Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tiruchirappalli

Number of People Groups

281

Unreached People Groups

248

Total Population

3,423,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

8.6 %

Hindu

84.6 %

Muslim

6.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 54,000 Tamil 54,000 - 70 60 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 8,000 Tamil - - - 8,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Adiyan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 122,000 Tamil 122,000 - - 400 - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 2,900 Tamil 2,400 - - 500 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 143,000 Tamil 142,000 - - 900 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya - - - - - -
 Alavan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 2,300 Malayalam 2,300 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
Anglo 600 English - - - 600 - -
Anuppan 90 Kannada 90 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arasar Christian 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Arayan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Baira 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali 200 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Bangali Muslim Moghal 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 800 Hindi 700 - - - - 40
 Bania Chetti 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - 300
 Bania Komti 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi 300 - - - - 40
 Bania Porwal 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 21,000 Hindi 21,000 - - - - 400
 Banijiga 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 200 Lambadi 200 - - - - -
 Basor 22,000 Hindi 22,000 - - - - -
Bathada 70 Kannada 70 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 600 Kannada 600 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati - 300 - - - -
 Boya 16,000 Telugu 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 9,500 Tamil 9,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 70 Gujarati 70 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,500 Tamil 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 3,700 Hindi 3,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 9,000 Kannada 9,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 1,300 Telugu 1,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 5,800 Marathi 5,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,900 Malayalam 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,800 Hindi 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 7,100 Tamil 7,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 2,900 Telugu 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 102,000 Hindi 102,000 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Velanadu 5,100 Telugu 5,100 - - - - -
 Burmese 40 Burmese - - 40 - - -
Chackaravar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 7,000 Tamil - - - 7,000 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Tamil 50,000 - - 40 - -
 Chalvadi Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi 50 - - - - -
Chandala Unknown Odia - - - - - -
Chayakkaran 4,500 Tamil 4,500 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Christian 21,000 Hindi - - - 21,000 - -
 Devanga 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 4,500 Tamil 4,500 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi 5,900 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Odia 2,100 - - - - -
 Gamit Unknown Gamit - - - - - -
 Gandla 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Gangakula 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Gavara 60 Malayalam 60 - - - - -
Godda 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Ilavan 214,000 Malayalam 214,000 - - 90 - -
Ilavan Christian 9,800 Tamil - - - 9,800 - -
Ilavaniyan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Ilavathi 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Irular 900 Irula 900 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 80,000 Tamil 80,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 700 Malayalam 700 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,300 Telugu 1,300 - - - - -
Kalladi 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 53,000 Tamil 53,000 - - - - -
Kammara 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
Kanakkan 700 Malayalam 700 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 20 Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 1,000 Telugu 1,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 13,000 Telugu 13,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Kavara 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 80 Gujarati 80 - - - - -
Koliyan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 1,700 Telugu 1,700 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Kori 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Koshti 40 Marathi 40 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Kudumban 20 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Kudumi 5,900 Tamil 5,900 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati 500 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Malayalam 7,400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi 1,500 - - - - -
 Kuruba 700 Kannada 700 - - - - -
 Kuruman 600 Kurumba, Betta 600 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,800 Kannada - - - - - 1,800
 Lohana 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 70 Marathi 70 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 500 Marathi 500 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 80 Gujarati 80 - - - - -
Maila 20 Tulu 20 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 100 Telugu - - - 100 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 15,000 Telugu 15,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,100 Malayalam - - - 1,100 - -
Malai Arayan 20 Malayalam - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malakkuravan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Malakuravan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Malasar 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Malayali 17,000 Tamil 17,000 30 - 30 - -
Malayan, tribe 3,900 Tamil 3,900 - - - - -
Malayekandi Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mangala 1,100 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 5,600 Malayalam 5,600 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mappila 1,100 Malayalam - 1,100 - - - -
 Maravan 225,000 Tamil 216,000 - - 8,700 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mavilan 700 Tulu 700 - - - - -
 Memon 60 Gujarati - 60 - - - -
 Moger unspecified Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Momna 20 Gujarati - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
Mutali 5,800 Tamil 5,700 - - 70 - -
 Mutrasi 1,100 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 32,000 Tamil - - - 32,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Tamil 46,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi 700 - - - - -
 Nair 55,000 Malayalam 55,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu 20 - - - - -
Navait 1,900 Konkani - 1,900 - - - -
 Navithan 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
Pagadai 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 57,000 Tamil - - - 57,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 259,000 Tamil 258,000 - 30 500 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Pambada 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Panan 3,000 Tamil 3,000 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Panikkan 3,500 Tamil 3,500 - - - - -
 Paniyan 30 Paniya 30 - - - - -
 Pannadi 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Panniandi 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 111,000 Tamil - - - 111,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 143,000 Tamil 142,000 - 20 600 20 -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,700 Urdu - 1,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,100 Urdu - 1,100 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,400 Urdu - 1,400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 7,600 Urdu - 7,600 - - - -
 Pathiyan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
Perumannan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 800 Tamil 800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi 2,400 - - - - 50
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 90 -
 Razu 900 Telugu 900 - - - - -
 Sali 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
 Samban 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Sayyid 8,000 Urdu - 8,000 - - - -
Semman Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 600 Urdu - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,300 Urdu - 3,300 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,800 Bengali - 1,800 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 27,000 Urdu - 27,000 - - - -
Silpi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 100 Sinhala - - 100 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi 1,100 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 2,100 Malayalam - - - 2,100 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 172,000 Tamil - 172,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 40 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi 100 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda - - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Urali 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Telugu 2,300 - - - - -
Vadugan 1,400 Telugu 1,400 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,500 Kannada 1,500 - - - - -
 Valan 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Valluvan 4,000 Tamil 4,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
Vaniyan 16,000 Tamil 16,000 - - 300 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 6,900 Tamil - - - 6,900 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Tamil 34,000 - - 30 - -
 Vanniyan 426,000 Tamil 415,000 - - 12,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 32,000 Tamil 31,000 - - 700 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 1,500 Malayalam 1,500 - - - - -
 Velama 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
Velan 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 29,000 Tamil 28,000 - - 800 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 18,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 500 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 231,000 Tamil 222,000 - - 8,300 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 18,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 500 - -
Veluthadanayar 7,400 Malayalam 7,400 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
Vettuvan 1,100 Malayalam 1,100 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,900 Malayalam 5,900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,600 Malayalam 1,600 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 900 Malayalam 900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 89,000 Telugu 89,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 71,000 Hindi 71,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,100 Hindi 2,100 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 7,100 Telugu 7,100 - - - - -
 Yenadi 13,000 Telugu 13,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  281 3,423,000   248 2,897,000 229,000 300 293,000 400 2,900
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