Ethnic and social groups of Goa and the Konkan

The Saraswats are a sub-group of Hindu Brahmins of India who trace their ancestry to the banks of the mythical Sarasvati River. The Saraswat Brahmins are mentioned as one of the five Pancha Gauda Brahmin communities.

Dhangar is a herding caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and almost all state. They are referred as Dhangar in southern Maharashtra and Some Gavlis live in forested hill tracts of India's Western Ghats. , Dange or Mhaske, and are a sub-caste of Dhangar. However, there are many distinct gadricastes in Maharashtra and Dhangar Gadariya is one of them.

Karhaḍe Brahmins (also spelled as Karada Brahmins or Karad Brahmins) are a Hindu Brahmin sub-caste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra.

The Chitpavan Brahmin or Konkanastha Brahmin (i.e., "Brahmins native to the Konkan") is a Hindu Maharashtrian Brahmin community inhabiting Konkan, the coastal region of the state of Maharashtra in India. The community came into prominence during the 18th century when the heirs of Peshwa from the Bhat family of Balaji Vishwanath became the de facto rulers of the Maratha empire. Under the British Raj, they were the one of the Hindu communities in Maharashtra to flock to western education and they provided the bulk of social reformers, educationalists and nationalists of the late 19th century. Until the 18th century, the Chitpavans were held in low esteem by the Deshastha, the older established Brahmin community of Maharashtra region.

Chitrapur Saraswats are a small Konkani-speaking community of Hindu Brahmins in India. They are traditionally found along the Kanara coast and call themselves Bhanaps in the Konkani language.

Konkani people (Koṅkaṇī lok also Koṅkaṇe, Koṅkaṇstha) are an ethno-linguistic community who inhabit and originate the Konkan region of south-western India, and speak various dialects of the Konkani language. They also reside in Kanara (coastal Karnataka), Malabar (coastal Kerala), Goa and Damaon, and Maharashtra.

Mangalorean Catholics (Konkani: Kodialchein Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Catholics following the Latin Rite from the Mangalore Diocese (erstwhile South Canara district) on the southwestern coast of Karnataka, India. They are Konkani people and speak the Konkani language.

Goan Catholics (Konkani: Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Christians following the Roman Rite from the state of Goa on the west coast of India. They are Konkani people and speak the Konkani language.

Goans ( Goan Konkani: गोंयकार, goykār ; Romi lipi: Goenkar; Portuguese: Goesas) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, who form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Indo-Portuguese and Austro-Asiatic ethnic and/or linguistic ancestries. They speak different dialects of Konkani natively. Goanese is an incorrect usage for Goans.

The Maratha (or Mahratta) caste was originally formed from the amalgamation of families from the agricultural castes in Maharashtra who took to military service under the various Muslim rulers and later in the armies of Shivaji and earned vatans and inams in return.