Country: Province: District:

Major People Groups *

88

Major Unreached People Groups *

32

Total Population

2,637,000

Buddhist

73.8 %

Christian

12.9 %

Hindu

1.9 %

Muslim

11.3 %

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
 Shaikh 28,000 219,000 12.8% Tamil Muslim Progress Gauge
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 60 1,100 5.5% Sindhi Muslim Progress Gauge
Sri Lanka Chetti 500 6,900 7.2% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Sri Lanka Moor 94,000 741,000 12.7% Tamil Muslim Progress Gauge
 Sri Lankan Tamil 400 10,000 4.0% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 155,000 1,238,000 12.5% Tamil Muslim Progress Gauge
Thimilar 800 23,000 3.5% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vannan (Christian traditions) 70 4,000 1.8% Tamil Christian Progress Gauge
Vanniyar 1,300 109,000 1.2% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
Vellalar 38,000 1,274,000 3.0% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma 100 7,900 1.3% Tamil Hindu Progress Gauge
 Wahumpura 1,286,000 8,907,000 14.4% Sinhala Buddhist Progress Gauge
Yamannu 18,000 84,000 21.4% Sinhala Buddhist Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  88 2,632,000         32
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  104 2,637,000         39
* 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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