People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bauri | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Hadi | Bengali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Majhi | Odia | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
Munda | Munda | 50 | 30 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Oraon | Kurux | 1,600 | 1270 | 10 | 320 | - | - | 10 |
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 680 | 680 | - | - | - | - | - |
Alia | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | - | - | - | - | 20 | - |
Baiga | Halbi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 130 | 130 | - | - | - | - | - |
Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Lambadi | 400 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania unspecified | Hindi | 800 | 140 | - | - | - | - | 660 |
Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Basor | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bharia Bhumia | Marathi | 210 | 210 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhil unspecified | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhunjia | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 300 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bhattra | Odia | 1,210 | 1110 | - | 90 | - | - | - |
Bidur | Chhattisgarhi | 590 | 590 | - | - | - | - | - |
Binjhia | Halbi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bohra | Gujarati | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin unspecified | Hindi | 530 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 30 |
Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 1,800 | 1790 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Chadar | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chain | Bengali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chik (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madiga (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Mahar (Christian traditions) | Marathi | 440 | - | - | 440 | - | - | - |
Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 500 | - | - | 500 | - | - | - |
Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Deshwali (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dewar | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhangar Bharwad | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhimar | Chhattisgarhi | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dhanwar | Halbi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 210 | 210 | - | - | - | - | - |
Dom (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 1,660 | 1660 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gadaria (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gadaba | Hindi | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gammalla | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Garpaguri | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gauda | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 690 | 690 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gond unspecified | Gondi, Northern | 231,000 | 229000 | 180 | 1760 | 60 | 120 | 560 |
Gosain unspecified | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
Halba | Halbi | 23,000 | 22900 | 10 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Christian | Chhattisgarhi | 190 | - | - | 190 | - | - | - |
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 1,560 | 1560 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kamar | Telugu | 150 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kamathi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kapewar | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Katia | Chhattisgarhi | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kawar | Chhattisgarhi | 230 | 200 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khandait | Odia | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kharia | Gondi, Northern | 40 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Khairwar | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kammara | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kol | Kurux | 50 | 40 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Kolha | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
Korwa | Chhattisgarhi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koshti | Chhattisgarhi | 290 | 290 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koya unspecified | Kuvi | 890 | 890 | - | - | - | - | - |
Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 290 | 290 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 600 | 600 | - | - | - | - | - |
Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 160 | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 4,760 | 4570 | - | - | 180 | 10 | - |
Mahishya | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 460 | 460 | - | - | - | - | - |
Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
Megh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 50 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 140 | - | 140 | - | - | - | - |
Nai (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paharia | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Panika | Chhattisgarhi | 380 | 380 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pardhi | Halbi | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pardhan | Telugu | 2,350 | 2340 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pinjara | Urdu | 70 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
Pindara | Urdu | 70 | - | 70 | - | - | - | - |
Poundra | Bengali | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Parja unspecified | Duruwa | 120 | 110 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 550 | 540 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Rajwar | Chhattisgarhi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Saora unspecified | Odia | 60 | 50 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Sayyid | Urdu | 210 | - | 210 | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh unspecified | Bengali | 1,900 | - | 1900 | - | - | - | - |
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Silawat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 130 | 120 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 60 | - | - | - | - | 60 | - |
Saini (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 40 | - | - | 40 | - | - | - |
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Teli (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 590 | 590 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tili | Bengali | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bagdi | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Barahar | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 150 | - | - | - | - | 150 | - |
Mali (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 1,000 | 1000 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kui Khond | Gondi, Northern | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ganda | Chhattisgarhi | 430 | 430 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 120 | 30 | - | - | - | - | 90 |
Bania Komti | Telugu | 90 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Kanaujia | Hindi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Ojha | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Agnivansi | Hindi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gond Ghotul Muria | Gondi, Northern | 1,970 | 1950 | - | - | - | - | 20 |
Gond Dhuriya | Duruwa | 8,580 | 8520 | - | 50 | - | - | 10 |
Gond Dorla | Gondi, Northern | 7,250 | 7170 | - | 20 | - | - | 60 |
Gond Kandra | Gondi, Northern | 860 | 860 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gond Maria | Gondi, Northern | 61,000 | 60800 | - | 160 | - | 10 | 80 |
Gond Muria | Telugu | 55,200 | 54900 | - | 140 | - | 10 | 60 |
Gond Nagawasi | Gondi, Northern | 850 | 850 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gond Raja Muria | Gondi, Northern | 4,440 | 4440 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gond Rajgond | Duruwa | 21,500 | 21400 | - | 80 | - | - | 40 |
Balija Bogam | Telugu | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) | Lambadi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Halba Kewat | Halbi | 380 | 380 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Koya Dora | Kuvi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 90 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
Sunri Sadhubanik | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Dhindhor | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Gola | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Rawat | Chhattisgarhi | 200 | 200 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Sadgope | Bengali | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
Valmiki Mehtar | Chhattisgarhi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 600 | - | 600 | - | - | - | - |
Satnami | Chhattisgarhi | 370 | 360 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Dom Murdafarash | Chhattisgarhi | 510 | 510 | - | - | - | - | - |
Kachhi Kachhwaha | Hindi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
Yadav Ghosi | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 290 | 290 | - | - | - | - | - |
Valmiki (Sikh traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
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