India, Tamil Nadu state, Nilgiris district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

732,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

11.5 %

Hindu

76.8 %

Muslim

11.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	80,000	Tamil	0	80,000	-1 -	200	80	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	9,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	22,000	Kannada	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ajila	90	Malayalam	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	2,000	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	6,600	Tamil	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaga	182,000	Badaga	1	181,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	2,400	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	5,200	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Toreya	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,200	Tamil	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	4,500	Tamil	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Byari (Beary)	3,300	Konkani	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	4,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	20	20	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eravallan	80	Tamil	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	1,600	Tamil	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	2,700	Malayalam	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	9,700	Irula	1	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	800	Kurumba, Jennu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	2,000	Tamil	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	7,000	Kannada	1	6,900	40	-1 -	30	-1 -	20
Lingayat	1,100	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100
Malabar Catholic	11,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	800	Malayalam	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	26,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	2,800	Tamil	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	6,700	Malayalam	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	1,300	Tamil	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	3,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Tamil	1	33,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	20	Tamil	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	10,000	Paniya	1	9,800	60	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pannadi	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	28,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	77,000	Tamil	1	77,000	-1 -	70	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Sayyid	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	8,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	60	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Soligar	100	Sholaga	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	17,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	38,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toda	1,500	Toda	2	1,400	20	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	3,200	Kannada	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valanchian	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	8,200	Tamil	2	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	9,200	Tamil	1	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	90	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan Gounder	80	Tamil	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	4,100	Tamil	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 79	700,000		68 ●	534,000	80,000	300	82,000	30	2,400
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 242	732,000		210 ●	563,000	82,000	400	84,000	400	2,700

* 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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