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Country:	Sri Lanka
State:	Central
District:	All

Number of People Groups

154

Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,639,000

Buddhist

64.0 %

Christian

3.7 %

Hindu

22.0 %

Muslim

10.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Andhra	300	Telugu	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan	9,600	Tamil	2 ●	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	4,700	Tamil	2 ●	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Ahinkuntaya	7,300	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	7,200	80	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	5,000	Tamil	2 ●	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan	1,000	Tamil	2 ●	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	300	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arab	800	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	1 ●	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arain (Muslim traditions)	50	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	100	Malayalam	2 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badahala	13,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	200	-1 -	-1 -
Baloch	80	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania	4,700	Tamil	1 ●	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	200	Tamil	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Batgama	91,000	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	90,000	700	-1 -	-1 -
Berava	44,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	43,000	800	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	40	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bintanna	800	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bodhivansha	1,800	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	200	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	9,400	Tamil	2 ●	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin	23,000	Tamil	1 ●	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Indian Tamil	18,000	Tamil	1 ●	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Burgher	3,500	Sinhala	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	300	3,200	-1 -	60
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	2,400	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Tamil	1 ●	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	900	Language unknown	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Couratto	2,300	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	40	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Tamil	1 ●	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Dodda-Weddah	7,300	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	7,200	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gahala	2,200	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gattara	90,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	89,000	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Gauraykwallu	2,900	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	30	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	40	Konkani	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Govigama	63,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	62,000	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Govigama Patti	3,300	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	3,300	30	-1 -	-1 -
Govigama Radala	3,300	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	3,300	30	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	1,100	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	800	Telugu	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Handi	900	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hannali	39,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	38,000	700	-1 -	-1 -
Hanomoreyo	900	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Heeri	6,800	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	6,700	100	-1 -	-1 -
Henawalayo	2,900	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	20	-1 -	-1 -
Hinna	30,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	29,000	500	-1 -	-1 -
Hunna	11,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	200	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	4,000	Tamil	2 ●	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	36,000	Tamil	1 ●	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	5,600	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -
Indian Tamil	4,700	Tamil	2 ●	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Japanese	400	Japanese	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	50
Jat (Hindu traditions)	400	Punjabi, Eastern	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Muslim traditions)	200	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Javanese	100	Javanese	1 ●	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadaiyar	400	Tamil	2 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	42,000	Tamil	2 ●	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan	9,400	Tamil	2 ●	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu	1,100	Telugu	1 ●	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karaiyar	15,000	Tamil	2 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Karava	124,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	120,000	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	2 ●	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kiddea	1,800	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kinnara	7,000	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	7,000	20	-1 -	-1 -
Koviar	1,900	Tamil	2 ●	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Tamil	2 ●	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Tamil	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kustarogiyo	1,800	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	20	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	40	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malay, Javar	3,000	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	1 ●	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	80	Malayalam	2 ●	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, caste	100	Malayalam	2 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	300	Telugu	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	1,000	Malayalam	1 ●	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	53,000	Tamil	2 ●	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	7,000	-1 -	-1 -
Maravar	6,500	Tamil	2 ●	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mauritian	100	Morisyen	2 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	300	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moghal	200	Urdu	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	600	Tamil	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	5,000	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Tamil	1 ●	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	2,200	Tamil	1 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nalavar	3,300	Tamil	2 ●	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	2,800	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navandanna	134,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	131,000	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	12,000	Tamil	2 ●	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Oli	3,600	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	3,600	50	-1 -	-1 -
Osta (Nasuva)	500	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palla	1,300	Tamil	2 ●	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	4,000	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Tamil	1 ●	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallar	4,300	Tamil	2 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliwilli	1,000	Tamil	2 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Pamunu	3,600	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	3,600	30	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	2,900	Tamil	2 ●	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Panna	700	Tamil	2 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pannikki	29,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	500	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	9,400	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,400	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	60,000	Tamil	1 ●	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyar	5,300	Tamil	2 ●	4,700	-1 -	600	20	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	700	Tamil	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Parsee	100	Gujarati	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Pashtun, Pathan	6,900	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pidayne Danno	1,100	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Porowakara	400	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Primanar	4,300	Tamil	1 ●	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan	2,500	Tamil	2 ●	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Radava	21,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	900	-1 -	-1 -
Radayo	900	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka	18,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	400	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	200	Punjabi, Western	1 ●	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rodiya	3,000	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali, Seriyar	1,900	Tamil	2 ●	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	900	Tamil	2 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	9,000	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	600	Tamil	2 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	34,000	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	2,000	Tamil	2 ●	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	60	Sindhi	1 ●	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	11,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	9,300	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Tamil	1 ●	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Sri Lanka Chetti	200	Tamil	1 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sri Lanka Moor	40,000	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sri Lankan Tamil	1,000	Tamil	2 ●	900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	20	Malayalam	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	170,000	Tamil	1 ●	-1 -	170,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tattar	60	Tamil	2 ●	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Tamil	2 ●	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Thacher	200	Tamil	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thanakavar	1,400	Tamil	2 ●	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Thimilar	1,600	Tamil	2 ●	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	1,500	Tamil	2 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	9,600	Tamil	2 ●	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	2,100	Tamil	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Tamil	1 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannar	400	Tamil	2 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	21,000	Tamil	2 ●	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyar	2,800	Tamil	2 ●	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	200	Malayalam	2 ●	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan	17,000	Tamil	2 ●	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalar	91,000	Tamil	2 ●	91,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellidura	1,200	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettar	100	Tamil	2 ●	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma	4,100	Tamil	1 ●	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Wahumpura	922,000	Sinhala	2 ●	-1 -	-1 -	902,000	20,000	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Tamil	1 ●	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Yamannu	18,000	Sinhala	1 ●	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	300	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 154	2,639,000		69 ●	581,000	270,000	1,689,000	97,000	0	200

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