Major People Groups *
55
Major Unreached People Groups *
22
Total Population
593,000
Buddhist
1.1 %
Christian
9.1 %
Hindu
64.5 %
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
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 1,200 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Ambalavasi | 3,500 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Ambattan | 3,400 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 5-10% | - | - |
|
Arab, general | 400 | Arabic, Mesopotamian |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Bania unspecified | 800 | Tamil |
0
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 11,000 | Tamil |
1
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Burgher | 4,000 | Sinhala |
3
|
- | - | 5-10% | 50-100% | - | 0.1-2% |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 100 | Tamil |
3
|
- | - | - | 50-100% | - | - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil |
1
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Christian | 1,200 | Language unknown |
3
|
- | - | - | 50-100% | - | - |
|
Divehi | 30 | Maldivian |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Goanese | 300 | Konkani |
3
|
- | - | - | 50-100% | - | - |
|
Hajam | 600 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 100 | Tamil |
3
|
- | - | - | 50-100% | - | - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 200 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Javanese | 1,000 | Javanese |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 31,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Koviar | 46,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 5-10% | - | - |
|
|
Malayan, caste | 1,200 | Malayalam |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Mappila | 400 | Malayalam |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Maravar | 14,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Mauritian | 1,500 | Morisyen |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Memon | 200 | Gujarati |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Mukkuvar | 7,800 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 400 | Tamil |
3
|
- | - | - | 50-100% | - | - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 1,000 | Tamil |
0
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Nalavar | 6,800 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Navait | 1,900 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Osta (Nasuva) | 600 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Palla | 8,900 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 90 | Tamil |
3
|
- | - | - | 50-100% | - | - |
|
|
Pallar | 18,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Panna | 9,900 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 11,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | 5-10% | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 4,500 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Primanar | 10,000 | Tamil |
1
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Sayyid | 5,900 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Shaikh | 21,000 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 50 | Sindhi |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil |
1
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 2,000 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 600 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 112,000 | Tamil |
0
|
- | 50-100% | - | - | - | - |
|
|
Tattar | 1,600 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Thacher | 1,100 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Thimilar | 3,500 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Vannar | 4,600 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Vanniyar | 31,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Vellalan | 1,700 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
|
Vellalar | 192,000 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 5-10% | - | - |
|
|
Vettar | 1,300 | Tamil |
2
|
50-100% | - | - | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Viswakarma | 300 | Tamil |
1
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
|
Wahumpura | 3,800 | Sinhala |
2
|
- | - | 50-100% | 10-50% | - | - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil |
1
|
50-100% | - | - | - | - | - |
| Major Groups (displayed): 55 | 587,000 | 22 ● | 50-100% | 10-50% | 0.1-2% | 5-10% | - | 0-0.1% | ||
| All Groups (including small not displayed *): 83 | 593,000 | 30 ● | 50-100% | 10-50% | 0.1-2% | 5-10% | - | 0-0.1% |
