India, Kerala state, Idukki district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Idukki

Major People Groups

182

Major Unreached People Groups

158

Total Population

1,211,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

44.0 %

Hindu

48.4 %

Muslim

7.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Andhra	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	-1 Unknown	Kurichiya	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	-1 Unknown	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	100	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar	60	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	2,000	Malayalam	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ayyanavar	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaga	100	Badaga	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	3,300	Tamil	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	4,700	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Basor	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	90	Kannada	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bellara	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	90	Urdu	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	50	Gujarati	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	7,900	Tamil	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	30	Marathi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	4,500	Malayalam	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	50	Malayalam	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	10,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Dombara)	-1 Unknown	Telugu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godagali	20	Odia	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	3,200	Tamil	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	50
Ilavan	42,000	Malayalam	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	20	Irula	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Kadan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalladi	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	2,700	Tamil	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	50	Malayalam	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	30	Kanikkaran	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karimpalan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	20	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavara	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Reddi	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, tribal	-1 Unknown	Tulu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Krishnanvak	50	Malayalam	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	200	Tamil	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	90	Gujarati	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	70	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	30	Hindi	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	100	Kannada	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	30	Kurumba, Betta	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	200	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Madari (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Christian traditions)	20	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Christian traditions)	-1 Unknown	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	90	Telugu	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	196,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	196,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Arayan	19,000	Malayalam	2	9,100	100	-1 -	9,300	-1 -	100
Malai Pandaram	100	Malayalam	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	600	Malayalam	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malasar	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	800	Malayalam	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	50	Malayalam	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	6,100	Malayalam	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	9,600	Malayalam	1	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	40
Mappila	84,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	49,000	Tamil	1	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	-1 Unknown	Tulu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	70	Tamil	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	20	Malayalam	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	14,000	Malayalam	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	60
Nadar (Christian traditions)	8,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,700	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Tamil	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	41,000	Malayalam	1	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	900	Konkani	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nayadi	20	Gujarati	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	40	Malayalam	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pagadai	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	7,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Tamil	1	45,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	1,500	Tamil	2	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	1,200	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	300	Tamil	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	90	Malayalam	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panchama	-1 Unknown	Telugu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	200	Paniya	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Tamil	1	73,000	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Malayalam	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	800	Urdu	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	4,100	Malayalam	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	30,000	Malayalam	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	200	Hindi	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	40	Hindi	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	20	Hindi	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	20	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -
Sali	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	200	Urdu	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	900	Urdu	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	295,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	295,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	4,700	Tamil	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	60	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	3,400	Malayalam	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	40
Urali	7,400	Malayalam	1	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	20
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	800	Telugu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vadugan	70	Telugu	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	200	Kannada	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	900	Tamil	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Tamil	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	45,000	Tamil	1	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	4,200	Malayalam	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	56,000	Tamil	1	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	90	Malayalam	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	80	Malayalam	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	800	Malayalam	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	6,600	Tamil	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerukula	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 182	1,211,000		158 ●	586,000	91,000	200	533,000	90	600

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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%
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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