the sayyid population in india is distributed. the total population of sayyids in india is 7,017,000, the largest populations being those of uttar pradesh (1,493,000), maharashtra (1,108,000), karnataka (766,000), andhra pradesh (727,000), rajasthan (497,000), bihar (419,000), west bengal (372,000), madhya pradesh (307,000), gujarat (245,000), and tamil nadu (206,000), with 25,000 in jammu and kashmir. sayyids are also found in the north-eastern state of assam, where locally they are also referred to as "dawans".