Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka Moor | Tamil | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malay, Javar | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 250 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 60 | 50 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Hindi | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bania unspecified | Hindi | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin unspecified | Tamil | 3,690 | 3,690 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 90 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian | - | 350 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 180 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javanese | Javanese | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kallan | Tamil | 70 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 230 | 180 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maravan | Tamil | 320 | 250 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Navait | Tamil | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 310 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 110 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sayyid | Tamil | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaikh | Tamil | 310 | 0 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Viswakarma | Malayalam | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vellalan | Tamil | 130 | 120 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 110 | 100 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 70 | 60 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 30 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ambattan | Tamil | 560 | 470 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gattara | Sinhala | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Govigama | Sinhala | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 0 | 0 |
| Indian Tamil | Tamil | 70 | 30 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karaiyar | Tamil | 11,000 | 9,180 | 0 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karava | Sinhala | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 390 | 0 | 0 |
| Koviar | Tamil | 15,400 | 12,800 | 0 | 2,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koviyar | Tamil | 180 | 150 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maravar | Tamil | 4,320 | 3,650 | 0 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mukkuvar | Tamil | 2,260 | 1,850 | 0 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nalavar | Tamil | 2,230 | 1,870 | 0 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Navandanna | Sinhala | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Palla | Tamil | 2,780 | 2,330 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pallar | Tamil | 2,800 | 2,350 | 0 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pamunu | Sinhala | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Panna | Tamil | 2,930 | 2,430 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraiyar | Tamil | 3,210 | 2,540 | 0 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sinhalese | Sinhala | 50 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lankan Tamil | Tamil | 790 | 450 | 0 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tattar | Tamil | 590 | 500 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thacher | Tamil | 110 | 100 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thimilar | Tamil | 1,110 | 940 | 0 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vannar | Tamil | 790 | 670 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vanniyar | Tamil | 5,430 | 4,480 | 0 | 950 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vellalar | Tamil | 60,200 | 50,200 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vettar | Tamil | 80 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wahumpura | Sinhala | 640 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 620 | 0 | 0 |
| Primanar | Tamil | 4,000 | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brahmin Indian Tamil | Tamil | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nadar (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 50 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pallan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vannan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ilavan Christian | Tamil | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
© 2025 South Asia Peoples. A ministry of Joshua Project.