| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jat (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bengali Muslim Moghal | Urdu | 1,820 | 0 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 80 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adi Andhra | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adi Karnataka | Kannada | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 43,500 | 43,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ansari | Urdu | 22,600 | 0 | 22,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aray Mala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arora (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Baghban (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 160 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bairagi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balija (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10,800 | 10,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara (Hindu traditions) | Lambadi | 63,400 | 63,200 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 150 |
| Bania unspecified | Telugu | 20,900 | 20,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Basor | Telugu | 1,920 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Budega Jangam | Telugu | 3,750 | 3,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beldar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 8,600 | 8,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhampta | Marathi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhat (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,360 | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bharbhunja (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 31,700 | 31,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bindla | Telugu | 300 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banijiga | Telugu | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boya | Telugu | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin unspecified | Telugu | 12,200 | 12,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byagara | Telugu | 300 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chenna Dasar | Telugu | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chamar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chalvadi | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chenchu | Chenchu | 1,950 | 1,910 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 3,230 | 0 | 0 | 3,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahar (Christian traditions) | Marathi | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mala (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dakkal | Telugu | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darzi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,900 | 2,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 21,600 | 21,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom (Dombara) | Telugu | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dudekula | Telugu | 810 | 0 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gangakula | Kannada | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gandla | Kannada | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gond unspecified | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holaya Dasar | Kannada | 300 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hande Jogi | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Holar | Marathi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian | Telugu | 1,730 | 0 | 0 | 1,730 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaggali | Telugu | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jambuvulu | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaikadi | Marathi | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamathi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 910 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kharva (Hindu traditions) | Marathi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khoja | Kacchi | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 33,200 | 33,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli Mahadev | Marathi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koli Malhar | Marathi | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kammara | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konda Kapu | Kannada | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korama unspecified | Kurumba, Kannada | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Korwa | Telugu | 5,660 | 5,660 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koshti | Marathi | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kotia | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koya unspecified | Telugu | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khatik (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,560 | 5,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10,500 | 10,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunbi (Hindu traditions) | Kannada | 3,100 | 3,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kunchatiga | Kannada | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 22,800 | 22,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuruba | Kannada | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lingayat | Telugu | 1,780 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,780 |
| Lohar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 5,460 | 5,460 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lohana | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 106,000 | 106,000 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | Marathi | 150 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 23,700 | 23,600 | 0 | 110 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Manna Dhora | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masthi | Telugu | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matangi | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitha Ayyalvar | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara (Muslim traditions) | Lambadi | 150 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mala Dasari | Kannada | 420 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga Dasu | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dhobi (Muslim traditions) | Urdu | 1,210 | 0 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Memon | Gujarati | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 1,600 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahratta Kunbi | Marathi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madasi Kuruva | Telugu | 190 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mala Dasu | Telugu | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madiga (Muslim traditions) | Telugu | 240 | 0 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mochi (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 320 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Muslim traditions) | Telugu | 160 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mundala | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nai (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 12,900 | 12,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nair | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pardhi | Marathi | 280 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perka | Telugu | 350 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pichakuntla | Telugu | 960 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinjara | Telugu | 1,210 | 0 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,360 | 2,360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rangrez (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sali | Telugu | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samagara | Marathi | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saora unspecified | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Satani | Telugu | 3,330 | 3,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sayyid | Urdu | 12,900 | 0 | 12,900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 54,400 | 0 | 54,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sikligar (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Sonar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 7,600 | 7,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamboli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,120 | 2,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Teli (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 2,320 | 2,320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 8,490 | 8,490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 750 | 750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Velama | Telugu | 4,750 | 4,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Veerabhadreeya (Viramushti) | Telugu | 320 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Telugu | 650 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanniyan | Telugu | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanjara | Telugu | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yerukula | Yerukula | 4,890 | 4,840 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
| Kui Khond | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mangala | Telugu | 1,210 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Munnur | Telugu | 1,210 | 1,210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mutrasi | Telugu | 2,120 | 2,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 90,100 | 90,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hajam | Telugu | 1,170 | 0 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Agarwal | Telugu | 2,120 | 2,120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Chetti | Telugu | 310 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Bania Gujar | Gujarati | 360 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Komti | Telugu | 11,600 | 11,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Bania Lad | Gujarati | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Mahajan | Telugu | 140 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Mahesri | Hindi | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Marwadi | Marwari (India) | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Oswal | Hindi | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Porwal | Telugu | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | Telugu | 150 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Chitpavan | Marathi | 110 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Deshastha | Marathi | 120 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Gaur | Telugu | 510 | 510 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 240 | 240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Karhada | Marathi | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Mahratta | Hindi | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Marathi | Marathi | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Sakaldwipi | Telugu | 420 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Saraswat | Marathi | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Sawaria | Gujarati | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Vyas | Telugu | 810 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Kosala Nadu | Telugu | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Telaganya | Telugu | 3,030 | 3,030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Velanadu | Telugu | 810 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devanga | Kannada | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balija Bogam | Telugu | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balija Bolla | Kannada | 2,220 | 2,220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Balija Musugu | Telugu | 2,020 | 2,020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara Charan | Lambadi | 3,840 | 3,840 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 1,820 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beldar Sunkar | Telugu | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 400 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalal Idiga | Telugu | 7,680 | 7,680 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kapu Reddi | Telugu | 16,700 | 16,700 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasar Otari | Telugu | 270 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 6,470 | 0 | 6,470 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav Gola | Telugu | 4,240 | 4,240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Silpi | Telugu | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 3,800 | 0 | 3,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nadar (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madari (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sayyid Husaini | Urdu | 450 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh Faruqi | Urdu | 910 | 0 | 910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh Siddiqi | Urdu | 2,430 | 0 | 2,430 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh Usmani | Urdu | 650 | 0 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav Ghosi | Telugu | 1,820 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun Afridi | Urdu | 300 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun Kakar | Urdu | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) | Urdu | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun Mohmand | Urdu | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun Yusafzai | Urdu | 300 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Valmiki (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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