Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Palakkad

Major People Groups

210

Major Unreached People Groups

189

Total Population

3,261,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

4.0 %

Hindu

68.2 %

Muslim

27.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Adiyan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Aiyanavar Christian 50 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 19,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Anglo Unknown English Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Arayan 16,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 16,000 - - 20 - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Baira 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Bakuda 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 8,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - 70
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 60
 Banijiga 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Bellara Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Boya 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 8,600 Marathi Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 7,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 9,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 18,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 2,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 7,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 72,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Chalvadi 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 4,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 186,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 186,000 - 70 - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) 24,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
Cherumar Christian 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
 Christian 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Devanga 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - 20 - -
Eravallan 5,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Gangakula 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Gavara 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Godagali 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Godda 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Hasla 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Holar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Ilavan 504,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 504,000 - 200 - - -
Ilavan Christian 900 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
Ilavaniyan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Ilavathi 6,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,400 - - - - -
Ilayathu 7,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Irular 26,000 Irula Progress Gauge 26,000 40 - 80 - 400
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kadan 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
Kallattu Kurup Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kanakkan 105,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 105,000 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 400 Kanikkaran Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 31,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Karimpalan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Kavara 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kootan 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kudumban 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kudumi 27,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 4,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Kuruba 2,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - 20
 Kuruman 70 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,400
Madari (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 200 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 90 Marathi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Mala Urali 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 47,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 47,000 - -
Malai Arayan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - 100 - -
Malai Pandaram 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Malakuravan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Malasar 3,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Malayan, caste 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Malayarayar 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - 100 - -
Mali Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 37,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mappila 827,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 827,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Maravan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Moger unspecified Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mudugar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Mukkari 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Mundala Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Mutali Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Muthan 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 5,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 5,700 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 5,700 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Nair 399,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 399,000 - - - - -
Nalakeyava Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Nalkadaya Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Navait 4,500 Konkani Progress Gauge - 4,500 - - - -
 Navithan 2,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Nayadi 1,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Padannan 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyar 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Palluvan 3,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Panan 27,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Panchama 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Panikkan 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Paniyan 800 Paniya Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Pannadi 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 5,300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 5,300 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Pathiyan 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Perumannan 5,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 2,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 18,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 60 -
Raneyar Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sali 20,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Samanthan 60 Odia Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Samban 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Sayyid 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
Semman 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
Silpi 2,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 40 - - -
 Syrian Christian 65,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 65,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 46,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 46,000 - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 1,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,900 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 41,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
Thandan Palakkad 6,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
Thantapulayan 2,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Ulladan 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Valan 16,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 55,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 37,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
Velan 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 32,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 32,000 - - 400 - -
Veluthadanayar 19,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Vettuvan 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 45,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 18,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 28,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 23,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 118,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 118,000 - - 60 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
  Totals:  210 3,261,000   189 2,224,000 906,000 300 129,000 200 1,900
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