India, Tamil Nadu state, Kanchipuram district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Kanchipuram

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,515,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

11.0 %

Hindu

80.7 %

Muslim

7.7 %

Sikh

0.1 %

Other Religions

0.6 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Andhra	1,100	Telugu	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Andhra Christian	500	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	298,000	Tamil	0	296,000	-1 -	400	1,600	40	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	70,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	5,500	Tamil	1	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	10,000	Tamil	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	80	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	4,100	Tamil	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arwa Mala	3,400	Tamil	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	1,400	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Baira	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	5,200	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	52,000	Telugu	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,200	Tamil	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	4,200	Tamil	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	14,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	9,300	Irula	1	9,100	20	-1 -	70	-1 -	40
Kaikolan	41,000	Tamil	1	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Telugu	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	16,000	Telugu	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Gujarati	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,500	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Hindi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Christian traditions)	1,400	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Dasari	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	4,200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	900	Tamil	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Mangala	21,000	Telugu	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maniyattikkaran	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	35,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	4,500	Telugu	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	32,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	32,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Tamil	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	26,000	Malayalam	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	1,100	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Tamil	1	3,500	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Tamil	1	1,600	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Hindi	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sayyid	4,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	23,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Syrian Christian	6,300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	77,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toda	30	Toda	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urikkara Naicker	200	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Telugu	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	10,000	Tamil	2	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	2,100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	9,500	Tamil	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	302,000	Tamil	1	281,000	-1 -	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	6,800	Tamil	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kalingi	2,000	Tamil	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	80	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	3,400	Malayalam	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	27,000	Tamil	1	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	72,000	Hindi	0	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	33,000	Telugu	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	2,100	Telugu	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 88	1,481,000		72 ●	1,199,000	111,000	500	163,000	40	7,100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 339	1,515,000		305 ●	1,223,000	116,000	500	167,000	1,000	8,500

* 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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