Country:

Sri Lanka

Province / State: Western
District: All

Number of People Groups

149

Unreached People Groups

64

Total Population

6,146,000

Buddhist

73.1 %

Christian

13.2 %

Hindu

5.0 %

Muslim

8.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 700 Tamil 500 - - 200 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 1,200 Tamil 900 - - 400 - -
Ahinkuntaya 19,000 Sinhala - - 17,000 2,500 - -
 Ambalavasi 900 Tamil 700 - - 300 - -
Ambattan 3,400 Tamil 2,600 - - 800 - -
 Ansari 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Arab 1,500 Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken - 1,500 - - - -
 Arain (Muslim traditions) 100 Punjabi, Western - 100 - - - -
Badahala 38,000 Sinhala - - 32,000 5,800 - -
 Baloch 400 Urdu - 400 - - - -
 Bania Chetti 5,700 Tamil 5,700 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 5,900 Tamil 5,900 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Batgama 20,000 Sinhala - - 16,000 3,900 - -
Berava 116,000 Sinhala - - 102,000 15,000 - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 1,100 Tamil - - - 1,100 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Bintanna 2,100 Sinhala - - 1,900 300 - -
Bodhivansha 4,700 Sinhala - - 4,100 600 - -
 Bohra 800 Gujarati - 800 - - - -
 Boya 1,500 Tamil 1,100 - - 400 - -
Brahmin Indian Tamil 2,400 Tamil 2,300 - - 50 - -
 Brahmin unspecified 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - 100 - -
 Burgher 32,000 Sinhala - - 2,700 27,000 - 1,800
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Tamil 2,400 - - - - -
 Christian 15,000 Language unknown - - - 15,000 - -
Demala Gattara 4,800 Sinhala - - 4,400 400 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Divehi 1,800 Maldivian - 1,800 - - - -
Dodda-Weddah 16,000 Sinhala - - 14,000 2,000 - -
Durava 419,000 Sinhala - - 365,000 54,000 - -
Gahala 300 Sinhala - - 300 20 - -
Gattara 238,000 Sinhala - - 207,000 31,000 - -
Gauraykwallu 3,100 Sinhala - - 2,800 300 - -
 Goanese 1,700 Konkani - - - 1,700 - -
 Govigama 167,000 Sinhala - - 142,000 25,000 - -
Govigama Patti 8,500 Sinhala - - 7,600 900 - -
Govigama Radala 8,500 Sinhala - - 7,600 900 - -
 Hajam 1,200 Tamil - 1,200 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Hannali 107,000 Sinhala - - 92,000 14,000 - -
Hanomoreyo 50 Sinhala - - 50 - - -
Henawalayo 3,000 Sinhala - - 2,800 300 - -
Hinna 77,000 Sinhala - - 67,000 10,000 - -
Hunna 29,000 Sinhala - - 25,000 3,700 - -
Idayan 1,000 Tamil 700 - - 300 - -
 Ilavan 4,700 Tamil 4,700 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 1,900 Tamil - - - 1,900 - -
Indian Tamil 1,400 Tamil 200 - - 1,200 - -
 Japanese 900 Japanese - - 600 50 - 300
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 400 Punjabi, Western - 400 - - - -
 Javanese 2,700 Javanese - 2,700 - - - -
 Kaikolan 5,600 Tamil 4,400 - - 1,300 - -
 Kallan 1,400 Tamil 1,000 - - 400 - -
 Kapu 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
Karaiyar 17,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 3,800 - -
Karava 503,000 Sinhala - - 462,000 41,000 - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 200 - - 50 - -
Kiddea 5,000 Sinhala - - 4,400 600 - -
Koviar 13,000 Tamil 9,700 - - 2,800 - -
 Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil 600 - - 100 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Kustarogiyo 4,900 Sinhala - - 4,400 500 - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Mahishya 30 Bengali 30 - - - - -
 Malay, Javar 26,000 Sri Lankan Malay Creole - 26,000 - - - -
 Malayali 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
Malayan, caste 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Mangala 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Mappila 6,900 Malayalam - 6,900 - - - -
Marakkalage 6,600 Tamil - 6,600 - - - -
 Maravan 7,800 Tamil 5,800 - - 2,000 - -
Maravar 14,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 3,000 - -
 Mauritian 1,800 Morisyen 700 - - 1,000 - -
 Memon 700 Gujarati - 700 - - - -
 Moghal 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
Mukkuvar 8,600 Tamil 6,700 - - 1,800 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 2,300 Tamil - - - 2,300 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Tamil 3,800 - - - - -
 Nair 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Nalavar 7,300 Tamil 5,800 - - 1,500 - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
Navait 4,900 Tamil - 4,900 - - - -
Navandanna 364,000 Sinhala - - 309,000 55,000 - -
 Navithan 1,800 Tamil 1,300 - - 500 - -
Oli 9,400 Sinhala - - 8,400 1,000 - -
Osta (Nasuva) 3,500 Tamil - 3,500 - - - -
Palla 1,900 Tamil 1,500 - - 400 - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 1,100 Tamil - - - 1,100 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Tamil 3,600 - - - - -
Pallar 13,000 Tamil 10,000 - - 2,700 - -
Palliwilli 300 Tamil 200 - - 30 - -
Pamunu 9,600 Sinhala - - 8,600 1,000 - -
 Panan 400 Tamil 300 - - 100 - -
Panna 1,300 Tamil 1,000 - - 300 - -
Pannikki 76,000 Sinhala - - 67,000 9,700 - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 2,100 Tamil - - - 2,100 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Tamil 6,800 - - - - -
Paraiyar 10,000 Tamil 7,500 - 1,500 1,200 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Parsee 300 Gujarati - - - - - 300
 Pashtun, Pathan 9,900 Tamil - 9,900 - - - -
Pidayne Danno 2,800 Sinhala - - 2,600 200 - -
Porowakara 26,000 Sinhala - - 23,000 2,700 - -
 Primanar 12,000 Tamil 12,000 - - - - -
 Pulayan 500 Tamil 400 - - 90 - -
Radava 124,000 Sinhala - - 107,000 17,000 - -
Rajaka 47,000 Sinhala - - 40,000 6,600 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 500 Punjabi, Western - 500 - - - -
Rodiya 200 Sinhala - - 200 - - -
Salagama 194,000 Sinhala - - 166,000 28,000 - -
 Sali, Seriyar 300 Tamil 300 - - 60 - -
 Samban 100 Tamil 100 - - 20 - -
 Sayyid 11,000 Tamil - 11,000 - - - -
Semman 100 Tamil 100 - - 20 - -
 Shaikh 45,000 Tamil - 45,000 - - - -
Silpi 300 Tamil 300 - - 50 - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 500 Sindhi - 500 - - - -
Sinhalese 29,000 Sinhala - - 24,000 4,900 - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Sri Lanka Chetti 5,100 Tamil 5,100 - - - - -
 Sri Lanka Moor 197,000 Tamil - 197,000 - - - -
 Sri Lankan Tamil 1,700 Tamil 600 - - 1,100 - -
 Syrian Christian 600 Malayalam - - - 600 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 207,000 Tamil - 207,000 - - - -
Tattar 700 Tamil 700 - - 70 - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil 400 - - 90 - -
Thacher 300 Tamil 200 - - 30 - -
Thanakavar 200 Tamil 200 - - 40 - -
Thimilar 2,900 Tamil 2,400 - - 500 - -
 Valluvan 200 Tamil 200 - - 40 - -
Vaniyan 1,800 Tamil 1,400 - - 400 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Tamil 1,900 - - - - -
Vannar 1,300 Tamil 1,100 - - 300 - -
 Vanniyan 3,200 Tamil 2,400 - - 700 - -
Vanniyar 6,800 Tamil 5,500 - - 1,300 - -
 Vellalan 2,000 Tamil 1,500 - - 500 - -
Vellalar 163,000 Tamil 132,000 - - 31,000 - -
Vettar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma 600 Tamil 500 - - 80 - -
 Wahumpura 2,499,000 Sinhala - - 2,144,000 354,000 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 300 - - 30 - -
Yamannu 8,100 Sinhala - - 7,000 1,100 - -
  Totals:  149 6,146,000   64 309,000 529,000 4,493,000 812,000 0 2,300