Number of People Groups
135
Unreached People Groups
59
Total Population
1,438,000
Buddhist
72.5 %
Christian
2.6 %
Hindu
10.5 %
Muslim
14.5 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 30 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 4,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,600 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ansari | 80 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 600 | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 8,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 8,300 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Batgama | 55,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 55,000 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bengali Muslim Moghal | 200 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Berava | 28,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 27,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | 20 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 1,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 100 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 3,100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 5,400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 5,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 2,400 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | 2,200 | -1 - | 30 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 2,900 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 300 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Couratto | 2,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Dodda-Weddah | 4,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,600 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gahala | 1,100 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gattara | 56,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 55,000 | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gauraykwallu | 1,900 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 40,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 39,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Patti | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,100 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,100 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 800 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hakki Pikki | 60 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Handi | 1,000 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 24,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 24,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hanomoreyo | 600 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Heeri | 7,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,900 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Henawalayo | 1,900 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 19,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hunna | 6,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,800 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 6,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 6,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 1,300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 300 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 40 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Javanese | 80 | Javanese | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 8,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 6,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu | 50 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 8,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karava | 108,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 106,000 | 2,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kiddea | 1,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kinnara | 4,500 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,500 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
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|
Koviar | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kustarogiyo | 1,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 2,200 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 500 | Malayalam | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 10,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Maravar | 3,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 200 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 60 | Tamil | 1 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navait | 2,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navandanna | 83,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 81,000 | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 2,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Oli | 2,300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Osta (Nasuva) | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palla | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 1,000 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 4,800 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 4,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallar | 2,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palliwilli | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pamunu | 2,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panan | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Panna | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pannikki | 18,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 2,300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 11,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 2,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,500 | -1 - | 300 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 5,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 5,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pidayne Danno | 700 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Porowakara | 300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 2,500 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Radava | 3,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,900 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Radayo | 500 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rajaka | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 80 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 100 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rodiya | 2,000 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 7,400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 7,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Semman | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 26,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 26,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Silpi | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 60 | Sindhi | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sinhalese | 3,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,400 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 27,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 27,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 135,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 135,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thacher | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thanakavar | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vaniyan | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 2,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vannar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 4,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vanniyar | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vellalan | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalar | 51,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 51,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vettar | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma | 100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 544,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 531,000 | 13,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Yamannu | 11,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 135 | 1,438,000 | 59 ● | 151,000 | 208,000 | 1,042,000 | 37,000 | 0 | 60 |
