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Major People Groups *

34

Major Unreached People Groups *

29

Total Population

239,000

Buddhism

0.0 %

Christianity

8.1 %

Hindism

79.2 %

Islam

12.6 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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Photo	People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
	Tiruvalluvar	30	1,700	1.7647 1.8%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	0
	Vaniyan	1,600	1,010,000	0.1584 0.2%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	2
	Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,600	945,000	0.1693 0.2%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	0
	Vanniyan	37,000	13,485,000	0.2744 0.3%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	1
	Vellalan Pattanavan	600	10,000	6.0000 6.0%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	0
	Vellalan unspecified	5,200	2,748,000	0.1892 0.2%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	1
	Viswakarma unspecified	8,400	6,998,000	0.1200 0.1%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	1
	Yadav (Hindu traditions)	10,000	61,795,000	0.0162 0.0%	Hindi	Hindism	OBC	0
	Yenadi	1,400	741,000	0.1889 0.2%	Telugu	Hindism	OBC	1
	Major Groups (displayed): 34	226,000						29 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 100	239,000						85 ●

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* 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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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%