People Group Profiles

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Displaying 1-30 of 31 results.
PG Name Country Of Birth Primary Religion Language Total Population
KonkaniIndiaHinduismKonkani (individual language) - (knn)5,815
Sri Lankan, SinhaleseSri Lanka Sinhala - (sin)156,415
MalayaliIndiaHinduismMalayalam - (mal)227,955
MarathiIndiaHinduismMarathi - (mar)47,800
Nepali, BrahmanNepalHinduismNepali (individual language) - (npi)1,000
MundaIndiaHinduismMunda - (unx)2,500
South Asian IndiansIndiaHinduismHindi - (hin)2,640,000
NepaliNepalHinduismNepali (individual language) - (npi)42,951
OriyaIndiaHinduismOriya (individual language) - (ory)2,900
RajasthaniIndiaHinduismGujarati - (guj)425
GoansIndiaHinduismGoan Konkani - (gom)6,925
TamilIndia Tamil - (tam)201,940
Gujarati (Hindu)IndiaHinduismGujarati - (guj)821,145
TeluguIndia Telugu - (tel)207,205
HindiIndiaHinduismHindi - (hin)1,479,923
KannadaIndiaHinduismKannada - (kan)47,645
Fijian HindiFijiHinduism - Other / MarginalFiji Hindi - (hif)2,200
AssameseIndiaIslamAssamese - (asm)1,300
MuhajirPakistanIslamUrdu - (urd)280,000
RohingyaMyanmar [Burma]IslamRohingya - (rhg)13,000
SindhiPakistan Sindhi - (snd)14,470
UrduPakistan Urdu - (urd)723,168
KashmiriIndiaIslamKashmiri - (kas)3,320
Indian Muslims (Shaikh)IndiaIslamUrdu - (urd)60,000
Gujarati (Muslim)IndiaIslam - ShiaGujarati - (guj)15,000
BengaliBangladeshIslam - SunniBengali - (ben)42,305
BihariIndiaIslam - SunniBhojpuri - (bho)150
PunjabiPakistanIslam - SunniPanjabi - (pan)304,150
Afghan, Hindu/SikhsAfghanistanOther Religions - SikhismPanjabi - (pan)6,000
Punjabi SikhIndiaOther Religions - SikhismPanjabi - (pan)860,000

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