India, Tamil Nadu state, Tenkasi district people groups

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Major People Groups *

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

1,586,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.8 %

Hindu

85.1 %

Muslim

9.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Adi Dravida	38,000	8,995,000	0.4225 0.4%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Adi Dravida Christian	4,700	689,000	0.6821 0.7%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	16,000	695,000	2.3022 2.3%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Agamudaiyan unspecified	23,000	935,000	2.4599 2.5%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Aiyanavar	400	5,700	7.0175 7.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	1
Aiyanavar Christian	800	18,000	4.4444 4.4%	Telugu	Christian	OBC	3
Alavan	500	8,200	6.0976 6.1%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Ambalavasi	1,300	167,000	0.7784 0.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Anuppan	40	1,100	3.6364 3.6%	Kannada	Hindu	OBC	0
Arasar	1,100	18,000	6.1111 6.1%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Arasar Christian	2,800	60,000	4.6667 4.7%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Arunthathiyar	20,000	1,074,000	1.8622 1.9%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	5,400	3,781,000	0.1428 0.1%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania Chetti	2,400	772,000	0.3109 0.3%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania unspecified	6,200	30,963,000	0.0200 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
Boya	51,000	4,213,000	1.2105 1.2%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Brahmin Ashtashasram	400	38,000	1.0526 1.1%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Dravida	4,100	130,000	3.1538 3.2%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Iyer	4,900	302,000	1.6225 1.6%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	2,700	152,000	1.7763 1.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Potti	800	29,000	2.7586 2.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Sholiar	1,100	50,000	2.2000 2.2%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Tamil	6,500	493,000	1.3185 1.3%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Telugu	1,000	1,080,000	0.0926 0.1%	Telugu	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin unspecified	41,000	61,578,000	0.0666 0.1%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Major Groups (displayed): 99	1,563,000						84 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 243	1,586,000						211 ●

* 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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Prayer Cards

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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