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Major People Groups *

69

Major Unreached People Groups *

63

Total Population

797,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.4 %

Hindu

89.5 %

Muslim

8.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu % Muslim % Buddhist % Christian % Sikh % Other %
Adi Dravida 125,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0-0.1% 0-0.1% - -
Adiyan 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 7,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 10-50% - -
Agamudaiyan unspecified 8,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Chetti 8,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Bania unspecified 14,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Basor 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Boya 2,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Iyer 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0-0.1% - 0-0.1%
Chayakkaran 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Hill Pulayan 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ilavan 39,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaikolan 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Kallan Tondaman 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kallan unspecified 58,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Koliyan 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 2-5% - -
Kuda Korava 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mahratta unspecified 3,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Malakkuravan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Malakuravan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mannan, caste 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Maravan 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 2-5% - -
Mutali 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nair 12,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Navithan 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Pallan (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0-0.1% 0.1-2% - -
Palliyan 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Panikkan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 49,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0-0.1% 0.1-2% 0-0.1% -
Pashtun, Pathan 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Razu 2,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sayyid 2,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 8,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 49,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Valluvan 2,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vaniyan 3,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Vannan (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vanniyan 56,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Velakkithalanayan 2,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 4,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 5,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Vellalan Sozhia 4,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vellalan unspecified 46,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Vellalan Virakodi 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma Asari 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma unspecified 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Yadav Gola 2,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  69 776,000   63 ● 50-100% 5-10% 0-0.1% 2-5% 0-0.1% 0-0.1%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  223 797,000   201 ● 50-100% 5-10% 0-0.1% 2-5% 0-0.1% 0-0.1%
* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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