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

Major People Groups

82

Major Unreached People Groups

74

Total Population

1,070,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.4 %

Hindu

93.1 %

Muslim

5.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - 40 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 800 - - 200 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 46,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 46,000 - - 200 - -
 Alavan 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Anuppan 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 7,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 1,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 4,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Basor 7,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Boya 5,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 2,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 2,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 32,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 32,000 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 67,000 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 6,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
 Ilavan 71,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 71,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 25,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 7,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 3,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kudumi 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 3,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Malakuravan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 1,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Maravan 64,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 64,000 - - 600 - -
 Mavilan 1,800 Tulu Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Mutali 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - 20 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 2,400 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Nair 21,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
Navait 700 Konkani Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Navithan 6,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,800 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 77,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 77,000 - - - - -
Pambada 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Panan 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 4,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 50,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Sayyid 3,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 9,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 9,300 - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 37,000 - - - -
 Thoti, caste 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vadugan 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Valluvan 3,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
Vaniyan 5,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,600 - - 90 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 127,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 126,000 - - 300 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 6,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,600 - - 20 - -
Velakkithalanayan 3,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 6,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 8,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 80,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 80,000 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 8,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,200 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 2,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 2,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Yenadi 4,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  82 1,044,000   74 978,000 53,000 20 12,000 10 20
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  238 1,070,000   209 997,000 57,000 30 15,000 60 700
* 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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