India, Puducherry state people groups

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Major People Groups *

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

1,381,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.7 %

Hindu

88.9 %

Muslim

5.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group	Population in State	Population in Country	% Country Popl in State	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Adi Andhra	4,000	322,000	1.2422 1.2%	Telugu	Hindu	SC	1
Adi Dravida	150,000	8,995,000	1.6676 1.7%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	13,000	695,000	1.8705 1.9%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Agamudaiyan unspecified	22,000	935,000	2.3529 2.4%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	1,500	189,000	0.7937 0.8%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Arunthathiyar	6,700	1,074,000	0.6238 0.6%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Bania Agarwal	2,000	5,168,000	0.0387 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Bania Chetti	2,200	772,000	0.2850 0.3%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	600	36,000	1.6667 1.7%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania unspecified	13,000	30,963,000	0.0420 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Boya	12,000	4,213,000	0.2848 0.3%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Brahmin Iyer	11,000	302,000	3.6424 3.6%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Kannada	1,200	460,000	0.2609 0.3%	Kannada	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	400	27,000	1.4815 1.5%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Sholiar	700	50,000	1.4000 1.4%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Tamil	6,300	493,000	1.2779 1.3%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Telugu	2,600	1,080,000	0.2407 0.2%	Telugu	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin unspecified	44,000	61,578,000	0.0715 0.1%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Vadama	800	45,000	1.7778 1.8%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Chachati	40	1,600	2.5000 2.5%	Telugu	Hindu	SC	0
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	2,700	903,000	0.2990 0.3%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Christian	5,100	1,469,000	0.3472 0.3%	Hindi	Christian	OBC	3
Divehi	20	1,300	1.5385 1.5%	Maldivian	Muslim	OBC	0
Ilavan	3,600	6,094,000	0.0591 0.1%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Irular	3,800	235,000	1.6170 1.6%	Irula	Hindu	ST	1
Major Groups (displayed): 98	1,361,000						88 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 241	1,381,000						216 ●

* State 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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Prayer Cards

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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