People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anglo | Tamil | 1,510 | - | - | 1510 | - | - | - |
Arab | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 30 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
Burmese | Burmese | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
Han Chinese, Mandarin | Chinese, Mandarin | 30 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Khasi | Khasi | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Mizo | Mizo | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bengali Muslim Moghal | Malayalam | 150 | - | 150 | - | - | - | - |
Sinhalese | Sinhala | 50 | - | - | - | 50 | - | - |
Parsee | Gujarati | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Persian | Dari | 30 | - | 30 | - | - | - | - |
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 15,000 | - | 15000 | - | - | - | - |
Adi Andhra | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Adi Dravida | Malayalam | 510 | 510 | - | - | - | - | - |
Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Adiyan | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Agamudaiyan unspecified | Malayalam | 1,230 | 1230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 890 | 890 | - | - | - | - | - |
Alavan | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ambalavasi | Malayalam | 24,800 | 24800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ambattan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 3,560 | 3530 | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
Arunthathiyar | Tamil | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arayan | Malayalam | 17,700 | 16800 | - | 920 | - | - | - |
Ayyanavar | Malayalam | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bakuda | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania unspecified | Malayalam | 12,700 | 11800 | - | - | - | - | 910 |
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bellara | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhampta | Marathi | 440 | 440 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bohra | Gujarati | 600 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
Boya | Kannada | 630 | 630 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin unspecified | Malayalam | 70,600 | 70400 | - | - | - | - | 250 |
Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhansala | Sindhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chandala | Kannada | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 1,460 | 1460 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chavalakkaran | Malayalam | 200 | 180 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Madiga (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Devadasi | Malayalam | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhangar Bharwad | Marathi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 210 | 210 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dom (Dombara) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Eluthassan | Malayalam | 47,600 | 47600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mukkari | Malayalam | 1,240 | 1240 | - | - | - | - | - |
Eravallan | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Faqir | Malayalam | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Gamit | Gujarati | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gangakula | Malayalam | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gandla | Malayalam | 5,830 | 5830 | - | - | - | - | - |
Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 1,000 | - | - | 1000 | - | - | - |
Godagali | Odia | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gavara | Malayalam | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Holar | Kannada | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hill Pulayan | Paliyan | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Christian | Malayalam | 3,840 | - | - | 3840 | - | - | - |
Idayan | Malayalam | 1,040 | 1040 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ilavan | Malayalam | 490,000 | 490000 | - | 230 | - | - | - |
Ilayathu | Malayalam | 2,890 | 2890 | - | - | - | - | - |
Irular | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kadaiyar | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalladi | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kallan unspecified | Malayalam | 21,600 | 21600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kallasari | Malayalam | 10,800 | 10800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kanakkan | Malayalam | 1,720 | 1720 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kanikkaran | Kanikkaran | 180 | 170 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Kaniyan | Malayalam | 10,600 | 10600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Karimpalan | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kavara | Malayalam | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kakkalan | Malayalam | 1,810 | 1810 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kaikolan | Malayalam | 10,400 | 10400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kallattu Kurup | Malayalam | 1,000 | 1000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kollakar | Malayalam | 1,830 | 1830 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli Malhar | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 760 | 760 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koracha, tribal | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koshti | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Konda Reddi | Telugu | 50 | 40 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kattunayakan | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kudumban | Malayalam | 600 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kudumi | Konkani | 40,800 | 40800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 630 | 630 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
Alambadi Kurichchan | Kurichiya | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kuruba | Kannada | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kurukkal | Malayalam | 870 | 870 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kuruman | Malayalam | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 1,920 | 1920 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lingayat | Kannada | 270 | - | - | - | - | - | 270 |
Lohana | Sindhi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahishya | Bengali | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Maila | Malayalam | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malakuravan | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malayan, tribe | Odia | 520 | 520 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Malai Arayan | Malayalam | 2,500 | 1760 | 10 | 730 | - | - | - |
Mappila | Malayalam | 515,000 | - | 515000 | - | - | - | - |
Maravan | Malayalam | 1,410 | 1410 | - | - | - | - | - |
Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 614,000 | - | - | 614000 | - | - | - |
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) | Malayalam | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
Megh (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Memon | Kacchi | 3,160 | - | 3160 | - | - | - | - |
Mahratta unspecified | Konkani | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 6,050 | 6050 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) | Malayalam | 1,430 | - | - | 1430 | - | - | - |
Mahratta Kunbi | Kacchi | 480 | 480 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malasar | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) | Malayalam | 80 | - | 80 | - | - | - | - |
Mannan, caste | Malayalam | 16,900 | 16900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mannan, tribal | Malayalam | 290 | 280 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Moger unspecified | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malai Pandaram | Tamil | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Musari | Malayalam | 4,400 | 4400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Muthuvan | Malayalam | 3,040 | 3020 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 5,220 | 5220 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nai (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 250 | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nair | Malayalam | 363,000 | 363000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Navithan | Malayalam | 10,200 | 10200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Nayadi | Malayalam | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Palluvan | Malayalam | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
Panan | Malayalam | 1,160 | 1160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pandaram | Malayalam | 13,500 | 13500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Panditattan | Malayalam | 8,140 | 8140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paniyan | Malayalam | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 26,200 | 26000 | - | - | 180 | - | - |
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 3,910 | 3910 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pardhi | Konkani | 2,520 | 2520 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pathiyan | Malayalam | 160 | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Perumannan | Malayalam | 620 | 620 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pichakuntla | Telugu | 150 | 150 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 280 | 280 | - | - | - | - | - |
Palliyan | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Palleyan | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Palliyar | Tamil | 30 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Poundra | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pulayan unspecified | Malayalam | 198,000 | 198000 | - | - | 260 | 10 | - |
Puthirai Vannan | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 5,360 | 5360 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
Rathawa | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sali | Konkani | 1,270 | 1270 | - | - | - | - | - |
Samban | Malayalam | 160 | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Samanthan | Malayalam | 1,550 | 1550 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sayyid | Malayalam | 3,990 | - | 3990 | - | - | - | - |
Semman | Malayalam | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shabi | Malayalam | 1,920 | - | 1920 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh unspecified | Malayalam | 13,800 | - | 13800 | - | - | - | - |
Kamboh (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 30 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
Khatri (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 30 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
Labana (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Sindhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 170 | - | - | - | - | 170 | - |
Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
Sarera (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 50 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 753,000 | - | - | 753000 | - | - | - |
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thandan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 2,990 | 2990 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ulladan | Malayalam | 4,270 | 3960 | 10 | 300 | - | - | 10 |
Urali | Malayalam | 110 | 100 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,160 | 1160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vakkaliga unspecified | Konkani | 240 | 240 | - | - | - | - | - |
Valan | Malayalam | 29,500 | 29500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Varli | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Velan | Malayalam | 18,200 | 18100 | - | - | 70 | - | - |
Veluthadanayar | Malayalam | 11,000 | 11000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vetan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vettuvan | Malayalam | 12,900 | 12800 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
Viswakarma unspecified | Malayalam | 10,100 | 9870 | - | 230 | - | - | - |
Vellalan unspecified | Malayalam | 15,300 | 11300 | - | 4050 | - | - | - |
Velakkithalanayan | Malayalam | 9,990 | 9990 | - | - | - | - | - |
Valluvan | Malayalam | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 1,230 | 1230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vanniyan | Malayalam | 9,070 | 9070 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bagdi | Marwari (India) | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yenadi | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yerukula | Yerukula | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 470 | - | - | - | - | 470 | - |
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 440 | 440 | - | - | - | - | - |
Padannan | Malayalam | 320 | 320 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bandi (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 60 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malayarayar | Tamil | 80 | 70 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Mangala | Telugu | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jewish, South Asian | Malayalam | 150 | - | - | - | - | - | 150 |
Munnur | Telugu | 180 | 180 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mutrasi | Telugu | 190 | 190 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 1,130 | 900 | - | - | - | - | 230 |
Bania Chetti | Kannada | 1,430 | 1270 | - | - | - | - | 160 |
Bania Oswal | Hindi | 420 | 160 | - | - | - | - | 260 |
Bania Porwal | Hindi | 390 | 260 | - | - | - | - | 140 |
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Konkani | 10,200 | 10200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Gaur | Malayalam | 2,260 | 2260 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Gujarati | Gujarati | 370 | 370 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Karhada | Konkani | 270 | 270 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 790 | 790 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Saraswat | Konkani | 630 | 630 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 2,640 | 2640 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 7,330 | 7330 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Muttad | Malayalam | 1,130 | 1130 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Nambudiri | Malayalam | 19,700 | 19700 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 380 | 380 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Mahratta (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 440 | 440 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 180 | 180 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 160 | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Thakur | Malayalam | 190 | 190 | - | - | - | - | - |
Devanga | Konkani | 6,900 | 6900 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vaniyan | Malayalam | 2,310 | 2310 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker | Malayalam | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal Idiga | Konkani | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pulaya Vettuvan | Malayalam | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pulayan Thanda | Malayalam | 25,000 | 25000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sali Pattariyan | Malayalam | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Qureshi | Malayalam | 1,350 | - | 1350 | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Asari | Malayalam | 1,800 | 1800 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan | Malayalam | 370 | 370 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Kallasari | Malayalam | 500 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Kollan | Malayalam | 1,760 | 1760 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Thattan | Malayalam | 2,930 | 2930 | - | - | - | - | - |
Viswakarma Vilkurup | Malayalam | 630 | 630 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Malayalam | 730 | 730 | - | - | - | - | - |
Silpi | Malayalam | 370 | 370 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mali | Malayalam | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun, Pathan | Malayalam | 14,200 | - | 14200 | - | - | - | - |
Nadar (Christian traditions) | Malayalam | 1,730 | - | - | 1730 | - | - | - |
Koli of Gujarat | Kacchi | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Thandan (Christian traditions) | Malayalam | 150 | - | - | 150 | - | - | - |
Madari (Hindu traditions) | Malayalam | 410 | 410 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | Malayalam | 120 | - | - | 120 | - | - | - |
Paravan (Christian traditions) | Malayalam | 500 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
Ambattan Christian | Malayalam | 1,740 | - | - | 1740 | - | - | - |
Chavalakkaran Christian | Malayalam | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 22,300 | - | - | 22300 | - | - | - |
Brahmin Mukkaniyar | Malayalam | 2,480 | 2480 | - | - | - | - | - |
Byari (Beary) | Konkani, Goan | 1,350 | - | 1350 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 450 | - | 450 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 300 | - | 300 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 150 | - | 150 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 150 | - | 150 | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 450 | - | 450 | - | - | - | - |
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