India, Kerala state, Wayanad district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Wayanad

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

836,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

21.2 %

Hindu

50.1 %

Muslim

28.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Karnataka	1,600	Kannada	1	1,600	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	11,000	Malayalam	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	20
Alambadi Kurichchan	26,000	Kurichiya	1	24,000	50	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	20
Arayan	1,500	Malayalam	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	1,200	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania unspecified	5,300	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300
Bavuri	20	Telugu	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Malayalam	0	5,400	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	600	Malayalam	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,100	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	20	Maldivian	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godari	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	69,000	Malayalam	0	69,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	4,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	700	Malayalam	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	2,500	Malayalam	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	100
Kavuthiyan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	24,000	Kurumba, Betta	1	24,000	30	-1 -	200	-1 -	30
Lingayat	1,200	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Malabar Catholic	72,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	72,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	4,400	Malayalam	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	230,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	230,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	93,000	Malayalam	1	93,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	70	Tamil	2	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	67,000	Paniya	1	67,000	100	-1 -	200	-1 -	100
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Tamil	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	7,200	Malayalam	0	7,100	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	96,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	96,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Tamil	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urali	3,700	Malayalam	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	3,800	Kannada	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valanchian	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	5,000	Tamil	2	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	2,100	Tamil	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	4,500	Malayalam	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerava	300	Ravula	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 53	814,000		47 ●	397,000	236,000	300	177,000	0	3,600
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 176	836,000		157 ●	419,000	236,000	300	178,000	50	3,800

* 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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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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