| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baloch | Urdu | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meena | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parsee | Gujarati | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tai | Gujarati | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tipera | Kok Borok | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adi Dravida | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agri | Gujarati | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 540 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andh | Marathi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bagdi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania unspecified | Gujarati | 5,950 | 5,080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 870 |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 440 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Basor | Gujarati | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bavcha | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bawaria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bawa | Gujarati | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhandari | Gujarati | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhil unspecified | Bhili | 11,500 | 11,000 | 0 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 130 |
| Bhisti | Urdu | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhatia (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhathiara (Muslim traditions) | Gujarati | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bidur | Marathi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahma Kshatriya | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin unspecified | Gujarati | 5,600 | 5,340 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| Baria (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 450 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balasantoshi | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 1,480 | 1,360 | 0 | 80 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Charan (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 210 | 210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chhipa (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 320 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Mahar (Christian traditions) | Konkani, Goan | 350 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dahur (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 420 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Gujarati | 360 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhimar | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhodia | Dhodia | 24,500 | 24,400 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 40 |
| Dhor | Marathi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dubla unspecified | Dubli | 2,700 | 2,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Gamit | Gamit | 390 | 350 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garoda (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 360 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goanese | Konkani, Goan | 240 | 0 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gosain unspecified | Gujarati | 330 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holar | Marathi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian | Konkani | 280 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karadia | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kachhia (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 610 | 610 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli Dhor | Bhili | 2,800 | 2,770 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Khalpa | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khant | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 330 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khatri (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 440 | 440 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khoja | Gujarati | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kadia Kumbhar | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli Mahadev | Gujarati | 280 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kokna | Kukna | 28,100 | 27,400 | 40 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Koracha, caste | Konkani | 450 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koshti | Marathi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 190 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kathodi | Bhili | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 570 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumhar Sutaria | Gujarati | 330 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 43,700 | 43,400 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 550 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kutana | Gujarati | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lingayat | Kannada | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 490 | 490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Marathi | 230 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahtam (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahyavanshi | Gujarati | 2,150 | 2,050 | 0 | 60 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makrani (Muslim traditions) | Gujarati | 80 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mallik (Muslim traditions) | Gujarati | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 330 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Machhi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 760 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chhipa (Muslim traditions) | Gujarati | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darzi (Muslim traditions) | Gujarati | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Memon | Gujarati | 360 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 33,600 | 33,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kachhia (Muslim traditions) | Gujarati | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Gujarati | 1,820 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 460 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Molesalam | Gujarati | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Molvi | Gujarati | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Momna | Gujarati | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaghri (Muslim traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Konkani | 660 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nair | Malayalam | 170 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nayadi | Gujarati | 360 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naikda | Marathi | 340 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pardhi | Marathi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patelia | Gujarati | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poundra | Bengali | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pomla | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prabhu | Gujarati | 180 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prabhu Patane | Gujarati | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qalaigar | Gujarati | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qassab | Gujarati | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabari (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 220 | 220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 5,120 | 5,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rathawa | Konkani | 430 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravalia | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sagar | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sali | Telugu | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sansi (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sathwara | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sayyid | Gujarati | 770 | 0 | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh unspecified | Gujarati | 10,100 | 0 | 10,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumhar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Sutar Lohar | Gujarati | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahtam (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 860 | 860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 80 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Targala | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thakor Pardeshi | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thakkar | Gujarati | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 180 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 190 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Varli | Varli | 113,000 | 111,000 | 160 | 1,920 | 0 | 10 | 170 |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vitholia | Gujarati | 330 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bagdi | Marwari (India) | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 0 |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ager (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 230 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dubla Talavia | Dubli | 1,620 | 1,620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hajam | Gujarati | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Agarwal | Gujarati | 240 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Mahur | Gujarati | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Oswal | Gujarati | 350 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
| Bania Porwal | Gujarati | 120 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Bania Srimali | Gujarati | 280 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 220 |
| Brahmin Anavala | Gujarati | 230 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Audich | Gujarati | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Konkani | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Gujarati | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Karhada | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Khedawal | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Maha | Gujarati | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Marathi | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 300 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Mewada | Hindi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Modh | Gujarati | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Nagar | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Gujarati | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput Thakur | Gujarati | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunbi Anjna | Marathi | 910 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunbi Kadwa | Marathi | 2,020 | 2,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunbi Lewa | Marathi | 5,510 | 5,460 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mahratta Kshatriya | Marathi | 810 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Gujarati | 1,210 | 0 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonar Aksali | Konkani | 180 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav Gola | Gujarati | 450 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Gujarati | 240 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli of Gujarat | Gujarati | 18,400 | 17,400 | 0 | 610 | 400 | 0 | 0 |
| Bakad | Gujarati | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Tapodhan | Gujarati | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) | Gujarati | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Valmiki (Christian traditions) | Gujarati | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Gujarati | 650 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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