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Major People Groups *

109

Major Unreached People Groups *

94

Total Population

3,307,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

37.9 %

Hindu

46.5 %

Muslim

15.5 %

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 %
Agamudaiyan unspecified 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ambalavasi 22,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Ambattan Christian 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Anglo 1,300 English Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Arayan 16,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 5-10% - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Bania Agarwal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania Chetti 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 10-50%
Bania unspecified 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 5-10%
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 9,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 2,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Iyer 6,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 18,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 71,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - 0.1-2%
Byari (Beary) 1,200 Konkani Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Christian 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Devadasi 800 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Devanga 6,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Eluthassan 42,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Gandla 5,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Idayan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ilavan 436,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0-0.1% - -
Ilavan Christian 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Ilayathu 2,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Jewish, South Asian 100 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - 50-100%
Kaikolan 9,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kakkalan 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kallan unspecified 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kallasari 9,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kallattu Kurup 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kanakkan 1,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kaniyan 9,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kollakar 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kudumban 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kudumi 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Kurukkal 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Maila 40 Tulu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Malabar Catholic 546,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Malai Arayan 2,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 10-50% - -
Malai Pandaram 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 2-5% - -
Malayarayar 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 10-50% - -
Mannan, caste 15,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mannan, tribal 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 2-5% - -
Mappila 458,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Maravan 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Memon 2,800 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Mukkari 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Musari 3,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Muthuvan 2,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 0.1-2% - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Nair 323,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Navithan 9,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Padannan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Palleyan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Palluvan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Panan 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pandaram 12,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Panditattan 7,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Paravan (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pardhi 2,200 Pardhi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 22,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Pulayan unspecified 198,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - 0-0.1% -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 5,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sali 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Samanthan 1,400 Odia Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Sayyid 3,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Semman 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Shabi 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh Qureshi 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Sinhalese, general 50 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 50-100% - - -
Syrian Christian 670,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 50-100% - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50-100% - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Ulladan 3,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% 0.1-2% - 5-10% - 0.1-2%
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Valan 26,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vaniyan 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vanniyan 8,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 8,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Velan 16,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Vellalan unspecified 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 10-50% - -
Veluthadanayar 9,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Vettuvan 11,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - 0.1-2% - - -
Viswakarma Asari 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma Kollan 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 2,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
Viswakarma unspecified 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50-100% - - 2-5% - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50-100% - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  109 3,286,000   94 ● 10-50% 10-50% 0-0.1% 10-50% 0-0.1% 0-0.1%
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  270 3,307,000   245 ● 10-50% 10-50% 0-0.1% 10-50% 0-0.1% 0-0.1%
* 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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