India, Kerala state, Malappuram district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Malappuram

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

4,262,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.0 %

Hindu

29.1 %

Muslim

68.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ambalavasi	2,500	Malayalam	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	7,100	Malayalam	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bellara	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,000	Marathi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	36,000	Hindi	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byari (Beary)	3,700	Konkani	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	120,000	Malayalam	0	120,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	13,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	200	Maldivian	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	50	Kannada	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	240,000	Malayalam	0	240,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	15,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -
Kadaiyar	500	Tamil	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	8,000	Tamil	1	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalladi	28,000	Malayalam	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallattu Kurup	20	Malayalam	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	104,000	Malayalam	0	104,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	800	Kanikkaran	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	2,400	Tamil	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	3,400	Malayalam	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Malayalam	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	18,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mali	900	Telugu	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	37,000	Malayalam	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	2,914,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	2,914,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	400	Malayalam	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	2,900	Malayalam	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	17,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	91,000	Tamil	0	91,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	297,000	Malayalam	1	297,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	900	Konkani	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	3,200	Malayalam	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	5,300	Tamil	0	5,300	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	7,500	Paniya	1	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Tamil	1	10,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	20,000	Malayalam	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	4,600	Telugu	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	32,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	32,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Tamil	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Malayalam	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valanchian	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	16,000	Tamil	2	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	5,400	Malayalam	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	3,200	Malayalam	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	80	Tamil	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	40,000	Malayalam	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	4,600	Malayalam	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	64,000	Tamil	1	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 65	4,251,000		60 ●	1,230,000	2,938,000	200	82,000	20	70
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 162	4,262,000		145 ●	1,241,000	2,938,000	200	83,000	200	200

* 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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