Country:

India

Province / State: West Bengal
District: All

Major People Groups

687

Major Unreached People Groups

614

Total Population

106,794,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

0.6 %

Hindu

69.3 %

Muslim

28.9 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Adi Andhra 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Adi Dravida Christian 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Agariya (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Agariya Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Aghori 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Agri 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Aguri 508,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 507,000 - - 600 - -
 Ahmadi 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Ahom 2,400 Assamese Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Aka 80 Hruso Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Amat 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Angami 500 Naga, Angami Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
Angarok 6,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
Anglo 16,000 English Progress Gauge - - - 16,000 - -
 Ansari 438,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 438,000 - - - -
 Ao 200 Naga, Ao Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Arab 200 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Arakh 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 2,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,200 -
 Assamese (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Assamese Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
Asur 3,900 Asuri Progress Gauge 3,100 30 - 700 - 90
 Badaga 20 Badaga Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Badaik 75,000 Sadri Progress Gauge 75,000 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 2,799,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,795,000 - 1,100 2,700 500 -
 Baha'i 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - 200
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 242,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 241,000 - - 900 - -
 Baiga 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 20 - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 1,300,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300,000 - - - - -
Bairagi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Baiti 13,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
Bajikar (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Baloch 40 Hindi Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
 Balti Unknown Balti Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 234,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 215,000 - - - - 19,000
 Bania Agrahari 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 44,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 44,000 - - - - -
Bania Barnawar 8,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
Bania Brittal 400 Assamese Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania Gahoi 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - 1,200
 Bania Gandha Banik 253,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 253,000 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,200 - - - - 1,400
 Bania Kasarwani 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Bania Kasaundhan 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
Bania Khandelwal 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - 3,300
Bania Khatri 135,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 135,000 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 80
Bania Mahajan 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Bania Modh 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 4,600
 Bania Porwal 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - 3,000
 Bania Rauniar 8,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 165,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 165,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 1,401,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,356,000 - - - - 44,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 103,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 103,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Muslim traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bantar 100 Maithili Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Baori 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bari (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Barua 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - 400 - - -
 Barwala (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Basor 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bathudi 8,300 Odia Progress Gauge 8,300 - - - - -
Baul 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,500 3,000 - - - -
 Bauri 1,253,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,251,000 - - 3,100 400 -
 Bawaria (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 300 -
 Bazigar (Hindu traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 88,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 86,000 - - 100 - 2,200
 Behara 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,500 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 112,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 112,000 - - - -
Besya (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
Bhakat 700 Bengali Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Bhalla 4,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Bhand (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bhandari 4,400 Odia Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Bhar 29,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Bhaskar 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - -
 Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bhogta 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 85,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 85,000 - - 80 - -
 Bhotia 70,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 7,300 300 56,000 5,600 - 80
 Bhotia Sikkim 13,000 Sikkimese Progress Gauge 2,300 - 9,200 1,800 - -
 Bhotia Tibetan 30 Sikkimese Progress Gauge - - 30 - - -
Bhottada 500 Kuvi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 87,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 87,000 - 50 200 40 -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - 100 300 - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 93,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 92,000 - 300 400 30 -
 Bhumij 383,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 377,000 1,000 20 600 90 4,600
 Biar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bind 72,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - -
 Binjhia 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
Birhor 2,300 Birhor Progress Gauge 2,100 30 - 40 - 90
 Birjia 1,100 Munda Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 40 - -
 Biswas (Muslim traditions) 4,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
 Bodo (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 34,000 - - 2,800 - -
 Bohra 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Boya 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 300 -
 Brahmin Acharaj 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Acharya 67,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 29,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Bhat 23,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Bhumihar 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Brahmin Dakshini 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 223,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 223,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Jyoti 7,200 Odia Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 381,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 381,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit 80 Kashmiri Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 8,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 23,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Ojha 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Parikh 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Purohit 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Pushkarna 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 1,279,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,279,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Rikhisur 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 3,840,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,828,000 - 300 - - 9,400
 Brahmin Utkal 126,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 126,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 171,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 171,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 215,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 215,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Vyas 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 283,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 283,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 800 Burmese Progress Gauge - - 800 - - -
 Chain 378,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 378,000 - - 200 - -
 Chakhesang 100 Naga, Chokri Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Chakma 500 Chakma Progress Gauge 300 - 100 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,133,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,112,000 - 1,000 19,000 - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 400 -
 Chang 30 Naga, Chang Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Chasadhobi 97,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 97,000 - - - - -
Chaudhari, caste 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Chaupal 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Chepang 50 Nepali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Chero 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 200 - 90 - 50
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Chhetri 15,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 15,000 - 70 - - -
Chhimba (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Chhimba (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 300 -
 Chik (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Chik Baraik 23,000 Sadri Progress Gauge 21,000 - 50 800 - 800
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - 40 - -
Chitrakar (Muslim traditions) 6,300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 6,300 - - - -
 Christian 121,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 121,000 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Dahiara 2,800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 12,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
 Dalu 18,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
 Dangi 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Darjee 19,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 19,000 - 200 600 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - 20
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 6,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 6,300 - - - -
Darzi (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 70 -
 Deori 200 Deori Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Dhangri 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 66,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 66,000 - - - - -
 Dhanwar 3,100 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Dhimal 3,200 Maithili Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - 100
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
Dholi (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
Doai 9,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 366,000 Odia Progress Gauge 365,000 - - 900 80 -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 5,600 - - - -
Dom Murdafarash 53,000 Odia Progress Gauge 53,000 - - 30 - -
 Drukpa 8,000 Dzongkha Progress Gauge 500 - 7,500 - - -
Dulia 403,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 403,000 - - - - -
 Dura 100 Odia Progress Gauge 50 - 80 - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 61,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 61,000 - 20 300 20 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 7,800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 7,800 - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - 20 - -
 Faqir 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Gaddi (Muslim traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Gamit 300 Gamit Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ganda 3,500 Odia Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Gandharb (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Gandla 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Gangai 3,100 Nepali Progress Gauge 3,000 - 100 - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 2,300 Garo Progress Gauge 600 20 - 1,700 - -
 Gauda 4,700 Odia Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Gavara 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Gharti 15,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 14,000 - 200 500 - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - 100 - -
Ghazi 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Ghosi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Ghusuria 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Goanese 1,000 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
Godra 80 Odia Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Gokha 3,400 Odia Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 90 20 50 - 300
 Gonrhi 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Gorait 2,500 Sadri Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Gosain Dasnami 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
Gujar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Guria 2,400 Odia Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 86,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 54,000 - 19,000 13,000 - -
 Hadi 450,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 446,000 - 200 3,500 200 -
 Hajam 51,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 51,000 - - - -
 Hajang 600 Bengali Progress Gauge 600 20 - - - -
 Halalkhor (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 463,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 463,000 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 50,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 3,400 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 2,300 600 - 500
Hazra (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Hela 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Hira 2,900 Assamese Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Ho 24,000 Ho Progress Gauge 23,000 50 200 300 - 600
 Ilavan 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Illemei Unknown Naga, Mao Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Jaraj (Hindu traditions) 9,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 9,800 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - 70
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 55,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 55,000 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 34,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 34,000 -
 Jat Atra 26,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 26,000 - - - -
 Jat Bajwa (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Chahil (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Chahil (Muslim traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Jat Chahil (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
Jat Chima (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Chima (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Jat Dagar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Jat Dehia (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Jat Dehia (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Jat Dhariwal (Hindu traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Jat Dhariwal (Muslim traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Jat Dhillon (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Jat Dhillon (Muslim traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Jat Dhillon (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Jat Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Jat Gahlot (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
Jat Ghatwal (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Ghatwal (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Jat Gil (Hindu traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Jat Gil (Muslim traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Jat Gil (Sikh traditions) 400 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 400 -
Jat Hela 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Kharral (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Jat Kharral (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Jat Mann (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Mann (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Jat Mann (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Jat Pachhade (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Rathi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Jat Sahrawat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Sarai (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Jat Sidhu (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Jat Sidhu (Muslim traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Jat Sidhu (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,200 -
 Jat Sindhu (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Jat Sindhu (Muslim traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Jat Sindhu (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 800 -
Jat Varaich (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Jat Virk (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 90 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 90
 Jhalo Malo 298,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 298,000 - 70 200 30 -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,000 -
Jimdar 84,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 84,000 - 20 - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,564,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,564,000 - - - - -
Juang 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Julaha 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kabadi 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Kabirpanthi 700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 700 -
 Kachari Dimasa 3,700 Dimasa Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Kadar 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
Kagate 60 Syuba Progress Gauge - - 60 - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 402,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 402,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 17,000 - - - -
Kahar (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Kahar Kamkar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Kahar Kamkar (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 264,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 263,000 - 30 100 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 582,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 581,000 - 80 700 40 -
 Kaikolan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kalingi 3,100 Odia Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kalu 227,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 227,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 110,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 110,000 - 40 - - -
 Kalwar (Muslim traditions) 3,500 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 3,500 - - - -
Kalwar Iraqi (Muslim traditions) 2,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Kamar 400 Kamar Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,100 -
 Kami 53,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 52,000 - 700 500 - -
Kammara 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Kandra 114,000 Odia Progress Gauge 114,000 - - 200 - -
 Kandu 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - 80 - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Kanjar (Muslim traditions) 4,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 4,200 - - - -
 Kaora 281,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 278,000 - 400 2,200 30 -
 Kapali 231,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 231,000 - - - - -
 Kapariya 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 2,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Karan 2,000 Odia Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Karenga 36,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 36,000 - - 80 - -
 Karmali 2,300 Maithili Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - 100
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 101,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 100,000 - - - - 100
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 500 Kashmiri Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Kawar 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - 40 200 -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 2,714,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,713,000 - - 1,800 - -
 Kayastha Karan 262,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 262,000 - - - - -
Khadala 29,000 Odia Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Khairwar 131,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 131,000 - 20 60 30 -
 Khambu 242,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 239,000 - 500 1,000 - -
 Khampti 30 Adi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Khandait 285,000 Odia Progress Gauge 285,000 - - 100 - -
 Kharia 63,000 Kharia Progress Gauge 62,000 - - 100 - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kharwar 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 20 - 300 - 300
 Khas 1,700 Nepali Progress Gauge 1,300 - 400 - - -
 Khasi 1,200 Khasi Progress Gauge 60 - - 1,100 - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 9,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,600 - - - - -
Khatik (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 1,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,700 -
 Khavar 3,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Khetauri 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Khoja 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Kisan 100,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 99,000 200 40 200 20 500
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Koch Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 200
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 149,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 149,000 - - - - -
 Kol 77,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 77,000 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 40 Marathi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kolta 800 Odia Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Konai 127,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 127,000 - 20 - - -
 Konda Dhora 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Konwar 4,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Kori 162,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 157,000 300 - 1,900 20 2,800
 Korwa 3,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,800 30 - 200 - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kotal 26,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kudumban 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kui Khond 700 Odia Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kuli 1,200 Odia Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kumal 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 600 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 600 -
 Kumhar Magahia 23,000 Odia Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,192,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,191,000 - - 800 - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 20
Kunui 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Kurariar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,537,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,536,000 - - 1,100 - -
 Kurmi Mahato 127,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 127,000 - - 200 - -
Kurol 5,500 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 800 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Lakhera 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Let 8,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - 8,100
 Lhomi 1,600 Lhomi Progress Gauge - - 1,500 100 - -
 Lingayat 700 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 700
 Lodha (Hindu traditions, tribal) 111,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 94,000 90 70 14,000 - 1,800
 Lohana 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 325,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 325,000 - 100 100 30 -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
Lohar Kamti 600 Maithili Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Lohara 25,000 Sadri Progress Gauge 23,000 60 1,300 600 - 300
 Lotha 50 Naga, Lotha Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 800 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Magar 122,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 112,000 - 1,000 9,600 - -
Maghaiya 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Mahali 83,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 78,000 200 30 2,800 - 2,400
 Mahanta 48,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 38,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 37,000 - 700 - 100 -
 Mahishya 6,909,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,884,000 - 100 25,000 - -
 Mahli 2,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - 50 - 200
 Mahratta Kunbi 4,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 2,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,200 -
Mahuria 600 Odia Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Majhi 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Majhwar 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - 60 - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 309,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 309,000 - 20 100 50 -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 16,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 3,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 3,800 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 333,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 333,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 44,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 44,000 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
Mallah Chain (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 19,000 - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
Mallah Kewat (Muslim traditions) 3,800 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,800 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 151,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 151,000 - - - -
 Malto 45,000 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 43,000 100 30 1,900 - 90
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Mangala 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Manihar 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
 Mappila 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Maravan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Markande 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 8,000 Rakhine Progress Gauge 2,300 - 5,600 30 - 20
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Matia 178,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 178,000 - - - - -
 Mazhabi (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 500 -
 Mech 42,000 Boro (India) Progress Gauge 28,000 90 60 14,000 - 70
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified 1,500 Meitei Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Memon 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
Mir 41,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 41,000 - - - -
 Miri 400 Mising Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Mirzakhani 5,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 5,200 - - - -
Mishri 4,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Mizo 900 Mizo Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
Mizo Fanai 30 Mizo Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Mizo Lushai 600 Mizo Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 1,139,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,139,000 - - 500 - -
 Mochi (Muslim traditions) 6,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,100 - - - -
 Momna 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Mukeri 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Munda 374,000 Mundari Progress Gauge 332,000 1,200 200 32,000 80 8,300
 Munnur 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Murao (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 2,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Naga 2,800 Nagamese Progress Gauge 30 - - 2,800 - -
 Naga Tangkhul 80 Naga, Tangkhul (India) Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
Nagar 68,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 100 40 600 - 200
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 1,139,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,139,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 700 -
Nai Nabasakh 19,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Nair 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 3,519,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,497,000 - 1,600 21,000 600 -
 Namassej (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,200 - - - -
 Namassej Chandel 951,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 944,000 - 300 6,600 200 -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Navithan 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Newah 101,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 93,000 - 6,200 2,200 - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 63,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 63,000 - - - -
 Nissi 40 Nyishi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Oraon 654,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 486,000 1,400 1,200 135,000 100 32,000
 Paharia 7,700 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
Paik 800 Odia Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Paite (Christian traditions) 50 Chin, Paite Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Paliya 107,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 107,000 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Pan 29,000 Odia Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Panika 14,000 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Pantanti 40 Odia Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Parhaiya 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 1,800 Odia Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Parsee 900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 900
 Pashtun Afridi 46,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 46,000 - - - -
Pashtun Beteli 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Dilazak 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 4,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
Pashtun Guria 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
Pashtun Jilan 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 33,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 53,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 53,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
Pashtun Malagori (Mullagari) 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 15,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 15,000 - - - -
Pashtun Niazi 24,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
Pashtun Sur 33,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 47,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 47,000 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,022,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,022,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - 100 20 -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 7,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,800 - - - -
Pasi Gujar 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 4,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
Pasi Turuk 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Patelia 40 Gujarati Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Patial 900 Odia Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
Patralu 6,800 Odia Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Patwa (Hindu traditions) 8,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
 Perka 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Persian 500 Dari Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Peshakar 1,500 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Pinjara 49,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 49,000 - - - -
 Pochury 60 Naga, Pochuri Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Poi 200 Mizo Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Poumai Unknown Naga, Poumai Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Poundra 2,508,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,496,000 - 900 10,000 100 -
 Pundari 275,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 275,000 - - - - -
Puran Bhaja 90 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Puran unspecified 200 Panchpargania Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Qassab 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Qazi 95,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 95,000 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rabha 28,000 Assamese Progress Gauge 21,000 100 400 7,300 - 50
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
 Rai 57,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 28,000 - 900 7,700 - 21,000
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 405,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 405,000 - 300 - 70 -
 Rajbansi 3,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 3,823,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,801,000 - 900 16,000 200 3,400
 Rajbhar 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,045,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,041,000 - - - - 4,100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 31,000 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 7,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 7,200 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Batsa 35,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 58,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 5,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Rajput Sandilya 34,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 5,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Raju 492,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 492,000 - - - - -
 Rajwar 115,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 114,000 - - 800 - -
Ralte 100 Mizo Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) 800 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 800 -
Rana 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Rathawa 200 Rathawi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rautia 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Ravalia 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - 300 - -
Rayeen (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 23,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 23,000 - - - -
 Relli 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rengma 90 Naga, Southern Rengma Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
 Rongkup-Lepcha 35,000 Lepcha Progress Gauge 1,600 90 20,000 13,000 - 80
Sagarbanshi 3,800 Odia Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Sahariya 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
Sahi 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,100 -
 Sali 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Samanthan 24,000 Odia Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Sangtam 100 Naga, Sangtam Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Sankara 57,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 2,558,000 Santhali Progress Gauge 1,710,000 5,400 600 93,000 400 750,000
 Saora unspecified 40,000 Odia Progress Gauge 39,000 100 30 500 - 700
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 1,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,200 -
 Sarki 14,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 14,000 - 30 500 - -
Sauria Paharia 3,600 Mal Paharia Progress Gauge 3,200 20 200 100 - -
 Sayyid 541,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 541,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 15,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 15,000 - - - -
 Sema 200 Naga, Sumi Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Shabar 2,500 Odia Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 200 - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 236,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 236,000 - - - -
Shaikh Nashya 95,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 95,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,286,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,286,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 3,271,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,271,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 21,130,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,130,000 - 30 - -
 Shaikh Usmani 142,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 142,000 - - - -
 Shan, Tai Man 40 Phake Progress Gauge - - 40 - - -
 Sherpa 28,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 6,300 - 16,000 4,900 - -
 Shershabdia (Muslim traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Sinhalese 60 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 60 - - -
Siyalgir (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 440,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 439,000 - - - - 600
 Sonar (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 500 -
Sukli 68,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 340,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 339,000 - - 1,000 50 -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 165,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 165,000 - - 500 - -
 Sunuwar 36,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 24,000 - 100 1,900 - 10,000
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 377,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 377,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 36,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 36,000 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 4,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 4,100 - -
 Tamang 149,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 9,500 500 130,000 8,200 20 200
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 452,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 452,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 1,877,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,877,000 - - 500 - -
 Tanti (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 2,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,300 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 1,836,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,834,000 - - 2,400 - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Thakkar 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Thakuri 100 Nepali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Thami 20 Nepali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Tharu 28,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 26,000 - 40 1,600 - -
 Thathera (Hindu traditions) 9,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,400 - - - - -
 Tibetan 12,000 Tibetan, Central Progress Gauge 100 - 11,000 200 - -
 Tili 863,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 863,000 - - - - -
 Tipera 100 Kok Borok Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Tiyar 233,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 232,000 - - 400 - -
Toto 1,800 Toto Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Turaiha 27,000 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - 30 - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 3,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,500 - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - 30 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Varli 300 Varli Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Velama 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - 20 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 5,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 4,705,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,703,000 - - 1,300 - -
 Yadav Ghosi 88,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 88,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 80,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 80,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 2,547,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,545,000 - - 2,200 - -
 Yakkha 4,600 Yakkha Progress Gauge 1,900 - 100 200 - 2,400
 Yakthumba, Limbu 51,000 Nepali Progress Gauge 34,000 50 4,000 6,700 - 6,300
 Yenadi 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Yimchungra 90 Naga, Yimchungru Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
 Zeliang 100 Naga, Zeme Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
  Totals:  687 106,794,000   614 73,962,000 30,829,000 308,000 677,000 66,000 953,000
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