Country: India
Province / State: Gujarat
District: Ahmedabad

Major People Groups

231

Major Unreached People Groups

224

Total Population

7,620,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

82.5 %

Muslim

12.6 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

3.9 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Ansari 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
 Arab 40 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
 Arora (Hindu traditions) 215,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 215,000 - - - - 400
Atari 1,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
Badhai Gandhar 3,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 18,000
Bania Bhatia 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Bania Disaval 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Khedayata 6,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Bania Lad 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - 700
 Bania Mahesri 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Bania Modh 17,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Bania Nagar 4,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Bania Nima 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 2,300
 Bania Oswal 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,600 - - - - 13,000
 Bania Porwal 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 5,300
Bania Saraogi 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 2,000
 Bania Srimali 68,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - 36,000
Bania Ummad 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - 9,000
 Bania unspecified 365,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 217,000 - - - - 148,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Lambadi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
Barda 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Basor 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Basor Vanjha 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bavcha 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bawa 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bawaria (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 3,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
Bhansala 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Bhil Dhanka 2,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Bhil Dubla 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 46,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 45,000 50 - 300 - 100
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Bohra 151,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 151,000 - - - -
Brahma Kshatriya 4,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 22,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit 4,200 Kashmiri Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 2,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 2,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 3,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 5,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 9,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 9,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Srigaud 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tapodhan 2,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 187,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 165,000 - - - - 22,000
 Brahmin Vyas 2,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 181,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 167,000 - 700 13,000 - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - 5,200
 Christian 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 17,000 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Dahur (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Dangashia 90 Gujarati Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - 900
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 152,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 152,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 213,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 213,000 - - - - -
 Dhanka 2,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Dhodia 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
Dudhwala 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
Gandharb (Muslim traditions) 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 12,000 - 80 - - -
 Ghanchi (Muslim traditions) 33,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
 Goanese 2,500 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 2,500 - -
 Hajam 7,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,100 - - - -
 Halba 1,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Halleer 60 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - 100
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 9,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 9,000 -
Jat Bhutta (Hindu traditions) 200 Punjabi, Western Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 200 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 200
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
Kadia (Muslim traditions) 5,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 5,600 - - - -
Kaghzi 20 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Kamalia 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Kanai 4,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - 20
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - 400
 Khavar 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Khoja 20,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,400 - 30 - - -
Koli (Muslim traditions) 5,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 5,700 - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 12,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 1,614,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,613,000 - - - - 100
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
Koli Patelia 9,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 9,200 - - - - -
 Koshti 52,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - - - 1,000
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - 40
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 605,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 601,000 90 - 600 - 2,800
Kunbi Anjna 27,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi Lewa 45,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
 Kutana 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Lakhera 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Lingayat 3,700 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 3,700
 Lohana 24,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - 60
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - 80
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 3,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,700 - 900 - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 613,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 613,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 22,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - 600
 Mahyavanshi 306,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 304,000 - 1,800 200 20 -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 3,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 3,000 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 400
Mali (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Malla Jetty 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 50,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50,000 - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Manihar 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Mansoori 12,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Memon 16,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
 Miana 2,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Mirasi (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Molesalam 5,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 5,300 - - - -
Molvi 5,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 5,200 - - - -
 Momna 11,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 11,000 - - - -
 Mussali 2,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Nadia 19,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
 Naikda 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Nair 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Nandiwale 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Padharia 12,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Parsee 1,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,800
 Pashtun Afridi 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 66,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 66,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - 50 - - -
Pomla 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 80,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 80,000 - - - - -
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,600 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 467,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 441,000 - - - - 26,000
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 8,800 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 2,200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,200 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhadauria 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 8,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
Rajput Rathor (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Rajput Rawat 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Vaghela 25,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Ravalia 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,800 - - 200 - -
Salat (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
Salat Sompura 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Sathwara 42,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - -
 Sayyid 64,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 64,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 2,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 8,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 55,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 55,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 354,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 354,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 3,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
Shemalia 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Shenva (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 8,300 Sindhi Progress Gauge - 8,300 - - - -
 Sindhi Samon 7,200 Sindhi Progress Gauge - 7,200 - - - -
 Sindhi Sumra 900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Sinhalese 80 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 80 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - 500
Sonar Aksali 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 4,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 4,300 - -
 Targala 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 59,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Turi Barot 2,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 8,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
Vaghri (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - 400 - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 7,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 7,900 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 91,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 91,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Vasudev 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 3,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Vitholia 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 8,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
Yadav Golarana 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Zarekari 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  231 7,564,000   224 6,246,000 953,000 4,000 49,000 11,000 300,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  448 7,620,000   423 6,288,000 961,000 4,200 51,000 15,000 301,000
* 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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