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

Major People Groups

84

Major Unreached People Groups

78

Total Population

1,323,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.3 %

Hindu

90.0 %

Muslim

7.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 241,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 241,000 - 100 60 20 -
Adi Dravida Christian 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 14,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 2,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 2,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
 Arwa Mala 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
 Baira 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 400
 Bania Komti 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 4,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - 800
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Lambadi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Bondili 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Boya 7,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - 300
 Christian 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,600 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Irular 5,700 Irula Progress Gauge 5,700 - - - - 30
 Kaikolan 35,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 4,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 17,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Kepmaris 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Kudumi 3,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kuruman 1,800 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,500
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - 20
 Mala Dasari 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Malayali 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Mangala 18,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Maniyattikkaran 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Maravan 60,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 58,000 - - 1,900 - -
 Munnur 2,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 2,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 40 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 5,200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 5,200 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Nair 37,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 7,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 7,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,600 - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - 100
 Rajput Surajbansi 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,700 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 5,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,300 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,900 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,900 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 29,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 29,000 - - - -
Silpi 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 42,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 42,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Urikkara Naicker 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Valluvan 2,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Vaniyan 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - 3,700 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,100 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 332,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 332,000 - - 200 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan Pala Ekiri 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 7,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 23,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 59,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 59,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 45,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Yerukula 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  84 1,297,000   78 1,174,000 93,000 100 28,000 20 3,100
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  271 1,323,000   246 1,191,000 99,000 100 30,000 200 3,100
* 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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