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Ilavan of India

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Map source: Joshua Project / Global Mapping International

Population ^[2]	Language	Religion	% Christian	% Evangl	Online NT	Jesus Film	Progress
6,312,000	Malayalam	Hinduism	1.73 %	Unknown			1.1

Ilavan of India

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Text source: Joshua Project Introduction / History The Ilavan are also known as Izhava or Ezhavas. They live primarily in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They work as toddy-tappers. This means they extract sap from palms such as coconut and palmyra to make an alcoholic beverage. They grow coconut, palm and sugar. Some of them converted to Christian while under British rule. Because of the makeup of their society, this segment became a separate subgroup known as the Chogan. A caste association was established in the group in 1903. It was named after Narayana Guru. He established an ashram where he proclaimed his message of "one caste, one religion, one god". View Ilavan in all countries.
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Geography

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31 (, 1 = highest persecution ranking)

Yes

Population in Country:

6,312,000

Largest States:

Kerala (4,093,000)	Tamil Nadu (2,030,000)
Karnataka (68,000)	Maharashtra (40,000)
Delhi (9,900)	Andhra Pradesh (7,400)
Pondicherry (3,100)	Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3,100)
Gujarat (2,700)	Madhya Pradesh (2,300)

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Peoples ^[3]

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People Name in Country:

Ilavan

People Name General:

Alternate People Names:

Chogan	Chovan
Ezhava	Illattu Pillai
Iluvan	Izhattu Pillaimar
Izhava	Izhuva
Izhuvan	Panikkur
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Population in Country:

6,312,000

Population all Countries:

Yes

Ethnicity

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CNN23b

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Language

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Primary Language:

(4,183,000 Speakers)

mal

Secondary Languages:

Tamil (2,240,000)	Konkani (9,000)
Tulu (4,800)	Kannada (3,800)
Konkani, Goan (2,300)

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Religion ^[4]

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Primary Religion:

Buddhism	0.00 %
Christianity	1.73 %	(Evangelical: Data not available)
Ethnic Religions	0.00 %
Hinduism	98.27 %
Islam	0.00 %
Non-Religious	0.00 %
Other / Small	0.00 %
Unknown	0.00 %

Progress Indicators ^[5]

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1.1

Yes

Bible Translation Status

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Bible Portions:

1968

New Testament:

1995

Complete Bible:

2004

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Audio Recordings	MegaVoice Audio Bible and Stories
Audio Recordings	Fathers Love Letter
Audio Recordings	Global Recordings
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (FCBH)
Audio Recordings	Online New Testament (Talking Bibles)
Film / Video	Gods Story
Film / Video	Jesus Film: view in Malayalam
Film / Video	Magdalena (Jesus Film Project)
Film / Video	Story of Jesus for Children
Film / Video	World Christian Videos
General	Bible Visuals
General	Evangelism Toolbox
General	Who is God Tract
Printed Matter	Literacy & Evangelism International
Printed Matter	No Frontiers Literature
Scripture	Bible Gateway Scripture
Scripture	Bible-in-Your-Language
Scripture	International Bible Society
Scripture	World Bible Translation Center
Scripture	World Missionary Press Booklets
Scripture	World Scriptures
Worship / Music	Ethnic Worship Music

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