Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Shimoga

Number of People Groups

269

Unreached People Groups

253

Total Population

2,048,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.1 %

Hindu

77.1 %

Muslim

13.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

7.7 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 19,000 Tamil ☀︎ 19,000 - - 90 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,400 Tamil - - - 2,400 - -
 Adi Karnataka 100,000 Kannada 87,000 - 20 13,000 - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 13,000 Kannada - - - 13,000 - -
 Adiyan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
 Andh 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Ansari 2,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Arasu 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 900 Tamil ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Balagai 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Kannada ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 900 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - 200
 Bania Chetti 9,300 Tamil ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - 2,100
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 23,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - 5,300
 Banijiga 15,000 Kannada 15,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 73,000 Lambadi 73,000 - 20 - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Lambadi 9,000 - - - - -
Barda Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Basor 4,400 Hindi ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Bathada 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 76,000 Kannada ☀︎ 76,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 4,000 Kannada ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 4,000 Kannada ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 4,000 Kannada ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Kannada ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 6,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,100 - - - -
Bhansala 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Bind Unknown Bhojpuri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Boya 1,500 Telugu ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 1,100 Marathi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 2,600 Marathi ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 5,000 Hindi ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Havik 1,800 Kannada ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 5,200 Hindi ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 10,000 Kannada ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Khandelwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maha 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 3,400 Marathi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 1,800 Marathi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Mewada 400 Gujarati ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 5,300 Hindi ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,200 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 1,800 Tamil ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 95,000 Hindi ☀︎ 92,000 - - - - 3,300
 Budega Jangam 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Byagara Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 6,100 Konkani ☀︎ - 6,100 - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Chalvadi 14,000 Kannada ☀︎ 14,000 - 20 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Hindi 6,400 - - - - -
Chandala Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Chenchu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Christian 3,200 Hindi - - - 3,200 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Darzi Namdev (Hindu traditions) 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Devanga 18,000 Kannada 18,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 90 Gujarati ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Dhor 40 Marathi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Gandla 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Gangakula 39,000 Kannada ☀︎ 39,000 - - - - -
Gantichore Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gawli 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Godda Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Gowdulu 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Gudigar 500 Konkani ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Hajam 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 1,600 Vaagri Booli 1,600 - - 20 - -
Halsar 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Halwakki Wakkal 90 Kannada 90 - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Hasalaru 9,200 Tulu ☀︎ 9,200 - - - - -
Hasla 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Holaya 2,100 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - 30 - - -
 Ilavan 2,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
 Irular 300 Irula 300 - - - - -
Iruliga 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Jaggali 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 300 -
 Jenu Kuruba 50 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Jingar 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 6,900 Bengali ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 40 Kannada ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 5,500 Kannada ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Telugu ☀︎ 133,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 125,000 Telugu ☀︎ 125,000 - - - - -
Kalavant 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Kamathi 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kanakkan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 3,000 Telugu ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati 400 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 3,400 Kannada ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 200 Tulu 200 - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 900 Kannada ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 7,600 Kannada ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
 Kori 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Kotegar 900 Kannada ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kudiya Unknown Kudiya - - - - - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Hindi ☀︎ 8,700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kunbi Anjna 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 16,000 Kannada ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Kuruba 87,000 Kannada 83,000 - - 3,500 - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 146,000 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 146,000
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 1,800 Telugu - - - 1,800 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Telugu 1,800 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 100 Marathi - - - 100 - -
 Mahishya 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 2,100 Gujarati ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 45,000 Marathi ☀︎ 44,000 - - - - 600
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 600 Telugu - - - 600 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,100 Malayalam - - - 1,100 - -
Malaikudi 20 Tulu 20 - - - - -
 Malayali 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Mangala 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mappila 500 Malayalam ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Maravan 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 2,100 Kannada ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 50 Marathi - - - 50 - -
Meda 3,700 Kannada 3,700 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali 2,500 - - - - -
Moger Moyon 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mundala 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Nadia 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Nagartha 2,000 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Naikda 53,000 Kannada ☀︎ 53,000 100 - 20 - 300
 Nair 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Nalakeyava Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Navithan 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pale 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Panchama 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Pandaram 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 600 Hindi ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 28,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 28,000 - - - -
 Persian Unknown Dari ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pindara 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pinjara 5,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 5,200 - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Raddi 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 4,200 Hindi ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Bais (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Raneyar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ravalia 500 Gujarati 500 - - - - -
Sada 200 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 200
 Saini (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Sali 11,000 Kannada ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Samagara 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Satani 5,100 Telugu ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Sayyid 36,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 36,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 15,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 15,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 5,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 146,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 146,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 2,700 Kannada ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Sindhollu 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Soligaru 90 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 12,000 Marathi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - 100
 Sonar (Muslim traditions) 20 Urdu ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 1,900 Malayalam - - - 1,900 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 5,400 Tamil ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 95,000 Telugu ☀︎ 95,000 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 16,000 Kannada ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 166,000 Kannada 166,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Vaniyan 200 Tamil 100 - - 70 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 7,700 Tamil 7,200 - - 500 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 42,000 Tamil 42,000 - - - - -
Vitholia Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Yenadi 600 Telugu 600 - - - - -
Yerava Unknown Ravula - - - - - -
 Yerukula 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
  Totals:  269 2,048,000   253 1,580,000 268,000 100 42,000 300 158,000
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