India, Tamil Nadu state, Tiruvarur district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,503,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.4 %

Hindu

91.3 %

Muslim

6.3 %

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	106,000	Tamil	0	106,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	600	Malayalam	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	500	Tamil	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	100	Tamil	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Tamil	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bania Chetti	14,000	Tamil	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania unspecified	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Basor	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	5,100	Telugu	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	9,000	Tamil	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	16,000	Tamil	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	82,000	Hindi	0	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	3,500	Tamil	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	74,000	Malayalam	0	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	49,000	Tamil	1	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	114,000	Tamil	1	114,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	2,600	Telugu	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koliyan	1,500	Tamil	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	500	Tamil	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	1,400	Tamil	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Malayalam	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	5,400	Marathi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	70	Malayalam	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	1,900	Malayalam	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	2,800	Tamil	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	2,100	Tamil	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	2,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	19,000	Malayalam	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	2,500	Tamil	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	6,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,400	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	164,000	Tamil	1	164,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	2,200	Tamil	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	21,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	152,000	Tamil	1	152,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	20	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	4,300	Telugu	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	68,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	5,800	Tamil	2	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	8,100	Tamil	0	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	116,000	Tamil	1	115,000	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	5,700	Tamil	1	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	3,300	Malayalam	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	6,100	Tamil	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	11,000	Tamil	2	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	7,300	Tamil	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	25,000	Tamil	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	83,000	Tamil	1	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	4,600	Tamil	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	2,500	Malayalam	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	40,000	Tamil	1	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Hindi	0	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	3,700	Telugu	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 85	1,478,000		78 ●	1,353,000	92,000	0	32,000	40	400
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 234	1,503,000		205 ●	1,372,000	95,000	30	36,000	60	600

* 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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