India, Puducherry state people groups

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Major People Groups *

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

1,317,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.7 %

Hindu

88.9 %

Muslim

5.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group	Population in State	Population in Country	% Country Popl in State	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Adi Andhra	3,800	310,000	1.2258 1.2%	Telugu	Hindu	SC	1
Adi Dravida	144,000	8,642,000	1.6663 1.7%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	12,000	668,000	1.7964 1.8%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Agamudaiyan unspecified	21,000	363,000	5.7851 5.8%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	1,400	182,000	0.7692 0.8%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Arunthathiyar	6,400	1,032,000	0.6202 0.6%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Bania Agarwal	1,900	4,966,000	0.0383 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Bania Chetti	2,100	742,000	0.2830 0.3%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	600	35,000	1.7143 1.7%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania unspecified	13,000	23,939,000	0.0543 0.1%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Boya	11,000	4,049,000	0.2717 0.3%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Brahmin Iyer	11,000	290,000	3.7931 3.8%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Kannada	1,200	442,000	0.2715 0.3%	Kannada	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	300	25,000	1.2000 1.2%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Sholiar	700	48,000	1.4583 1.5%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Tamil	6,000	474,000	1.2658 1.3%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Telugu	2,500	1,037,000	0.2411 0.2%	Telugu	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin unspecified	42,000	48,723,000	0.0862 0.1%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Vadama	800	44,000	1.8182 1.8%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Chachati	40	1,500	2.6667 2.7%	Telugu	Hindu	SC	0
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	2,500	868,000	0.2880 0.3%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Christian	4,900	1,412,000	0.3470 0.3%	Hindi	Christian	OBC	3
Divehi	20	1,300	1.5385 1.5%	Maldivian	Muslim	OBC	0
Ilavan	3,400	5,856,000	0.0581 0.1%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Irular	3,600	226,000	1.5929 1.6%	Irula	Hindu	ST	1
Major Groups (displayed): 96	1,296,000						86 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 241	1,317,000						216 ●

* State 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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Prayer Cards

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%

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