Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Pudukkottai

Number of People Groups

207

Unreached People Groups

185

Total Population

1,966,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

4.2 %

Hindu

89.2 %

Muslim

6.4 %

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 Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 68,000 Tamil ☀︎ 68,000 - - 90 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,000 Tamil - - - 1,000 - -
 Adiyan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 45,000 Tamil 45,000 - - 100 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 52,000 Tamil 52,000 - - 100 - -
 Alavan 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 46,000 Tamil ☀︎ 46,000 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
Anuppan 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arasar Christian 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
 Arunthathiyar 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 26,000 Tamil ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 38,000 Hindi ☀︎ 38,000 - - - - 30
 Banijiga 70 Kannada 70 - - - - -
 Basor 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Bathada 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Boya 8,200 Telugu ☀︎ 8,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 1,400 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 4,300 Tamil ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,000 Marathi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 18,000 Tamil ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 44,000 Hindi ☀︎ 44,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Chackaravar 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Tamil ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 2,400 Tamil ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 800 Malayalam - - - 800 - -
 Christian 2,000 Hindi - - - 2,000 - -
 Devanga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 80 Gujarati ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Hindi ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Gangakula 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Gavara 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 9,800 Tamil 9,800 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Ilavan 129,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 129,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
Ilavaniyan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Ilavathi 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
Kadaiyar 2,600 Tamil 2,600 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 39,000 Tamil 39,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 74,000 Tamil 74,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 164,000 Tamil 164,000 - - - - -
Kanakkan 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 2,000 Telugu ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Kavara 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 40 Marathi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
Koliyan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Koshti 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kudumi 3,500 Tamil ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kunchatiga Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 6,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
 Kuruba 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
 Lingayat 2,400 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 2,400
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
Maila 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malakkuravan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Malakuravan 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Malayali 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Malayarayar 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 3,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Mappila 600 Malayalam ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Maravan 25,000 Tamil 23,000 - - 1,500 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Memon 20 Gujarati ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mutali 3,200 Tamil 3,200 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 19,000 Tamil - - - 19,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Tamil ☀︎ 59,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Nair 37,000 Malayalam 37,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Navithan 40,000 Tamil ☀︎ 40,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 15,000 Tamil - - - 15,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 101,000 Tamil 101,000 - 40 200 - -
Palliyan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Palliyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Panan 1,600 Tamil ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Panikkan 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 34,000 Tamil - - - 34,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 131,000 Tamil 130,000 - 20 200 20 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 4,300 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,300 - - - -
 Pathiyan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Perumannan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Hindi ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 3,600 Hindi ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Razu 6,900 Telugu ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Sali 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Samban 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
 Sayyid 3,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 17,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 17,000 - - - -
Silpi 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 99,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 99,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Urali 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 500 Kannada 500 - - - - -
 Valan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,500 Tamil ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - 300 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,500 Tamil - - - 1,500 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Tamil ☀︎ 14,000 - - 20 - -
 Vanniyan 62,000 Tamil 61,000 - - 500 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 3,100 Tamil 3,000 - - 20 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 7,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
Velan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - 300 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 139,000 Tamil 135,000 - - 3,700 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 200 - -
Veluthadanayar 3,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Vettuvan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 3,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 57,000 Tamil 57,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 97,000 Hindi ☀︎ 97,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 7,300 Telugu ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Yenadi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
  Totals:  207 1,966,000   185 1,753,000 126,000 80 83,000 100 2,400
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