India, Kerala state, Thrissur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Thrissur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,280,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

23.5 %

Hindu

60.1 %

Muslim

16.4 %

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 Christian	300	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	17,000	Malayalam	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	15,000	Malayalam	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	4,600	Tamil	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	700	Telugu	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Brahmin Dravida	4,100	Tamil	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	3,600	Marathi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	2,200	Malayalam	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	6,600	Malayalam	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	61,000	Hindi	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	2,100	Malayalam	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran Christian	1,200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Malayalam	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	800	Malayalam	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	4,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	571,000	Malayalam	0	571,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	1,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	6,200	Malayalam	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	7,100	Malayalam	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	1,200	Malayalam	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallattu Kurup	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	39,000	Malayalam	0	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	25,000	Malayalam	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavara	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	2,900	Malayalam	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	900	Tamil	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	26,000	Tamil	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Urali	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	255,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	255,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	3,000	Tamil	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	30
Malayarayar	90	Malayalam	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	22,000	Malayalam	0	22,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	520,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	520,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Christian traditions)	300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkari	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	100	Malayalam	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	2,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	430,000	Malayalam	1	430,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	4,700	Malayalam	0	4,700	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	8,200	Tamil	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	25,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	25,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Tamil	1	33,000	-1 -	50	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	12,000	Malayalam	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	143,000	Malayalam	0	143,000	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	18,000	Kannada	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali Pattariyan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	479,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	479,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	12,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Malayalam	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan Palakkad	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thantapulayan	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	1,000	Malayalam	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Telugu	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	12,000	Tamil	2	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	5,900	Tamil	1	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	31,000	Malayalam	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	8,900	Malayalam	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	1,700	Tamil	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	33,000	Tamil	1	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	64,000	Malayalam	0	64,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	29,000	Malayalam	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	5,600	Malayalam	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	12,000	Malayalam	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	20,000	Malayalam	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	134,000	Tamil	1	134,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 87	3,259,000		74 ●	1,953,000	536,000	200	770,000	10	100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 214	3,280,000		179 ●	1,971,000	537,000	300	771,000	300	600

* 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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Prayer Cards

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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