Major People Groups
32
Major Unreached People Groups
10
Total Population
196,000
Buddhist
9.5 %
Christian
13.6 %
Hindu
70.1 %
Muslim
6.8 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ambattan | 800 | Tamil |
2
|
700 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 200 | Tamil |
0
|
200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 4,800 | Tamil |
1
|
4,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 400 | Language unknown |
3
|
-1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gattara | 1,100 | Sinhala |
2
|
-1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 1,800 | Sinhala |
2
|
-1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | 90 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 60 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 14,000 | Tamil |
2
|
12,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 19,000 | Tamil |
2
|
16,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 3,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Maravar | 5,700 | Tamil |
2
|
4,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil |
0
|
300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 2,900 | Tamil |
2
|
2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navandanna | 1,700 | Sinhala |
2
|
-1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palla | 3,700 | Tamil |
2
|
3,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallar | 3,700 | Tamil |
2
|
3,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Panna | 3,700 | Tamil |
2
|
3,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 4,700 | Tamil |
2
|
3,400 | -1 - | 500 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 5,200 | Tamil |
1
|
5,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 500 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 1,900 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 600 | Tamil |
2
|
400 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 10,000 | Tamil |
0
|
-1 - | 10,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 700 | Tamil |
2
|
600 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thacher | 70 | Tamil |
2
|
70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 1,400 | Tamil |
2
|
1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannar | 800 | Tamil |
2
|
700 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vanniyar | 10,000 | Tamil |
2
|
8,300 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalar | 79,000 | Tamil |
2
|
66,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 13,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vettar | 400 | Tamil |
2
|
400 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma | 80 | Tamil |
1
|
80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 12,000 | Sinhala |
2
|
-1 - | -1 - | 11,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil |
1
|
100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Major Groups (displayed): 32 | 191,000 | 10 ● | 136,000 | 12,000 | 16,000 | 26,000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| All Groups (including small not displayed *): 72 | 196,000 | 25 ● | 138,000 | 13,000 | 19,000 | 27,000 | 0 | 0 |
