | 2,250 | - | - | 2250 | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 470 | 470 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julaha | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 280 | 280 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 4,290 | 4290 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khoja | Urdu | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Kraal | Kashmiri | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 950 | 950 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhiar (Muslim traditions) | Bhadrawahi | 860 | - | 860 | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Labana (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 180 | 180 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Kashmiri | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Makhmi | Kashmiri | 8,190 | - | 8190 | - | - | - | - |
| Mallik (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 450 | - | 450 | - | - | - | - |
| Mangrik | Bhadrawahi | 510 | - | - | - | 510 | - | - |
| Bazigar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 270 | - | 270 | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | English | 110 | - | - | 110 | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 770 | - | 770 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 730 | - | 730 | - | - | - | - |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Hindi | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Muslim traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 15,300 | - | 15300 | - | - | - | - |
| Lohar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 1,080 | - | 1080 | - | - | - | - |
| Mirasi (Muslim traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | 140 | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 320 | - | 320 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 24,700 | - | 24700 | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 2,370 | - | 2370 | - | - | - | - |
| Teli (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 3,210 | - | 3210 | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Muslim traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 410 | - | 410 | - | - | - | - |
| Zargar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 1,730 | - | 1730 | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 410 | 410 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | English | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namdagur | Kashmiri | 960 | - | 960 | - | - | - | - |
| Changpa | Changthang | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chopan | Kashmiri | 720 | - | 720 | - | - | - | - |
| Purig-Pa | Purig | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 12,800 | 12800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Sansi (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 270 | 270 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Punjabi, Eastern | 3,160 | - | 3160 | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 270 | - | - | - | - | 270 | - |
| Chhimba (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 60 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Gujar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 470 | - | - | - | - | 470 | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 7,200 | - | 7200 | - | - | - | - |
| Shakhsaz | Kashmiri | 270 | - | 270 | - | - | - | - |
| Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 740 | - | - | - | - | 740 | - |
| Kahar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 360 | - | - | - | - | 360 | - |
| Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 610 | - | - | - | - | 610 | - |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 180 | - | - | - | - | 180 | - |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 100 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Nai (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Sofi | Kashmiri | 270 | - | 270 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 2,980 | - | - | - | - | 2980 | - |
| Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Sonar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 140 | - | - | - | - | 140 | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 540 | - | - | - | - | 540 | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 150 | - | - | 150 | - | - | - |
| Tarakhehas | Kashmiri | 6,450 | - | 6450 | - | - | - | - |
| Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 350 | 350 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wattal (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 410 | - | 410 | - | - | - | - |
| Waza | Kashmiri | 300 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Zargar (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 600 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 5,000 | - | - | - | - | 5000 | - |
| Jewish, South Asian | Hindi | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Hajam | Kashmiri | 830 | - | 830 | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 420 | 370 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Mahajan | Hindi | 280 | 280 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Acharya | Kashmiri | 1,580 | 1580 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Dogri | 940 | 940 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit | Kashmiri | 8,800 | 8800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Maha | Hindi | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 270 | - | 270 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Awan | Kashmiri | 2,030 | - | 2030 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bais (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 230 | - | 230 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 230 | - | 230 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 2,140 | - | 2140 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Janjua (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 370 | - | 370 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) | Dogri | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 70 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Kashmiri | 470 | - | 470 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Gakkhar | Kashmiri | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Manj | Kashmiri | 230 | - | 230 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Tonwar (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 100 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 3,200 | - | 3200 | - | - | - | - |
| Gujjar (Hindu traditions) | Kashmiri | 30 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gaddi (Hindu traditions) | Gaddi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Khakkha | Kashmiri | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Khokhar | Kashmiri | 300 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 100 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Rathor (Muslim traditions) | Kashmiri | 250 | - | 250 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 510 | - | 510 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Afridi | Pashto, Northern | 340 | - | 340 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Pashto, Northern | 360 | - | 360 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
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