Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Dindigul

Number of People Groups

221

Unreached People Groups

193

Total Population

2,478,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

7.7 %

Hindu

87.2 %

Muslim

4.9 %

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 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 42,000 Tamil ☀︎ 42,000 - 70 90 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 3,100 Tamil - - - 3,100 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 90 Tamil ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
Anglo 70 English - - - 70 - -
Arasar 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
Arasar Christian 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
 Arunthathiyar 5,100 Tamil ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Baira 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - 20
 Bania Chetti 12,000 Tamil ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - 20
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 400 Gujarati ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - 50
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Basor 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Bathada 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Bohra 90 Gujarati ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Boya 9,500 Telugu ☀︎ 9,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 600 Gujarati ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,300 Tamil ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 6,300 Tamil ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 2,400 Kannada ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 28,000 Tamil ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 102,000 Hindi ☀︎ 102,000 - - - - 30
 Brahmin Velanadu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Byari (Beary) 900 Konkani ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
Chackaravar 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 11,000 Tamil - - - 11,000 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 137,000 Tamil ☀︎ 137,000 - 70 70 - -
Chayakkaran 3,400 Tamil ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 600 Malayalam - - - 600 - -
 Christian 6,200 Hindi - - - 6,200 - -
 Devendrakulathan 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati 500 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 900 Gujarati ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Odia 1,900 - - - - -
 Gamit 400 Gamit 400 - - - - -
 Gavara 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Godda Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
Idayan 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 20,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
Ilavaniyan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Ilavathi 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Kaikolan 47,000 Tamil 47,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kammara 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Kanakkan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 3,700 Telugu ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
Karimpalan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 2,400 Tamil 2,400 - - - - -
Kavara 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 800 Gujarati 800 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Krishnanvak 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kudumban 600 Tamil 400 - - 200 - -
 Kudumi 13,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 8,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 8,200 - - - - -
 Kuruba 500 Kannada 500 - - - - -
 Kuruman 100 Kurumba, Betta 100 - - - - -
 Lingayat 5,100 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 5,100
 Lohana 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Lotha Unknown Naga, Lotha - - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Tamil ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 900 Gujarati ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Mahyavanshi 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
Maila 60 Tulu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 11,000 Telugu ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,400 Malayalam - - - 1,400 - -
Malai Pandaram 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 1,100 Malayalam 1,100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Malakuravan 90 Tamil ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 7,900 Tamil 7,900 - - - - -
Malayarayar 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 4,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,400 - - 100 - -
 Mappila 4,100 Malayalam ☀︎ - 4,100 - - - -
 Maravan 152,000 Tamil 152,000 - - - - -
 Memon 400 Gujarati ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Momna 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Mudugar 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 30 Malayalam ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Munnur 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Mutali 4,600 Tamil 4,500 - - 90 - -
 Muthuvan 60 Malayalam 60 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 78,000 Tamil - - - 78,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 258,000 Tamil ☀︎ 258,000 - - - - -
 Nair 95,000 Malayalam 95,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Navait 1,900 Konkani ☀︎ - 1,900 - - - -
 Navithan 48,000 Tamil ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pagadai 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 32,000 Tamil - - - 32,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 184,000 Tamil 183,000 - 50 500 - -
Palleyan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Palliyan 3,600 Tamil 3,500 - - 100 - -
Palliyar 3,600 Tamil 3,500 - - 100 - -
Palluvan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Panan 2,200 Tamil ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Panikkan 4,700 Tamil ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Paniyan 50 Paniya 40 - - - - -
 Pannadi Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 48,000 Tamil - - - 48,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 103,000 Tamil 103,000 - 30 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 2,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
 Pathiyan 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Patnulkaran 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Perumannan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 3,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Hindi ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Rathawa 400 Rathawi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Ravalia Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Sali 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 4,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,100 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Semman 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 17,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 17,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Silpi 2,500 Telugu ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 30 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 30 - - -
 Syrian Christian 3,000 Malayalam - - - 3,000 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 84,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 84,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Urali Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 21,000 Kannada 21,000 - - - - -
 Valan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Valluvan 2,800 Tamil ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Vaniyan 28,000 Tamil 25,000 - - 2,800 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,900 Tamil - - - 1,900 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Tamil ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 65,000 Tamil 64,000 - - 700 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 3,200 Tamil 3,100 - - 30 - -
 Varli 300 Varli 300 - - - - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 14,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 139,000 Tamil 139,000 - - 600 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 5,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam - - - 30 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Vettuvan 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 186,000 Tamil 186,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 136,000 Hindi ☀︎ 136,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 11,000 Telugu ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  221 2,478,000   193 2,159,000 121,000 300 192,000 300 5,300
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