Country:

India

Province / State: Goa
District: Goa, South

Number of People Groups

275

Unreached People Groups

253

Total Population

741,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

35.1 %

Hindu

55.0 %

Muslim

9.4 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Agri 2,400 Marathi ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Ajila 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Andh Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Anglo 100 English - - - 100 - -
 Ansari 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Arayan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Arunthathiyar 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Arwa Mala Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Hindi ☀︎ 6,400 - - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Bengali ☀︎ - - - - - -
Bahrupi 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Baira 40 Kannada ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bakad 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bakuda 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Balagai 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - 30
Bania Chaturth 80 Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - 80
 Bania Chetti 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 400 Gujarati ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Bania Kasar 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bania Khedayata 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bania Pancham 70 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 70
 Bania unspecified 21,000 Hindi ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - 400
 Banijiga 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 600 Lambadi 600 - - - - -
Barda 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Basor 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Bellara 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 2,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
 Bhaina 30 Chhattisgarhi 30 - - - - -
 Bhandari 200 Odia ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bhansala 7,200 Marathi ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bhavit 2,200 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Bhottada 200 Kuvi 200 - - - - -
Bidur 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bind 30 Bhojpuri ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Binjhia Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Bohra 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Boya 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 3,000 Marathi ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 1,500 Marathi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Devarukha 1,600 Marathi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 1,100 Marathi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 1,600 Marathi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 33,000 Hindi ☀︎ 32,000 - - 400 - 100
 Budega Jangam 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Byagara 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 400 Konkani ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Chalvadi 900 Kannada ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi 3,200 - - 30 - -
Chandala 70 Odia ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Charodi 500 Konkani, Goan 500 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 100 Malayalam - - - 100 - -
 Christian 800 Hindi - - - 800 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Tulu ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Devanga 900 Kannada 900 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - 500 - -
 Dhobi Parit 2,000 Marathi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Dhodia 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - 50 - -
 Dhor 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Dubla unspecified 50 Dubli ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Ellamalawar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gamit 900 Gamit 900 - - - - -
 Ganda 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Gangakula 5,700 Kannada ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
Gantichore 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gauda 5,000 Odia ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Gauda, tribe 62,000 Konkani 12,000 200 50 50,000 - 20
 Gawli 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Ghadi 300 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Ghisadi 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Giddikki 10,000 Konkani ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Goanese 194,000 Konkani, Goan - - - 194,000 - -
 Gond unspecified Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Gondaru 7,700 Kannada ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
 Gondhali 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Gopal 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Hajam 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Halleer 300 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Halsar 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Halwakki Wakkal 10,000 Kannada 10,000 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
Hanabar 200 Tulu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Hasla Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Holar 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
Holaya Dasar 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Ilavan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 500 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 500 -
 Jewish, South Asian 20 Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - 20
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Kamathi 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kathodi 1,600 Marathi 1,600 - - - - -
Katia 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kawar 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Kharia 30 Kharia 30 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Gujarati 3,200 - - 400 - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Khoja 60 Gujarati ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Kokna 20 Kukna 20 - - - - -
 Kol 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kolhati 80 Marathi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 1,700 Marathi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kolowar 20 Kolami, Northwestern ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Komarpaik 3,500 Konkani ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 200 Tulu 200 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Korwa 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
Kotegar 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi ☀︎ 4,200 - - 60 - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 49,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi Konkani 15,000 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi, tribe 4,800 Konkani 3,400 - - 1,400 - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kuruba 1,100 Kannada 1,100 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,100 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 1,100
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 3,800 Marathi 3,200 - 500 100 - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 800 Marathi - - - 800 - -
Mahratta Gomatang 2,700 Marathi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Mahratta Konkani 2,000 Marathi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Mahratta Kshatriya 2,800 Marathi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 4,100 Gujarati ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
 Mahratta Shinde 3,700 Marathi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 48,000 Marathi ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - 60
 Mahyavanshi 60 Gujarati 60 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 500 Malayalam - - - 500 - -
Malava 400 Tulu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 400 Gujarati ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Mang Garudi 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mangala 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mappila 200 Malayalam ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Maravan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 40 Kannada ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Masthi Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 50 Marathi - - - 50 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Mavilan 30 Tulu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Memon 500 Gujarati ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Moger unspecified 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Mukri 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Mundala 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil - - - 1,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Tamil ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Nadia 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Nai Mhalo Nhavi 500 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Naikda 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Nair 5,900 Malayalam 5,900 - - - - -
 Nayadi 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Padiar 90 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Pale 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Panchama 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Panniandi 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Pardhan Unknown Pardhan - - - - - -
 Pardhi Unknown Pardhi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Parsee 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - 30
 Pashtun Afridi 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 3,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,700 - - - -
 Patharwat 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Patvekari (Hindu traditions) 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Pinjara 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Raddi 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Rajpur 90 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
Ramoshi 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Raneyar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rathawa 20 Rathawi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Sali 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Samagara 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Sangar 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Saora unspecified Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Sayyid 3,900 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,900 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 6,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 2,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 45,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 45,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Siddi (Hindu traditions) 90 Kannada 80 - - - - -
 Sillekyatha 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 70 Marathi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Hindi ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
Sunri (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 900 Malayalam - - - 900 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Hindi ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
 Thakkar 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Thovoi 8,800 Konkani, Goan - - - 8,800 - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 4,200 Kannada 4,200 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Vaniyan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Varli 100 Varli 90 - - - - -
Velip 36,000 Konkani, Goan 35,000 90 - 50 - 20
 Vellalan unspecified 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 5,800 Tamil 5,800 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
  Totals:  275 741,000   253 408,000 70,000 600 260,000 900 1,900
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