Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Krishnagiri

Number of People Groups

265

Unreached People Groups

241

Total Population

2,173,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.9 %

Hindu

92.0 %

Muslim

5.9 %

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 600 Telugu 600 - - 50 - -
 Adi Dravida 247,000 Tamil ☀︎ 246,000 - 60 400 20 -
Adi Dravida Christian 6,200 Tamil - - - 6,200 - -
 Adi Karnataka 4,900 Kannada 4,800 - - - - -
Adi Karnataka Christian 90 Kannada - - - 90 - -
 Adiyan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - - - -
Ager (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Ajila Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 3,800 Kurichiya 3,700 - - - - 40
 Ambalavasi 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Anglo 50 English - - - 50 - -
 Ansari 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Arasu 1,900 Kannada ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Aray Mala 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 23,000 Tamil ☀︎ 23,000 - 30 - - -
 Badaga 20 Badaga 20 - - - - -
 Baira 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bakuda 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Balagai 1,500 Kannada ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 55,000 Kannada ☀︎ 55,000 - - - - -
Balija Bogam 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 5,800 Telugu ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 1,400 Kannada ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 7,000 Tamil ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - 50
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - 200
 Banijiga 1,100 Kannada 1,100 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Lambadi 1,400 - - - - -
 Basor 2,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Kannada ☀︎ 38,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Kannada ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
Beldar Toreya 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Bohra 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Boya 61,000 Telugu ☀︎ 61,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gujar Gaur 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 2,800 Tamil ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 2,900 Kannada ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 800 Marathi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 4,400 Tamil ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 29,000 Hindi ☀︎ 29,000 - - - - 100
 Brahmin Velanadu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Byagara 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Chalvadi Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Chenna Dasar 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 400 Malayalam - - - 400 - -
 Christian 13,000 Hindi - - - 13,000 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 30 Tulu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Devanga 12,000 Kannada 12,000 - - 200 - -
 Devendrakulathan 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Hindi ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - -
 Dhor 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 300 Odia 300 - - - - -
Ellamalawar 40 Kannada ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Gandla 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Gangakula 24,000 Kannada ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Garoda (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Goanese 300 Konkani, Goan - - - 300 - -
Godagali 30 Odia ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Gosain unspecified 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Gujar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Hajam 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 200 Vaagri Booli 200 - - - - -
Halleer Unknown Konkani, Goan ☀︎ - - - - - -
Halsar 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Hande Jogi 800 Kannada ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Ho Unknown Ho - - - - - -
 Holar 1,000 Marathi 1,000 - - - - -
 Holaya Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Holaya Dasar Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ilavan 6,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
 Irular 17,000 Irula 17,000 20 - 100 - 20
Jaggali 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
Jambuvulu Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 300 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 300 -
 Jenu Kuruba 500 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Bengali ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - -
Kadu Kuruba 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kaikadi 6,300 Kannada ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 69,000 Tamil 68,000 - - 500 - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Telugu ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 4,700 Telugu ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 4,500 Telugu ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 24,000 Telugu ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
Kepmaris 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Koliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 20 Tulu 20 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Koshti 18,000 Marathi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Kotegar 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kudiya Unknown Kudiya - - - - - -
 Kudumban 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Kudumi 2,600 Tamil ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 13,000 Kannada ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 6,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Hindi ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Kuruba 82,000 Kannada 82,000 - - - - -
 Kuruman 1,700 Kurumba, Betta 1,700 - - - - -
 Lingayat 4,100 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 4,100
Madari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 400 Telugu - - - 400 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Telugu 3,300 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 25,000 Marathi ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 1,200 Telugu - - - 1,200 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Telugu 2,200 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala Jangam Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala Sale Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Malai Pandaram 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 200 Malayalam 20 - - 200 - -
Malakkuravan 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
Malasar 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Malayali 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Malayarayar 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Mangala 3,900 Telugu ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Mappila 500 Malayalam ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Maravan 43,000 Tamil 43,000 - - - - -
 Masan Jogi 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Memon 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 900 Bengali 900 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Mundala Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Munnur 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 3,200 Telugu ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 9,500 Tamil - - - 9,500 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Tamil ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
 Nadia 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Nagartha 3,900 Kannada ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Nair 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Navithan 8,600 Tamil ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
 Nayadi 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Pagadai 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pale 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palliyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Panchama Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pandaram 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
 Pannadi 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Panniandi 2,300 Tamil ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil - - - 1,800 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 50 Bengali ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 100 Hindi ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 3,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,000 - - - -
Pichakuntla 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Pindara 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pinjara 1,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 90 Tamil 90 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rawat 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Razu 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Sali 20,000 Kannada ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Satani 6,300 Telugu ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 6,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,100 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 41,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 41,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Sillekyatha 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Silpi 2,700 Telugu ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Soligar 40 Sholaga 40 - - - - -
 Somvanshi 12,000 Marathi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Hindi ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 400 Malayalam - - - 400 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - 70
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 69,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 69,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Tirgar (Hindu traditions) 60 Gujarati ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Toda 30 Toda 30 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 60,000 Telugu ☀︎ 60,000 - - 30 - -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara 2,700 Kannada ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 2,700 Kannada ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 19,000 Kannada 19,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 3,000 Tamil ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 5,200 Tamil 5,200 - - 60 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 2,000 Tamil - - - 2,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Tamil ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 612,000 Tamil 612,000 - - 700 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 27,000 Tamil 27,000 - - 30 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 3,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 3,400 Tamil 3,400 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 3,400 Tamil ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 4,100 Tamil 4,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 8,100 Tamil 8,100 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 36,000 Tamil 34,000 - - 2,300 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 2,700 Tamil 2,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 34,000 Tamil 34,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Hindi ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 11,000 Telugu ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,200 Telugu 1,200 - - - - -
 Yerukula 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
  Totals:  265 2,173,000   241 1,999,000 129,000 100 40,000 500 4,600
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