Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Kannur

Number of People Groups

227

Unreached People Groups

210

Total Population

3,119,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

10.0 %

Hindu

61.8 %

Muslim

27.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 100 Telugu 90 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Adiyan 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
Ajila Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 10,000 Kurichiya 10,000 - - 300 - -
 Ambalavasi 2,600 Malayalam 2,600 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Andh 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
Arayan 3,100 Malayalam 3,100 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Bagata Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Baira 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Bakuda 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 800 Kannada 800 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 8,400 Tamil 8,400 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi 11,000 - - - - 200
 Banijiga 900 Kannada 900 - - - - -
Bariki 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
Bavuri 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Kannada 1,700 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
Bellara 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
Bhansala 80 Marathi 80 - - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Bhottada Unknown Kuvi - - - - - -
 Bohra 90 Gujarati - 90 - - - -
 Boya 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 600 Marathi 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,500 Hindi 2,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Havik 2,100 Kannada 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,900 Kannada 1,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 2,000 Marathi 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 7,600 Malayalam 7,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 8,800 Malayalam 8,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 90 Hindi 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 86,000 Hindi 86,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Byagara 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 5,700 Konkani - 5,700 - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Tamil 2,500 - 30 - - -
 Chalvadi 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Chenchu 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) 900 Malayalam - 900 - - - -
 Christian 800 Hindi - - - 800 - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 100 Tulu 100 - - - - -
 Devanga 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 60 Gujarati 60 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Dhor 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Divehi 400 Maldivian - 400 - - - -
 Gangakula 1,000 Kannada 1,000 - - - - -
 Gavara 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Goanese 1,000 Konkani, Goan - - - 1,000 - -
Godda 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
Hasla Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Holar 2,100 Marathi 2,100 - - - - -
 Holaya Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
Ilayathu 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Irular 20 Irula 20 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,300 Telugu 1,300 - - - - -
Kalladi 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Kamathi 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
Kammara 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Kanakkan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 20 Kanikkaran 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
Karimpalan 11,000 Malayalam 11,000 - 200 - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 40 Marathi 40 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Kavara 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Kavuthiyan 11,000 Malayalam 11,000 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati 400 - - - - -
Kitaran 2,300 Malayalam 2,300 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 300 Marathi 300 - - - - -
Kollakar 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Koracha, caste Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 30 Tulu 30 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Kori 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Kotegar 700 Kannada 700 - - - - -
 Kudumban 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Gujarati 1,900 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - - - -
 Kuruba Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Kuruman 60 Kurumba, Betta 60 - - - - -
 Lingayat 7,100 Kannada - - - - - 7,100
Madari (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 1,100 Marathi 1,100 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 100 Marathi - - - 100 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 1,000 Gujarati 1,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 5,800 Marathi 5,800 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Mala Vettuvan 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 128,000 Malayalam - - - 128,000 - -
Malai Arayan 50 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Malakuravan 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
Malayan, caste 7,000 Malayalam 7,000 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malayekandi 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Mali Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mangala Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 15,000 Malayalam 15,000 - 60 - - -
Mannan, tribal 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Mappila 858,000 Malayalam - 858,000 - - - -
 Maravan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 40 Marathi - - - 40 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Mavilan 5,500 Tulu 5,500 - - - - -
 Memon 50 Gujarati - 50 - - - -
 Moger unspecified 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
Mukkari 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 60 Malayalam - 60 - - - -
Mukri 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 28,000 Tamil - - - 28,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 151,000 Tamil 151,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Nair 1,100,000 Malayalam 1,100,000 - - - - -
Nair Anthur 114,000 Malayalam 114,000 - - - - -
Navait 600 Konkani - 600 - - - -
 Navithan 2,400 Tamil 2,400 - - - - -
Padannan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Paliya Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palluvan 1,300 Malayalam 1,300 - - - - -
 Panan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Pandaram 2,100 Malayalam 2,100 - - - - -
Panditattan 1,100 Malayalam 1,100 - - - - -
 Panika 50 Chhattisgarhi 50 - - - - -
 Paniyan 13,000 Paniya 13,000 - 100 20 - 30
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Tamil 2,400 - 20 - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Malayalam 3,300 - 40 70 - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 500 Urdu - 500 - - - -
 Pathiyan 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Persian Unknown Dari - - - - - -
Perumannan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 7,100 Malayalam 7,100 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 44,000 Malayalam 44,000 - 500 - - -
 Puthirai Vannan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Rajpur 2,300 Konkani, Goan 2,300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
 Sali 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Samanthan 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Samban 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Sayyid 800 Urdu - 800 - - - -
Semman Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 2,100 Urdu - 2,100 - - - -
Silpi 2,600 Telugu 2,600 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 153,000 Malayalam - - - 153,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 600 Tamil - 600 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi 2,200 - - - - -
 Thakkar 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Malayalam 5,800 - 70 - - -
 Thoti, caste 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Ulladan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Urali 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 11,000 Kannada 11,000 - - - - -
 Valan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Valanchian 2,100 Malayalam 2,100 - - - - -
 Valluvan 4,100 Tamil 4,100 - 50 - - -
Vaniyan 47,000 Tamil 47,000 - - - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - 100 - - -
 Vanniyan 2,000 Tamil 2,000 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 2,500 Malayalam 2,500 - - - - -
Velan 2,400 Malayalam 2,400 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 11,000 Malayalam 11,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
Vettuvan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 33,000 Malayalam 33,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 2,600 Malayalam 2,600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 12,000 Malayalam 12,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 10,000 Malayalam 10,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 62,000 Telugu 62,000 - - 200 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Yenadi 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
  Totals:  227 3,119,000   210 1,927,000 870,000 1,200 312,000 400 7,300
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