Country:

India

Province / State: Maharashtra
District: Ratnagiri

Major People Groups

226

Major Unreached People Groups

216

Total Population

2,301,000

Buddhist

6.3 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

83.9 %

Muslim

9.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Agri 27,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 26,000 - 1,000 - - -
 Andh 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 57,000 - 1,700 - - -
Badhai Konkani 31,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 30,000 - 700 - - -
Bahrupi 90 Marathi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Bengali Progress Gauge 7,900 - 200 - - -
Bakad Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balai (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - 700
 Bania Chetti 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Bania Dhusar 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Bania Gujar 5,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
Bania Kasar 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Bania Khandelwal 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bania Khedayata 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - 200
 Bania Porwal 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - 200
 Bania Srimali 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 200
Bania Ummad 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - 300
 Bania unspecified 99,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 96,000 - - - - 2,600
 Banijiga 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 100 Lambadi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Basor 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - 30 - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - 30 - - -
Beldar Mith Gauda 200 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Bhandari 60 Odia Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bharia Bhumia Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bhatia (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bhil Tadvi 100 Dangi Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 700 100 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - 500 - - -
 Binjhia 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Boya 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 18,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 7,300 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Devarukha 6,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 14,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 700 Kannada Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Karbadu 8,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 6,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 77,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 76,000 - - - - 700
 Budega Jangam 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 2,400 Konkani Progress Gauge - 2,400 - - - -
 Chalvadi 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - 500 - - -
 Chamar (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Chodhara Unknown Chodri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Christian 100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Dabgar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 7,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,000 - 400 - - 100
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 60 Tulu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Devanga 2,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - 90 - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 90 Gujarati Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Dhanka 80 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 70 - - - -
 Dhanwar 20 Chhattisgarhi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Dhobi Parit 7,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,800 - 300 - - -
 Dhodia Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Dhor 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dubla unspecified Unknown Dubli Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Dudekula 100 Telugu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Gamit 70 Gamit Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Gangakula 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Ghadasi 1,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Ghadi 1,200 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Goanese 1,600 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 1,600 - -
 Gond unspecified 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gondhali 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Gopal 2,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,900 - 70 - - -
 Gosain unspecified 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - 400 - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Hajam 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Halba 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Holar 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Ilavan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Jingar 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kadia (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 90 Bengali Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Kalavant 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kamar Unknown Kamar Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kamathi 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Kasar Otari 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) 20 Kashmiri Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Kathodi 7,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - 100
 Kawar Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Khairwar 50 Bengali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Khangar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 29,000 - 1,100 - - -
 Khatik (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Khatri (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Khoja 4,300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
 Kokna 700 Kukna Progress Gauge 700 60 - - - -
 Kol Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kolhati 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 11,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 11,000 20 20 - - -
 Koli Malhar 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Koli Son 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kolowar 100 Kolami, Northwestern Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Korku 20 Korku Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Koshti 3,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,100 - 100 - - -
 Koya unspecified Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - 1,000 - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 427,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 399,000 - 29,000 - - -
Kunbi Anjna 6,600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 6,400 - 200 - - -
 Kunbi Konkani 349,000 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 325,000 - 24,000 - - -
 Kunbi Tirole 7,200 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,800 - 500 - - -
Kunchatiga 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kuruba 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Lingader Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,600
 Lohana 1,900 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - 90 - - -
Madgi Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 48,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - 48,000 - 30 -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 400 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Mahishya 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Mahratta Gomatang 39,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Jadhav 39,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Mahratta Shinde 30,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 323,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 295,000 - 29,000 - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - 100 - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 2,700 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 2,700 - - - -
 Mangala 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Mappila 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 40 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 40 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - 500 - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Memon 3,200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 3,200 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 27,000 - 900 - - -
 Naikda 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Nair 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Oraon 200 Kurux Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Pangul 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Pardhan 70 Pardhan Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Pardhi 200 Pardhi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Parja unspecified 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 5,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,500 - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Patharwat 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Pinjara 20 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 1,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 14,000 - 500 - - -
Rajpur 400 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 80 -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Ramoshi 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Sali 5,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,600 - 300 - - -
Sangar 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Sayyid 20,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 20,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 4,700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,700 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 150,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 150,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Siddi (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 - 800 - - -
 Syrian Christian 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 44,000 - 1,100 - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
Taria 900 Marathi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 55,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 53,000 - 1,600 - - -
 Thakar 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Thakkar 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 2,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Valmiki (Buddhist traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge - - 50 - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Vanjara 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Varli 100 Varli Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 34,000 - 700 - - -
 Yadav Gualbans (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Yenadi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  226 2,301,000   216 1,930,000 219,000 144,000 2,200 200 6,600
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