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| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 2,030 | - | 2030 | - | - | - | - |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 90 | - | 90 | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 43,500 | 43500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ansari | Urdu | 25,300 | - | 25300 | - | - | - | - |
| Aray Mala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Baghban (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 180 | - | 180 | - | - | - | - |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10,800 | 10800 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Lambadi | 70,700 | 70500 | - | 30 | - | 10 | 160 |
| Bania unspecified | Telugu | 20,900 | 20800 | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| Basor | Telugu | 2,140 | 2140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 400 | 400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Budega Jangam | Telugu | 4,190 | 4190 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 8,600 | 8600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,520 | 1520 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 31,700 | 31700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bindla | Telugu | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banijiga | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boya | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Telugu | 12,200 | 12200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Byagara | Telugu | 330 | 330 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenna Dasar | Telugu | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 270 | 270 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chalvadi | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chenchu | Chenchu | 2,170 | 2130 | 30 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 3,610 | - | - | 3610 | - | - | - |
| Mahar (Christian traditions) | Marathi | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 1,350 | - | - | 1350 | - | - | - |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,900 | 2900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 21,600 | 21600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Telugu | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dudekula | Telugu | 900 | - | 900 | - | - | - | - |
| Gangakula | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gandla | Kannada | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gond unspecified | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hande Jogi | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Telugu | 1,930 | - | - | 1930 | - | - | - |
| Jaggali | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jambuvulu | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikadi | Marathi | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,020 | 1020 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khoja | Kacchi | 20 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 33,200 | 33200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kammara | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Kapu | Kannada | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korama unspecified | Kurumba, Kannada | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korwa | Telugu | 6,320 | 6320 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koshti | Marathi | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kotia | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koya unspecified | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,200 | 6200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 11,700 | 11700 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 3,100 | 3100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 25,500 | 25500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Telugu | 1,980 | - | - | - | - | - | 1980 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 6,090 | 6090 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 118,000 | 118000 | - | 140 | - | 10 | - |
| Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Marathi | 170 | 160 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 26,500 | 26300 | - | 120 | 20 | 10 | - |
| Manna Dhora | Hindi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Masthi | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matangi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara (Muslim traditions) | Lambadi | 170 | - | 170 | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasari | Telugu | 470 | 470 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga Dasu | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,350 | - | 1350 | - | - | - | - |
| Memon | Gujarati | 40 | - | 40 | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 1,600 | 1600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madasi Kuruva | Telugu | 210 | 210 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mala Dasu | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madiga (Muslim traditions) | Telugu | 240 | - | 240 | - | - | - | - |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 360 | 360 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Telugu | 160 | - | 160 | - | - | - | - |
| Mundala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 14,400 | 14400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pardhi | Pardhi | 320 | 320 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Perka | Telugu | 390 | 390 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pichakuntla | Telugu | 1,070 | 1070 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pinjara | Telugu | 1,350 | - | 1350 | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,360 | 2360 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sali | Kannada | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Samagara | Marathi | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saora unspecified | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Satani | Telugu | 3,720 | 3720 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 14,400 | - | 14400 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 54,400 | - | 54400 | - | - | - | - |
| Sikligar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,600 | 7600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 50 | - | - | - | - | 50 | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,370 | 2370 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,590 | 2590 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 9,470 | 9470 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 750 | 750 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velama | Telugu | 5,300 | 5300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) | Telugu | 360 | 360 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 650 | 650 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 270 | 270 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanjara | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 30 | 20 | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 5,460 | 5410 | 10 | 20 | - | - | 20 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Hindi | 70 | - | - | - | - | 70 | - |
| Kui Khond | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,350 | 1350 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Munnur | Telugu | 1,350 | 1350 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 2,370 | 2370 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 90,100 | 90100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hajam | Telugu | 1,310 | - | 1310 | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Agarwal | Telugu | 2,370 | 2370 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Chetti | Telugu | 350 | 340 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Bania Gujar | Telugu | 410 | 410 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 12,900 | 12900 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Bania Lad | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahajan | Telugu | 160 | 160 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Marwadi | Marwari (India) | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Porwal | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Marathi | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Gaur | Telugu | 560 | 560 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 270 | 270 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Telugu | 280 | 280 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 110 | 110 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Telugu | 470 | 470 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Marathi | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vyas | Telugu | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kosala Nadu | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telaganya | Telugu | 3,380 | 3380 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Telugu | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 90 | 90 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Devanga | Kannada | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Bolla | Kannada | 2,480 | 2480 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Balija Musugu | Telugu | 2,260 | 2260 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Charan | Lambadi | 4,290 | 4290 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,030 | 2030 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 230 | 230 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beldar Sunkar | Telugu | 280 | 280 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 8,570 | 8570 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 18,600 | 18600 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kasar Otari | Telugu | 300 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 7,220 | - | 7220 | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Telugu | 4,740 | 4740 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Silpi | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 3,800 | - | 3800 | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 510 | - | 510 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 1,020 | - | 1020 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 2,710 | - | 2710 | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 720 | - | 720 | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Ghosi | Telugu | 2,030 | 2030 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 340 | - | 340 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 230 | - | 230 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 110 | - | 110 | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 340 | - | 340 | - | - | - | - |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
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