India, Tamil Nadu state, Viluppuram district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,416,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.6 %

Hindu

92.2 %

Muslim

3.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	620,000	Tamil	0	620,000	-1 -	100	300	40	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	28,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	25,000	Tamil	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	33,000	Tamil	1	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arwa Mala	5,500	Tamil	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	14,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	21,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Lambadi	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	15,000	Telugu	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	50	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	3,100	Kannada	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	8,600	Tamil	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	47,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Christian	5,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Odia	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	900	Vaagri Booli	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	12,000	Irula	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	49,000	Tamil	1	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Telugu	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	3,900	Tamil	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	7,300	Telugu	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,700	Tamil	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	4,500	Tamil	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,500	Kannada	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,700	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Hindi	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madasi Kuruva	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	100	Malayalam	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	30,000	Tamil	1	30,000	60	-1 -	20	-1 -	20
Mangala	24,000	Telugu	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maniyattikkaran	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	85,000	Tamil	1	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	22,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Tamil	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Hindi	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	8,800	Malayalam	1	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panniandi	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	1,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	4,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	62,000	Hindi	0	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Sayyid	4,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	5,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	3,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	20,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	2,400	Telugu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	49,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Telugu	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,300	Tamil	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	23,000	Tamil	2	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	7,500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Tamil	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	602,000	Tamil	1	590,000	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	27,000	Tamil	1	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma	17,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Pattanavan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	1,600	Tamil	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	6,000	Tamil	1	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Vipravindolu	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	9,600	Malayalam	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	47,000	Tamil	1	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	86,000	Hindi	0	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	61,000	Telugu	0	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	3,500	Telugu	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 91	2,389,000		83 ●	2,209,000	88,000	100	85,000	40	8,100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 240	2,416,000		214 ●	2,228,000	94,000	100	87,000	200	8,400

* 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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