India, Karnataka state, Dakshina Kannada district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Dakshina Kannada

Major People Groups

126

Major Unreached People Groups

114

Total Population

2,372,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

7.3 %

Hindu

70.1 %

Muslim

21.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.9 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	33,000	Tamil	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	2,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	2,300	Kannada	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ajila	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	600	Kurichiya	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	2,500	Malayalam	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anduran	1,600	Konkani	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	2,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arab	80	Arabic, Mesopotamian	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaga	1,400	Badaga	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baira	3,700	Kannada	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Kannada	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	2,300	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Bania unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,700
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Lambadi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bathada	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Kannada	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Mith Gauda	200	Konkani, Goan	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	70	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Havik	2,900	Kannada	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	9,200	Kannada	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	3,100	Marathi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	151,000	Hindi	0	148,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400
Byari (Beary)	283,000	Konkani	0	-1 -	283,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaliyan	3,500	Tulu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaptegar	3,800	Konkani, Goan	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Charodi	5,800	Konkani, Goan	1	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	3,400	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,700	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions)	57,000	Tulu	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga Kalavant	200	Konkani	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	9,700	Kannada	1	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	5,900	Telugu	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	8,100	Kannada	0	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gatti	3,700	Tulu	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghadi	400	Konkani, Goan	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	6,300	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	800	Kannada	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gudigar	100	Konkani	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwakki Wakkal	4,100	Kannada	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Hanabar	34,000	Tulu	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Harkantra	1,700	Konkani, Goan	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holaya	15,000	Kannada	0	14,000	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	10,000	Malayalam	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	1,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	318,000	Telugu	0	318,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	230,000	Telugu	0	230,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	3,800	Malayalam	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kodaga	4,300	Kodava	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, tribal	4,700	Tulu	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Kudiya	90	Kudiya	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	20,000	Tamil	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	58,000	Hindi	0	58,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Gujarati	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	9,400	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,400
Mahratta unspecified	45,000	Marathi	0	45,000	50	-1 -	30	-1 -	70
Maila	1,800	Tulu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	74,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	74,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malaikudi	7,000	Tulu	1	6,900	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malava	9,200	Tulu	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	80	Malayalam	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	40,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marata	50,000	Tulu	0	49,000	70	-1 -	30	-1 -	30
Moger Moyon	7,500	Kannada	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	45,000	Kannada	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Malayalam	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	30	Malayalam	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukri	700	Kannada	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mundala	15,000	Kannada	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	1,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Tamil	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	16,000	Kannada	0	16,000	30	-1 -	30	-1 -	20
Nair	45,000	Malayalam	1	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalakeyava	4,700	Kannada	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalkadaya	400	Tulu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	4,300	Konkani	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	70	Tamil	2	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	600	Telugu	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Malayalam	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patramela	2,900	Konkani	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	6,600	Malayalam	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajpur	22,000	Konkani, Goan	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raneyar	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	9,600	Kannada	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samagara	3,700	Kannada	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	21,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	5,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	148,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	148,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	700	Urdu	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	6,300	Marathi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Sudra	700	Marathi	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Sudri	700	Tulu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	81,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	81,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Tamil	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urali	24,000	Malayalam	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Telugu	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	85,000	Kannada	1	85,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	1,100	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	2,300	Malayalam	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	3,100	Malayalam	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	72,000	Tamil	1	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 126	2,349,000		114 ●	1,646,000	509,000	400	173,000	10	21,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 295	2,372,000		272 ●	1,663,000	512,000	500	174,000	500	23,000

* 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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