Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Mysore

Number of People Groups

314

Unreached People Groups

294

Total Population

3,498,000

Buddhist

1.5 %

Christian

1.3 %

Hindu

83.0 %

Muslim

9.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

4.7 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 24,000 Tamil ☀︎ 24,000 - 50 200 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,700 Tamil - - - 2,700 - -
 Adi Karnataka 419,000 Kannada 405,000 - 13,000 1,100 50 -
Adi Karnataka Christian 20,000 Kannada - - - 20,000 - -
 Adiyan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
 Andh 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Anglo 200 English - - - 200 - -
 Ansari 2,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
Anuppan 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Arab 20 Arabic, Mesopotamian ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Arasu 2,000 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Arayan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Badaga 9,200 Badaga 9,200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Balagai 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Kannada ☀︎ 40,000 - - - - 1,000
Balija Bogam 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - 30
Balija Dasari 4,000 Kannada ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - 100
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,900 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - 600
 Bania Chetti 2,100 Tamil ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 200 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - 90
 Bania Porwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 80
 Bania unspecified 49,000 Hindi ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - 12,000
 Banijiga 39,000 Kannada 39,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Lambadi 3,600 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 400 Lambadi 400 - - - - -
Barda Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Basor 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Bavcha 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 9,400 Kannada ☀︎ 9,400 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 137,000 Kannada ☀︎ 137,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Kannada ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 1,800 Kannada ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 15,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 15,000 - - - -
Bhansala 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 600 Gujarati 600 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Boya 2,200 Telugu ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
Brahmin Anavada 600 Gujarati ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 2,700 Marathi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
Brahmin Daima 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 6,300 Marathi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 7,300 Tamil ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 21,000 Kannada ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 7,200 Marathi ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 500 Gujarati ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 10,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 3,600 Tamil ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Srigaud 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 4,500 Tamil ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 3,400 Telugu ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 137,000 Hindi ☀︎ 135,000 - - - - 1,200
Brahmin Vadama 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 2,800 Telugu ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 6,300 Konkani ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
 Chalvadi 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi 1,600 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
 Chhetri 50 Nepali 50 - - - - -
 Chodhara 30 Chodri 30 - - - - -
 Christian 8,400 Hindi - - - 8,400 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 100 Tulu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Devanga 10,000 Kannada 10,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 50 Gujarati ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi ☀︎ 45,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
 Dhor 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Divehi 90 Maldivian ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
Ellamalawar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gandla 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Gangakula 333,000 Kannada ☀︎ 333,000 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gowdulu 40 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Gudigar 200 Konkani ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Hajam 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 2,100 Vaagri Booli 2,100 - - 30 - -
Halsar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Hasalaru Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Holaya 7,200 Kannada ☀︎ 4,700 - 2,500 - - -
Idayan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ilavan 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
 Irular 30 Irula 30 - - - - -
Iruliga Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Jaggali 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 3,700 Telugu ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 700 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 700 -
Javeri 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Jenu Kuruba 25,000 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 25,000 20 - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Kadan 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 2,100 Kannada ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - 200
 Kaikadi 4,700 Kannada ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Telugu ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 13,000 Telugu ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Kalavant 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Kamathi 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Kammara 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
Kanakkan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Karimpalan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kathodi 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Khatri (Muslim traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Kodaga 1,500 Kodava ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 80 Gujarati 80 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 6,300 Kannada ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 5,600 Kannada ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Kori 1,400 Hindi 1,400 - - - - -
 Koshti 5,200 Marathi ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Krishnanvak 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kudumi 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Hindi ☀︎ 39,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kunbi Anjna 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 3,100 Kannada ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kuruba 265,000 Kannada 265,000 - - - - -
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta - - - - - -
 Lingayat 147,000 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 147,000
 Lohana 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 5,200 Telugu - - - 5,200 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 57,000 Telugu 57,000 - 700 90 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 40 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 100 Marathi - - - 100 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 1,400 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 26,000 Marathi ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - 200
 Mala (Christian traditions) 1,400 Telugu - - - 1,400 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,100 Malayalam - - - 1,100 - -
 Malayali 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Malla Jetty 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Manbhav Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mangala 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mappila 3,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 3,000 - - - -
Marata 500 Tulu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Maravan 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 70 Marathi - - - 70 - -
Meda 4,300 Kannada 4,300 20 - - - -
 Memon 100 Gujarati ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Mutali 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Nadia 80 Gujarati ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Nagartha 2,000 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Naikda 302,000 Kannada ☀︎ 301,000 400 20 200 50 500
 Nair 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Navithan 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pale 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Paliya 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Paliyan 2,400 Tamil ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palluvan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Pandaram 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Paniyan 30 Paniya 30 - - - - -
 Pannadi 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Pardhi Unknown Pardhi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Parsee Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 2,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 900 Hindi ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 2,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 33,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 33,000 - - - -
 Persian Unknown Dari ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pindara 6,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
 Pinjara 2,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Raddi 1,400 Kannada ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Rajpur 200 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - 200
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 300 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Bhatti (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Ravalia 600 Gujarati 600 - - - - -
Raya Rawat 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Razu 3,300 Telugu ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Sali 6,500 Kannada ☀︎ 6,500 - - - - -
 Samagara 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Satani 9,400 Telugu ☀︎ 9,400 - - - - -
 Sayyid 51,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 51,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 17,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 17,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 3,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 166,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 166,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 1,100 Kannada ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Soligar 20 Sholaga 20 - - - - -
Soligaru 8,200 Kannada ☀︎ 8,200 20 - - - 20
 Somvanshi 6,300 Marathi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - 100
 Sonar (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 1,800 Malayalam - - - 1,800 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Hindi ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 11,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Hindi ☀︎ 46,000 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Tibetan 37,000 Tibetan, Central - - 37,000 - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Telugu ☀︎ 32,000 - 30 - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 73,000 Kannada ☀︎ 73,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 47,000 Kannada ☀︎ 47,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 329,000 Kannada 329,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Valmiki Mehtar 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Vaniyan 200 Tamil 100 - - 60 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 1,500 Tamil 1,500 - - - - -
Velan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 2,000 Tamil 2,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 18,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 300 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 1,400 Kannada ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 81,000 Tamil 81,000 - - - - -
Vitholia Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Hindi ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Yenadi 800 Telugu 800 - - - - -
Yerava 2,200 Ravula 2,200 - - - - -
 Yerukula 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
  Totals:  314 3,498,000   294 2,905,000 331,000 54,000 44,000 1,300 163,000
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