India, Kerala state, Kozhikode district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Kozhikode

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,229,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

4.4 %

Hindu

57.7 %

Muslim

37.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Aiyanavar	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	1,200	Kurichiya	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	3,400	Malayalam	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	6,600	Malayalam	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	9,200	Tamil	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	700	Telugu	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bellara	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	3,400	Tamil	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	5,700	Malayalam	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	76,000	Hindi	0	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Malayalam	0	51,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	6,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	40	Maldivian	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	365,000	Malayalam	0	365,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	14,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	70	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Kadaiyar	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	100	Malayalam	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalladi	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallattu Kurup	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	7,900	Malayalam	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karimpalan	9,700	Malayalam	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	9,100	Malayalam	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	56,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	56,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, caste	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	21,000	Malayalam	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	1,213,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	1,213,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	100	Malayalam	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	1,100	Malayalam	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	12,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	109,000	Tamil	0	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	758,000	Malayalam	1	758,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair Anthur	33,000	Malayalam	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	800	Konkani	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	2,300	Tamil	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	80	Malayalam	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	2,700	Tamil	0	2,700	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	2,600	Paniya	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Tamil	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Malayalam	1	16,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	6,000	Malayalam	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	100	Malayalam	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	7,600	Malayalam	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	61,000	Malayalam	0	61,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	56,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	56,000	-1 -	-1 -
Valanchian	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	32,000	Tamil	2	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Tamil	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	2,700	Tamil	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	5,200	Malayalam	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	7,900	Malayalam	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	5,700	Malayalam	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	36,000	Malayalam	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	3,300	Malayalam	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	12,000	Malayalam	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	72,000	Tamil	1	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 79	3,215,000		73 ●	1,850,000	1,224,000	200	140,000	0	700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 196	3,229,000		181 ●	1,862,000	1,225,000	200	141,000	300	1,000

* District 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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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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