Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adi Andhra | 300 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 4,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 9,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Ahinkuntaya | 7,500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,400 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Ambalavasi | 5,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Ambattan | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Ansari | 300 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Arab | 800 | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Badahala | 14,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 13,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bania Chetti | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bania unspecified | 4,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 4,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Batgama | 94,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 93,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bengali Muslim Moghal | 200 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Berava | 45,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 44,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | 40 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bintanna | 800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bodhivansha | 1,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Bohra | 200 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Boya | 9,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 18,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 18,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Brahmin unspecified | 23,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 23,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Burgher | 3,700 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | 3,300 | -1 - | 60 | |
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 2,400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 16,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 16,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Christian | 900 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Couratto | 2,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 6,500 | Tamil | 1 ● | 6,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Dodda-Weddah | 7,500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,400 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Gahala | 2,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Gattara | 93,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 91,000 | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Gauraykwallu | 3,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,900 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Goanese | 40 | Konkani | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Govigama | 65,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 64,000 | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Govigama Patti | 3,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,400 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Govigama Radala | 3,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,400 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Hajam | 1,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Hakki Pikki | 800 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Handi | 1,000 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Hannali | 40,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 39,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Hanomoreyo | 900 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Heeri | 7,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,900 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Henawalayo | 3,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,000 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Hinna | 31,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 30,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Hunna | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Idayan | 4,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Ilavan | 37,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 37,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Ilavan Christian | 5,800 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Indian Tamil | 4,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Japanese | 400 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | |
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Javanese | 100 | Javanese | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kaikolan | 43,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 37,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kallan | 9,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 9,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kapu | 1,100 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Karaiyar | 15,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Karava | 127,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 125,000 | 2,800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kiddea | 1,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kinnara | 7,200 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,200 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Koviar | 2,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | 3,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 2,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Kustarogiyo | 1,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Malay, Javar | 3,100 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Malayan, caste | 100 | Malayalam | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Mappila | 1,100 | Malayalam | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Maravan | 55,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 48,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 7,200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Maravar | 6,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 6,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Mauritian | 100 | Morisyen | 2 ● | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Memon | 300 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 5,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 5,200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 17,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Nair | 2,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Nalavar | 3,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Navait | 2,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Navandanna | 138,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 136,000 | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Navithan | 13,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Oli | 3,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,700 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Osta (Nasuva) | 500 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Palla | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 4,100 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 4,100 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 28,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 28,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pallar | 4,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Palliwilli | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pamunu | 3,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,700 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Panan | 3,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Panna | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pannikki | 30,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 29,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 9,700 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 9,700 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 62,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 62,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Paraiyar | 5,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,800 | -1 - | 600 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pashtun, Pathan | 7,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 7,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pidayne Danno | 1,100 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Porowakara | 400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Primanar | 4,400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 4,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Pulayan | 2,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Radava | 22,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 21,000 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Radayo | 900 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Rajaka | 19,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Rodiya | 3,100 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sali, Seriyar | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Samban | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sayyid | 9,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 9,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Semman | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Shaikh | 35,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 35,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Silpi | 2,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 60 | Sindhi | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sinhalese | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 9,500 | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 4,100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 4,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sri Lanka Chetti | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sri Lanka Moor | 41,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 41,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Sri Lankan Tamil | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 175,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 175,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Tattar | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 3,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Thacher | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Thanakavar | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Thimilar | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Valluvan | 1,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vaniyan | 9,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 2,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 15,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vannar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vanniyan | 22,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,800 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vanniyar | 2,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vellalan | 17,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vellalar | 94,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 94,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vellidura | 1,300 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Vettar | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | |
Viswakarma | 4,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 4,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Wahumpura | 951,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 930,000 | 20,000 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 5,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 5,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Yamannu | 19,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | |
Totals: 139 | 2,716,000 | 60 ● | 595,000 | 278,000 | 1,742,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 100 |