Number of People Groups
118
Unreached People Groups
42
Total Population
1,283,000
Buddhist
83.4 %
Christian
4.0 %
Hindu
3.4 %
Muslim
9.3 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 40 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 3,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,500 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ansari | 40 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 400 | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 6,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,500 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 20 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bengali Muslim Moghal | 300 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Berava | 22,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 21,000 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | 30 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 200 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 900 | Tamil | 1 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 1,700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 1,000 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | 900 | -1 - | 30 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 1,000 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Demala Gattara | 1,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Divehi | 500 | Maldivian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Durava | 90,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 87,000 | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gattara | 46,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 44,000 | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gauraykwallu | 1,400 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 34,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 33,000 | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Govigama Patti | 1,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,500 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 1,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,500 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 20,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 19,000 | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Henawalayo | 1,400 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,400 | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 15,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 14,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hunna | 5,500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 5,300 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 1,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 700 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 70 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karava | 171,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 165,000 | 6,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kiddea | 900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kustarogiyo | 900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 600 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 5,800 | Malayalam | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Marakkalage | 900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 2,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Maravar | 1,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 200 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Mukkuvar | 800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 80 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 30 | Tamil | 1 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Nalavar | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navait | 2,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navandanna | 68,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 66,000 | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Oli | 1,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,800 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Osta (Nasuva) | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palla | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallan (Christian traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 1,400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallar | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palliwilli | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pamunu | 1,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panan | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Panna | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pannikki | 15,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 14,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 900 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 2,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyar | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 60 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Pashtun, Pathan | 3,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pidayne Danno | 600 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Porowakara | 11,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 800 | Tamil | 1 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Radava | 23,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 23,000 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Rajaka | 8,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 8,400 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 300 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Salagama | 37,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 35,000 | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 4,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 4,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Semman | 60 | Tamil | 2 ● | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 23,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 23,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Silpi | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 300 | Sindhi | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sinhalese | 12,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 12,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 20 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 22,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 22,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 53,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 53,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thanakavar | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Thimilar | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vaniyan | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vannan (Christian traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vannar | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vanniyar | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Vellalan | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vellalar | 14,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 14,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 511,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 490,000 | 21,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 118 | 1,283,000 | 42 ● | 44,000 | 119,000 | 1,070,000 | 51,000 | 0 | 60 |
