| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Province / State: | Eastern |
| District: | Batticaloa |
Major People Groups
55
Major Unreached People Groups
22
Total Population
588,000
Buddhist
1.2 %
Christian
9.1 %
Hindu
64.4 %
Muslim
25.4 %
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 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 1,200 | Tamil |
2
|
1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 3,500 | Tamil |
2
|
2,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 3,400 | Tamil |
2
|
3,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 400 | Arabic, Mesopotamian |
0
|
-1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 800 | Tamil |
0
|
800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 11,000 | Tamil |
1
|
11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 3,900 | Sinhala |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | 300 | 3,600 | -1 - | 50 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 100 | Tamil |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil |
1
|
500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 1,200 | Language unknown |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Divehi | 30 | Maldivian |
0
|
-1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Goanese | 300 | Konkani |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 600 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 100 | Tamil |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 200 | Tamil |
2
|
80 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Javanese | 1,000 | Javanese |
0
|
-1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 31,000 | Tamil |
2
|
27,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 46,000 | Tamil |
2
|
41,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 4,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malayan, caste | 1,100 | Malayalam |
2
|
900 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 400 | Malayalam |
0
|
-1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Maravar | 14,000 | Tamil |
2
|
12,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mauritian | 1,500 | Morisyen |
2
|
1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 200 | Gujarati |
0
|
-1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Mukkuvar | 7,800 | Tamil |
2
|
6,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 400 | Tamil |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 900 | Tamil |
0
|
900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 6,800 | Tamil |
2
|
5,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navait | 1,800 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Osta (Nasuva) | 600 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palla | 8,800 | Tamil |
2
|
7,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 90 | Tamil |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallar | 18,000 | Tamil |
2
|
15,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Panna | 9,900 | Tamil |
2
|
8,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 10,000 | Tamil |
2
|
8,300 | -1 - | 600 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 4,500 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 4,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 10,000 | Tamil |
1
|
10,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 5,800 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 21,000 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 21,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 40 | Sindhi |
0
|
-1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil |
1
|
500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 2,000 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 500 | Tamil |
2
|
500 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 111,000 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 111,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 1,600 | Tamil |
2
|
1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thacher | 1,100 | Tamil |
2
|
900 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 3,500 | Tamil |
2
|
2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannar | 4,500 | Tamil |
2
|
3,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vanniyar | 31,000 | Tamil |
2
|
25,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 5,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vellalan | 1,700 | Tamil |
2
|
1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalar | 190,000 | Tamil |
2
|
173,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vettar | 1,200 | Tamil |
2
|
1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma | 300 | Tamil |
1
|
300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 3,700 | Sinhala |
2
|
-1 - | -1 - | 3,100 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil |
1
|
200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Major Groups (displayed): 55 | 581,000 | 22 ● | 375,000 | 149,000 | 4,000 | 53,000 | 0 | 50 | ||
| All Groups (including small not displayed *): 84 | 588,000 | 30 ● | 378,000 | 149,000 | 6,800 | 53,000 | 0 | 50 |
