India, Karnataka state, Chamarajnagar district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Chamarajnagar

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,104,000

Buddhist

2.3 %

Christian

2.0 %

Hindu

82.9 %

Muslim

4.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

8.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	7,300	Tamil	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	199,000	Kannada	1	194,000	-1 -	4,900	200	20	-1 -
Adi Karnataka Christian	16,000	Kannada	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -
Arasu	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaga	9,000	Badaga	1	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Kannada	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Balija Dasari	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	1,400	Tamil	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bania unspecified	2,900	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Banijiga	12,000	Kannada	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Lambadi	1	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Kannada	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Kannada	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	10,000	Kannada	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	1,500	Tamil	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	40,000	Hindi	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Brahmin Vadama	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byari (Beary)	1,000	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	3,200	Kannada	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	80,000	Kannada	0	80,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gudigar	50	Konkani	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holaya	3,000	Kannada	0	2,200	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jambuvulu	4,500	Telugu	0	4,400	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	900	Kurumba, Jennu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	100	Malayalam	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadu Kuruba	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Telugu	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	3,500	Telugu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama Kunchi	3,300	Kannada	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	3,200	Kannada	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	70,000	Kannada	1	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	89,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	89,000
Madiga (Christian traditions)	1,900	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Telugu	1	19,000	-1 -	60	40	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	8,000	Marathi	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Meda	900	Kannada	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagartha	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	93,000	Kannada	0	93,000	90	-1 -	-1 -	20	300
Paliyan	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pannadi	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	5,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pindara	800	Urdu	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raya Rawat	50	Kannada	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	1,900	Kannada	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Hindu traditions)	80	Kannada	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	2,800	Telugu	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	8,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	23,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Soligaru	19,000	Kannada	0	19,000	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	2,000	Marathi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Syrian Christian	1,100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	4,200	Tamil	0	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tibetan	20,000	Tibetan, Central	1	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Telugu	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara	18,000	Kannada	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	10,000	Kannada	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	86,000	Kannada	1	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Mudaliar	900	Tamil	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	5,800	Tamil	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 83	1,077,000		79 ●	894,000	48,000	25,000	21,000	40	90,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 248	1,104,000		233 ●	916,000	51,000	25,000	23,000	100	90,000

* 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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