Country: Province: District:

Major People Groups *

117

Major Unreached People Groups *

47

Total Population

2,149,000

Buddhism

85.3 %

Christianity

1.7 %

Hindism

8.3 %

Islam

4.6 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population
in Province
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in Province
Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 62,000 1,244,000 5.0% Tamil Islam Progress Gauge
Tattar 200 6,400 3.1% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 600 5,200 11.5% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Thanakavar 400 2,700 14.8% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Thimilar 1,000 23,000 4.3% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
 Valluvan 300 3,300 9.1% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Vaniyan 2,000 19,000 10.5% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Vannan (Christian traditions) 400 4,100 9.8% Tamil Christianity Progress Gauge
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 28,000 11.4% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
 Vanniyan 4,400 40,000 11.0% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Vanniyar 1,800 110,000 1.6% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
 Vellalan 4,500 33,000 13.6% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Vellalar 57,000 1,281,000 4.4% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma 1,200 7,900 15.2% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
 Wahumpura 1,040,000 8,952,000 11.6% Sinhala Buddhism Progress Gauge
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 800 8,000 10.0% Tamil Hindism Progress Gauge
Yamannu 13,000 85,000 15.3% Sinhala Buddhism Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  117 2,148,000         47
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  121 2,149,000         48
* Province 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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