Sri Lanka, Northern state people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	Sri Lanka
Province / State:	Northern
District:	All

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,148,000

Buddhist

2.8 %

Christian

19.3 %

Hindu

74.9 %

Muslim

3.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	300	Tamil	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Ahinkuntaya	90	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan	5,400	Tamil	2	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Arab	60	Arabic, Mesopotamian	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badahala	200	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Berava	800	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	800	20	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Indian Tamil	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	31,000	Tamil	1	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burgher	200	Sinhala	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	80	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,100	Language unknown	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gahala	20	Sinhala	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gattara	1,800	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gauraykwallu	30	Sinhala	1	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Govigama	2,900	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	100	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	100	Tamil	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hannali	800	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	700	20	-1 -	-1 -
Henawalayo	30	Sinhala	1	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hinna	500	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hunna	100	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Indian Tamil	300	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Japanese	80	Japanese	1	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	30
Jat (Hindu traditions)	80	Punjabi, Eastern	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Javanese	200	Javanese	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	800	Tamil	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Karaiyar	98,000	Tamil	2	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -
Karava	800	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	700	20	-1 -	-1 -
Koviar	131,000	Tamil	2	103,000	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -
Koviyar	1,200	Tamil	2	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Malay, Javar	50	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	70	Malayalam	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkalage	40	Tamil	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	1,000	Tamil	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Maravar	39,000	Tamil	2	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	8,700	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	20	Gujarati	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvar	20,000	Tamil	2	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalavar	19,000	Tamil	2	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	400	Tamil	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navandanna	2,800	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	100	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Oli	80	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Osta (Nasuva)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palla	16,000	Tamil	2	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallar	25,000	Tamil	2	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -
Pamunu	100	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panna	16,000	Tamil	2	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -
Pannikki	500	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyar	31,000	Tamil	2	24,000	-1 -	500	7,200	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Primanar	33,000	Tamil	1	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Radava	900	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	800	40	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka	400	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,300	Tamil	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	4,700	Tamil	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	900	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	700	200	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	90	Tamil	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sri Lanka Chetti	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sri Lanka Moor	1,700	Tamil	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sri Lankan Tamil	3,800	Tamil	2	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	25,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tattar	2,400	Tamil	2	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	50	Tamil	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thacher	1,000	Tamil	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Thimilar	9,700	Tamil	2	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	50	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannar	8,000	Tamil	2	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	400	Tamil	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyar	42,000	Tamil	2	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	8,300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan	600	Tamil	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalar	530,000	Tamil	2	417,000	-1 -	-1 -	113,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vettar	1,000	Tamil	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Wahumpura	19,000	Sinhala	2	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 91	1,148,000		36 ●	860,000	35,000	32,000	222,000	0	40

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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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