| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauri | Bengali | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hadi | Bengali | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Majhi | Odia | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 90 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Munda | Odia | 30 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oraon | Kurux | 1,120 | 990 | 10 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 320 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alia | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baiga | Odia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balai (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania unspecified | Hindi | 410 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280 |
| Badhai (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Basor | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bharia Bhumia | Halbi | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhil unspecified | Hindi | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhunjia | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhattra | English | 900 | 860 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bidur | Chhattisgarhi | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Binjhia | Halbi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bohra | Gujarati | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin unspecified | Hindi | 240 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 580 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chadar | Chhattisgarhi | 430 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chain | Bengali | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahar (Christian traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 170 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauhan | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deshwali (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewar | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhangar Bharwad | Hindi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhimar | Chhattisgarhi | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhanwar | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dohor | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 1,320 | 1,320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gadaria (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gadaba | Odia | 120 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garpaguri | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gauda | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 700 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gond unspecified | Gondi, Northern | 209,000 | 202,000 | 160 | 800 | 10 | 20 | 5,510 |
| Gosain unspecified | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gujar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Halba | Halbi | 17,800 | 17,800 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Christian | Hindi | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jogi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kachhi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kahar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalwar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 860 | 860 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamar | Kamar | 140 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapewar | Telugu | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katia | Chhattisgarhi | 140 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Kawar | Chhattisgarhi | 170 | 160 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khandait | Odia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kharia | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khairwar | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kammara | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kol | Hindi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kolha | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korwa | Chhattisgarhi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koshti | Chhattisgarhi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koya unspecified | Kuvi | 570 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 260 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 2,190 | 2,150 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| Mahishya | Bengali | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matang (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Megh (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moghia | Chhattisgarhi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jat (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namassej (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paharia | Mal Paharia | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panika | Mirgan | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pardhi | Halbi | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pardhan | Telugu | 1,830 | 1,820 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pasi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinjara | Urdu | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pindara | Urdu | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Poundra | Bengali | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parja unspecified | Odia | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 290 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rajwar | Chhattisgarhi | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saora unspecified | Odia | 50 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 180 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 1,710 | 0 | 1,710 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sikligar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silawat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sunri (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tanti (Hindu traditions) | Bengali | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tili | Bengali | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barahar | Hindi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mali (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 770 | 770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kui Khond | Hindi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ganda | Chhattisgarhi | 1,810 | 1,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Agarwal | Hindi | 50 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Brahmin Bengali | Bengali | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Kanaujia | Hindi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Ojha | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput Agnivansi | Hindi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput Gaur | Hindi | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravidas Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gond Ghotul Muria | Gondi, Northern | 1,530 | 1,520 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Gond Dhuriya | Gondi, Northern | 6,750 | 6,620 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Gond Dorla | Gondi, Northern | 5,640 | 5,580 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Gond Kandra | Gondi, Northern | 660 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gond Maria | Gondi, Northern | 47,900 | 47,200 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 670 |
| Gond Muria | Telugu | 43,200 | 42,700 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 440 |
| Gond Nagawasi | Telugu | 650 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gond Raja Muria | Gondi, Northern | 3,490 | 3,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Gond Rajgond | Duruwa | 16,900 | 16,600 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) | Lambadi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beldar Sunkar | Chhattisgarhi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Halba Kewat | Halbi | 290 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koya Dora | Kuvi | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namassej Chandel | Bengali | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 180 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sunri Sadhubanik | Chhattisgarhi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav Rawat | Chhattisgarhi | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valmiki Mehtar | Chhattisgarhi | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 550 | 0 | 550 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Satnami | Chhattisgarhi | 280 | 270 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom Murdafarash | Chhattisgarhi | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kachhi Kachhwaha | Hindi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Chhattisgarhi | 280 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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