% variation attributable to a
	Fst					Between groups					Between populations within groups
	mt		Y			mt		Y			mt		Y
Grouping	RSP	HVS1	RSP	STRP	Auto	RSP	HVS1	RSP	STRP	Auto	RSP	HVS1	RSP	STRP	Auto
2 groups: caste and tribe	0.112	0.102	0.233	0.211	0.053	2.38	0.62	7.87	0.42	0.99	8.81	9.56	14.97	10.04	4.25
6 groups: geographical regions	0.108	0.099	0.241	0.229	0.052	4.32	1.01	11.29	3.16	1.88	6.51	8.99	12.49	8.1	3.32
4 groups: linguistic groups	0.109	0.101	0.243	0.232	0.055	2.64	1.29	8.51	1.86	1.89	8.29	8.90	15.30	8.97	3.46
3 groups: ranked castes—upper, middle and lower	0.056	0.033	0.144	0.119	0.020	0.37	0	5.39	0	0.11	5.23	3.83	8.38	4.67	1.78
Upper castes of different geographical regions	0.101	0.045	0.089	0.249	0.008	11.10	1.71	4.02	3.67	0.98	0	2.78	4.83	1.24	0
Middle castes of different geographical regions	0.053	0.047	0.050	0.115	0.022	2.46	0.66	0	0.65	0	2.88	4.05	10.51	3.88	2.29
Lower castes of four different geographical regions	0.010	0.016	0.192	0.121	0.023	0.84	0	0	0	0	0.16	1.83	32.24	9.17	4.77
4 groups: tribes of four different geographical regions (Northeast, East, South, and Central)	0.138	0.158	0.239	0.272	0.069	1.88	1.90	5.25	1.37	2.12	11.94	13.90	18.70	10.03	4.47
4 groups: tribes of four different linguistic groups	0.136	0.157	0.243	0.275	0.069	0.40	0.06	6.86	0.82	1.80	13.15	15.39	17.54	10.52	4.84

^a The percentages of variation attributable to "between individuals within groups" are not shown. These are obtainable by subtracting from 100 the sum of the percentages of total variation attributable to the other two sources of variation that are shown.

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