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Population
4,076,230
Unreached Population
3,163,790 (77.6%)
People Groups
436
Unreached People Groups
363 (83.3%)
People Group Primary Language Population Hindu Muslim Christian Buddhist Sikh Other
Anglo Tamil 320 0 0 320 0 0 0
Burmese Burmese 20 0 0 0 20 0 0
Jat (Hindu traditions) Hindi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bengali Muslim Moghal Urdu 120 0 120 0 0 0 0
Sinhalese Sinhala 40 0 0 0 40 0 0
Parsee Gujarati 10 0 0 0 0 0 10
Tamil (Muslim traditions) Tamil 109,000 0 109,000 0 0 0 0
Tipera Kok Borok 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Adi Andhra Tamil 110 110 0 0 0 0 0
Adi Dravida Tamil 39,200 39,000 0 140 50 0 0
Agamudaiyan unspecified Tamil 21,700 21,700 0 0 0 0 0
Yadav (Hindu traditions) Tamil 106,000 106,000 0 0 0 0 0
Aiyanavar Telugu 400 360 0 50 0 0 0
Alavan Tamil 450 450 0 0 0 0 0
Ambalavasi Tamil 1,210 1,210 0 0 0 0 0
Ambattan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 250 250 0 0 0 0 0
Anuppan Kannada 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Arasar Tamil 1,110 1,050 0 60 0 0 0
Arora (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern 20 0 0 0 0 20 0
Arunthathiyar Tamil 20,400 20,400 0 0 0 0 0
Arayan Tamil 220 220 0 0 0 0 0
Ayyanavar Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Baira Kannada 40 40 0 0 0 0 0
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) Kannada 5,560 5,560 0 0 0 0 0
Balija (Hindu traditions) Kannada 90 90 0 0 0 0 0
Bania unspecified Tamil 6,400 6,300 0 0 0 0 100
Badhai (Hindu traditions) Gujarati 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Bedar (Hindu traditions) Kannada 210 210 0 0 0 0 0
Beldar (Hindu traditions) Tamil 150 150 0 0 0 0 0
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) Telugu 760 760 0 0 0 0 0
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0
Banijiga Kannada 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Bohra Gujarati 40 0 40 0 0 0 0
Boya Tamil 52,000 52,000 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin unspecified Tamil 42,100 42,100 0 30 0 0 0
Chamar (Hindu traditions) Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Chackaravar Tamil 2,430 2,430 0 0 0 0 0
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 8,120 8,090 0 0 30 0 0
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Chavalakkaran Tamil 400 400 0 0 0 0 0
Madiga (Christian traditions) Telugu 60 0 0 60 0 0 0
Mala (Christian traditions) Telugu 100 0 0 100 0 0 0
Chayakkaran Tamil 450 450 0 0 0 0 0
Devendrakulathan Tamil 4,810 4,810 0 0 0 0 0
Dhangar Bharwad Marathi 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) Tamil 3,900 3,900 0 0 0 0 0
Dom (Hindu traditions) Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Gangakula Kannada 100 100 0 0 0 0 0
Gandla Telugu 170 170 0 0 0 0 0
Perumal Makkukkaran Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Holar Kannada 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Christian Tamil 7,350 0 0 7,350 0 0 0
Idayan Tamil 3,540 3,540 0 0 0 0 0
Ilavan Tamil 105,000 105,000 0 30 0 0 0
Ilavathi Malayalam 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Ilavaniyan Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0
Ilayathu Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kadaiyar Tamil 110 110 0 0 0 0 0
Kallan unspecified Tamil 40,800 40,800 0 0 0 0 0
Kanakkan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kanikkaran Tamil 230 220 0 10 0 0 0
Kaniyan Tamil 460 320 0 140 0 0 0
Karimpalan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Kasar (Hindu traditions) Tamil 330 240 0 90 0 0 0
Kavara Tamil 90 90 0 0 0 0 0
Kavathi Tamil 1,460 1,460 0 0 0 0 0
Keralamuthali Tamil 930 930 0 0 0 0 0
Kakkalan Tamil 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Kaikolan Tamil 25,700 25,700 0 0 0 0 0
Kalal (Hindu traditions) Telugu 1,850 1,850 0 0 0 0 0
Koli (Hindu traditions) Gujarati 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Koliyan Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0
Koracha, caste Tamil 90 90 0 0 0 0 0
Koshti Telugu 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Konda Reddi Tamil 340 340 0 0 0 0 0
Kattunayakan Tamil 3,220 3,130 0 90 0 0 0
Kudumban Tamil 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Kudumi Tamil 130 130 0 0 0 0 0
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) Tamil 1,210 1,210 0 0 0 0 0
Kunbi (Hindu traditions) Marathi 360 360 0 0 0 0 0
Kunchatiga Kannada 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Telugu 730 730 0 0 0 0 0
Kuruba Kannada 90 90 0 0 0 0 0
Kuruman Tamil 20 0 0 10 0 0 0
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 3,380 3,380 0 0 0 0 0
Lingayat Kannada 1,500 0 0 0 0 0 1,500
Lohar (Hindu traditions) Telugu 50 50 0 0 0 0 0
Madiga (Hindu traditions) Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Maila Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mala (Hindu traditions) Telugu 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Divehi Maldivian 40 0 40 0 0 0 0
Malakuravan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Malakkuravan Telugu 530 520 0 0 0 0 0
Mappila Malayalam 300 0 300 0 0 0 0
Maravan Tamil 213,000 199,000 0 14,600 0 0 0
Matang (Hindu traditions) Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Malabar Catholic Malayalam 2,480 0 0 2,480 0 0 0
Memon Gujarati 80 0 80 0 0 0 0
Mahratta unspecified Marathi 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) Malayalam 50 0 0 50 0 0 0
Mahratta Kunbi Gujarati 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mannan, caste Tamil 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Malai Pandaram Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Mutali Tamil 460 370 0 90 0 0 0
Muthan Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Malai Vedan Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Nadar (Hindu traditions) Tamil 74,600 74,600 0 0 0 0 0
Nai (Hindu traditions) Tamil 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Nair Tamil 84,100 84,100 0 0 0 0 0
Navithan Tamil 19,200 19,200 0 0 0 0 0
Pagadai Telugu 240 240 0 0 0 0 0
Panan Tamil 1,110 1,110 0 0 0 0 0
Pandaram Tamil 300 300 0 0 0 0 0
Panikkan Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Pannadi Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 51,500 51,300 0 230 40 10 0
Paravan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Pathiyan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Perumannan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Paliyan Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Pallan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 163,000 162,000 0 310 100 10 0
Palliyan Tamil 50 0 0 40 0 0 0
Palleyan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Palliyar Tamil 70 0 0 70 0 0 0
Pulayan unspecified Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Puthirai Vannan Tamil 3,610 3,610 0 0 0 0 0
Rajput (Hindu traditions) Tamil 1,600 1,600 0 0 0 0 0
Razu Telugu 490 490 0 0 0 0 0
Sali Telugu 3,940 3,940 0 0 0 0 0
Samban Tamil 180 180 0 0 0 0 0
Samanthan Tamil 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Sayyid Tamil 15,700 0 15,700 0 0 0 0
Semman Tamil 380 360 0 20 0 0 0
Shaikh unspecified Tamil 39,400 0 39,400 0 0 0 0
Labana (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern 10 0 0 0 0 10 0
Soligar Tamil 110 110 0 0 0 0 0
Sonar (Hindu traditions) Telugu 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Rajput (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern 40 0 0 0 0 40 0
Syrian Christian Malayalam 2,760 0 0 2,760 0 0 0
Teli (Hindu traditions) Telugu 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Thandan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 70 70 0 0 0 0 0
Thoti, caste Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Tiruvalluvar Tamil 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Ulladan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) Waddar 1,030 1,030 0 0 0 0 0
Vakkaliga unspecified Kannada 520 520 0 0 0 0 0
Valan Tamil 120 120 0 0 0 0 0
Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 670 670 0 0 0 0 0
Velan Tamil 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Veluthadanayar Tamil 2,120 2,120 0 0 0 0 0
Vetan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Vettuvan Tamil 150 150 0 0 0 0 0
Viswakarma unspecified Tamil 74,000 73,800 0 200 0 0 0
Vellalan unspecified Tamil 27,800 26,800 0 960 0 0 0
Velakkithalanayan Tamil 7,230 7,230 0 0 0 0 0
Valluvan Tamil 1,240 1,240 0 0 0 0 0
Vannan (Hindu traditions) Tamil 400 400 0 0 0 0 0
Vanniyan Tamil 5,260 4,910 0 340 0 0 0
Vettakkaran Tamil 300 300 0 0 0 0 0
Yenadi Telugu 240 240 0 0 0 0 0
Yerukula Telugu 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Yerava Ravula 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Jat (Sikh traditions) Punjabi, Eastern 60 0 0 0 0 60 0
Jenu Kuruba Telugu 350 350 0 0 0 0 0
Padannan Tamil 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Kuda Korava Tamil 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Mangala Telugu 1,090 1,090 0 0 0 0 0
Munnur Telugu 450 450 0 0 0 0 0
Mutrasi Telugu 510 510 0 0 0 0 0
Kapu unspecified Telugu 4,500 4,500 0 0 0 0 0
Bania Agarwal Sourashtra 300 290 0 0 0 0 20
Bania Chetti Tamil 2,610 2,530 0 0 0 0 80
Bania Komti Telugu 180 180 0 0 0 0 0
Bania Mahesri Sourashtra 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Bania Oswal Sourashtra 60 50 0 0 0 0 10
Bania Porwal Sourashtra 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Bania Srimali Sourashtra 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Audich Hindi 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Dravida Tamil 4,240 4,240 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat Tamil 200 200 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Gaur Tamil 400 400 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Joshi Tamil 150 150 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Kannada Kannada 170 170 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Mahratta Tamil 490 490 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Marathi Marathi 10 10 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Tamil Tamil 6,770 6,770 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Telugu Telugu 1,010 1,010 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Iyer Tamil 5,150 5,150 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Kosala Nadu Telugu 300 300 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Nambudiri Tamil 650 650 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Pancha Dravida Tamil 2,830 2,830 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Sholiar Tamil 1,160 1,160 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Telaganya Telugu 110 110 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Velanadu Tamil 1,110 1,110 0 0 0 0 0
Rajput Surajbansi Tamil 300 300 0 0 0 0 0
Devanga Kannada 30 30 0 0 0 0 0
Vaniyan Tamil 24,800 23,200 0 1,600 0 0 0
Brahmin Christian Tamil 140 0 0 140 0 0 0
Cherumar Christian Tamil 34,600 0 0 34,600 0 0 0
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker Tamil 120 120 0 0 0 0 0
Kalal Idiga Telugu 810 810 0 0 0 0 0
Kapu Reddi Telugu 510 510 0 0 0 0 0
Vadugan Telugu 1,210 1,210 0 0 0 0 0
Sali Pattariyan Telugu 350 350 0 0 0 0 0
Shaikh Qureshi Urdu 810 0 810 0 0 0 0
Tholuva Naicker Tamil 40 40 0 0 0 0 0
Vanniyan Agnikula Tamil 230 220 0 20 0 0 0
Vellalan Isai Tamil 1,620 1,620 0 0 0 0 0
Vellalan Nanjanad Tamil 18,000 18,000 0 0 0 0 0
Vellalan Sozhia Tamil 250 250 0 0 0 0 0
Vellalan Tondamandalam Tamil 250 250 0 0 0 0 0
Vellalan Virakodi Tamil 250 250 0 0 0 0 0
Vettuvan Gounder Tamil 60 60 0 0 0 0 0
Viswakarma Asari Tamil 21,800 21,800 0 0 0 0 0
Viswakarma Kollan Malayalam 2,120 2,120 0 0 0 0 0
Viswakarma Thattan Tamil 6,570 6,570 0 0 0 0 0
Viswakarma Vilkurup Tamil 400 400 0 0 0 0 0
Yadav Gola Tamil 4,450 4,450 0 0 0 0 0
Agamudaiyan Nattaman Tamil 17,000 17,000 0 0 0 0 0
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan Kannada 80 80 0 0 0 0 0
Silpi Tamil 360 360 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Ashtashasram Tamil 420 420 0 0 0 0 0
Pashtun, Pathan Tamil 450 0 450 0 0 0 0
Nadar (Christian traditions) Tamil 83,200 0 0 83,200 0 0 0
Koli of Gujarat Gujarati 20 20 0 0 0 0 0
Thandan (Christian traditions) Tamil 50 0 0 50 0 0 0
Adi Dravida Christian Tamil 13,100 0 0 13,100 0 0 0
Bharathar (Christian traditions) Tamil 340 0 0 340 0 0 0
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) Tamil 950 0 0 950 0 0 0
Kuravan (Christian traditions) Tamil 270 0 0 270 0 0 0
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) Tamil 44,400 0 0 44,400 0 0 0
Paravan (Christian traditions) Tamil 50 0 0 50 0 0 0
Pallan (Christian traditions) Tamil 33,900 0 0 33,900 0 0 0
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) Tamil 170 0 0 170 0 0 0
Aiyanavar Christian Telugu 2,280 0 0 2,280 0 0 0
Ambattan Christian Tamil 110 0 0 110 0 0 0
Arasar Christian Tamil 7,880 0 0 7,880 0 0 0
Chackaravar Christian Tamil 730 0 0 730 0 0 0
Chavalakkaran Christian Tamil 260 0 0 260 0 0 0
Ilavan Christian Tamil 2,270 0 0 2,270 0 0 0
Kavathi Christian Tamil 550 0 0 550 0 0 0
Keralamuthali Christian Tamil 250 0 0 250 0 0 0
Brahmin Mukkaniyar Kannada 240 240 0 0 0 0 0
Brahmin Potti Tamil 790 790 0 0 0 0 0
Kallan Tondaman Tamil 17,200 17,200 0 0 0 0 0
Yadav Ghosi Tamil 2,830 2,830 0 0 0 0 0
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