Country: India
Province / State: Karnataka
District: Bangalore Urban

Major People Groups

222

Major Unreached People Groups

205

Total Population

10,340,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

4.9 %

Hindu

80.1 %

Muslim

12.7 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

2.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 17,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 16,000 - - 200 - -
Adi Andhra Christian 6,900 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 6,900 - -
 Adi Dravida 307,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 306,000 - 100 600 20 -
Adi Dravida Christian 61,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 61,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka 457,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 454,000 - 2,700 800 50 -
Adi Karnataka Christian 90,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 90,000 - -
 Adiyan 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - 60 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Ajila 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 3,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Anglo 42,000 English Progress Gauge - - - 42,000 - -
 Ansari 20,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Arab 90 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Arasu 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Badaga 1,700 Badaga Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 30 - -
 Baira 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Balagai 900 Kannada Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 312,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 305,000 - - - - 7,000
Balija Bogam 5,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - 100
Balija Dasari 24,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - 500
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - 600
 Bania Chetti 6,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 5,500
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 4,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - 900
 Bania Komti 2,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - 900
 Bania unspecified 107,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 64,000 - - - - 43,000
 Banijiga 203,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 202,000 - - 900 - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 24,000 - 20 - - -
Barda 90 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Basor 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Bavcha 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 147,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 147,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 8,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 8,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 8,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 8,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
Beg 200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
Bellara 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 17,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 17,000 - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Boya 33,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 1,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 4,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 10,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 3,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 7,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 48,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Khedawal 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 7,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 1,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Nagar 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 4,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 24,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 543,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 523,000 - - - - 21,000
Brahmin Vadama 2,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 2,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 13,000 Konkani Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
 Chalvadi 2,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,500 - 40 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Christian 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 26,000 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - - - - -
 Devanga 117,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 106,000 - - 10,000 - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 16,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Gandla 6,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Gangakula 122,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 122,000 - - - - -
 Gavara 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Goanese 38,000 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 38,000 - -
Godda 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Gowdulu 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,300 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 900 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 2,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Holaya 14,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 13,000 - 1,100 - - -
 Ilavan 23,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Iruliga 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 7,500 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 7,500 -
Javeri 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jenu Kuruba 500 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Jewish, South Asian 80 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 80
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 1,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 40,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 24,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
Kalavant 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 2,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - 200 - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - 200
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 6,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 3,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 5,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,600 200 - 200 - 40
 Koracha, caste 2,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 12,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Kori 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Koshti 19,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - 300 - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 59,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 60 - -
Kunchatiga 64,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 64,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Kuruba 417,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 392,000 - - 25,000 - -
 Lingayat 120,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 100 - 119,000
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 5,700 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 5,700 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 29,000 - 200 80 - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 6,100 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 6,100 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 4,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 147,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 146,000 - - - - 800
 Mala (Christian traditions) 2,200 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 2,200 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 65,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 65,000 - -
 Malai Vedan 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 30 - -
 Mangala 17,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Mappila 9,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 9,900 - - - -
 Maravan 9,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
Meda 2,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,400 20 - - - 50
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 4,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 2,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,100 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Munnur 6,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 5,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 16,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
Nagartha 23,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 87,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 87,000 - - - - -
 Naikda 90,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 89,000 400 - 300 20 500
 Nair 2,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Navithan 4,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
Pale 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Palliyan 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Palluvan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Pandaram 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 10,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 7,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,100 - - - -
Pashtun Khalil 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 1,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 3,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 10,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 136,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 136,000 - - - -
 Persian 100 Dari Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Pichakuntla 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Pindara 1,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Pinjara 3,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
 Raddi 900 Kannada Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 133,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - 1,600
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 3,300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 3,300 -
 Ravalia 3,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
Raya Rawat 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Razu 6,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
Sada 8,600 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 8,600
 Sali 71,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 71,000 - - - - -
 Satani 29,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Sayyid 115,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 115,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 31,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 31,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 8,200 Bengali Progress Gauge - 8,200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 591,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 591,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Soligaru 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 58,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 58,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - 1,000
 Sonar (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 65,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 65,000 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 302,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 302,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 106,000 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Tibetan 1,300 Tibetan, Central Progress Gauge - - 1,300 - - -
 Toda 30 Toda Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Urali 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - 30 - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 120,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 120,000 - - 400 - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 129,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 129,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 137,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 137,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 2,145,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,131,000 - - 14,000 - -
Vaniyan 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 21,000 - - 5,300 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 4,300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 4,300 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 468,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 468,000 - - - - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 55,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Pala Ekiri 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Vanniyan Thigala 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 35,000 - - 500 - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 202,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 188,000 - - 13,000 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 7,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 166,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 164,000 - - 1,500 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 204,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 204,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  222 10,294,000   205 8,248,000 1,312,000 5,600 506,000 11,000 211,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  442 10,340,000   411 8,287,000 1,313,000 5,800 508,000 13,000 213,000
* 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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