Sri Lanka, Eastern state people groups

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Total People Groups *

109

Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

1,744,000

Buddhist

22.7 %

Christian

5.4 %

Hindu

35.3 %

Muslim

36.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu %	Muslim %	Buddhist %	Christian %	Sikh %	Other %
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	700	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Agamudaiyan unspecified	1,400	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Ahinkuntaya	1,700	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	2-5%	-	-
Ambalavasi	3,500	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Ambattan	4,200	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Arab, general	1,700	Arabic, Mesopotamian	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Badahala	3,100	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Bania Chetti	40	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Bania unspecified	1,000	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Berava	9,700	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Bintanna	300	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Bodhivansha	400	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Boya	100	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Brahmin Indian Tamil	300	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Brahmin unspecified	18,000	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Burgher	5,900	Sinhala	3	-	-	5-10%	50-100%	-	0.1-2%
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	200	Tamil	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	800	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Christian	2,700	Language unknown	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Demala Gattara	300	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	80	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Divehi	200	Maldivian	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Durava	29,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	2-5%	-	-
Gattara	22,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Gauraykwallu	600	Sinhala	1	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Goanese	400	Konkani	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Govigama	20,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	2-5%	-	-
Govigama Patti	700	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Govigama Radala	700	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Hajam	1,200	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Hannali	8,800	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Henawalayo	600	Sinhala	1	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Hinna	6,400	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Hunna	2,400	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Idayan	70	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Ilavan	1,100	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Ilavan Christian	400	Tamil	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Indian Tamil	400	Tamil	2	10-50%	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Javanese	4,900	Javanese	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Kaikolan	1,400	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Kallan	200	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Karaiyar	53,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Karava	14,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	10-50%	-	-
Kiddea	400	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Koviar	67,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	30	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Kustarogiyo	400	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Malay, Javar	1,800	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Malayan, caste	1,200	Malayalam	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Mappila	1,700	Malayalam	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Marakkalage	1,600	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Maravan	1,600	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Maravar	20,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Mauritian	1,600	Morisyen	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Memon	700	Gujarati	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Mukkuvar	13,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Nadar (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Nalavar	11,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Navait	4,100	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Navandanna	32,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Navithan	200	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Oli	800	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	0.1-2%	-	-
Osta (Nasuva)	2,700	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Palla	13,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Pallan (Christian traditions)	200	Tamil	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	800	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Pallar	23,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Palliwilli	30	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Pamunu	900	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	2-5%	-	-
Panan	40	Tamil	2	10-50%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Panna	14,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Pannikki	6,400	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Paraiyar	18,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	5-10%	5-10%	-	-
Pashtun, Pathan	12,000	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Pidayne Danno	200	Sinhala	1	-	-	50-100%	-	-	-
Porowakara	3,300	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	2-5%	-	-
Primanar	19,000	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	0.1-2%	-	-
Radava	10,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Rajaka	4,200	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Salagama	16,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Sali, Seriyar	30	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Sayyid	14,000	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Shaikh	62,000	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	500	Sindhi	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	600	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka Chetti	200	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka Moor	63,000	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Sri Lankan Tamil	1,500	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	469,000	Tamil	0	-	50-100%	-	-	-	-
Tattar	2,600	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Teli (Hindu traditions)	50	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Thacher	1,800	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Thanakavar	30	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Thimilar	5,100	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Vaniyan	200	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Vannan (Christian traditions)	80	Tamil	3	-	-	-	50-100%	-	-
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	300	Tamil	0	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Vannar	7,400	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Vanniyan	500	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Vanniyar	48,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Vellalan	2,100	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	10-50%	-	-
Vellalar	307,000	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Vettar	1,900	Tamil	2	50-100%	-	-	5-10%	-	-
Viswakarma	500	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Wahumpura	224,000	Sinhala	2	-	-	50-100%	5-10%	-	-
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	400	Tamil	1	50-100%	-	-	-	-	-
Totals: 109	1,744,000		35 ●	10-50%	10-50%	10-50%	5-10%	-	0-0.1%

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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