Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

99

Major Unreached People Groups *

84

Total Population

1,586,000

Buddhism

0.0 %

Christianity

5.8 %

Hindism

85.1 %

Islam

9.0 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population
in District
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in District
Primary Language Primary Religion Community
Category
Progress
Scale
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,300 450,000 0.7% Malayalam Hindism SC Progress Gauge
Malakkuravan 500 21,000 2.4% Tamil Hindism ST Progress Gauge
 Mangala 1,100 2,065,000 0.1% Telugu Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
 Maravan 198,000 3,405,000 5.8% Tamil Hindism FC Progress Gauge
Nadar (Christian traditions) 30,000 1,370,000 2.2% Tamil Christianity OBC Progress Gauge
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 73,000 3,206,000 2.3% Tamil Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
 Nair 82,000 7,138,000 1.1% Malayalam Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
 Navithan 19,000 860,000 2.2% Tamil Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
Pagadai 200 8,700 2.3% Tamil Hindism SC Progress Gauge
Pallan (Christian traditions) 12,000 487,000 2.5% Tamil Christianity OBC Progress Gauge
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 158,000 2,593,000 6.1% Tamil Hindism SC Progress Gauge
 Panan 1,100 248,000 0.4% Tamil Hindism SC Progress Gauge
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 16,000 829,000 1.9% Tamil Christianity OBC Progress Gauge
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 50,000 2,326,000 2.1% Tamil Hindism SC Progress Gauge
 Puthirai Vannan 3,500 32,000 10.9% Tamil Hindism SC Progress Gauge
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 12,692,000 0.0% Hindi Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,600 48,896,000 0.0% Hindi Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
 Sali 3,800 1,117,000 0.3% Kannada Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
Sali Pattariyan 300 3,600 8.3% Tamil Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
 Sayyid 13,000 8,463,000 0.2% Urdu Islam OBC Progress Gauge
Semman 400 5,300 7.5% Tamil Hindism SC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified 36,000 91,168,000 0.0% Urdu Islam OBC Progress Gauge
 Soligar 100 6,700 1.5% Sholaga Hindism ST Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 93,000 3,396,000 2.7% Tamil Islam OBC Progress Gauge
 Tholuva Naicker 20 1,000 2.0% Tamil Hindism OBC Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  99 1,563,000           84
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  243 1,586,000           211
* 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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