Ilavan in India
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The Ilavan are also known as Izhava or Ezhavas. They live primarily in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. They work as toddy-tappers. This means they extract sap from palms such as coconut and palmyra to make an alcoholic beverage. They grow coconut, palm and sugar.
Some of them converted to Christian while under British rule. Because of the makeup of their society, this segment became a separate subgroup known as the Chogan.
A caste association was established in the group in 1903. It was named after Narayana Guru. He established an ashram where he proclaimed his message of "one caste, one religion, one god".
www.uscwm.info/op1040/pdfs/50.pdf
http://gurunarayana.blogspot.in/2010/03/zhava_13.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezhava
| Profile Source: Joshua Project |
| People Name General | Ilavan |
| People Name in Country | Ilavan |
| Population in India | 5,888,000 |
| World Population | 5,969,000 |
| Total Countries | 2 |
| Indigenous | Yes |
| Unreached | Yes |
| Pioneer Workers Needed | 117 |
| Progress Scale | 1 ● |
| GSEC | 4 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
| Alternate Names | Chogan, Chovan, Ezawa, Ezhava, Illathu Pillaimar, Illattu Pillai, Iluvan, Izhattu Pillaimar, Izhava, Izhuva, Izhuvan, Panikkur, Thiya, Tiya, Tiyan, Tiyyan, इलवान |
| People ID | 16965 |
| ROP3 Code | 112271 |
| Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples | |||
| People Cluster | Malayali | |||
| People Group | Ilavan | |||
| Ethnic Code | CNN23b | |||
| Total Subgroups on file | 2 | |||
| Largest Subgroups |
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| Affinity Bloc | South Asian Peoples |
| People Cluster | Malayali |
| People Group | Ilavan |
| Ethnic Code | CNN23b |
| Total Subgroups | 2 |
| Illathu Pillaimar 165,000 | |
| Ezhavathi 55,000 |
| Country | India | |||||||||||||||
| Region | South Asia | |||||||||||||||
| Continent | Asia | |||||||||||||||
| 10/40 Window | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| National Bible Society | Website | |||||||||||||||
| Persecution Rank | 11 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) | |||||||||||||||
| Total States on file | 32 | |||||||||||||||
| Largest States (only 15 largest shown) |
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| Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples | |||||||||||||||
| Country | India |
| Region | South Asia |
| Continent | Asia |
| 10/40 Window | Yes |
| National Bible Society | Website |
| Persecution Rank | 11 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
| Total States | 32 (only 20 largest shown) |
| Kerala 3,605,000 | |
| Tamil Nadu 2,132,000 | |
| Karnataka 75,000 | |
| Maharashtra 42,000 | |
| Delhi 6,700 | |
| Telangana 4,100 | |
| Puducherry 3,600 | |
| Andhra Pradesh 3,000 | |
| Andaman and Nicobar 2,900 | |
| Madhya Pradesh 2,000 | |
| Gujarat 1,800 | |
| Rajasthan 1,800 | |
| Uttar Pradesh 1,700 | |
| West Bengal 1,700 | |
| Odisha 1,100 | |
| Website | South Asia Peoples |
| Primary Language | Malayalam (3,549,000 speakers) | ||||||
| Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing | ||||||
| Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | ||||||
| Total Languages | 7 | ||||||
| Secondary Languages |
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| Other People Groups | Speaking Malayalam |
| Primary Language | Malayalam (3,549,000 speakers) |
| Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing |
| Total Languages | 7 |
| Secondary Languages | |
| Tamil 2,292,000 | |
| Konkani 9,600 | |
| Tulu 4,800 | |
| Kannada 3,900 | |
| Konkani, Goan 2,300 | |
| English 1,900 | |
| People Groups | Speaking Malayalam |
Primary Language: Malayalam
| Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
|---|---|
| Bible-Portions | Yes (1811-1968) |
| Bible-New Testament | Yes (1829-1995) |
| Bible-Complete | Yes (1841-2004) |
| Bible-NT Audio | Online |
| Bible-NT Text | Online |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | National Bible Societies |
| Forum of Bible Agencies | World Bible Finder |
| Gospel Go | World Bibles |
| Resource Type ▲ | Resource Name |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Audio Recordings | Father's Love Letter |
| Audio Recordings | Online New Testament (FCBH) |
| Audio Recordings | Online Scripture (Talking Bibles) |
| Audio Recordings | Oral Bible |
| Audio Recordings | Story of Jesus audio (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | Following Jesus (India, JF Project) |
| Film / Video | God's Story Video |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Malayalam |
| Film / Video | Magdalena (Jesus Film Project) |
| Film / Video | My Last Day (Jesus Film Project Anime) |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| General | Bible Visuals |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| General | God's Simple Plan |
| General | Got Questions Ministry |
| Mobile App | Download Bible from Google Play Store |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible Gateway Scripture |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: മലയാളം - Malayalam |
| Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
| Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
|---|---|
| Buddhism |
0.00 %
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| Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
2.02 %
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| Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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| Hinduism |
97.98 %
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| Islam |
0.00 %
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| Non-Religious |
0.00 %
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| Other / Small |
0.00 %
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| Unknown |
0.00 %
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| Photo Source | Nazly Ahmed Creative Commons Used with permission |
| Map Source | Joshua Project / Global Mapping International |
| Profile Source | Joshua Project |
| Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Read more |
| * Religion Values | From latest India census data. Current values may differ. |