Number of People Groups
126
Unreached People Groups
52
Total Population
1,350,000
Buddhist
79.8 %
Christian
1.6 %
Hindu
14.1 %
Muslim
4.4 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 400 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 1,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 2,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 4,400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,400 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 5,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 5,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 100 | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 7,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,700 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 60 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 1,400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Batgama | 59,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 59,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Berava | 27,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 27,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 1,100 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 50 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 3,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 5,800 | Tamil | 1 ● | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 7,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 7,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 1,100 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | 1,000 | -1 - | 40 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 900 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 6,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 6,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 200 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Couratto | 1,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 2,400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Dodda-Weddah | 2,300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gahala | 1,200 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gattara | 51,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 50,000 | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gauraykwallu | 1,700 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 46,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 46,000 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Patti | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hakki Pikki | 200 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 25,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 25,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hanomoreyo | 1,000 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Henawalayo | 1,600 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 18,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hunna | 6,300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,300 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 3,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 18,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 18,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 1,400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 60 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 20 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 19,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 18,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan | 4,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu | 80 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 2,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karava | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 10,000 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kiddea | 1,100 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kinnara | 4,300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kustarogiyo | 1,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 1,400 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Malayan, caste | 200 | Malayalam | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 200 | Malayalam | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 23,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 20,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Maravar | 1,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 40 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Nadar (Christian traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Nalavar | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navait | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navandanna | 91,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 90,000 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 4,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Oli | 2,100 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Osta (Nasuva) | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palla | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallan (Christian traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 7,500 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 7,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallar | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palliwilli | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pamunu | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panan | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Panna | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Pannikki | 18,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 2,000 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 19,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyar | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 800 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 800 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pidayne Danno | 600 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Porowakara | 200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 1,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Radava | 29,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 29,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Radayo | 400 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rajaka | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 20 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rodiya | 3,200 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 3,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Semman | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 3,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 3,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Silpi | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sinhalese | 18,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 18,000 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 70 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 32,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 32,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 19,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 19,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thanakavar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vaniyan | 3,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 5,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 5,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 6,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 5,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vanniyar | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vellalan | 4,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalar | 20,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 20,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vettar | 30 | Tamil | 2 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma | 500 | Tamil | 1 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 622,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 618,000 | 3,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 1 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Yamannu | 11,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 126 | 1,350,000 | 52 ● | 191,000 | 59,000 | 1,077,000 | 22,000 | 0 | 50 |
