Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Kanyakumari

Number of People Groups

207

Unreached People Groups

175

Total Population

2,109,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

45.2 %

Hindu

50.7 %

Muslim

3.9 %

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 Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 8,000 Tamil ☀︎ 7,900 - 80 20 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
 Adiyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 500 Telugu 500 - - 40 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 500 Telugu - - - 500 - -
 Alavan 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,500 Malayalam 1,500 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Anglo 500 English - - - 500 - -
Arasar 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - 80 - -
Arasar Christian 6,400 Malayalam - - - 6,400 - -
Arayan 4,100 Malayalam 4,100 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Bengali ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 2,800 Tamil ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - 60
 Bania Komti 4,000 Telugu ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - 40
Bania Mahajan 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - 100
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 34,000 Tamil - - - 34,000 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Tamil ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Boya 34,000 Telugu ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 6,700 Tamil ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 8,200 Tamil ☀︎ 8,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 7,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 3,200 Tamil ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 41,000 Hindi ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - 40
 Brahmin Velanadu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Chackaravar 3,000 Tamil ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,400 Tamil - - - 1,400 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - 30 - - -
Chavalakkaran 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 400 Malayalam - - - 400 - -
Chayakkaran 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 4,000 Malayalam - - - 4,000 - -
 Christian 11,000 Hindi - - - 11,000 - -
 Devendrakulathan 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 700 Odia 700 - - - - -
Eravallan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Gavara 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Holaya Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Idayan 4,400 Tamil ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Ilavan 95,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 95,000 - - 200 - -
Ilavan Christian 25,000 Tamil - - - 25,000 - -
Ilavaniyan 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Ilavathi 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Ilayathu 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 39,000 Tamil 39,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 7,100 Tamil 6,900 - - 200 - -
 Kallan unspecified 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - 900 - -
Kanakkan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 3,700 Kanikkaran 3,400 - - 300 - -
 Kaniyan 800 Malayalam 600 - - 100 - -
 Kapu Reddi 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil 900 - - 20 - -
Kavara 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kavathi 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
Kavuthiyan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Keralamuthali 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kootan 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 10,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kuruba 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,300 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 1,300
 Lohana 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 200 Telugu - - - 200 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 179,000 Malayalam - - - 179,000 - -
Malai Pandaram 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 70 Tamil 60 - - - - -
Malakuravan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Malayarayar 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
 Mangala 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mappila 7,200 Malayalam ☀︎ - 7,200 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Maravan 2,500 Tamil 2,200 - - 200 - -
 Mudugar 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Munnur 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Mutali 900 Tamil 600 - - 400 - -
 Muthan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mutrasi 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 337,000 Tamil - - - 337,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 164,000 Tamil ☀︎ 164,000 - - - - -
 Nair 101,000 Malayalam 88,000 - - 14,000 - -
Navait 700 Konkani ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Navithan 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pagadai Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Tamil 4,800 - 60 - - -
Palliyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Panan 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Panikkan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 36,000 Tamil - - - 36,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 36,000 Tamil 36,000 - 100 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 14,000 Tamil - - - 14,000 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Malayalam 2,200 - 90 - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
Perumannan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 1,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,800 - 30 - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 90 Tamil 90 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 2,400 Hindi ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Sali 5,900 Kannada ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Samban 1,200 Tamil 1,000 - - 200 - -
 Sayyid 1,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
Semman 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 6,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 40 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga - - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 239,000 Malayalam - - - 239,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 66,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 66,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Tipera Unknown Kok Borok - - - - - -
 Urali 80 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Valan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Valluvan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 18,000 Tamil 12,000 - - 5,900 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,300 Tamil - - - 1,300 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Tamil ☀︎ 5,800 - 40 - - -
 Vanniyan 179,000 Tamil 161,000 - - 18,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 8,600 Tamil 7,800 - - 900 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Tamil ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 9,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 9,300 - - - - -
Velan 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 3,000 Tamil 2,600 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 11,000 Tamil 6,500 - - 4,800 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 19,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 2,400 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 2,500 Tamil 2,200 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 2,400 Tamil 1,700 - - 700 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 45,000 Tamil 35,000 - - 9,600 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 2,400 Tamil 2,100 - - 400 - -
Veluthadanayar 2,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 2,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 6,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 47,000 Tamil 46,000 - - 700 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
  Totals:  207 2,109,000   175 1,070,000 83,000 500 954,000 200 1,500
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