Country: India
Province / State: Maharashtra
District: Mumbai suburban

Major People Groups

322

Major Unreached People Groups

305

Total Population

10,847,000

Buddhist

4.5 %

Christian

3.1 %

Hindu

70.0 %

Muslim

17.7 %

Sikh

0.5 %

Other Religions

4.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 26,000 - 2,000 100 - -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - 20 - - -
 Agri 124,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 116,000 - 7,700 - - -
Ambattan Christian 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Anglo 20,000 English Progress Gauge - - - 20,000 - -
 Ansari 252,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 252,000 - - - -
 Arab 100 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Atari 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Audhelia 90 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 43,000 - 1,500 - - -
Badhai Kharadi 3,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,700 - 90 - - -
 Badhi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - 50 - - -
 Baha'i 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - 3,400
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 8,300 - 200 - - -
 Bajania 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Bajgar 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions) 80 Bengali Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
Bakad 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Baloch 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 42,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - 19,000
 Bania Chetti 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - 2,300
Bania Dhusar 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 4,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - 2,700
Bania Gujar 57,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - 5,100
 Bania Kasarwani 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Bania Khandelwal 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 1,500
 Bania Komti 9,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,700 - - - - 600
 Bania Lad 8,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - 4,200
Bania Nagar 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania Nima 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,500 - - - - 8,900
 Bania Oswal 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - 8,200
 Bania Porwal 9,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - 3,900
Bania Saitwal 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - 5,600
 Bania Srimali 20,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 9,900
Bania Ummad 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - 5,100
 Bania unspecified 696,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 416,000 - - - - 280,000
 Banijiga 2,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 23,000 - 1,200 - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 1,000 - 40 - - -
Barda 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 11,000 - 400 - - -
Barutgar 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Basor 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - 20 - - -
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 43,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 43,000 - - - -
 Bhampta 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Bhansala 7,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Bhantu 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 4,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,200 200 90 - - 40
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
Bindla 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bohra 170,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 170,000 - - - -
 Boya 3,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 2,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 3,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 2,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Bengali 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 45,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Brahmin Daima 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 33,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 52,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 51,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 48,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 4,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Karbadu 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 1,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit 11,000 Kashmiri Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 22,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Malvi 1,800 Malvi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 2,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 2,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 4,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Palliwal 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Pushkarna 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 59,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 59,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 5,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tapodhan 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 3,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 739,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 707,000 - - 300 - 31,000
 Burmese 200 Burmese Progress Gauge - - 200 - - -
Byari (Beary) 5,500 Konkani Progress Gauge - 5,500 - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,900 - 60 20 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 146,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 131,000 - 9,400 5,000 - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - 40 - - -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - 100
 Christian 7,400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 7,400 - -
 Dakkal 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 96,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 91,000 - 3,800 - - 1,000
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,400 - 100 - - -
 Devanga 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 10,000 - 800 - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,300 - 200 - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 8,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,000 - 400 40 - 60
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 5,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,300 - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 15,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 15,000 - 500 - - -
 Dhodia 6,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,900 20 - - - 30
 Dhor 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - 80 - - -
 Divehi 100 Maldivian Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Dubla unspecified 4,700 Dubli Progress Gauge 4,600 - 20 - - 20
Ellamalawar 90 Kannada Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Gamit 2,400 Gamit Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Gandharb (Muslim traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Gangakula 3,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,100 - 80 - - -
 Ghisadi 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Goanese 53,000 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 53,000 - -
 Gond unspecified 7,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,000 100 70 20 - 70
 Gondhali 6,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,300 - 300 - - -
 Gosain unspecified 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - 900 - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 20
 Hajam 3,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
 Halba 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 1,200 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 1,000 - - 200
 Hijda 136,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 130,000 6,100 - - - -
 Holar 2,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,200 - 90 - - -
Idayan 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Ilavan 17,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - 1,000
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 20,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20,000 -
Javeri 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 700 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 700
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,200 -
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,000 - 300 - - -
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,500 - 400 - - -
Kaghzi 20 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,400 - 60 - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 7,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,300 - 400 - - 300
 Kalal Idiga 4,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - 200
Kalavant 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kamar 300 Kamar Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Kamathi 113,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 107,000 - - - - 5,700
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 1,600 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,600 -
Kanai 12,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 50
 Kapu unspecified 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 60
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - 200
Kasar Otari 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Kashmiri Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Kawar 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 20 - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - 800 - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 84,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 80,000 - 3,700 - - -
 Khati (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - 200 - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,900 - 90 - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - 100
 Khatri (Muslim traditions) 7,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 7,000 - - - -
 Khoja 187,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 187,000 - - - -
 Kokna 3,100 Kukna Progress Gauge 2,500 300 90 200 - -
 Kolhati 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - 200 - - -
 Koli Dhor 1,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,600 30 20 - - -
 Koli Mahadev 23,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 22,000 100 100 200 - 40
 Koli Malhar 4,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,900 20 300 - - 20
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Koli Son 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - 20 - - -
 Koshti 19,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 18,000 - 900 - - 600
Kuchbandia 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kudumban 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - 1,100 - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 209,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 197,000 - 10,000 - - 1,600
Kunbi Anjna 14,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 13,000 - 700 - - -
 Kunbi Kadwa 5,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
 Kunbi Konkani 42,000 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 40,000 - 2,100 - - -
 Kunbi Lewa 11,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Kuruba 2,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,600 - 100 - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,000 -
Lingader 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Lingayat 6,600 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 6,600
 Lohana 4,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - 100
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 37,000 - 1,200 - - -
 Machhi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 16,000 - 700 - - -
Madgi 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - 60 - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,300 - 200 40 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 251,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,300 - 239,000 3,600 100 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 107,000 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 107,000 - -
 Mahishya 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,000 - 100 - - -
 Mahratta Jadhav 231,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 220,000 - 11,000 - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 8,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,500 - 300 - - -
 Mahratta Shinde 235,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 224,000 - 11,000 - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 2,848,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,712,000 - 121,000 - - 16,000
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 2,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,100 -
 Mahyavanshi 5,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,400 - 80 - - -
 Majothi 90 Kacchi Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Makrani (Muslim traditions) 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,900 - 90 30 - -
 Malabar Catholic 38,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 38,000 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 46,000 - 3,200 - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 19,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 19,000 - - - -
 Mang Garudi 2,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,100 - 30 - - -
 Mangala 6,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,000 - 300 - - -
 Mappila 25,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 25,000 - - - -
 Maravan 3,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Maru Kumhar 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 43,000 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 43,000 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 69,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 54,000 - 14,000 1,400 20 -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,700 - 60 - - -
 Memon 162,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 162,000 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 97,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 91,000 - 3,800 2,500 - -
 Moger unspecified 4,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,900 - 200 - - -
 Momna 4,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 4,500 - - - -
 Munnur 3,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 4,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 3,900 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 3,900 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 42,000 - 1,600 - - -
 Nair 33,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - 70 - - -
Nanbai 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Navithan 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Oraon 7,400 Kurux Progress Gauge 7,100 40 40 100 - 40
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
 Pandaram 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Pangul 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 2,800 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Pardhi 4,800 Pardhi Progress Gauge 4,600 60 50 20 - 20
 Parsee 39,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 39,000
 Pashtun Afridi 9,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 9,400 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 6,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,400 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 9,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 9,200 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 155,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 155,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - 90 - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Patharwat 4,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) 700 Kannada Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions) 80 Urdu Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Persian 1,000 Dari Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
Phudgi 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Pinjara 6,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,300 - - - -
Pomla 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 98,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 98,000 - - - - -
Prabhu Patane 38,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
Qalaigar 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Quam-e-Punjab 2,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,500 - 100 - - -
Rachband 400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 64,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - 2,700 - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajbhar 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - 80 - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - 1,300
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 6,700 Hindi Progress Gauge - 6,700 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 7,400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 7,400 -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 1,500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,500 -
Ramoshi 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,100 - 100 - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 1,600 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,600 -
Salat (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - 80 - - -
 Sali 53,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 51,000 - 2,100 - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 1,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,700 -
 Satnami 7,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,100 - 500 300 - -
 Sayyid 151,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 151,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 4,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 50,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 26,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 26,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 527,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 527,000 - 40 - -
 Shaikh Usmani 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 5,300 Sindhi Progress Gauge - 5,300 - - - -
Sindhollu 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - 70 -
 Sinhalese 400 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 400 - - -
 Somvanshi 13,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 190,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 180,000 - 7,200 - - 3,700
Sonar Aksali 5,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,600 - 400 - - -
 Syrian Christian 44,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 44,000 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - 1,200 - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
 Targala 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 3,600 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 3,600 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - 2,400 - - -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 9,700 Hindi Progress Gauge - 9,700 - - - -
 Teli Ganiga (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 25,000 - 1,200 - - -
Teli Ganiga (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Thakkar 5,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,500 30 - - - 40
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 9,800 - 400 - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 16,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 16,000 - 400 - - -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - - 600 - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 3,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Vaniyan 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 400 - -
 Vanjara 8,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,600 - 300 - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 40,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Varli 11,000 Varli Progress Gauge 11,000 40 50 20 - 100
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - 30 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 5,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,400 - - 300 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 12,000 - 400 - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - 700 - - -
 Yadav Gaoli 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 5,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  322 10,778,000   305 7,539,000 1,910,000 483,000 333,000 42,000 470,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  597 10,847,000   546 7,588,000 1,916,000 484,000 338,000 49,000 471,000
* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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