Country: India
Province / State: Maharashtra
District: Pune

Major People Groups

221

Major Unreached People Groups

211

Total Population

10,542,000

Buddhist

3.3 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

86.4 %

Muslim

6.8 %

Sikh

0.3 %

Other Religions

2.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Agri 3,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Andh 1,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Anglo 1,200 English Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
 Ansari 6,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,600 - - - -
 Arab 300 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Aray Mala 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Atari 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 91,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 91,000 - - - - -
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
Bakad 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Balasantoshi 8,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - 8,100
 Bania Chetti 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - 700
Bania Gujar 2,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 4,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Bania Nagar 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - 19,000
 Bania Porwal 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - 4,900
Bania Saitwal 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - 5,800
 Bania Srimali 7,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 6,000
Bania Ummad 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 4,200
 Bania unspecified 243,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 149,000 - - - - 94,000
 Banijiga 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Lambadi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Barda 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Basor 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - 50 - - -
 Bavcha 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 7,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 7,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,900 - - - -
 Bhampta 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
Bhansala 24,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Bhil Aher 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bhil Dhanka 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Bhil Kataria 500 Wagdi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bhil Mavchi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bhili Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 23,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 23,000 100 50 30 - 60
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
 Bohra 12,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
 Boya 3,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
Brahma Kshatriya 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 106,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 106,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 58,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 58,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Devarukha 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 9,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 4,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Karbadu 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 10,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit 2,300 Kashmiri Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 1,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tapodhan 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 2,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 557,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 536,000 - - - - 21,000
 Budega Jangam 2,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Byagara 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 136,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 135,000 - 1,200 400 - -
Chapparband (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
 Christian 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 10,000 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 90,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 89,000 - - - - 1,200
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Devanga 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 36,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Dhor 8,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,700 - 30 - - -
Ellamalawar 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gangakula 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Ghadasi 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Ghisadi 6,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Goanese 4,100 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 4,100 - -
 Gond unspecified 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 60 - 30 - 30
 Gondhali 8,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
Gopal 2,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 47,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - 300
 Halba 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - 30
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 100 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 100 - - -
 Holar 13,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 13,000 - 80 - - -
 Ilavan 4,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - 30
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 14,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 14,000 -
Javeri 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 200 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 200
 Kachari (Hindu traditions) 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Kaghzi 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Kaikadi 14,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 2,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Kamathi 11,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Kanai 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 6,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - 400
Kasar Otari 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Kathodi 16,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 16,000 80 30 200 - 200
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - 20 - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - 200
 Khoja 3,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
 Kokna 3,300 Kukna Progress Gauge 3,200 - - 70 - -
 Kolhati 3,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 194,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 193,000 400 400 70 30 200
 Koli Malhar 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,400 20 200 - - -
Koli Son 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kolowar 1,100 Kolami, Northwestern Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Koshti 27,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - 500
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 66,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 66,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 231,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 230,000 - - - - 800
 Kunbi Konkani 5,800 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Lingader 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Lingayat 33,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 33,000
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Machhi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Madgi 3,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,100 - 300 - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 586,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 248,000 - 338,000 - 300 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 69,000 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 69,000 - -
 Mahratta Jadhav 350,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 350,000 - - - - 600
 Mahratta Konkani 27,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - 50
 Mahratta Kunbi 850,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 850,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Pawar 234,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 233,000 - - - - 700
 Mahratta Shinde 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 3,182,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,174,000 - - - - 7,200
Mairal 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,600 - 80 - - -
 Mala Jangam 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 2,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,100 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 506,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 506,000 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 18,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
 Mang Garudi 6,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,100 - 50 - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 43,000 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 43,000 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 356,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 351,000 - 5,000 - 100 -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 96,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 96,000 - - - - -
 Nair 4,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Nanbai 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Nandiwale 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Oraon 4,800 Kurux Progress Gauge 4,700 30 20 80 - 30
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Pangul 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Pardhi 12,000 Pardhi Progress Gauge 12,000 40 20 - - 100
 Pashtun Afridi 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 38,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 38,000 - - - -
 Patharwat 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Patralu 2,100 Odia Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) 800 Kannada Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions) 80 Urdu Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Persian 1,500 Dari Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Pinjara 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 21,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
Prabhu Patane 1,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - - - 800
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 3,400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 3,400 -
 Rajput Sisodia 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Ramoshi 160,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 160,000 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Sagar 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sali 41,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
Sangar 4,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Sayyid 138,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 138,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 27,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 27,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 424,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 424,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
Sindhollu 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - 20 -
 Sinhalese 80 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 80 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 66,000 - - - - 800
 Syrian Christian 3,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 3,200 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 1,400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,400 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - -
 Thakar 24,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 77,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 77,000 80 30 30 - 100
Tirmali 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 56,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 56,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 7,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Vanjara 21,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Zarekari 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  221 10,454,000   211 9,038,000 705,000 346,000 135,000 19,000 212,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  546 10,542,000   500 9,103,000 714,000 346,000 137,000 29,000 213,000
* 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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