India, Kerala state, Palakkad district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Palakkad

Major People Groups

108

Major Unreached People Groups

101

Total Population

2,971,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.9 %

Hindu

68.5 %

Muslim

27.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	1,400	Tamil	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	17,000	Malayalam	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	15,000	Malayalam	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	7,400	Tamil	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60
Brahmin Dravida	14,000	Tamil	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	7,700	Marathi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu	600	Telugu	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	6,600	Malayalam	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	8,600	Malayalam	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	2,700	Malayalam	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	6,800	Tamil	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	72,000	Hindi	0	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	3,600	Malayalam	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	700	Tamil	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	168,000	Malayalam	0	168,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	22,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eravallan	4,800	Tamil	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	455,000	Malayalam	0	455,000	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	5,800	Malayalam	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	6,600	Malayalam	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	24,000	Irula	1	23,000	40	-1 -	70	-1 -	300
Kadaiyar	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	1,000	Malayalam	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	3,600	Tamil	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	5,000	Tamil	1	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallattu Kurup	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	95,000	Malayalam	0	95,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	400	Kanikkaran	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	28,000	Malayalam	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavara	14,000	Tamil	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	25,000	Tamil	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Malayalam	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	2,200	Kannada	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Lingayat	1,300	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300
Madari (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Tamil	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Telugu	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Urali	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	42,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	42,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malasar	3,200	Tamil	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	2,300	Tamil	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	600	Malayalam	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	33,000	Malayalam	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	747,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	747,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkari	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	4,800	Malayalam	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	5,100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Tamil	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	360,000	Malayalam	1	360,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	4,000	Konkani	0	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nayadi	900	Gujarati	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	3,100	Malayalam	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	25,000	Tamil	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pannadi	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	4,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Tamil	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Malayalam	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	4,600	Malayalam	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	2,200	Malayalam	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	18,000	Kannada	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	70	Tamil	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	2,700	Telugu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	59,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	59,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	42,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	1,700	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Malayalam	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan Palakkad	5,700	Malayalam	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thantapulayan	2,700	Malayalam	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	1,600	Kannada	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	13,000	Tamil	2	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	50,000	Tamil	1	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	34,000	Malayalam	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	32,000	Tamil	1	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	41,000	Malayalam	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	26,000	Malayalam	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	20,000	Malayalam	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	118,000	Tamil	1	118,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,500	Telugu	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 108	2,954,000		101 ●	2,022,000	818,000	200	113,000	10	1,700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 210	2,971,000		189 ●	2,034,000	819,000	200	117,000	200	1,700

* 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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