India, Karnataka state, Kodagu district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Kodagu

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

575,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.0 %

Hindu

78.7 %

Muslim

16.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

2.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	41,000	Kannada	1	41,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka Christian	1,400	Kannada	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Ajila	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	600	Kurichiya	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Amma Kodaga	2,000	Kodava	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Kannada	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,200	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bellara	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	9,900	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Byari (Beary)	20,000	Konkani	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaliyan	200	Tulu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaptegar	300	Konkani, Goan	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Charodi	100	Konkani, Goan	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	5,300	Kannada	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	900	Telugu	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gauda	28,000	Odia	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gawli	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	2,500	Malayalam	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	12,000	Kurumba, Jennu	0	12,000	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Telugu	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	11,000	Telugu	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kodaga	109,000	Kodava	0	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudiya	2,100	Kudiya	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	3,200	Kannada	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	12,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Muslim traditions)	200	Telugu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maila	40	Tulu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	5,400	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -
Malava	1,800	Tulu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	14,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marata	3,500	Tulu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meda	1,000	Kannada	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger Moyon	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	7,400	Kannada	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	6,200	Kannada	0	6,200	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	4,600	Malayalam	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pale	8,300	Kannada	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Tamil	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	80	Tamil	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	7,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	3,000	Malayalam	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raneyar	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	5,600	Kannada	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	35,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Soligaru	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	7,600	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	3,300	Tamil	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Telugu	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	60,000	Kannada	1	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	6,400	Tamil	1	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	3,500	Tamil	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	6,500	Tamil	1	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Hindi	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerava	27,000	Ravula	1	27,000	40	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 74	547,000		71 ●	431,000	88,000	80	14,000	10	13,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 232	575,000		215 ●	453,000	92,000	100	17,000	100	13,000

* 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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