Number of People Groups
129
Unreached People Groups
52
Total Population
1,637,000
Buddhist
22.7 %
Christian
5.4 %
Hindu
35.3 %
Muslim
36.6 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Agamudaiyan unspecified | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 1,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,500 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 3,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 3,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ansari | 600 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 1,600 | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arain (Muslim traditions) | 400 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 2,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,700 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Baloch | 400 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bangali Muslim Moghal | 500 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 30 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Banjara (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Berava | 9,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 8,400 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 500 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 19,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 5,400 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | 4,900 | -1 - | 80 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 2,500 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Demala Gattara | 300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 70 | Tamil | 1 ● | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Divehi | 200 | Maldivian | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Durava | 27,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 26,000 | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Gattara | 21,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 19,000 | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gauraykwallu | 600 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Goanese | 400 | Konkani | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 19,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Patti | 600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 1,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 8,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,700 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Henawalayo | 600 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 6,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 5,600 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hunna | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,100 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 200 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀ | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 800 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Javanese | 4,500 | Javanese | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 4,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 1,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 50,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 45,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 4,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Karava | 13,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 12,000 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kiddea | 300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 62,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 57,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 4,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) | 30 | Tamil | 2 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kustarogiyo | 300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Lohar (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Madari (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahishya | 300 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 1,700 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malayali | 600 | Malayalam | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malayan, caste | 1,100 | Malayalam | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 1,600 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Marakkalage | 1,400 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 1,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Maravar | 19,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mauritian | 1,500 | Morisyen | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 600 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Mukkuvar | 12,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Nadar (Christian traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 1,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 9,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 9,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navait | 3,800 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 3,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navandanna | 30,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 28,000 | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Oli | 800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Osta (Nasuva) | 2,500 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 2,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palla | 12,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallan (Christian traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallar | 21,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palliwilli | 30 | Tamil | 2 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pamunu | 800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Panan | 40 | Tamil | 2 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Panna | 13,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pannikki | 6,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 5,600 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 1,200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 17,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 13,000 | -1 - | 1,700 | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Parsee | 300 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 11,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pidayne Danno | 200 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Porowakara | 3,100 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,900 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Primanar | 18,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Radava | 9,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 9,100 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rajaka | 3,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,600 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 800 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 600 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Salagama | 15,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 14,000 | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 30 | Tamil | 2 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 13,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 13,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 58,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 58,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 400 | Sindhi | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Sinhalese | 5,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,300 | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Tamil | 1 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 58,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 58,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Syrian Christian | 60 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 436,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 436,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 2,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 50 | Tamil | 2 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thacher | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Thanakavar | 30 | Tamil | 2 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 4,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vaniyan | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 70 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannar | 6,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 6,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vanniyar | 45,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 39,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Vellalan | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vellalar | 285,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 266,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vettar | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Viswakarma | 500 | Tamil | 1 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Wahumpura | 209,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 194,000 | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 129 | 1,637,000 | 52 ● | 577,000 | 600,000 | 372,000 | 88,000 | 0 | 400 |
