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| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 360 | 360 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 4,240 | - | 4240 | - | - | - | - |
| Munda | Mundari | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oraon | Hindi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 49,900 | 48700 | - | - | 1200 | - | - |
| Andh | Marathi | 114,000 | 114000 | 130 | 10 | 200 | 10 | 310 |
| Ansari | Urdu | 11,500 | - | 11500 | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 30 | - | - | - | - | 30 | - |
| Baghban (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 70 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
| Baiga | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Lambadi | 27,600 | 26600 | - | - | 970 | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Marathi | 7,600 | 3910 | - | - | - | - | 3690 |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 7,740 | 7560 | - | - | 180 | - | - |
| Basor | Marathi | 480 | 470 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Bavcha | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharia Bhumia | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Marathi | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhaina | Bhili | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 300 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil unspecified | Marathi | 700 | 300 | 110 | - | 280 | - | 10 |
| Bhunjia | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 4,260 | 4180 | - | - | 80 | - | - |
| Hatkar | Marathi | 33,800 | 32900 | - | - | 860 | - | - |
| Bidur | Marathi | 1,440 | 1350 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Birhor | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binjhia | Urdu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Marathi | 43,400 | 42900 | - | - | - | - | 520 |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhansala | Marathi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 9,740 | 9370 | - | - | 360 | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditions) | Marathi | 500 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Matang (Christian traditions) | Marathi | 340 | - | - | 340 | - | - | - |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devadiga (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Hindi | 5,130 | 4930 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Dhanka | Hindi | 130 | - | 130 | - | - | - | - |
| Dhanwar | Marathi | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 4,360 | 4200 | - | - | 160 | - | - |
| Dhodia | Hindi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhor | Marathi | 1,620 | 1580 | - | - | 40 | - | - |
| Dubla unspecified | Marathi | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Gamit | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond unspecified | Marathi | 420 | 410 | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Gosain unspecified | Marathi | 9,100 | 8780 | - | - | 320 | - | - |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 470 | 470 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Halba | Marathi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Marathi | 1,570 | 1480 | - | - | 90 | - | - |
| Christian | Marathi | 210 | - | - | 210 | - | - | - |
| Kachari (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,560 | 3560 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Kaikadi | 360 | 360 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamar | Hindi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kawar | Marathi | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharia | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 5,300 | 4940 | - | - | 360 | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 5,250 | 5150 | 20 | - | 60 | - | 30 |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 30 | 20 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Kokna | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kol | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolowar | Marathi | 550 | 550 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kolhati | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korku | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kathodi | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 7,670 | 7130 | - | - | 540 | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 99,900 | 94300 | - | - | 5400 | - | 200 |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kurumba, Kannada | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingader | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 2,950 | - | - | - | - | - | 2950 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 4,760 | 4400 | - | - | 360 | - | - |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Marathi | 142,000 | 5610 | - | - | 136000 | 80 | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mallik (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 2,320 | - | 2320 | - | - | - | - |
| Manne | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 42,600 | 20600 | - | - | 22000 | 10 | - |
| Mawalud | Urdu | 4,650 | - | 4650 | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 180 | 180 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 100 | - | 100 | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 40 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Mang Garudi | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 332,000 | 311000 | - | - | 20300 | - | 700 |
| Mala Jangam | Telugu | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 450 | - | 450 | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 8,880 | 8330 | - | - | 540 | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Naikda | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pangul | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhi | Pardhi | 2,370 | 2310 | 10 | - | 10 | 30 | 10 |
| Pardhan | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 6,600 | 6510 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,850 | 3610 | - | - | 240 | - | - |
| Sahi | Marathi | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sali | Telugu | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 7,960 | - | 7960 | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 80,400 | - | 80400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 8,820 | 8550 | - | - | 270 | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 100 | - | - | - | - | 100 | - |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 60 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
| Masan Jogi | Marathi | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,270 | 3090 | - | - | 180 | - | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 13,100 | 12400 | - | - | 720 | - | - |
| Thakkar | Marathi | 930 | 920 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Waddar | 4,360 | 4130 | - | - | 240 | - | - |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 250 | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanjara | Marathi | 36,200 | 35800 | - | - | 450 | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holaya | Marathi | 670 | 630 | - | - | 50 | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 330 | - | - | - | - | 330 | - |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 30,100 | 28600 | - | - | 1460 | - | - |
| Kui Khond | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Marathi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 800 | 800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Urdu | 630 | - | 630 | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Marathi | 2,030 | 1310 | - | - | - | - | 720 |
| Bania Chetti | Telugu | 300 | 250 | - | - | - | - | 60 |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 440 | 300 | - | - | - | - | 140 |
| Bania Mahur | Marathi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Gujarati | 1,080 | 230 | - | - | - | - | 860 |
| Bania Srimali | Marathi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Marathi | 1,800 | 1800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaud Saraswat | Marathi | 510 | 510 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Marathi | 1,800 | 1800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gujar Gaur | Marathi | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Marathi | 2,820 | 2820 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 1,690 | 1690 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sanadhya | Marathi | 2,710 | 2710 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Marathi | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 280 | 280 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 1,020 | 1020 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhil Tadvi | Marathi | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,050 | 2990 | - | - | 60 | - | - |
| Devadiga Kalavant | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 2,260 | 2120 | - | - | 140 | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 790 | 790 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar Otari | Marathi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Anjna | Marathi | 2,910 | 2710 | - | - | 200 | - | - |
| Mahratta Jadhav | Marathi | 46,200 | 45000 | - | - | 1130 | - | 110 |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 10,800 | - | 10800 | - | - | - | - |
| Sonar Aksali | Marathi | 1,020 | 1020 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Dhindhor | Hindi | 1,420 | 1420 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Marathi | 4,060 | 4060 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 7,330 | 7330 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi Ghatole | Marathi | 4,330 | 4060 | - | - | 270 | - | - |
| Kunbi Hindre | Marathi | 4,330 | 4060 | - | - | 270 | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 16,400 | - | 16400 | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 450 | - | 450 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 1,350 | - | 1350 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 2,710 | - | 2710 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 900 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Marathi | 1,350 | 1350 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 2,030 | - | 2030 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 1,350 | - | 1350 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 680 | - | 680 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 680 | - | 680 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 2,030 | - | 2030 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) | Hindi | 30 | - | - | - | 30 | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
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