Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Vijayanagara

Major People Groups

236

Major Unreached People Groups

224

Total Population

1,342,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

86.5 %

Muslim

11.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.1 %
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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 6,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
Adi Dravida Christian 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Adi Karnataka 62,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 62,000 - 90 30 - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Andh Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ansari 23,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 23,000 - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Baghban (Muslim traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Bakuda 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Balagai Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 4,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - 100
 Bania Chetti 3,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - 1,500
Bania Gujar 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 30
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - 3,400
 Banijiga 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
Barda Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Bariki 100 Odia Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Basor 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 101,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 101,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 7,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Bedar Kakamundi 7,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 7,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Bedar Myasa 16,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 7,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 6,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,000 - - - -
Bhansala 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Bind Unknown Bhojpuri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Boya 112,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 112,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 6,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - 400
 Brahmin Velanadu 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Byagara 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 90 Konkani Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Chalvadi 15,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Charodi 90 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Chenchu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 4,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chodhara Unknown Chodri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Christian 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
Devadasi 700 Kannada Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Devanga 3,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Dhor 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Gandla Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gangakula 8,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
Gantichore Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gawli 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Godda Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gowdulu Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Hajam 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 400 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Halsar Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Holaya 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 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) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Jenu Kuruba 20 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Jingar 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 2,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 7,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
Kamathi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Kammara 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kasar Otari 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 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 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 6,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 4,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Kori 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koshti 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Kudiya Unknown Kudiya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kudumi 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Kunbi Anjna 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kuruba 67,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - 20
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 23,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 23,000
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 1,600 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
 Madiga (Muslim traditions) 80 Telugu Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 3,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - 60
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
 Mangala 5,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
 Mappila 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Maravan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Meda 1,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mitha Ayyalvar 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Nadia 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Naikda 234,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 233,000 500 - 30 30 200
 Nair 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Nalband 50 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Navithan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pan 30 Odia Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pandaram 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 8,900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,900 - - - -
Patralu Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Perka 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pichakuntla 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pinjara 2,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,100 - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Raddi 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 60
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Sali 24,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Samagara 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Satani 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Sayyid 21,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 21,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 11,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 11,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 2,500 Bengali Progress Gauge - 2,500 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 68,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 68,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 1,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Sindhollu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 1,400 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - 200
 Syrian Christian 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 70 Tamil Progress Gauge - 70 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Thakkar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 61,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 61,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vaniyan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - 20 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Velama 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 2,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Yenadi 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Yerava 200 Ravula Progress Gauge 30 100 - - - -
 Yerukula 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  236 1,342,000   224 1,161,000 147,000 100 4,500 400 29,000
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