Country:

India

Province / State: Karnataka
District: Hassan

Major People Groups

233

Major Unreached People Groups

218

Total Population

2,003,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.8 %

Hindu

84.6 %

Muslim

6.9 %

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 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 27,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 27,000 - 30 50 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 2,400 - -
 Adi Karnataka 243,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 243,000 - 300 200 20 -
Adi Karnataka Christian 5,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - 5,000 - -
 Adiyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Andh Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ansari 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Arasu 3,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Arayan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Ayyanavar 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Balagai 20 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 800
Balija Bogam 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 1,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 70
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - 300
 Bania Chetti 4,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 50
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - 4,200
 Banijiga 14,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Basor 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Bedar Bile 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bedar Kare 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Bedar Naik Makkalu 1,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Beldar Sunkar 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bellara 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 5,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,400 - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Bhotia Sikkim 30 Sikkimese Progress Gauge - - 30 - - -
 Bind 20 Bhojpuri Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Boya 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 800 Marathi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 9,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 2,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 700 Marathi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sanadhya 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 69,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - 600
 Budega Jangam 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 4,300 Konkani Progress Gauge - 4,300 - - - -
 Chalvadi 4,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,000 - 70 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Christian 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Devanga 29,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Dhor 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Gandla 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Gangakula 42,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Gowdulu Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Hajam 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 1,000 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Halsar 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 2,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Hasalaru 1,500 Tulu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Holaya 5,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,900 - 100 - - -
 Ilavan 2,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Irular 40 Irula Progress Gauge - - - - - 40
Iruliga 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Jenu Kuruba 100 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 4,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 8,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
Kamathi 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Kanakkan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kathodi Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Khatri (Muslim traditions) 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Kokna Unknown Kukna Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 1,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 20 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Korama Kunchi 3,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 3,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Kori 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Koshti 3,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kudumi 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 6,900 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kuruba 143,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 143,000 - - - - -
 Lingayat 147,000 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 147,000
Madari (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 2,000 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 2,000 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 20 - -
 Madiga (Muslim traditions) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 6,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - 60
 Mala (Christian traditions) 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,600 - -
Malaikudi 30 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malayali 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Manbhav 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mangala 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mappila 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Maravan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 3,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Meda 2,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Megh (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Moger Moyon 700 Kannada Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 4,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 40 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Mundala 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Nagartha 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Naikda 24,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 24,000 40 - - - 20
 Nair 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Navithan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Pale 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pandaram 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Paniyan 50 Paniya Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pardhi Unknown Pardhi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 10,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 10,000 - - - -
 Pindara 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Pinjara 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Raddi 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - 60
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
Raneyar 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Raya Rawat 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Razu 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sali 21,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Samagara 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Sardar (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Satani 12,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Sayyid 25,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 25,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 8,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 8,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,700 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 72,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 72,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Sindhollu 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Soligaru 900 Kannada Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 3,500 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 100
 Sonar (Muslim traditions) 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 2,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,200 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 32,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 124,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 124,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 514,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 514,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vaniyan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - 80 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 40 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 55,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Dhindhor 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 2,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Yerava Unknown Ravula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Yerukula 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
  Totals:  233 2,003,000   218 1,694,000 139,000 700 17,000 300 153,000
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