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