India, Kerala state, Wayanad district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Wayanad

Major People Groups

176

Major Unreached People Groups

157

Total Population

921,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

21.4 %

Hindu

49.8 %

Muslim

28.4 %

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 Andhra	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	-1 Unknown	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	1,800	Kannada	1	1,800	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	12,000	Malayalam	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	20
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	100	Tamil	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	100	Tamil	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	28,000	Kurichiya	1	26,000	50	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	30
Ambalavasi	800	Malayalam	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	1,600	Malayalam	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ayyanavar	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	2,700	Tamil	0	2,600	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	60	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Chetti	1,400	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	5,300	Hindi	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300
Banijiga	200	Kannada	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	90	Lambadi	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bathada	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bavuri	20	Telugu	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	700	Kannada	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bellara	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	70	Urdu	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	70	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	400	Marathi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	60	Telugu	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Burmese	20	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Tamil	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chalvadi	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Malayalam	0	5,900	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	600	Malayalam	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,300	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions)	50	Tulu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	200	Kannada	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	20	Maldivian	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eravallan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	60	Malayalam	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godari	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	-1 Unknown	Chinese, Mandarin	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holar	-1 Unknown	Marathi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	76,000	Malayalam	0	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	4,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	50	Irula	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Jenu Kuruba	30	Kurumba, Jennu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	700	Malayalam	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	2,900	Tamil	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalladi	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	2,800	Malayalam	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	30	Kanikkaran	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karimpalan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	100
Kavara	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Kapu	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Reddi	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, tribal	40	Tulu	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korama unspecified	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	70	Tamil	2	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	20	Gujarati	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	200	Kannada	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	27,000	Kurumba, Betta	1	26,000	30	-1 -	200	-1 -	30
Lingayat	1,300	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300
Madari (Hindu traditions)	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Christian traditions)	20	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	90	Telugu	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maila	-1 Unknown	Tulu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	60	Telugu	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	80,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Arayan	200	Malayalam	2	60	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, caste	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	50	Tamil	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	20	Malayalam	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali	40	Telugu	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	4,800	Malayalam	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	60	Malayalam	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	255,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	255,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	500	Tamil	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	-1 Unknown	Tulu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	90	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mundala	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	103,000	Malayalam	1	103,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	20	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	80	Tamil	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	-1 Unknown	Tamil	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	40	Malayalam	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	75,000	Paniya	1	74,000	100	-1 -	200	-1 -	200
Pannadi	70	Tamil	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	80	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	800	Malayalam	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	30	Urdu	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	7,200	Malayalam	0	7,100	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samanthan	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	107,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	107,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	2,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	50	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	30	Malayalam	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urali	4,100	Malayalam	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	3,800	Kannada	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valanchian	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	5,500	Tamil	2	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	2,300	Tamil	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	5,000	Malayalam	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	60	Telugu	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerava	400	Ravula	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 176	921,000		157 ●	458,000	261,000	300	197,000	50	4,000

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1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
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1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
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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%
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