Subgroups: 1
Subgroup Name | Population ▼ | |
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Padannan | 800 |
In 1909, a British writer wrote that the Kanakkan people wore a sacred thread, which is normally reserved for high caste Brahmins. This is strange since this group is from a scheduled caste community.
Traditionally they worked as coconut pickers who also extracted toddy from coconut and palm trees.
Almost all the Kanakkan people live in India's beautiful southwestern state of Kerala. They do not live in other countries.
This is an endogamous community, meaning that they only marry within their own. If you do some web searching, you will find that they have their own matrimonial sites. They commonly marry their cousins. When a Kanakkan couple gets divorced, they have a very simple procedure: they just separate, and everyone understands that they are divorced. Their children can stay with either parent. Nuclear families are becoming more common among them.
Most of them are landless agricultural laborers. They have a surprisingly high literacy rate given their low economic status.
Almost all of them are Hindus, though there are a few who profess Christianity. They family deity is Nerachikavu Bhagvati. They also worship various village and other Hindu deities.
According to the seventh edition of "Operation World," their state, Kerala, was 19 percent Christian in one form or another. The Kanakkan people speak Kerala's language, Malayalam. It would be easy for them to have contact with Malayalam-speaking believers. That language includes all kinds of Christian materials such as the Bible, the JESUS Film, Gospel Recordings, and radio broadcasts. There are also vibrant Kerala-based mission organizations such as India Gospel Outreach (IGO) that can reach them.
Pray for spiritual hunger among the Kanakkan people.
Pray for them to have ready access to the many Christian materials that are in the Malayalam language.
Pray for Indian mission groups like IGO to reach out to them until there is a cascading church planting movement among them.
Scripture Prayers for the Kanakkan in India.
Profile Source: Global Prayer Digest |
People Name General | Kanakkan |
People Name in Country | Kanakkan |
Alternate Names | Kanakar; Karnigar; Koinagar; Padanan; Padanna; Pandanna; कनक्कन |
Population this Country | 304,000 |
Population all Countries | 304,000 |
Total Countries | 1 |
Indigenous | Yes |
Progress Scale | 1 ● |
Unreached | Yes |
Frontier People Group | Yes |
GSEC | 1 (per PeopleGroups.org) |
Pioneer Workers Needed | 6 |
People ID | 17076 |
ROP3 Code | 112414 |
Country | India | |||||||||
Region | Asia, South | |||||||||
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 | 9 | |||||||||
Largest States |
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Districts | Interactive map, listing and data download | |||||||||
Specialized Website | South Asia Peoples |
Country | India |
Region | Asia, South |
Continent | Asia |
10/40 Window | Yes |
National Bible Society | Website |
Persecution Rank | 11 (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking) |
Total States | 9 |
Kerala 290,000 | |
Tamil Nadu 6,200 | |
Maharashtra 1,700 | |
Delhi 700 | |
Karnataka 600 | |
Telangana 300 | |
Andaman and Nicobar 200 | |
Odisha 100 | |
Puducherry 10 | |
Website | South Asia Peoples |
Primary Religion: | Hinduism |
Major Religion ▲ | Percent * |
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Buddhism |
0.00 %
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Christianity (Evangelical Unknown) |
0.02 %
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Ethnic Religions |
0.00 %
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Hinduism |
99.98 %
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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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* From latest India census data. Current Christian values may substantially differ. |
Primary Language | Malayalam (218,000 speakers) | |||
Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing | |||
Language Written | Yes ScriptSource Listing | |||
Total Languages | 4 | |||
Secondary Languages |
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Primary Language | Malayalam (218,000 speakers) |
Language Code | mal Ethnologue Listing |
Total Languages | 4 |
Secondary Languages | |
Tamil 32,000 | |
Kanikkaran 3,600 | |
Kannada 100 | |
People Groups | Speaking Malayalam |
Primary Language: Malayalam
Bible Translation ▲ | Status (Years) |
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Bible-Portions | Yes (1811-1968) |
Bible-New Testament | Yes (1829-1995) |
Bible-Complete | Yes (1841-2022) |
Bible-NT Audio | Online |
Possible Print Bibles | |
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Amazon | |
World Bibles | |
Forum Bible Agencies | |
National Bible Societies | |
World Bible Finder | |
Virtual Storehouse |
Map Source | People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project. |
Profile Source | Global Prayer Digest |
Data Sources | Data is compiled from various sources. Learn more. |