Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Kollam

Number of People Groups

207

Unreached People Groups

174

Total Population

3,031,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

15.6 %

Hindu

65.6 %

Muslim

18.7 %

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 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 1,100 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
Aiyanavar Christian 4,400 Telugu - - - 4,400 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya - - - - - -
 Alavan 1,400 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 3,900 Malayalam 3,900 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - 20 - -
Ambattan Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Anglo 200 English - - - 200 - -
Arasar 3,600 Malayalam 3,500 - - 100 - -
Arasar Christian 16,000 Malayalam - - - 16,000 - -
Arayan 9,400 Malayalam 9,400 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 8,000 Tamil ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - 20
 Bania unspecified 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - 50
Bellara 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Boya 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 6,200 Tamil ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 1,800 Tamil ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,100 Marathi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 3,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 1,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 1,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 45,000 Hindi ☀︎ 45,000 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 500 Konkani ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Chackaravar 6,200 Tamil ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,900 - 20 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Chandala 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - 20 - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 600 Malayalam - - - 600 - -
Chayakkaran 1,400 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 59,000 Malayalam - - - 59,000 - -
 Christian 1,500 Hindi - - - 1,500 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Goanese 200 Konkani, Goan - - - 200 - -
Godagali 50 Odia ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Godda Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Holar 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
Idayan 8,500 Tamil ☀︎ 8,500 - - - - -
 Ilavan 314,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 314,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
Ilavaniyan 1,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Ilavathi 3,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
Ilayathu 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Irular 80 Irula 80 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Kaikolan 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
Kanakkan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 2,600 Kanikkaran 2,600 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 4,200 Malayalam 4,200 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Kavara 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Kavathi 4,100 Tamil ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 1,000 Tamil - - - 1,000 - -
Keralamuthali 2,900 Malayalam 2,900 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 1,100 Malayalam - - - 1,100 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 30 Tulu 30 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 19,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Kudumban 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Kudumi 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 800 Gujarati ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 126,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 126,000 - 40 - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kurukkal 1,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Kuruman 30 Kurumba, Betta 30 - - - - -
 Lingayat 30 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 30
Madari (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Mahishya Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 40 Marathi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 122,000 Malayalam - - - 122,000 - -
Malai Arayan 200 Malayalam 100 - - 20 - -
Malai Pandaram 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 2,200 Malayalam 2,200 - - - - 20
Malakuravan 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Malasar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Malayekandi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mangala 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - 20 - - -
Mannan, tribal 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
 Mappila 542,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 542,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Maravan 5,000 Tamil 5,000 - - - - -
 Mavilan 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Memon 100 Gujarati ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 6,600 Malayalam - - - 6,600 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 400 Malayalam ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Mutali 1,300 Tamil 1,100 - - 200 - -
 Muthan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 59,000 Tamil - - - 59,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 420,000 Tamil ☀︎ 420,000 - - - - -
 Nair 303,000 Malayalam 303,000 - - - - -
Navait 8,800 Konkani ☀︎ - 8,800 - - - -
 Navithan 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Nayadi 700 Gujarati ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Padannan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Tamil 4,600 - 20 - - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan 100 Tamil 50 - - 50 - -
Palliyar 70 Tamil 30 - - 30 - -
Palluvan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Panan 3,900 Tamil ☀︎ 3,900 - 20 - - -
 Panchama Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pandaram 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Paniyan 20 Paniya 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 35,000 Tamil - - - 35,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Tamil 28,000 - 40 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 5,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Pathiyan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Perumannan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 94,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 94,000 - 40 - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
 Sali 11,000 Kannada ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Samanthan 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Semman 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 2,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
Silpi 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 30 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 30 - - -
 Syrian Christian 157,000 Malayalam - - - 157,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 6,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 6,000 - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 3,600 Malayalam - - - 3,600 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 68,000 - 50 - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Ulladan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Urali 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Valan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Valluvan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vaniyan 26,000 Tamil 26,000 - - 500 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil - - - 1,800 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Tamil ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 7,400 Tamil 7,400 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 18,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Velan 3,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 41,000 Tamil 41,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 62,000 Tamil 62,000 - - 600 - -
Veluthadanayar 5,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 400 Malayalam - - - 400 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 900 Tamil ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Vettuvan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 58,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 57,000 - - 100 - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 4,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 87,000 Tamil 87,000 - - 200 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Yenadi 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Yerukula 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  207 3,031,000   174 1,990,000 568,000 300 473,000 200 100
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