Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Davanagere

Major People Groups

273

Major Unreached People Groups

257

Total Population

2,304,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

79.8 %

Muslim

13.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

6.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Adi Dravida Christian 800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Adi Karnataka 103,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 103,000 - 100 50 - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 3,100 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 3,100 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Andh 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Ansari 7,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,000 - - - -
 Arasu 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge - 70 - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Bakuda 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 2,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
Balija Gopanthi 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - 200
 Bania Chetti 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 90
 Bania unspecified 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 2,200
 Banijiga 14,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - 300
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 118,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 118,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Bariki 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Basor 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Bavcha 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 120,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 120,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 8,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 6,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 8,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
Bedar Myasa 12,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 8,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - 200
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 2,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 3,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,900 - - - -
Bhansala 60 Marathi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Boya 23,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavada 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Havik 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 4,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 2,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 1,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 73,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - 900
 Brahmin Velanadu 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 7,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 600 Konkani Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Chalvadi 8,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,300 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Charodi 100 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Chenchu 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 3,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Christian 400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Devadasi 90 Kannada Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Devanga 70 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 70
 Dhangar Bharwad 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Dhor 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 1,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Dubla unspecified 40 Dubli Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Gamit Unknown Gamit Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gandla 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Gangakula 40,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Gawli 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Gowari Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gudigar 300 Konkani Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Hajam 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 700 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Halwakki Wakkal 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 1,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Hasalaru Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Holar 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Holaya 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - 30 - - -
 Ilavan 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
Javeri Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jingar 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kaikadi 5,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 80,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 80,000 - - - - 600
 Kalal Idiga 81,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 81,000 - - - - -
Kalavant 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - 90
 Kallan unspecified Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kamathi 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Kanakkan 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 3,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - 90
Kasar Otari 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kathodi 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Khatri (Muslim traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Kolhati Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 40 Tulu Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 5,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Kori 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Koshti 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Kudavakkal 50 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 50
 Kudumi 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - 30
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Kunbi Anjna 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 33,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kuruba 101,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 100,000 - - 500 - -
 Lingayat 143,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 143,000
 Lohana 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 90 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
 Madiga (Muslim traditions) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 80 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
 Mahishya Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 1,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 35,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - 400
 Mala (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
 Malayali 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Mangala 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Mappila 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Maravan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Meda 2,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Mitha Ayyalvar Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Mundala 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Nadia 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Nagartha 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 90
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Naikda 247,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 245,000 400 - 60 20 1,500
 Nair 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Nalband 30 Urdu Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Navithan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pale Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pan Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Panchama Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pandaram 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 28,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 28,000 - - - -
Patralu 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Perka Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pichakuntla 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pindara 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pinjara 17,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 17,000 - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Raddi 900 Kannada Progress Gauge 800 - - - - 100
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Ravalia 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Saini (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Sali 18,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - 500
 Samagara 900 Kannada Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Satani 4,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 42,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 42,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 5,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 5,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 168,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 168,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 90 Urdu Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 3,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Sindhollu 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 8,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,900 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - 200
 Sonar (Muslim traditions) 50 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 70
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Thakkar 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 72,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 5,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 125,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 125,000 - - - - 400
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vaniyan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - 70 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Velama 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 5,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - 300 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 5,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Yenadi 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Yerava 200 Ravula Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Yerukula 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
  Totals:  273 2,304,000   257 1,839,000 307,000 200 6,100 300 151,000
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