Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

99

Major Unreached People Groups *

84

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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Photo People Group Population
in District
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in District
Primary Language Primary Religion Community
Category
Progress
Scale
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,300 446,000 0.7% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Malakkuravan 500 21,000 2.4% Tamil Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Mangala 1,100 2,047,000 0.1% Telugu Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Maravan 198,000 3,375,000 5.9% Tamil Hindu FC Progress Gauge
Nadar (Christian traditions) 30,000 1,358,000 2.2% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 73,000 3,178,000 2.3% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Nair 82,000 7,077,000 1.2% Malayalam Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Navithan 19,000 853,000 2.2% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Pagadai 200 8,700 2.3% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Pallan (Christian traditions) 12,000 482,000 2.5% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 158,000 2,570,000 6.1% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Panan 1,100 246,000 0.4% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 16,000 822,000 1.9% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 50,000 2,306,000 2.2% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Puthirai Vannan 3,500 31,000 11.3% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 12,582,000 0.0% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,600 48,473,000 0.0% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Sali 3,800 1,107,000 0.3% Kannada Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Sali Pattariyan 300 3,500 8.6% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Sayyid 13,000 8,390,000 0.2% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Semman 400 5,200 7.7% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified 36,000 90,380,000 0.0% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Soligar 100 6,600 1.5% Sholaga Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 93,000 3,366,000 2.8% Tamil Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Tholuva Naicker 20 1,000 2.0% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
  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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