Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Bellary

Major People Groups

240

Major Unreached People Groups

228

Total Population

1,501,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

83.0 %

Muslim

15.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.8 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 6,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,600 - - 20 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
 Adi Karnataka 66,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 66,000 - 80 80 - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 3,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 4,200 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Andh Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ansari 30,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 35,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Arwa Mala Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Bakuda 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Balagai Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 4,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - 100
 Bania Chetti 3,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - 1,400
Bania Gujar 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 30
 Bania unspecified 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - 3,200
 Banijiga 2,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 53,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Lambadi Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
Barda 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Bariki 200 Odia Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Basor 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 109,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 109,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 7,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 7,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 7,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Bedar Myasa 18,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 7,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 8,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 9,400 - - - -
Bhansala 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bind Unknown Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Boya 121,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 121,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 7,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - 300
 Brahmin Velanadu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 15,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Byagara 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 90 Konkani Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Chalvadi 16,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 16,000 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Charodi 100 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Chenchu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 4,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Chodhara Unknown Chodri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Christian 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Devadasi 800 Kannada Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Devanga 4,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Dhor 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Gandla 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Gangakula 9,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
Gantichore Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gawli 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Godda Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gowdulu Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Hajam 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 400 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Halsar Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 1,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Holaya 700 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - 50 - - -
 Ilavan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Iruliga Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Jaggali 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 300 -
 Jenu Kuruba 20 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Jingar 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 2,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 7,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,800 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 7,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
Kamathi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Kammara 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kasar Otari 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 20 - - - -
 Koracha, caste 7,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 4,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Kori 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koshti 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Kudiya Unknown Kudiya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kudumi 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Kunbi Anjna 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kuruba 72,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - 20
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 45,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 21,000
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 2,800 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 3,900 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 52,000 - 30 20 - -
 Madiga (Muslim traditions) 100 Telugu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 3,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - 60
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 500 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 700 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Mangala 6,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
 Mappila 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Maravan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Meda 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mitha Ayyalvar 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Nadia 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Naikda 251,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 249,000 700 - 80 50 500
 Nair 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Nalband 50 Urdu Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
 Navithan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Pale Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pan 60 Odia Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Pandaram 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 12,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
Patralu 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Perka 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Pichakuntla 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pinjara 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Raddi 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - 50
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 700 Marathi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Sali 24,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Samagara 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Satani 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Sayyid 27,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 32,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 3,300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 3,800 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 89,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 105,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 1,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Sindhollu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Soligaru Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Somvanshi 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - 200
 Syrian Christian 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 80 Tamil Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Thakkar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 63,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vaniyan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - 40 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 9,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,400 - - - - -
 Velama 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 2,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Yenadi 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Yerava 200 Ravula Progress Gauge 30 200 - - - -
 Yerukula 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  240 1,501,000   228 1,246,000 229,000 200 11,000 600 27,000
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