Country: |
India |
| Province / State: | Puducherry |
| District: | Pondicherry |
Number of People Groups
165
Unreached People Groups
144
Total Population
1,134,000
Buddhist
0.0 %
Christian
5.8 %
Hindu
91.5 %
Muslim
2.6 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.2 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 300 | Telugu | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Adi Dravida | 165,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 165,000 | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Adi Dravida Christian | 300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Adi Karnataka | 70 | Kannada | 1 ● | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Adiyan | 50 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 12,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 12,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 18,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 18,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Alambadi Kurichchan | 40 | Kurichiya | 1 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambattan (Hindu traditions) | 1,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Anglo | 20 | English | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arora (Sikh traditions) | 20 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - |
|
Arunthathiyar | 6,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 6,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ayyanavar | 70 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bagdi | 20 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bandi (Hindu traditions) | 20 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Agarwal | 2,000 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 |
|
Bania Chetti | 2,500 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 |
|
Bania Gahoi | 50 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti | 700 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Kasarwani | 60 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Kasaundhan | 80 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Mahur | 400 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bania Trivarnika Vaisya | 100 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 10,000 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 9,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 |
|
Bedar (Hindu traditions) | 40 | Kannada | 0 ☀ | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Beldar (Hindu traditions) | 30 | Kannada | 0 ☀ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 8,700 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 8,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Bengali | 50 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Iyer | 7,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 7,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Kannada | 1,000 | Kannada | 0 ☀ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Mukkaniyar | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Sholiar | 500 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Tamil | 2,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin Telugu | 700 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 22,000 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 22,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Vadama | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 70 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 2,200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Cherumar Christian | 20 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 3,500 | Hindi | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 3,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhangar Bharwad | 20 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 900 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Dom (Dombara) | 30 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dudekula | 90 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Gandla | 50 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Godda | 20 | Kannada | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hakki Pikki | 200 | Vaagri Booli | 1 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Han Chinese, Mandarin | 20 | Chinese, Mandarin | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 600 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 20 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Irular | 4,300 | Irula | 1 ● | 4,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Sikh traditions) | 60 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - |
|
Jogi (Hindu traditions) | 70 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kadan | 40 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaibartta unspecified | 100 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 36,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 36,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kalal (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kalal Idiga | 200 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan unspecified | 3,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 3,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kammara | 20 | Telugu | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu Reddi | 100 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu unspecified | 1,300 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) | -1 Unknown | Kashmiri | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kattunayakan | 1,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) | 20 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Koli (Hindu traditions) | 80 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Koli of Gujarat | 20 | Gujarati | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Konda Reddi | 1,300 | Telugu | 1 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Koracha, caste | 70 | Kannada | 0 ☀ | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kori | 20 | Hindi | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kudumban | 40 | Tamil | 2 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kudumi | 800 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuruba | 60 | Kannada | 1 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuruman | 30 | Kurumba, Betta | 1 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Lingayat | 200 | Kannada | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 |
|
|
Madari (Hindu traditions) | 3,200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 3,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Madiga (Christian traditions) | 200 | Telugu | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Madiga (Hindu traditions) | 20 | Telugu | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) | 20 | Marathi | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahishya | 20 | Bengali | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahratta Kunbi | 40 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahratta unspecified | 200 | Marathi | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahyavanshi | -1 Unknown | Gujarati | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mala (Christian traditions) | 100 | Telugu | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mala Sale | 40 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malabar Catholic | 300 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malai Pandaram | 30 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malai Vedan | 60 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 60 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malakkuravan | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malakuravan | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malayali | 6,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 6,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malayekandi | 30 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mangala | 300 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 80 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Marakkan (Christian traditions) | 50 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) | 90 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 17,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 2,300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 5,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 5,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 7,700 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 7,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Bengali | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 6,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 6,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nayadi | 20 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pagadai | 50 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 80 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palliyan | 50 | Tamil | 1 ● | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palliyar | 30 | Tamil | 2 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pambada | 20 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panchama | 1,300 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pandaram | 90 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paniyan | 20 | Paniya | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Panniandi | 20 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 4,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 4,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 2,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 70 | Malayalam | 1 ● | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 600 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Patnulkaran | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Persian | -1 Unknown | Dari | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pod | 40 | Bengali | 1 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pondicherry Catholic | 51,000 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 51,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan unspecified | 40 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Puthirai Vannan | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Qassab | 20 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) | 30 | Bengali | 1 ● | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Sikh traditions) | 40 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - |
|
Razu | 100 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 800 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Semman | 40 | Tamil | 1 ● | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh Qureshi | 800 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh unspecified | 3,600 | Urdu | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sinhalese | 40 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Soligar | 20 | Sholaga | 1 ● | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Syrian Christian | 500 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 24,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 24,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tanti (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Bengali | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thandan (Christian traditions) | 20 | Malayalam | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thandan (Hindu traditions) | 20 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Thoti, caste | 20 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tiruvalluvar | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vakkaliga unspecified | 80 | Kannada | 1 ● | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 4,500 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 4,500 | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vaniyan | 5,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 5,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 1,300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 7,800 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 7,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 555,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 555,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Velakkithalanayan | 800 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalan Isai | 1,100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalan Pattanavan | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalan Sozhia | 1,200 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vellalan Tondamandalam | 2,600 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vellalan unspecified | 13,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 13,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vetan (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma Asari | 3,400 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | 3,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma unspecified | 24,000 | Telugu | 1 ● | 24,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 47,000 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 47,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav Gola | 3,600 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yenadi | 100 | Telugu | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 165 | 1,134,000 | 144 ● | 1,037,000 | 30,000 | 400 | 65,000 | 100 | 1,800 |
