India, Tamil Nadu state people groups

Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

416

Major Unreached People Groups *

372

Total Population

81,285,000

Buddhism

0.0 %

Christianity

5.7 %

Hindism

88.1 %

Islam

5.7 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group	Population in State	Population in Country	% Country Popl in State	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Mahyavanshi	5,500	1,768,000	0.3111 0.3%	Gujarati	Hindism	SC	1
Maila	400	2,900	13.7931 13.8%	Tulu	Hindism	SC	0
Mala (Christian traditions)	8,900	466,000	1.9099 1.9%	Telugu	Christianity	OBC	3
Mala (Hindu traditions)	4,000	6,100,000	0.0656 0.1%	Telugu	Hindism	SC	1
Mala Dasari	8,400	33,000	25.4545 25.5%	Telugu	Hindism	SC	0
Mala Dasu	600	13,000	4.6154 4.6%	Telugu	Hindism	SC	0
Mala Jangam	200	13,000	1.5385 1.5%	Telugu	Hindism	SC	0
Mala Pulayan	73,000	75,000	97.3333 97.3%	Telugu	Hindism	OBC	0
Mala Urali	3,300	6,700	49.2537 49.3%	Telugu	Hindism	OBC	0
Malabar Catholic	253,000	2,839,000	8.9116 8.9%	Malayalam	Christianity	OBC	3
Malai Pandaram	1,500	4,100	36.5854 36.6%	Malayalam	Hindism	ST	1
Malai Vedan	7,700	18,000	42.7778 42.8%	Malayalam	Hindism	ST	1
Malakkuravan	21,000	21,000	100.0000 100.0%	Tamil	Hindism	ST	1
Malakuravan	900	1,300	69.2308 69.2%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	0
Malasar	6,800	10,000	68.0000 68.0%	Tamil	Hindism	ST	1
Malayali	380,000	395,000	96.2025 96.2%	Tamil	Hindism	ST	1
Malayan, caste	26,000	37,000	70.2703 70.3%	Malayalam	Hindism	OBC	0
Malayan, tribe	41,000	49,000	83.6735 83.7%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	1
Malayarayar	1,400	3,100	45.1613 45.2%	Malayalam	Hindism	ST	2
Malayekandi	300	1,900	15.7895 15.8%	Malayalam	Hindism	OBC	0
Malla Jetty	500	15,000	3.3333 3.3%	Telugu	Hindism	FC	0
Mangala	506,000	2,065,000	24.5036 24.5%	Telugu	Hindism	OBC	0
Maniyattikkaran	5,300	5,300	100.0000 100.0%	Tamil	Hindism	OBC	0
Mannan, caste	46,000	297,000	15.4882 15.5%	Malayalam	Hindism	SC	0
Mannan, tribal	200	11,000	1.8182 1.8%	Malayalam	Hindism	ST	1
Major Groups (displayed): 416	81,251,000						372 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 581	81,285,000						512 ●

* State 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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Prayer Cards

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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