Country: Province: District:

Major People Groups *

127

Major Unreached People Groups *

50

Total Population

2,877,000

Buddhist

64.3 %

Christian

3.7 %

Hindu

21.8 %

Muslim

10.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population
in Province
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in Province
Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
Silpi 2,200 3,600 61.1% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 70 1,100 6.4% Sindhi Muslim Progress Gauge
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 4,400 6,800 64.7% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Sri Lanka Chetti 300 6,800 4.4% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Sri Lanka Moor 44,000 737,000 6.0% Tamil Muslim Progress Gauge
 Sri Lankan Tamil 1,100 10,000 11.0% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 187,000 1,234,000 15.2% Tamil Muslim Progress Gauge
Tattar 70 6,400 1.1% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 3,500 5,100 68.6% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Thacher 200 3,400 5.9% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Thanakavar 1,500 2,600 57.7% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Thimilar 1,800 23,000 7.8% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Valluvan 1,700 3,200 53.1% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vaniyan 11,000 19,000 57.9% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vannan (Christian traditions) 2,300 4,000 57.5% Tamil Christian Progress Gauge
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 28,000 57.1% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vannar 500 18,000 2.8% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Vanniyan 23,000 39,000 59.0% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vanniyar 3,000 109,000 2.8% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Vellalan 18,000 33,000 54.5% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vellalar 100,000 1,267,000 7.9% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vellidura 1,300 1,300 100.0% Sinhala Buddhist Progress Gauge
Vettar 200 3,300 6.1% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma 4,500 7,800 57.7% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Wahumpura 1,014,000 8,865,000 11.4% Sinhala Buddhist Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  127 2,877,000         50
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  128 2,877,000         50
* Province level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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