Country: India
Province / State: Madhya Pradesh
District: Indore

Major People Groups

215

Major Unreached People Groups

213

Total Population

4,127,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

84.8 %

Muslim

11.2 %

Sikh

0.7 %

Other Religions

2.8 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Ahmadi 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
Ajna 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Arab 40 Arabic, Mesopotamian Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
Bachhada 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Bagdi 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - 20 - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) 165,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 164,000 - 100 600 100 -
Banchada 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 24,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 12,000
 Bania Gahoi 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Jaiswal 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - 1,400
 Bania Mahesri 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - 12,000
 Bania Porwal 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 3,000
Bania Saraogi 6,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 6,200
 Bania Srimali 4,400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 800 - - - - 3,600
Bania Ummad 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - 2,700
 Bania unspecified 159,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 97,000 - - - - 62,000
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 74,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Lambadi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Bansphor (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Barahar 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bargunda 3,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Basor 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 3,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
Bhangi Lal Begi (Muslim traditions) 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Bharewa 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Bhil Barela 85,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 83,000 80 - 1,000 30 400
Bhil Mankar 7,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,000 20 - 70 - 40
 Bhil unspecified 192,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 188,000 200 30 2,200 90 900
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
 Bhunjia 800 Bhunjia Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bohra 21,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 1,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Dakshini 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 7,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Jijhotia 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kashmiri Pandit 4,900 Kashmiri Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Malvi 36,000 Malvi Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 1,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Srigaud 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Srimali 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 228,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 223,000 - - - - 5,500
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 172,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 167,000 - 2,500 3,300 - -
 Charan (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Chhipa (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 60
 Chhipa (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,200 - - - -
Chidar 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Chitara 60 Odia Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Dangi 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - 200 - - 300
 Deshwali (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Dhakad 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 15,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Dhanuk 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Dhimar 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Dholi (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
Dholi (Muslim traditions) 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 44,000 - - - - -
 Gadaria Dhingar 7,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,600 20 20 70 - 40
 Gosain Dasnami 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 9,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 133,000 - - - - 400
 Hajam 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - 20
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 16,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 16,000 -
Jhamral 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Kachhi (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
Kachhi (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Kachhi Kachhwaha 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Kalbelia 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kalota 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
 Kandera 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Khangar (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Khati (Hindu traditions) 56,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 56,000 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Kirar 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 40,000 - 60 - 20 -
 Koli Mahadev 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 4,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Kolta 8,500 Odia Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
 Koshti 2,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Kumhar Bardiha 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kumhar Kanaujia 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 46,000 - 300 - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
Kunbi Khedule 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 142,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 142,000 - - - - -
 Lakhera 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Lodha (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - 400 - - -
 Lodha Jariya 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Lohana 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 25,000 - 300 - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 9,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 9,000 - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 25,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 19,000 - 5,700 - - -
Mahratta Kshatriya 2,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 2,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 26,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Majhi 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 49,000 - 500 - - -
 Mang Garudi 6,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,600 - 200 - - -
 Meena 27,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Mewati (Muslim traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - 15,000 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 41,000 - 400 - - -
 Naita 12,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
 Oraon 2,200 Kurux Progress Gauge 1,500 20 20 600 20 -
 Pardhi 4,600 Pardhi Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 4,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 3,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 68,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 68,000 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - 60 - - -
Pasi Gujar 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Pasi Kaithwan 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Pasi Rajpasi 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Patlia 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Pindara 7,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,400 - - - -
 Pinjara 85,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 85,000 - - - -
Prabhu 1,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - 200 - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 404,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 400,000 - - - - 3,200
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 7,600 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 2,800 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 2,800 -
 Rajput Agnivansi 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Bargujar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhale Sultan (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Bundela 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chandel 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 52,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Gahlot (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Garewal (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Gaur 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Gautam (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Jadon 5,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
Rajput Jadu 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput Janjua (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Rajput Joia (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput Kachhwaha 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput Katheriya 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Rajput Manihas (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Rajput Paik 37,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Parihar 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Parmar 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Pundir (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 43,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 43,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Rawat 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Sakarwar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Rajput Salehria (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Sengar 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Rajput Sisodia 8,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
Rajput Sombansi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Rajput Tonwar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,000 - - - -
 Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - 60 - -
 Rawat 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Salvi 1,100 Mewari Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Sargara 1,600 Marwari (India) Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Sayyid 22,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 22,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 8,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge - 17,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 124,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 124,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Silawat (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Sirvi 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - 400
 Sondhia 57,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 57,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 7,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,500 - - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 1,000 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 1,000 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 55,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - 600 -
 Teli (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
Valmiki (Christian traditions) 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
Valmiki (Muslim traditions) 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 108,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 108,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 6,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Kaonra 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Rawat 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  215 4,056,000   213 3,445,000 456,000 11,000 8,900 21,000 115,000
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  507 4,127,000   482 3,499,000 463,000 11,000 12,000 27,000 115,000
* 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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