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| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assamese (Muslim traditions) | Assamese | 320 | - | 320 | - | - | - | - |
| Kuki Chin | Bengali | 580 | - | - | 570 | 10 | - | - |
| Magar | Bengali | 100 | 90 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Hajang | Anal | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loi | Meitei | 190 | 190 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo | Anal | 80 | - | - | 70 | - | - | - |
| Newah | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei unspecified | Meitei | 3,470 | 3450 | - | 10 | - | - | 20 |
| Maring | Mizo | 10,400 | 60 | 70 | 10100 | 40 | - | 150 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 150 | 150 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sherpa | Nepali | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Gurung Ghaleg | Nepali | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Tharu | Nepali | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aimol | Vaiphei | 990 | 20 | 10 | 970 | - | - | - |
| Anal | Deori | 9,550 | 150 | 70 | 9290 | 10 | - | 30 |
| Angami | Naga, Angami | 20 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Hindi | 120 | 110 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bodo (Hindu traditions) | Boro (India) | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Hindi | 150 | 150 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chain | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chiru | Chiru | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Chothe | Hindi | 1,400 | - | - | 1390 | 10 | - | - |
| Darjee | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drukpa | Dzongkha | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Gadaria (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gangte | Nepali | 1,190 | - | 20 | 1160 | - | - | 10 |
| Hmar | Vaiphei | 80 | - | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Christian | Mizo | 720 | - | - | 720 | - | - | - |
| Kaibartta unspecified | Bengali | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rongmei | Chin, Thado | 60 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Kami | Nepali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thangkhal | Naga, Thangal | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Koren | Koireng | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Lamkang | Kom (India) | 3,320 | 80 | 20 | 3200 | 20 | - | - |
| Lotha | Naga, Lotha | 60 | - | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Illemei | Naga, Mao | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Maramei | Naga, Maram | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Jat (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Bujur | Marathi | 1,040 | 10 | - | 1030 | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Bengali | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Poi | Mizo | 90 | 10 | - | 80 | - | - | - |
| Paite (Christian traditions) | Chin, Thado | 140 | - | - | 120 | - | - | 10 |
| Poundra | Bengali | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rai | Nepali | 30 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ralte | Anal | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Assamese | 260 | - | 260 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunuwar | Sunwar | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tamang | Nepali | 40 | 30 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Naga Tangkhul | Naga, Tangkhul (India) | 480 | 10 | - | 470 | - | - | - |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thadou | Chin, Thado | 21,100 | 170 | 90 | 20700 | 90 | - | 70 |
| Thakuri | Nepali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaiphei | Hindi | 1,330 | 30 | - | 1290 | - | - | - |
| Zeliang | Naga, Zeme | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Zou | English | 2,190 | 50 | 10 | 2110 | 10 | - | 10 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Western | 40 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| Haomei | Naga, Liangmai | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Kom | Gujarati | 710 | - | - | 710 | - | - | - |
| Sirte | Anal | 1,040 | 10 | 10 | 1010 | 10 | - | - |
| Biate | Biate | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Kuki Chin Taraor | Naga, Tarao | 300 | - | - | 290 | - | - | - |
| Paite Simte | Simte | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Purohit | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mizo Fanai | Mizo | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Mizo Lushai | Mizo | 160 | - | - | 150 | - | - | - |
| Meitei Kshatriya | Meitei | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei Thanga | Meitei | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Bengali | 60 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - |
| Meitei (Manipur Muslim) | Urdu | 1,800 | - | 1800 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Bengali | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
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