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

Major People Groups

99

Major Unreached People Groups

83

Total Population

1,529,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.8 %

Hindu

85.1 %

Muslim

9.0 %

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 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - 20 50 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 4,500 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 800 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Alavan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Anuppan 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Arasar 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 20 - -
Arasar Christian 2,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,700 - -
 Arunthathiyar 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 30
 Bania unspecified 5,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - 40
 Boya 49,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Brahmin Dravida 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 4,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 6,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Chackaravar 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 7,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
Chayakkaran 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 12,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 12,000 - -
 Christian 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 2,500 - -
 Devendrakulathan 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Divehi 20 Maldivian Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
Idayan 3,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 92,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 92,000 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 38,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 3,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,000 - - 30 - -
Kavathi 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Keralamuthali 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
Kuda Korava 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mangala 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Maravan 192,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 187,000 - - 5,000 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 29,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 29,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 70,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 70,000 - - - - -
 Nair 80,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 12,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 153,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 153,000 - 40 100 - -
 Panan 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 15,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 48,000 - - 80 - -
 Puthirai Vannan 3,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Sali 3,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 13,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 13,000 - - - -
Semman 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 34,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 34,000 - - - -
 Soligar 100 Sholaga Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 90,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 90,000 - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Vadugan 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - 600 - -
 Vanniyan 4,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,700 - - 100 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 6,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 25,000 - - 300 - -
Veluthadanayar 2,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 20,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 2,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 6,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 69,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 69,000 - - 60 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 99,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 99,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 4,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
  Major Groups (displayed):  99 1,506,000   83 1,284,000 137,000 80 85,000 20 70
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  243 1,529,000   211 1,301,000 138,000 100 89,000 100 1,000
* 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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