State People Group Language Religion Population % Christian Kerala Adi Andhra Telugu Hinduism 10180 2.3575639 Kerala Adi Dravida Tamil Hinduism 5170 0.1934236 Kerala Adi Karnataka Kannada Hinduism 1770 0 Kerala Adiyan Malayalam Hinduism 13090 0.1527884 Kerala Agamudaiyan Tamil Hinduism 9470 0 Kerala Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar Tamil Hinduism 130 0 Kerala Agamudaiyan Nattaman Tamil Hinduism 6260 0 Kerala Ajila Malayalam Hinduism 210 0 Kerala Alavan Tamil Hinduism 3240 0 Kerala Ambalavasi Malayalam Hinduism 79320 0 Kerala Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker Tamil Hinduism 400 0 Kerala Andh Marathi Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Arab Arabic Islam 80 0 Kerala Arandan Aranadan Hinduism 180 0 Kerala Arayan Malayalam Hinduism 150550 1.1225506 Kerala Arora (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 200 0 Kerala Arunthathiyar Telugu Hinduism 2570 0 Kerala Ayyanavar Malayalam Hinduism 16060 4.1718555 Kerala Badaga Badaga Hinduism 220 0 Kerala Badhai (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 80 0 Kerala Bagata Telugu Hinduism 10 0 Kerala Bagdi Hindi Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Bagdi (Hindu traditions) Bengali Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Baira Kannada Hinduism 1040 0 Kerala Bairagi (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 62590 0 Kerala Bakad Kannada Hinduism 400 0 Kerala Bakuda Tulu Hinduism 6770 0 Kerala Balija (Hindu traditions) Kannada Hinduism 1700 0 Kerala Bandhera Gujarati Hinduism 10 0 Kerala Bandi (Hindu traditions) Kannada Hinduism 140 0 Kerala Bania Agarwal Hindi Hinduism 6240 0 Kerala Bania Agrahari Hindi Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Bania Chetti Tamil Hinduism 66110 0 Kerala Bania Jaiswal Hindi Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Bania Mahajan Hindi Hinduism 220 0 Kerala Bania Mahesri Hindi Hinduism 200 0 Kerala Bania Oswal Hindi Other / Small 370 0 Kerala Bania Porwal Hindi Hinduism 550 0 Kerala Bania unspecified Hindi Hinduism 129710 0 Kerala Banijiga Kannada Hinduism 1840 0 Kerala Banjara (Hindu traditions) Lambadi Hinduism 140 0 Kerala Baria (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 10 0 Kerala Bariki Odia Hinduism 50 0 Kerala Basor Hindi Hinduism 1700 0 Kerala Bathada Tulu Hinduism 90 0 Kerala Bazigar (Hindu traditions) Telugu Hinduism 6880 0 Kerala Beda Jangam Kannada Other / Small 1450 0 Kerala Bedar (Hindu traditions) Kannada Hinduism 4090 0 Kerala Beldar (Hindu traditions) Kannada Hinduism 1160 0 Kerala Bellara Kannada Hinduism 190 0 Kerala Bhampta Marathi Hinduism 390 0 Kerala Bhandari Odia Hinduism 220 0 Kerala Bhansala Marathi Hinduism 80 0 Kerala Bhoi (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 330 0 Kerala Bhottada Kuvi Hinduism 10 0 Kerala Bohra Gujarati Islam 3710 0 Kerala Boya Telugu Hinduism 2250 0 Kerala Brahmin (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 30 0 Kerala Brahmin Deshastha Marathi Hinduism 440 0 Kerala Brahmin Dravida Tamil Hinduism 45350 0 Kerala Brahmin Gaud Saraswat Konkani Hinduism 29790 0 Kerala Brahmin Gaur Hindi Hinduism 14870 0 Kerala Brahmin Gujarati Gujarati Hinduism 330 0 Kerala Brahmin Iyer Tamil Hinduism 16500 0 Kerala Brahmin Kannada Kannada Hinduism 4410 0 Kerala Brahmin Karhada Marathi Hinduism 710 0 Kerala Brahmin Kosala Nadu Telugu Hinduism 560 0 Kerala Brahmin Mahratta Marathi Hinduism 8440 0 Kerala Brahmin Marathi Marathi Hinduism 460 0 Kerala Brahmin Muttad Malayalam Hinduism 46900 0 Kerala Brahmin Nambudiri Malayalam Hinduism 72560 0 Kerala Brahmin Pancha Dravida Malayalam Hinduism 78600 0 Kerala Brahmin Saraswat Hindi Hinduism 2710 0 Kerala Brahmin Sawaria Hindi Hinduism 80 0 Kerala Brahmin Tamil Tamil Hinduism 13490 0 Kerala Brahmin Telugu Telugu Hinduism 1240 0 Kerala Brahmin unspecified Hindi Hinduism 675800 0 Kerala Brahmin Velanadu Telugu Hinduism 220 0 Kerala Burmese Burmese Buddhism 110 0 Kerala Byagara Telugu Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Chakkan Malayalam Hinduism 250 0 Kerala Chakkiliyan Tamil Hinduism 46190 1.5804287 Kerala Chalvadi Kannada Hinduism 260 0 Kerala Chamar (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 680 0 Kerala Chandala Odia Hinduism 200 0 Kerala Chaptegar Konkani, Goan Hinduism 410 0 Kerala Chayakkaran Tamil Hinduism 10350 0 Kerala Chengazhi Nambiyar Malayalam Hinduism 660 0 Kerala Cheruman (Hindu traditions) Malayalam Hinduism 415130 0 Kerala Cheruman (Muslim traditions) Malayalam Islam 41990 0 Kerala Chingathanar Malayalam Hinduism 780 0 Kerala Darzi (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Devadasi Kannada Hinduism 1480 0 Kerala Devadiga Tulu Hinduism 190 0 Kerala Devanga Kannada Hinduism 7030 0 Kerala Devendrakulathan Tamil Hinduism 1000 0 Kerala Dhangar Bharwad Gujarati Hinduism 180 0 Kerala Dhobi (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 2140 0 Kerala Dhor Marathi Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Divehi Maldivian Islam 700 0 Kerala Dom Telugu Hinduism 570 3.5087719 Kerala Eluthassan Malayalam Hinduism 42200 0 Kerala Eravallan Tamil Hinduism 4750 0.2105263 Kerala Faqir Urdu Islam 20 0 Kerala Gamit Gamit Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Gandla Telugu Hinduism 5170 0 Kerala Gangakula Kannada Hinduism 2100 0 Kerala Gatti Tulu Hinduism 560 0 Kerala Gavara Malayalam Hinduism 1040 0 Kerala Godagali Odia Hinduism 180 0 Kerala Godda Kannada Hinduism 280 0 Kerala Gondhali Marathi Hinduism 60 0 Kerala Gosangi (Hindu traditions) Telugu Hinduism 450 0 Kerala Gowdali Telugu Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Halwakki Wakkal Kannada Hinduism 3100 0 Kerala Han Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin Buddhism 60 0 Kerala Hande Jogi Kannada Hinduism 50 0 Kerala Hasla Tulu Hinduism 170 0 Kerala Holar Marathi Hinduism 2760 0 Kerala Holer Kannada Hinduism 2070 0 Kerala Idayan Malayalam Hinduism 37440 0 Kerala Ilavan Malayalam Hinduism 3585040 1.6111396 Kerala Ilavaniyan Malayalam Hinduism 25010 0 Kerala Ilavathi Malayalam Hinduism 34210 0 Kerala Ilayathu Malayalam Hinduism 17780 0 Kerala Irular Irula Hinduism 29290 0.2389894 Kerala Jambuvulu Telugu Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Jat unspecified (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 70 0 Kerala Jat unspecified (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 2290 0 Kerala Jenu Kuruba Kurumba, Jennu Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Jew, South Asian Marathi Ethnic Religions 200 0 Kerala Jogi (Hindu traditions) Bengali Hinduism 440 0 Kerala Kadaiyar Tamil Hinduism 5150 0 Kerala Kadan Kadar Hinduism 2630 0.3802281 Kerala Kadan Wayanad Malayalam Hinduism 220 0 Kerala Kaibartta Bengali Hinduism 110 0 Kerala Kaikolan Tamil Hinduism 65780 0 Kerala Kakkalan Malayalam Hinduism 8040 0 Kerala Kalal (Hindu traditions) Telugu Hinduism 3220 0 Kerala Kalal Idiga Telugu Hinduism 2100 0 Kerala Kalandi Malayalam Hinduism 360 0 Kerala Kalavant Kannada Other / Small 80 0 Kerala Kalladi Malayalam Hinduism 39960 0 Kerala Kallan Tamil Hinduism 33540 0 Kerala Kallasari Malayalam Hinduism 9550 0 Kerala Kallattu Kurup Malayalam Hinduism 940 0 Kerala Kamathi Telugu Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Kamboh (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 30 0 Kerala Kanakkan Malayalam Hinduism 244880 0 Kerala Kanikaran Kanikkaran Hinduism 26160 0.2675841 Kerala Kaniyan Malayalam Hinduism 91550 0 Kerala Kapu Telugu Hinduism 2750 0 Kerala Kapu Reddi Telugu Hinduism 1770 0 Kerala Kapu Vadugan Telugu Hinduism 60 0 Kerala Karimpalan Malayalam Hinduism 16430 0 Kerala Kasar (Hindu traditions) Marathi Hinduism 160 0 Kerala Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Kashmiri Islam 50 0 Kerala Kathikkaran Malayalam Hinduism 790 0 Kerala Kattunayakan Tamil Hinduism 18510 0.2160994 Kerala Kavara Tamil Hinduism 4190 0 Kerala Kavuthiyan Malayalam Hinduism 26260 0 Kerala Kharva (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 310 0 Kerala Khatri (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Kitaran Malayalam Hinduism 2940 0 Kerala Koli (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 1330 0 Kerala Koli Dhor Marathi Hinduism 50 0 Kerala Koli Mahadev Marathi Hinduism 460 0 Kerala Koli Malhar Marathi Hinduism 230 0 Kerala Koli of Sind (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Kollakar Malayalam Hinduism 1700 0 Kerala Konda Kapu Telugu Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Konda Reddi Telugu Hinduism 490 2.0408163 Kerala Koosa Kannada Hinduism 600 0 Kerala Kootan Malayalam Hinduism 5100 0 Kerala Koracha, caste Kannada Hinduism 10 0 Kerala Korama Kannada Hinduism 160 0 Kerala Kori Bengali Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Koshti Marathi Hinduism 200 0 Kerala Kota Kota Hinduism 100 0 Kerala Kotegar Kannada Hinduism 1450 0 Kerala Krishnanvak Malayalam Hinduism 47800 0 Kerala Kudavakkal Kannada Other / Small 100 0 Kerala Kudumban Tamil Hinduism 4600 0 Kerala Kudumi Tamil Hinduism 93990 0 Kerala Kumhar (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 6380 0 Kerala Kunbi (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 5480 0 Kerala Kunchatiga Kannada Hinduism 650 0 Kerala Kundavadiga Malayalam Hinduism 720 0 Kerala Kuravan Malayalam Hinduism 328770 1.7367765 Kerala Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 290 0 Kerala Kuruba Kannada Hinduism 2680 0 Kerala Kurukkal Malayalam Hinduism 3010 0 Kerala Kuruman Kurumba, Betta Hinduism 31950 0.5633803 Kerala Kuruman Tacchan Kurumba, Betta Hinduism 2100 0 Kerala Labana (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Lingader Marathi Other / Small 40 0 Kerala Lingayat Kannada Other / Small 6500 0 Kerala Lohana Gujarati Hinduism 60 0 Kerala Madiga (Hindu traditions) Telugu Hinduism 2680 0 Kerala Maha Malasar Tamil Hinduism 150 0 Kerala Mahar (Hindu traditions) Marathi Buddhism 1050 0 Kerala Mahishya Bengali Hinduism 60 0 Kerala Mahratta Marathi Hinduism 41030 0.0487448 Kerala Mahratta Kunbi Gujarati Hinduism 1800 0 Kerala Mahyavanshi Gujarati Hinduism 180 0 Kerala Maila Tulu Hinduism 1090 0 Kerala Mala (Hindu traditions) Telugu Hinduism 770 0 Kerala Mala Kuravan Tamil Hinduism 320 0 Kerala Mala Pulayan Telugu Hinduism 1340 0 Kerala Mala Urali Telugu Hinduism 3190 0 Kerala Malai Arayan Malayalam Hinduism 39430 47.679432 Kerala Malai Pandaram Tamil Hinduism 3290 0.3039514 Kerala Malai Vedan Malayalam Hinduism 7560 2.7777778 Kerala Malanaickan Kannada Hinduism 110 0 Kerala Malasar Tamil Hinduism 2100 0.952381 Kerala Malayalar Malayalam Hinduism 890 0 Kerala Malayan, caste Tamil Hinduism 6970 1.0043042 Kerala Malayan, tribal Malayalam Hinduism 16050 0 Kerala Malayekandi Malayalam Hinduism 1190 0 Kerala Malayekandi Vishavan Malayalam Hinduism 110 0 Kerala Mali (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 880 0 Kerala Mangala Telugu Hinduism 450 0 Kerala Mannan, caste Malayalam Hinduism 89480 0 Kerala Mannan, tribal Malayalam Hinduism 9500 0.8421053 Kerala Mappila Malayalam Islam 8531800 0 Kerala Marakkan (Hindu traditions) Malayalam Hinduism 6900 0 Kerala Marakkan (Muslim traditions) Tamil Islam 340 0 Kerala Maravan Tamil Hinduism 81150 0 Kerala Matang (Hindu traditions) Marathi Hinduism 440 0 Kerala Mavilan Tulu Hinduism 31410 0 Kerala Megh (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Meitei Meitei Hinduism 10 0 Kerala Memon Gujarati Islam 3620 0 Kerala Moger Tulu Hinduism 32800 0 Kerala Moghal Urdu Islam 1900 0 Kerala Mudugar Tamil Hinduism 410 0 Kerala Mukkari Malayalam Hinduism 1870 0 Kerala Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Malayalam Hinduism 134410 0 Kerala Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) Malayalam Islam 2470 0 Kerala Mukri Kannada Hinduism 60 0 Kerala Mundala Tulu Hinduism 520 0 Kerala Munnur Telugu Hinduism 630 0 Kerala Musari Malayalam Hinduism 3900 0 Kerala Muthan Malayalam Hinduism 4620 0 Kerala Muthuvan Malayalam Hinduism 25970 0.3080477 Kerala Mutrasi Telugu Hinduism 850 0 Kerala Nai (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 1730 0 Kerala Nai (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Nair Malayalam Hinduism 5062700 0 Kerala Nair Anthur Malayalam Hinduism 128100 0 Kerala Nalakeyava Kannada Hinduism 480 0 Kerala Nalkadaya Tulu Hinduism 1740 0 Kerala Namassej Bengali Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Narsanna Tulu Hinduism 560 0 Kerala Nau Buddh Marathi Buddhism 2610 0 Kerala Navait Malayalam Islam 24030 0 Kerala Navithan Tamil Hinduism 21090 0 Kerala Nayadi Gujarati Hinduism 4240 0 Kerala Padannan Malayalam Hinduism 8360 0 Kerala Pagadai Telugu Hinduism 480 0 Kerala Paliya Bengali Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Palluvan Malayalam Hinduism 4230 0 Kerala Pambada Tulu Hinduism 210 0 Kerala Panan Tamil Hinduism 62460 0 Kerala Panchama Telugu Hinduism 70 0 Kerala Pandaram Malayalam Hinduism 19680 0 Kerala Panditattan Malayalam Hinduism 10370 0 Kerala Panika Chhattisgarhi Hinduism 40 0 Kerala Panikkan Tamil Hinduism 1960 0 Kerala Paniyan Paniya Hinduism 100020 0.239952 Kerala Pannadi Tamil Hinduism 200 0 Kerala Pardhi Pardhi Hinduism 2230 0 Kerala Parsee Gujarati Other / Small 30 0 Kerala Pashtun Northern Urdu Islam 43410 0 Kerala Pathiyan Malayalam Hinduism 12880 0 Kerala Pathynaickan Malayalam Hinduism 250 0 Kerala Persian Persian, Iranian Islam 50 0 Kerala Perumannan Malayalam Hinduism 45790 0 Kerala Pichakuntla Telugu Hinduism 130 0 Kerala Pod Bengali Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Prabhu Kayastha Marathi Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Pulaya Vettuvan Malayalam Hinduism 960 2.0833333 Kerala Pulayan Malayalam Hinduism 1260210 0 Kerala Pulayan Thanda Malayalam Hinduism 25340 0 Kerala Pulayan Wayanad Malayalam Hinduism 400 0 Kerala Puthirai Vannan Tamil Hinduism 1120 0 Kerala Rabari (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Raddi Kannada Other / Small 190 0 Kerala Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) Rajbanshi Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Rajpur Konkani, Goan Hinduism 6380 0 Kerala Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 520 0 Kerala Rajput Mahratta (Hindu traditions) Marathi Hinduism 390 0 Kerala Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 160 0 Kerala Rajput Rathor Hindi Hinduism 140 0 Kerala Rajput Thakur Kangri Hinduism 170 0 Kerala Rajput unspecified (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 28050 0 Kerala Rajput unspecified (Muslim traditions) Urdu Islam 170 0 Kerala Rajput unspecified (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 870 0 Kerala Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Raneyar Kannada Hinduism 480 0 Kerala Rathawa Rathawi Hinduism 50 0 Kerala Saini (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Sali Kannada Hinduism 67550 0 Kerala Sali Pattariyan Tamil Hinduism 1430 0 Kerala Samagara Kannada Hinduism 490 0 Kerala Samanthan Odia Hinduism 2370 0 Kerala Samban Tamil Hinduism 3030 0 Kerala Sarera (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 20 0 Kerala Sayyid Urdu Islam 16840 0 Kerala Semman Tamil Hinduism 2300 0 Kerala Shabi Malayalam Islam 1700 0 Kerala Shaikh Urdu Islam 45610 0 Kerala Shaikh Qureshi Urdu Islam 830 0 Kerala Silpi Telugu Hinduism 19560 0 Kerala Sinhalese Sinhala Buddhism 360 0 Kerala Sonar (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Tamboli (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 160 0 Kerala Tamil (Muslim traditions) Tamil Islam 105600 0 Kerala Tanti (Hindu traditions) Bengali Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Tarkhan (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern Other / Small 60 0 Kerala Teli (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 4540 0 Kerala Thakkar Marathi Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Thandan Malayalam Hinduism 220280 4.339931 Kerala Thandan Palakkad Malayalam Hinduism 6120 0 Kerala Thantapulayan Malayalam Hinduism 5140 0 Kerala Thoti, caste Telugu Hinduism 920 0 Kerala Tiyattunni Malayalam Hinduism 440 0 Kerala Ulladan Malayalam Hinduism 20200 3.1683168 Kerala Vaddar (Hindu traditions) Telugu Hinduism 7670 2.3468057 Kerala Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Gujarati Hinduism 50 0 Kerala Vakkaliga Kannada Hinduism 33720 0 Kerala Valan Malayalam Hinduism 54770 0 Kerala Valanchian Malayalam Hinduism 5080 0 Kerala Vallan Malayalam Hinduism 610 0 Kerala Valluvan Tamil Hinduism 22020 0 Kerala Vaniyan Tamil Other / Small 215620 0.48233 Kerala Vannan Wayanad Malayalam Hinduism 180 0 Kerala Vanniyan Tamil Hinduism 136110 0 Kerala Varli Varli Hinduism 20 0 Kerala Velakkithalanayan Malayalam Hinduism 159780 0 Kerala Velan Malayalam Hinduism 82090 0 Kerala Vellalan Tamil Hinduism 359300 1.8174228 Kerala Vellalan Kongu Tamil Hinduism 960 0 Kerala Vellalan Nanjanad Tamil Hinduism 96430 0 Kerala Veluthadanayar Malayalam Hinduism 103680 0 Kerala Vettakkaran Tamil Hinduism 2510 0 Kerala Vettuvan Malayalam Hinduism 162530 0 Kerala Viswakarma Telugu Hinduism 902730 0.3755276 Kerala Viswakarma Asari Malayalam Hinduism 372440 0.0590699 Kerala Viswakarma Kallan Muppan Malayalam Hinduism 9270 0 Kerala Viswakarma Kallasari Malayalam Hinduism 53150 0 Kerala Viswakarma Kollan Malayalam Hinduism 128340 0 Kerala Viswakarma Thattan Malayalam Hinduism 127680 0 Kerala Viswakarma Vilkurup Malayalam Hinduism 8310 0 Kerala Yadav (Hindu traditions) Hindi Hinduism 3300 0 Kerala Yadav Sadgope Bengali Hinduism 30 0 Kerala Yenadi Telugu Hinduism 1820 0 Kerala Yerava Ravula Hinduism 330 0 Kerala Yerukula Yerukula Hinduism 110 0