India, Tamil Nadu state, Namakkal district people groups

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

Major People Groups

109

Major Unreached People Groups

103

Total Population

1,842,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.0 %

Hindu

97.2 %

Muslim

1.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	83,000	Tamil	0	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	14,000	Tamil	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	500	Tamil	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	186,000	Tamil	0	186,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Balagai	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Kannada	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bolla	2,800	Telugu	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Dasari	2,200	Kannada	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	5,400	Tamil	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	9,100	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Lambadi	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Kannada	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Kannada Balija Naicker	70	Kannada	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	66,000	Telugu	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,900	Tamil	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	2,300	Kannada	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	6,800	Hindi	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	2,800	Kannada	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	8,300	Tamil	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	20	Maldivian	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	2,400	Kannada	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosangi (Hindu traditions)	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gudigar	70	Konkani	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	74,000	Malayalam	0	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	2,100	Kurumba, Jennu	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadu Kuruba	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	2,100	Kannada	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	83,000	Tamil	1	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Telugu	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	9,200	Telugu	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	2,300	Tamil	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	14,000	Telugu	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli of Gujarat	1,600	Gujarati	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	3,200	Marathi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	2,700	Tamil	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Malayalam	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	59,000	Kannada	1	59,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	9,600	Marathi	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	55,000	Tamil	1	55,000	30	-1 -	100	-1 -	30
Mangala	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	46,000	Tamil	1	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	1,500	Tulu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	3,000	Telugu	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Tamil	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagartha	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	8,200	Tamil	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paliyan	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	2,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Tamil	1	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panniandi	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	2,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Hindi	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Hindi	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	3,900	Kannada	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	4,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	100	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	1,900	Marathi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Hindi	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	20,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Hindi	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Telugu	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	4,600	Kannada	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	4,800	Tamil	2	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Tamil	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	540,000	Tamil	1	536,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	26,000	Tamil	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	1,100	Tamil	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	5,800	Tamil	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan Gounder	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	6,700	Malayalam	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Panchal	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	47,000	Tamil	1	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Hindi	0	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	9,500	Telugu	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	3,000	Telugu	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 109	1,815,000		103 ●	1,769,000	31,000	100	14,000	20	100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 285	1,842,000		260 ●	1,790,000	34,000	100	18,000	200	200

* 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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