A list of Indian castes:

• Adi Dravida
  • Arunthathiyar
  • Chakkili
  • Paraiah
  • Pallas
• Arora
• Aryan
  • Arya Samaj
  • Arya Vysya
• Bahi
• Balija Naidu
• Baniya
  • Agarwal
  • Barnwal
  • Magahi Sahu Vaishya
  • Mahuri
  • Maheshwari
• Bhandari
• Bhatia
• Billava
• Brahmin
  • Smartha or Advaitic Brahmins
    • South Indian Smartha (Advaitic) Brahmins
      • Iyer
      • Vaidike Mulukanadu
      • Vaidiki Velanadu
      • Vaidiki Telanganya
      • Namboothiri
      • Badaganadu
      • Hoysala Kannada
      • Koti Brahmin
      • Babboor Kamme
      • Arvel Niyogi Brahmins
    • Maharashtrian Smartha (Advaitic) Brahmins
      • Karhade
      • Deshastha
      • Konkanastha or Chitpavan
      • Devrukhe
    • Saraswat Brahmins
      • Gaud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB's)
      • Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins (CSB's)
  • Iyengar or Vishishtadvaitic Brahmins
    • Vadagalai
    • Tengalai
    • Hebbar
    • Mysore
  • Madhva or Dvaitic Brahmins
    • Madhva Deshasta - Maharashtrian Madhva community
  • Anavil Brahmin
  • Audichya Brahmin
  • Bengali Brahmin
  • Bhumihar Brahmin
  • Kanyakubja Brahmin
• Chamar
• Chettiar
• Chura
• Dalit (outcaste)
• Dhangar
• Ediga
• Ezhava
• Goud
• Jat
• Kalal
• Kamboj, Kamboh (modern representatives of ancient Indo-Iranian Aryan Kambojas).
• Kamma
• Kayastha
• Khatri
• Kuravar
• Kuruba Gowda
• Lobana
• Lohana
• Lohar
• Maravar
• Mudaliar
• Mahadiga
  • Madiga
  • Jambavas
  • Madar
• Mahar
• Maratha
• Mazabhi
• Mistry
• Nadar caste
• Naidu
• Nai
• Nair
• Paravas or bharathar or Fernandos
• Pillai
• Rajput
• Reddiar
• Reddy
• Saini
• Saka
• Tarkhan
• Tigala
• Valmiki
• Yadav
• Vokkaliga