Ethnic India: A Genomic View, With Special Reference to Peopling and Structure

Table 1.

Names of Study Populations, Sample Sizes, Linguistic, and Ethnological Information



Sample size


mt
Population namea[code]
RSP
HVS1 seq
Y
Autosomal
Linguistic affiliation
Social category
1. Agharia [AGH]3 24 10 9 24 Indo-European Middle caste
2. Ambalakarer [AMB]4 30 10 18 50 Dravidian Middle caste
3. Bagdi [BAG]3 31 10 11 31 Indo-European Lower caste
4. Chakma [CHK]2 10 10 4 10 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
5. Chamar [CHA]1 25 10 18 25 Indo-European Lower caste
6. Gaud [GAU]3 13 10 4 15 Indo-European Middle caste
7. Gond [GND]6 51 10 Dravidian—Gondi dialect Tribe
8. Halba [HAL]6 47 20 20 48 Indo-European Primarily Marathi Tribe
9. Ho [HO]3 54 10 20 54 Austro-Asiatic Tribe
10. Irula [ILA]4 30 14 18 50 Dravidian Tribe
11. lyengar [IYN]4 30 10 20 51 Dravidian Upper caste
12. lyer [IYR]4 30 10 20 50 Dravidian Upper caste
13. Jamatiya [JAM]2 55 10 16 55 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
14. Jat Sikh [JSK]1 48 15 Indo-European Middle caste
15. Kamar [KMR]6 54 10 19 57 Dravidian Tribe
16. Khatris [KHT]1 48 15 Indo-European Middle caste
17. Konkan Brahmins [KBR]5 31 10 Indo-European Upper caste
18. Kota [KOT]4 30 25 15 45 Dravidian Tribe
19. Kurumba [KUR]4 30 10 18 54 Dravidian Tribe
20. Lodha [LOD]3 32 14 17 32 Austro-Asiatic Tribe
21. Mahishya [MAH]3 33 10 9 34 Indo-European Middle caste
22. Manipuri (Meitei) [MNP]2 11 9 Tibeto-Burman Upper caste
23. Maratha [MRT]5 41 10 Indo-European Middle caste
24. Mizo [MZO]2 29 14 20 29 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
25. Mog [MOG]2 25 10 6 25 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
26. Munda [MUN]3 7 6 49 Austro-Asiatic Tribe
27. Muria [MUR]6 30 12 8 28 Dravidian—Gondi dialect Tribe
28. Muslim [MUS]1 28 10 19 Indo-European Islamic religious group
29. Naba-Baudh [NBH]5 40 10 Indo-European Lower caste (recently adopted Buddhism)
30. Pallan [PLN]4 30 10 15 50 Dravidian Lower caste
31. Punjab Brahmins [PBR]1 48 12 Indo-European Upper caste
32. Rajput [RAJ]1 51 10 35 52 Indo-European Middle caste
33. Riang [RIA]2 51 12 17 50 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
34. Santal [SAN]3 20 14 15 24 Austro-Asiatic Tribe
35. Saryupari Brahmins [SBR]6 26 19 Indo-European Upper caste
36. Scheduled caste-Punjab [SCH]1 48 15 Indo-European Lower caste
37. Tanti [TAN]3 16 10 6 16 Indo-European Lower caste
38. Tripperah (Tripuri) [TRI]2 51 20 17 50 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
39. Toda [TOD]4 50 10 8 50 Dravidian Tribe
40. Toto [TTO]3 30 20 12 30 Tibeto-Burman Tribe
41. Uttar Pradesh Brahmins [UBR]1 27 10 17 27 Indo-European Upper caste
42. Vanniyar [VAN]4 30 10 14 50 Dravidian Middle caste
43. Vellala [VLR]4 43 10 16 43 Dravidian Middle caste
44. West Bengal Brahmins [WBR]3
22
10
13
23
Indo-European
Upper caste
  • a Geographical location: 1 = North, 2 = Northeast, 3 = East, 4 = South, 5 = West, and 6 = Central.

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