Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

90

Major Unreached People Groups *

83

Total Population

2,504,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.6 %

Hindu

92.1 %

Muslim

3.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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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
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 54,000 3,178,000 1.7% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 31,000 12,706,000 0.2% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Nair 9,000 7,077,000 0.1% Malayalam Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Navithan 13,000 853,000 1.5% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Panniandi 200 11,000 1.8% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 1,700 822,000 0.2% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 1,300 2,306,000 0.1% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Pashtun, Pathan 4,300 12,041,000 0.0% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Perumal Makkukkaran 200 1,500 13.3% Telugu Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 65,000 12,582,000 0.5% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 48,473,000 0.0% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Sayyid 4,900 8,390,000 0.1% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Qureshi 5,900 8,640,000 0.1% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh Siddiqi 3,800 7,956,000 0.0% Bengali Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified 22,000 90,380,000 0.0% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Silpi 2,400 221,000 1.1% Telugu Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 20,000 8,327,000 0.2% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 51,000 3,366,000 1.5% Tamil Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 11,000 20,067,000 0.1% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Tiruvalluvar 50 1,700 2.9% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 28,000 3,820,000 0.7% Telugu Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Valluvan 2,300 123,000 1.9% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Vaniyan 23,000 1,002,000 2.3% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Vannan (Christian traditions) 7,800 156,000 5.0% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 21,000 937,000 2.2% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  90 2,476,000           83
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  240 2,504,000           214
* 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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