Table 1.
25 groups sampled from 13 states of India
| Sampling location | Min FST to others | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Samples | Language family | Traditional caste or social designation | State/Territory | Nearest large town city or island | Latitude / Longitude | Census size† | Raw | Inbreeding corrected |
| Kashmiri Pandit | 5 | Indo-European | Upper caste | Kashmir | Dras | 34°22’ N / 75°50’ E | 7,000 | 0.0005 | 0.0023 |
| Vaish | 4 | Indo-European | Upper caste | Uttar Pradesh | Jaunpur | 25°46’ N / 82°44’ E | 25,000,000 | 0.0005 | 0.0020 |
| Srivastava | 2 | Indo-European | Upper caste | Uttar Pradesh | Mirzapur | 25°10’ N / 82°37’ E | 10,000,000 | 0.0029 | 0.0023 |
| Sahariya | 4 | Indo-European | Lower caste | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad | 25°28’ N / 81°54’ E | 41,000 a | 0.0089 | 0.0087 |
| Lodi | 5 | Indo-European | Lower caste | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | 26°45’ N / 83°24’ E | 57,000 | 0.0029 | 0.0028 |
| Satnami | 4 | Indo-European | Lower caste | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | 20°29’ N / 85°58’ E | 4,200,000 | 0.0038 | 0.0039 |
| Bhil | 7 | Indo-European | Tribal | Gujarat | Ahmedabad | 23°02’ N / 72°40’ E | 7,400,000 a | 0.0022 | 0.0027 |
| Tharu | 9 | Indo-European | Tribal | Uttarkhand | Nainital | 29°23’ N / 79°30’ E | 96,000 a | 0.0009 | 0.0017 |
| Meghawal | 5 | Indo-European | Lower caste | Rajasthan | Jodhpur | 26°18’ N / 73°04’ E | 890,000 | 0.0034 | 0.0048 |
| Vysya | 5 | Dravidian | Middle caste | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | 14°41’ N / 77°39’ E | 3,200,000 | 0.0108 | 0.0087 |
| Naidu | 4 | Dravidian | Upper caste | Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor | 13°13’ N / 79°06’ E | 19,000,000 | 0.0052 | 0.0022 |
| Velama | 4 | Dravidian | Upper caste | Andhra Pradesh | Mahboob Nagar | 16°31’ N / 75°51’ E | 13,000,000 | 0.0078 | 0.0038 |
| Madiga | 4 | Dravidian | Lower caste | Andhra Pradesh | Warangal | 17°58’ N / 79°35’ E | 1,600,000 b | 0.0038 | 0.0028 |
| Mala | 3 | Dravidian | Lower caste | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | 17°22’ N / 78°29’ E | 2,900,000 b | 0.0038 | 0.0030 |
| Kamsali | 4 | Dravidian | Lower caste | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | 15°49’ N / 78°02’ E | 5,100,000 | 0.0055 | 0.0022 |
| Chenchu | 6 | Dravidian | Tribal | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | 17°22’ N / 78°28’ E | 28,000 a | 0.0524 | 0.0536 |
| Kurumba | 9 | Dravidian | Tribal | Kerala | Palakkad | 10°54’ N / 76°27’ E | 1,300 a | 0.0021 | 0.0017 |
| Hallaki | 7 | Dravidian | Tribal | Karnataka | Uttara Kannada | 13°55’ N / 74°09’ E | 75,000 | 0.0072 | 0.0045 |
| Santhal | 7 | Austro-Asiatic | Tribal | Jharkhand | Santhal Pargana | 24°30’ N / 87°30’ E | 2,100,000 a | 0.0045 | 0.0057 |
| Kharia | 6 | Austro-Asiatic | Tribal | Madhya Pradesh | Raigarh | 23°08’ N / 73°07’ E | 6,900 a | 0.0045 | 0.0057 |
| Nyshi | 4 | Tibeto-Burman | Tribal | Arunachal Pradesh | Papum Pare | 26°55’ N / 92°40’ E | 56,000 a | 0.0215 | 0.0198 |
| Ao Naga | 4 | Tibeto-Burman | Tribal | Nagaland | Kohima | 25°40’ N / 94°08’ E | 105,000 a | 0.0215 | 0.0198 |
| Siddi | 4 | Dravidian* | Tribal | Karnataka | Dharwand | 15°27’ N / 75°05’ E | 25,000 | 0.0746 | 0.0757 |
| Onge | 9 | Jarawa-Onge | Hunter gatherer | Andaman & Nicobar | Little Andaman | 10°30’ N / 92°30’ E | 97 a | 0.0905 | 0.0934 |
| Gr. Andamanese | 7 | Andamanese | Hunter gatherer | Andaman & Nicobar | Great Andaman | 12°12’ N / 93°00’ E | 42 a | 0.0386 | 0.0414 |
*
The language of the Siddi is Dravidian, but their ancestors spoke a Bantu language.
†
Census estimates correspond to all of India.
Numbers are based on:
a
Singh KS (1994) People of India, National Series, Volume III, Scheduled Tribes. Oxford University Press, Oxford;
b
Singh KS (1993) People of India, National Series, Volume III, Scheduled Castes. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
For some groups (without a superscript) we obtained estimates from the Census of India 1991, Registrar General Office, Government of India.