Number of People Groups
139
Unreached People Groups
60
Total Population
2,737,000
Buddhist
64.2 %
Christian
3.7 %
Hindu
21.9 %
Muslim
10.2 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 300 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 4,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 9,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 7,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,500 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 5,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ansari | 300 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 800 | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 14,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 14,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bangali Muslim Moghal | 200 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 4,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 4,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Batgama | 94,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 93,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Berava | 46,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 45,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | 40 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 1,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 200 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 9,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 18,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 18,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 23,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 23,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 3,700 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | 3,300 | -1 - | 60 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 2,500 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 16,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 16,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 900 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Couratto | 2,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 6,600 | Tamil | 1 ● | 6,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Dodda-Weddah | 7,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,500 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gahala | 2,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gattara | 94,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 92,000 | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gauraykwallu | 3,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,000 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Goanese | 40 | Konkani | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 65,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 64,000 | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Govigama Patti | 3,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,400 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 3,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,400 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 1,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hakki Pikki | 800 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Handi | 1,000 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 40,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 40,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hanomoreyo | 900 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Heeri | 7,100 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,900 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Henawalayo | 3,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,000 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 31,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 30,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hunna | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 4,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 37,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 37,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 5,800 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 4,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 400 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Javanese | 200 | Javanese | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 44,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 38,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan | 9,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 9,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu | 1,100 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 15,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karava | 128,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 126,000 | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 2,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kiddea | 1,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kinnara | 7,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,300 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 2,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) | 3,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 2,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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|
Kustarogiyo | 1,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 3,100 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malayan, caste | 100 | Malayalam | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 1,100 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 56,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 48,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 7,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Maravar | 6,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 6,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mauritian | 100 | Morisyen | 2 ● | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 300 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 5,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 5,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 17,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 2,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 3,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navait | 3,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 3,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navandanna | 139,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 137,000 | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 13,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Oli | 3,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,700 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Osta (Nasuva) | 500 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palla | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallan (Christian traditions) | 4,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 4,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 28,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 28,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallar | 4,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palliwilli | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pamunu | 3,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,700 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panan | 3,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Panna | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pannikki | 30,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 29,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 9,800 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 9,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 63,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 63,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 5,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,900 | -1 - | 600 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 7,200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 7,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pidayne Danno | 1,100 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Porowakara | 400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 4,500 | Tamil | 1 ● | 4,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan | 2,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Radava | 22,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 21,000 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Radayo | 900 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rajaka | 19,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rodiya | 3,100 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 2,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 9,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 9,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Semman | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 35,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 35,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Silpi | 2,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 60 | Sindhi | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sinhalese | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 9,600 | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 4,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 4,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 41,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 41,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 176,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 176,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 3,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thacher | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thanakavar | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 1,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vaniyan | 10,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 2,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 15,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vannar | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 22,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vanniyar | 2,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vellalan | 17,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vellalar | 95,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 95,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vellidura | 1,300 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vettar | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Viswakarma | 4,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 4,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 958,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 938,000 | 20,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 5,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 5,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Yamannu | 19,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 19,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 139 | 2,737,000 | 60 ● | 599,000 | 280,000 | 1,757,000 | 101,000 | 0 | 100 |
