India, Kerala state, Kannur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Kannur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,693,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

9.9 %

Hindu

62.3 %

Muslim

27.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adiyan	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	8,800	Kurichiya	1	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	2,200	Malayalam	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	2,700	Malayalam	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	7,100	Tamil	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bavuri	20	Telugu	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bellara	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Havik	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,700	Marathi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	6,500	Malayalam	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	7,500	Malayalam	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	86,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byari (Beary)	4,900	Konkani	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	700	Malayalam	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	400	Maldivian	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holar	1,800	Marathi	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karimpalan	9,700	Malayalam	0	9,600	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	9,000	Malayalam	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kitaran	1,900	Malayalam	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kollakar	80	Malayalam	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kotegar	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Gujarati	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	6,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,000
Mahratta unspecified	5,800	Marathi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Vettuvan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	109,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	109,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, caste	6,000	Malayalam	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	731,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	731,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	4,700	Tulu	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkari	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	50	Malayalam	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	24,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	24,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	128,000	Tamil	0	128,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	937,000	Malayalam	1	937,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair Anthur	97,000	Malayalam	0	97,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	11,000	Paniya	1	11,000	-1 -	100	20	-1 -	20
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Tamil	1	2,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Malayalam	1	2,800	-1 -	30	60	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	6,100	Malayalam	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	44,000	Malayalam	0	44,000	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajpur	1,900	Konkani, Goan	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	2,200	Telugu	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	131,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	131,000	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Malayalam	0	5,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	11,000	Kannada	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valanchian	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	3,500	Tamil	0	3,400	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	40,000	Tamil	2	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	1,700	Tamil	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	9,000	Malayalam	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	28,000	Malayalam	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	2,200	Malayalam	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	9,800	Malayalam	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	8,500	Malayalam	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	62,000	Tamil	1	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 79	2,670,000		74 ●	1,659,000	739,000	1,100	264,000	0	6,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 227	2,693,000		210 ●	1,677,000	742,000	1,100	266,000	400	6,200

* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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