The people of Etwah constitutes of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains and Buddhists. Hindus constituted majority of the population. The major community of Hindus were originally divided into four branches as Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra. There are several social groups like Kayasths, Gujars etc. The hierarchical order of the Hindu castes is Chamar, Ahirs, Brahmans, Rajputs, Chauha and Sengars.
The majority of the Muslims in the district belong to the Sunni sect. Among them the most numerous are the Sheiks. Pathans are more evenly distributed than Sheiks. The remaining Muslim subdivisions, mostly occupational are the Darzi, Hajjam, Dhobi, Qassab, Faqir, Lohar and Bhisti etc.
The Sikhs constitutes 0.12% of the district population. The Christians constitute only 0.01 per cent of the district population. 0.17% of the total population are Jains. They are usually called Saraogis. Buddhists constitutes 0.27 percent of the district population.
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