Country: India
Province / State: Karnataka
District: Bidar

Major People Groups

98

Major Unreached People Groups

96

Total Population

1,789,000

Buddhist

3.0 %

Christian

2.0 %

Hindu

73.3 %

Muslim

21.0 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ansari 56,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 56,000 - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Bakuda 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 5,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 30
 Bania Chetti 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - 40
 Bania Komti 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 50
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - 300
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 66,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 65,000 - 40 300 - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Lambadi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Basor 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 11,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 11,000 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 71,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 71,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 2,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 2,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 4,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 7,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - 20 30 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Devanga 5,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,700 - - 300 - -
 Dhor 3,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Gangakula 69,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 69,000 - - - - -
 Gawli 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Godda 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 130,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 128,000 500 - 30 40 1,500
 Gosain unspecified 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Gudigar 200 Konkani Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,900 - - - -
Halleer 400 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Holaya 143,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 96,000 - 48,000 - 20 -
 Kaikadi 1,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 9,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 9,300 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 40
Kasar Otari 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 82,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 81,000 200 - - 30 500
 Koli Mahadev 3,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 1,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 4,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 4,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Koshti 18,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Kuruba 76,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 76,000 - - - - -
 Lingayat 8,800 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 8,800
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 9,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 27,000 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 27,000 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 92,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 91,000 - 700 400 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 18,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 13,000 - 4,900 - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 5,300 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 5,300 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 11,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 153,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 153,000 - - - - 200
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Mang Garudi 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 13,000 - 300 - - -
 Mawalud 6,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,100 - - - -
Meda 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - 40
 Mitha Ayyalvar 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Naikda 8,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - 20
 Panchama 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 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 29,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 29,000 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 9,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Sali 8,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,700 - - - - -
 Samagara 5,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,400 - 30 - - -
 Satani 4,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Sayyid 39,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 39,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 27,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 27,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 6,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 6,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 186,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 186,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,600 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 3,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 8,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 33,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  98 1,763,000   96 1,293,000 372,000 54,000 34,000 100 12,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  228 1,789,000   218 1,312,000 376,000 54,000 36,000 1,100 12,000
* 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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