India, Tamil Nadu state, Nilgiris district people groups

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Major People Groups *

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

722,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

11.5 %

Hindu

77.0 %

Muslim

11.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Ilavan	2,600	5,856,000	0.0444 0.0%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Irular	9,500	226,000	4.2035 4.2%	Irula	Hindu	ST	1
Jenu Kuruba	800	48,000	1.6667 1.7%	Kurumba, Jennu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kaikolan	1,400	2,501,000	0.0560 0.1%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,200	3,660,000	0.0328 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kalal Idiga	1,100	1,788,000	0.0615 0.1%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kallan unspecified	1,300	1,367,000	0.0951 0.1%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kattunayakan	2,000	67,000	2.9851 3.0%	Tamil	Hindu	ST	1
Kavuthiyan	1,200	30,000	4.0000 4.0%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Kootan	200	9,000	2.2222 2.2%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Kuruba	6,900	4,202,000	0.1642 0.2%	Kannada	Hindu	ST	1
Lingayat	1,100	3,466,000	0.0317 0.0%	Kannada	Other	OBC	0
Malabar Catholic	11,000	2,705,000	0.4067 0.4%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Malai Vedan	800	17,000	4.7059 4.7%	Malayalam	Hindu	ST	1
Malakuravan	40	1,200	3.3333 3.3%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Mappila	25,000	8,824,000	0.2833 0.3%	Malayalam	Muslim	OBC	0
Maravan	2,800	3,246,000	0.0863 0.1%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	1
Nair	6,600	6,799,000	0.0971 0.1%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Navithan	1,300	819,000	0.1587 0.2%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Pallan (Christian traditions)	3,700	464,000	0.7974 0.8%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	32,000	2,471,000	1.2950 1.3%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	1
Palleyan	20	2,000	1.0000 1.0%	Tamil	Hindu	ST	2
Panditattan	100	11,000	0.9091 0.9%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Paniyan	9,900	101,000	9.8020 9.8%	Paniya	Hindu	ST	1
Pannadi	100	7,400	1.3514 1.4%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Major Groups (displayed): 79	690,000						68 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 242	722,000						210 ●

* 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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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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