Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Palakkad

Number of People Groups

210

Unreached People Groups

189

Total Population

3,261,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

4.0 %

Hindu

68.2 %

Muslim

27.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Adiyan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 1,500 Tamil 1,500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 2,600 Tamil 2,600 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Aiyanavar Christian 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya - - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 19,000 Malayalam 19,000 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Anglo Unknown English - - - - - -
Arayan 16,000 Malayalam 16,000 - - 20 - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Baira 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Bakuda 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 8,200 Tamil ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - 70
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - 60
 Banijiga 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bellara Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Boya 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 8,600 Marathi ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 7,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 9,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 9,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 18,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 2,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 7,600 Tamil ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 72,000 Hindi ☀︎ 72,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Tamil ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Chalvadi 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 4,000 Malayalam 4,000 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 186,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 186,000 - 70 - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) 24,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 24,000 - - - -
Cherumar Christian 900 Malayalam - - - 900 - -
 Christian 1,100 Hindi - - - 1,100 - -
 Devanga 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 800 Tamil ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 700 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - 20 - -
Eravallan 5,400 Tamil 5,400 - - - - -
 Gangakula 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Gavara 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Godagali 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Godda 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Hasla 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Holar 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Ilavan 504,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 504,000 - 200 - - -
Ilavan Christian 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
Ilavaniyan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Ilavathi 6,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,400 - - - - -
Ilayathu 7,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Irular 26,000 Irula 26,000 40 - 80 - 400
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 1,300 Tamil 1,300 - - - - -
 Kadan 1,100 Malayalam 1,100 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 4,000 Tamil 4,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 5,000 Tamil 5,000 - - - - -
Kallattu Kurup Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kanakkan 105,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 105,000 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 400 Kanikkaran 400 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 31,000 Malayalam 31,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Karimpalan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Kavara 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kootan 1,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Kudumban 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Kudumi 27,000 Tamil ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
 Kuruba 2,400 Kannada 2,400 - - - - 20
 Kuruman 70 Kurumba, Betta 70 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,400 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 1,400
Madari (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Tamil ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 200 Telugu - - - 200 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Mala Urali 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 47,000 Malayalam - - - 47,000 - -
Malai Arayan 300 Malayalam 200 - - 100 - -
Malai Pandaram 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Malakuravan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Malasar 3,500 Tamil 3,500 - - - - -
Malayan, caste 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 2,600 Tamil 2,500 - - - - -
Malayarayar 600 Malayalam 500 - - 100 - -
Mali Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 37,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Mappila 827,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 827,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 60 Malayalam - - - 60 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Maravan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mudugar 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Mukkari 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam - - - 30 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mundala Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mutali Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Muthan 1,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 5,300 Malayalam 5,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 5,700 Tamil - - - 5,700 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Tamil ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Nair 399,000 Malayalam 399,000 - - - - -
Nalakeyava Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Nalkadaya Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Navait 4,500 Konkani ☀︎ - 4,500 - - - -
 Navithan 2,700 Tamil ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Nayadi 1,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Padannan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyar 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palluvan 3,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Panan 27,000 Tamil ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Panchama 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Panikkan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Paniyan 800 Paniya 800 - - - - -
 Pannadi 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 5,300 Tamil - - - 5,300 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Tamil 23,000 - - - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Malayalam 2,900 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Pathiyan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Perumannan 5,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 2,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 18,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
Raneyar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Sali 20,000 Kannada ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Samanthan 60 Odia ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Samban 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Sayyid 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Semman 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 1,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
Silpi 2,900 Telugu ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 40 - - -
 Syrian Christian 65,000 Malayalam - - - 65,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 46,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 46,000 - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 1,900 Malayalam - - - 1,900 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
Thandan Palakkad 6,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
Thantapulayan 2,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Ulladan 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,600 Kannada 1,600 - - - - -
 Valan 16,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Tamil ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 55,000 Tamil 55,000 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 37,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
Velan 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 1,600 Tamil 1,600 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 32,000 Tamil 32,000 - - 400 - -
Veluthadanayar 19,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Vettuvan 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 45,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 45,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 18,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 28,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 23,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 118,000 Tamil 118,000 - - 60 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 1,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
  Totals:  210 3,261,000   189 2,224,000 906,000 300 129,000 200 1,900
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