Country: India
Province / State: Gujarat
District: Vadodara

Major People Groups

227

Major Unreached People Groups

223

Total Population

4,098,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.6 %

Hindu

88.8 %

Muslim

9.2 %

Sikh

0.2 %

Other Religions

1.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ansari 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
 Arab 40 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
 Arora (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - 70
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
Badhai Gandhar 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bajania 3,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 49,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - 2,100
Bania Bhatia 1,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Bania Dhusar 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Bania Disaval 4,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 3,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - 50
 Bania Kasarwani 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Bania Khedayata 8,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - 100
 Bania Lad 17,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - 200
Bania Mahajan 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
Bania Modh 7,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - 30
Bania Nagar 2,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bania Nima 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 1,000
 Bania Oswal 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - 3,100
 Bania Porwal 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - 1,300
Bania Saraogi 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 600
 Bania Srimali 26,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - 5,900
Bania Ummad 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - 1,800
 Bania unspecified 217,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 196,000 - - - - 21,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Lambadi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 171,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 171,000 - - - - -
Basor Vanjha 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bavcha 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Bawa 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bazigar (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Behlim 2,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
Bhansala 6,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Muslim traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Bhil Barela 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
Bhil Dhanka 110,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 109,000 200 - - - 50
 Bhil Dubla 3,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 231,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 230,000 400 30 20 20 100
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Muslim traditions) 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Bohra 33,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
Brahma Kshatriya 1,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 11,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chaturvedi 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 3,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 5,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Devarukha 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 3,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 2,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 2,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 5,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Srigaud 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tapodhan 900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 64,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - - - - 1,300
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - 300 900 - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,400 200 - - - -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - 400
 Chhipa (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Christian 9,400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 9,400 - -
Chudigar 300 Mewari Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
Chunvalia 3,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Dabgar (Muslim traditions) 40 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
Dadhi (Muslim traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Dahur (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 200
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 28,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Dhanka 106,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 106,000 100 - - - 50
 Dhodia 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Dubla Talavia 16,000 Dubli Progress Gauge 16,000 40 - - - -
 Dubla unspecified 24,000 Dubli Progress Gauge 24,000 70 - - - -
Dudhwala 2,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
Gandharb (Muslim traditions) 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Garasia 3,600 Garasia, Adiwasi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - 20 - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - 20 60 - -
Ghadasi 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,700 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Muslim traditions) 17,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 17,000 - - - -
 Goanese 1,500 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 1,500 - -
 Gosain unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 6,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 6,100 -
 Kachhia (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - 60
Kachhia (Muslim traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Kadia (Muslim traditions) 1,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
Kadia Kumbhar 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - 80
 Kamalia 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Kandoi 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,200
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Kasbati (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Khalpa 2,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Khatki 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - 30
 Khoja 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
Koli (Muslim traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Koli Dhor 5,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 3,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 246,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 246,000 - - - - 50
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Koli Patelia 29,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
Kumhar Sutaria 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - 50
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 421,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 420,000 100 - 400 - 500
 Kunbi Kadwa 23,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi Lewa 328,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 328,000 - - - - 500
 Kutana 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Lohana 32,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - 100
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 20
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 5,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,000 - - - -
 Machhi (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Machhi (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - 600 30 - -
Mahratta Kshatriya 19,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 33,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 24,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 92,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 85,000 - 700 6,000 - -
 Makrani (Muslim traditions) 2,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - 60
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 27,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 27,000 - - - -
 Mansoori 4,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 4,500 - - - -
 Memon 5,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 5,900 - - - -
 Mochi (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Molesalam 33,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 33,000 - - - -
Molvi 2,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Momna 4,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 4,700 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Naikda 98,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 97,000 100 - 1,000 - 70
Naikda Kapadia 10,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Nanakshahi 60 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - 60 -
 Nayadi 53,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - -
 Panar 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 26,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 26,000 - - - -
Pomla 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Prabhu 6,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 5,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
Qalaigar 60 Urdu Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Rahmani (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - 40
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 115,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 114,000 - - - - 1,100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 28,000 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 1,600 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,600 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Muslim traditions) 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Muslim traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Rajput Dikhit 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Rajput Garewal (Muslim traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Muslim traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Rajput Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
Rajput Rathor (Muslim traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput Thakur 3,200 Kangri Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Rathawa 397,000 Rathawi Progress Gauge 395,000 400 20 40 50 1,000
 Ravalia 12,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - 40 - -
Sangar 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Sayyid 17,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 17,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 6,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 68,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 68,000 - - - -
Shemalia 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Shenva (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 6,200 Sindhi Progress Gauge - 6,200 - - - -
 Sinhalese 80 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 80 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - 200
Sonar Aksali 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Sutar Lohar 2,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Tai 8,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 8,400 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Targala 800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Thakor Pardeshi 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Turi Barot 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Vaghri (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
Valmiki (Balmiki) Mehtar 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 4,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 8,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Zarekari 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  227 4,050,000   223 3,604,000 371,000 1,700 21,000 7,900 44,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  449 4,098,000   423 3,638,000 379,000 2,000 24,000 9,500 45,000
* 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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