Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Alappuzha

Number of People Groups

173

Unreached People Groups

153

Total Population

2,538,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

20.3 %

Hindu

69.3 %

Muslim

10.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 800 Tamil 800 - - - - -
Ajila Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Alavan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 5,500 Malayalam 5,500 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 60 Tamil - - - 60 - -
Anglo 100 English - - - 100 - -
Arasar 60 Malayalam - - - 60 - -
Arayan 33,000 Malayalam 33,000 - - 200 - -
 Arunthathiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Ayyanavar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Bengali 16,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,500 Hindi 1,400 - - - - 20
 Bania Chetti 3,900 Tamil 3,900 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 12,000 Hindi 12,000 - - - - 50
Bellara Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Bohra 1,200 Gujarati - 1,200 - - - -
 Boya 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
Brahmin Dravida 6,200 Tamil 6,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 2,900 Marathi 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 600 Hindi 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 1,300 Tamil 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 90 Tamil 90 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 3,200 Malayalam 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 4,200 Malayalam 4,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 7,100 Malayalam 7,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 4,700 Malayalam 4,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 32,000 Hindi 32,000 - - - - 20
Chackaravar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 3,200 Malayalam 3,200 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 3,200 Tamil 3,200 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) 40 Malayalam - 40 - - - -
Cherumar Christian 57,000 Malayalam - - - 57,000 - -
 Christian 1,600 Hindi - - - 1,600 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Devadasi 700 Kannada 700 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
Eravallan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Idayan 9,700 Tamil 9,700 - - - - -
 Ilavan 495,000 Malayalam 495,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
Ilavaniyan 11,000 Malayalam 11,000 - - - - -
Ilavathi 8,100 Malayalam 8,100 - - - - -
Ilayathu 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 200 -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 900 Malayalam 900 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Kanakkan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran Unknown Kanikkaran - - - - - -
 Kaniyan 13,000 Malayalam 13,000 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 40 Gujarati 40 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Kudumban 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Kudumi 5,000 Tamil 5,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Malayalam 13,000 - - 100 - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,100 Kannada - - - - - 1,100
Madari (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 175,000 Malayalam - - - 175,000 - -
Malai Arayan 200 Malayalam 100 - - 30 - -
Malai Pandaram 200 Malayalam 200 20 - - - -
 Malai Vedan 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
Malayarayar 20 Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mangala Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 26,000 Malayalam 26,000 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Mappila 243,000 Malayalam - 243,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Malayalam - - - 1,800 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 800 Malayalam 800 - - - - -
 Maravan 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - -
 Memon 500 Gujarati - 500 - - - -
 Mudugar 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 16,000 Malayalam - - - 16,000 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Malayalam 26,000 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 900 Malayalam - 900 - - - -
Mutali 70 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Muthan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,900 Tamil - - - 1,900 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Tamil 7,400 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Nair 522,000 Malayalam 522,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Nayadi 60 Gujarati 60 - - - - -
Padannan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palluvan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Panan 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
 Pandaram 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Paniyan 20 Paniya 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 14,000 Tamil - - - 14,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Tamil 10,000 - 40 50 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Malayalam 2,300 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 5,100 Urdu - 5,100 - - - -
 Pathiyan 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
Perumannan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 16,000 Malayalam 16,000 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 112,000 Malayalam 112,000 - 60 - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Hindi 4,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 70 -
 Sali 1,900 Kannada 1,900 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Samanthan 90 Odia 90 - - - - -
 Samban 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Sayyid 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
Semman 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 1,400 Urdu - 1,400 - - - -
Silpi 1,200 Telugu 1,200 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 20 Sinhala - - 20 - - -
 Syrian Christian 245,000 Malayalam - - - 245,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 8,800 Tamil - 8,800 - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 1,300 Malayalam - - - 1,300 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 38,000 Malayalam 38,000 - 40 - - -
 Ulladan 3,000 Malayalam 3,000 - - - - 20
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Valan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 40 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Tamil 1,900 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 4,400 Tamil 4,400 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 20,000 Malayalam 20,000 - - - - -
Velan 23,000 Malayalam 23,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 4,200 Tamil 4,200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 24,000 Tamil 24,000 - - 70 - -
Veluthadanayar 13,000 Malayalam 13,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Vettuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 38,000 Malayalam 38,000 - - 100 - -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan 1,300 Malayalam 1,300 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 5,700 Malayalam 5,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 18,000 Malayalam 18,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 17,000 Malayalam 17,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 81,000 Telugu 81,000 - - 300 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 1,400 Malayalam 1,400 - - - - -
 Yenadi 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
  Totals:  173 2,538,000   153 1,759,000 262,000 200 516,000 300 1,200
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