Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Thoothukudi

Number of People Groups

197

Unreached People Groups

168

Total Population

1,998,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

16.0 %

Hindu

79.4 %

Muslim

4.4 %

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 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 64,000 Tamil ☀︎ 64,000 - 100 50 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 4,600 Tamil - - - 4,600 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Adiyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 33,000 Tamil 33,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 500 Telugu 400 - - 50 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 1,700 Telugu - - - 1,700 - -
 Alavan 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,400 Malayalam 1,400 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
Anglo 300 English - - - 300 - -
Arasar 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Arasar Christian 1,200 Malayalam - - - 1,200 - -
Arayan 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 22,000 Tamil ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 1,600 Tamil ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 3,000 Hindi ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - 50
 Banijiga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Boya 48,000 Telugu ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 2,500 Tamil ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 6,800 Tamil ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,800 Marathi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 5,000 Tamil ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 9,400 Tamil ☀︎ 9,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 78,000 Hindi ☀︎ 78,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 2,300 Telugu ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Chackaravar 2,800 Tamil ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,500 Tamil - - - 1,500 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Tamil ☀︎ 17,000 - 40 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Chayakkaran 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 27,000 Malayalam - - - 27,000 - -
 Christian 7,100 Hindi - - - 7,100 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Devanga 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 3,000 Tamil ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Divehi Unknown Maldivian ☀︎ - - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 90 Odia 90 - - - - -
 Gandla 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gangakula 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Idayan 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Ilavaniyan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ilavathi 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Irular 20 Irula 20 - - - - -
Jaggali 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 70 -
 Jenu Kuruba 700 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 36,000 Tamil 36,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 19,000 Tamil 19,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 30,000 Tamil 30,000 - - - - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Kaniyan 300 Malayalam 300 - - 30 - -
 Kapu unspecified 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 4,700 Tamil 4,600 - - 30 - -
Kavathi 1,900 Tamil ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
Keralamuthali 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 60 Malayalam - - - 60 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
Koliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 80 Tamil ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Kudumban 300 Tamil 70 - - 300 - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kuruba 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 3,400 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 3,400
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Malabar Catholic 400 Malayalam - - - 400 - -
Malai Arayan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 300 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Malakuravan 80 Tamil ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Malayali 1,400 Tamil 1,400 - - - - -
 Mangala 1,300 Telugu ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 3,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Maravan 281,000 Tamil 262,000 - - 19,000 - -
 Memon 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
Mutali 500 Tamil 500 - - 80 - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 62,000 Tamil - - - 62,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 84,000 Tamil ☀︎ 84,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Nair 49,000 Malayalam 49,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 24,000 Tamil ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 1,600 Tamil ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 119,000 Tamil - - - 119,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 216,000 Tamil 215,000 - 90 500 - -
Palliyar 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Panan 3,300 Tamil ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
 Pannadi Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 51,000 Tamil - - - 51,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 75,000 Tamil 75,000 - 50 500 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 11,000 Tamil - - - 11,000 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Malayalam 16,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 30 Urdu ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Pathiyan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 5,200 Tamil 5,200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Razu 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sali 5,000 Kannada ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Samban 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 4,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,100 - - - -
Semman 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 18,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 18,000 - - - -
Silpi 9,000 Telugu ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 20 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 20 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 500 Malayalam - - - 500 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 65,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 65,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Telugu ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Vadugan 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,400 Kannada 1,400 - - - - -
 Valluvan 900 Tamil ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Vaniyan 42,000 Tamil 37,000 - - 5,400 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 700 Tamil - - - 700 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Tamil ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 4,300 Tamil 4,300 - - 30 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil - - - 1,000 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Tamil ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 3,100 Tamil 3,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 5,000 Tamil 4,700 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 65,000 Tamil 61,000 - - 3,600 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Tamil ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Vettuvan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 105,000 Tamil 105,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Hindi ☀︎ 113,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,400 Hindi ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 11,000 Telugu ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Yerukula 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  197 1,998,000   168 1,586,000 87,000 300 320,000 100 3,400
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