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
Brahmin Velanadu	1,100	129,000	0.8527 0.9%	Telugu	Hindu	FC	0
Chackaravar	2,300	35,000	6.5714 6.6%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Chackaravar Christian	300	5,100	5.8824 5.9%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	7,900	903,000	0.8749 0.9%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Chavalakkaran	400	22,000	1.8182 1.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Chavalakkaran Christian	90	4,200	2.1429 2.1%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Chayakkaran	400	44,000	0.9091 0.9%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Cherumar Christian	12,000	485,000	2.4742 2.5%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Christian	2,600	1,469,000	0.1770 0.2%	Hindi	Christian	OBC	3
Devendrakulathan	4,600	92,000	5.0000 5.0%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Divehi	20	1,300	1.5385 1.5%	Maldivian	Muslim	OBC	0
Idayan	3,400	75,000	4.5333 4.5%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Ilavan	95,000	6,094,000	1.5589 1.6%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Kaikolan	25,000	2,603,000	0.9604 1.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,800	4,057,000	0.0444 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kallan Tondaman	17,000	477,000	3.5639 3.6%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kallan unspecified	40,000	1,338,000	2.9895 3.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kapu unspecified	4,500	16,664,000	0.0270 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kattunayakan	3,100	70,000	4.4286 4.4%	Tamil	Hindu	ST	1
Kavathi	1,400	22,000	6.3636 6.4%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Kavathi Christian	200	4,300	4.6512 4.7%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Keralamuthali	900	6,300	14.2857 14.3%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Keralamuthali Christian	90	3,300	2.7273 2.7%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Kuda Korava	60	1,900	3.1579 3.2%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	16,789,000	0.0071 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	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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