Country: India
Province / State: Maharashtra
District: Thane

Major People Groups

225

Major Unreached People Groups

214

Total Population

8,919,000

Buddhist

4.4 %

Christian

1.9 %

Hindu

79.6 %

Muslim

11.1 %

Sikh

0.4 %

Other Religions

2.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Agri 89,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 89,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 160,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 160,000 - - - -
 Arab 80 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,000 -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 43,000 - - - - -
Badhai Kharadi 2,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Badhi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Baha'i 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,300
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Baiti 23,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Bajania 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Bajgar 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Bakad 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 8,400
Bania Bhatia 5,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 2,400
Bania Gujar 4,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 2,200
 Bania Komti 8,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,500 - - - - 800
 Bania Lad 7,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - 2,000
 Bania Mahesri 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Bania Nima 6,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 5,300
 Bania Oswal 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 17,000
 Bania Porwal 7,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - 5,000
Bania Saitwal 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - 1,900
 Bania Srimali 9,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - 5,400
Bania Ummad 5,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - 5,000
 Bania unspecified 525,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 409,000 - - - - 116,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Lambadi Progress Gauge 8,300 - - - - -
Barda 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Barutgar 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Basor 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 7,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,500 - - - -
 Bhampta 2,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Bhansala 2,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 7,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,700 400 100 20 - 70
 Bhil Vasave 1,100 Vasavi Progress Gauge 1,100 - 40 - - 30
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Bohra 1,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Boya 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Brahma Kshatriya 800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 1,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 41,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 24,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Devarukha 9,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujarati 10,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 5,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 9,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 36,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tapodhan 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 521,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 509,000 - - - - 12,000
 Budega Jangam 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 2,900 Konkani Progress Gauge - 2,900 - - - -
 Chalvadi 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,300 - 200 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 103,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 97,000 - 3,000 3,700 - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - 300
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 7,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,500 - - - - -
 Chodhara 90 Chodri Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Christian 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 15,000 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - 200
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Tulu Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Dhodia 7,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 7,000 20 - - - 40
 Dhor 7,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,200 - 30 20 - -
 Dubla unspecified 8,400 Dubli Progress Gauge 8,400 20 - - - 20
Ellamalawar 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Gamit 1,500 Gamit Progress Gauge 1,400 20 - - - -
Gandharb (Muslim traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Gangakula 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Goanese 41,000 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 41,000 - -
 Gond unspecified 7,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,500 100 50 40 20 50
 Gondhali 1,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - 20
 Hajam 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Halba 3,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,100 20 - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 100 Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - 100 - - -
 Holar 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Idayan 2,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 6,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 19,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 19,000 -
 Jewish, South Asian 800 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 800
 Kaikadi 2,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kamalia 11,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Kamathi 7,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
Kanai 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 3,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
Kasar Otari 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kathodi 79,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 79,000 200 70 30 - 300
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - 40
 Khoja 7,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 7,900 - - - -
 Kokna 54,000 Kukna Progress Gauge 52,000 1,800 40 200 - 100
 Kolhati 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 17,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 17,000 30 - - - 50
 Koli Mahadev 99,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 99,000 200 200 200 20 80
 Koli Malhar 147,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 146,000 200 300 40 - 400
Koli Son 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Koshti 2,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 83,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 878,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 877,000 - - - - 400
Kunbi Anjna 5,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi Kadwa 22,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi Lewa 41,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
Lingader 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Lingayat 27,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 27,000
 Lohana 3,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - 40
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 51,000 - - - - -
 Machhi (Hindu traditions) 134,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 134,000 - - - - -
Machhi Mitna 7,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Madgi 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - 70 - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,800 - 40 - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 512,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 126,000 - 386,000 400 200 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 39,000 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 39,000 - -
 Mahishya 1,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Jadhav 83,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 83,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Konkani 112,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 112,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 559,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 559,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Shinde 17,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 1,370,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,360,000 - - - - 9,800
 Mahyavanshi 4,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,600 - 30 - - -
 Majothi 90 Kacchi Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,500 - 80 - - -
 Malabar Catholic 22,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 22,000 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Mang Garudi 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Mangala 19,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Mappila 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
Maru Kumhar 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 12,000 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 12,000 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 47,000 - 2,900 200 20 -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Memon 8,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 8,300 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 2,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Nair 5,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Oraon 4,000 Kurux Progress Gauge 3,800 - 40 90 - 30
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Pardhi 2,900 Pardhi Progress Gauge 2,800 30 20 - - -
 Parsee 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,200
 Pashtun, Pathan 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Patharwat 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Patvekari (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Persian 100 Dari Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Phudgi 6,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 54,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 54,000 - - - - -
Prabhu Patane 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Rajbhar 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - 700
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 3,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 3,700 -
 Rajput Sisodia 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Sali 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Sangar 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 1,100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,100 -
 Sayyid 86,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 86,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 3,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 4,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,900 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 53,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 53,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 14,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 578,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 578,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 3,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Sindhi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Sindhollu 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - 40 -
 Sinhalese 80 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 80 - - -
 Somvanshi 195,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 195,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 96,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 95,000 - - - - 800
Sonar Aksali 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 30,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30,000 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Targala 800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 1,700 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,700 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
 Thakkar 110,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 110,000 300 30 30 30 100
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 5,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Vanjara 72,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 4,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Varli 450,000 Varli Progress Gauge 447,000 600 90 900 70 1,600
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 2,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 4,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  225 8,845,000   214 7,045,000 986,000 394,000 165,000 27,000 228,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  472 8,919,000   440 7,099,000 994,000 394,000 167,000 36,000 229,000
* 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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