India, Kerala state, Kottayam district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Kottayam

Major People Groups

188

Major Unreached People Groups

162

Total Population

2,266,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

42.3 %

Hindu

51.4 %

Muslim

6.2 %

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	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	30	Kurichiya	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	3,700	Malayalam	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	60	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	100	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar Christian	50	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	24,000	Malayalam	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ayyanavar	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaga	100	Badaga	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baira	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Bengali	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	3,600	Tamil	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Bengali Muslim Moghal	-1 Unknown	Urdu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	2,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Tamil	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	90	Gujarati	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	2,900	Marathi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,500	Tamil	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	70	Kannada	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	4,500	Malayalam	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	9,300	Malayalam	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	4,100	Malayalam	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	35,000	Hindi	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	-1 Unknown	Burmese	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Byari (Beary)	1,400	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	20	Malayalam	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	108,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	108,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,200	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Dombara)	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	200	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Godagali	-1 Unknown	Odia	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	30	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Holar	-1 Unknown	Marathi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	265,000	Malayalam	0	265,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	7,100	Malayalam	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	4,200	Malayalam	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	-1 Unknown	Irula	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	100	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -
Kadaiyar	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	90	Tamil	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	50	Malayalam	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	-1 Unknown	Kanikkaran	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	7,200	Malayalam	1	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	80	Tamil	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavara	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavathi	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	-1 Unknown	Khasi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli of Gujarat	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Reddi	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Krishnanvak	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	200	Tamil	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	2,900	Tamil	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	300	Gujarati	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	30	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	-1 Unknown	Kurumba, Betta	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	80	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80
Madari (Hindu traditions)	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Christian traditions)	-1 Unknown	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	50	Gujarati	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	60	Marathi	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	312,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	312,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Arayan	13,000	Malayalam	2	7,900	50	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	30	Malayalam	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	2,500	Malayalam	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Malasar	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	50	Malayalam	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	20	Malayalam	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	21,000	Malayalam	0	21,000	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	127,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	127,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Christian traditions)	2,200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions)	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	8,000	Tamil	1	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	-1 Unknown	Tulu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	30	Gujarati	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	70	Tamil	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	2,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	8,000	Tamil	0	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	384,000	Malayalam	1	384,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nayadi	90	Gujarati	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	90	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	30	Paniya	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	26,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Tamil	1	29,000	-1 -	100	100	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	2,500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Malayalam	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	4,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	83,000	Malayalam	0	82,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	100	Hindi	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	30	Hindi	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	80	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -
Sali	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali Pattariyan	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samanthan	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	2,200	Tamil	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	500	Tamil	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	490,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	490,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	4,700	Tamil	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	70	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	3,700	Malayalam	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	90
Urali	800	Malayalam	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	50	Kannada	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	8,100	Tamil	2	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	90	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Tamil	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	3,000	Tamil	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	3,400	Tamil	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	19,000	Tamil	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	7,600	Malayalam	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Christian traditions)	1,800	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	9,600	Malayalam	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	6,100	Malayalam	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	56,000	Tamil	1	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	-1 Unknown	Telugu	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 188	2,266,000		162 ●	1,166,000	140,000	400	960,000	200	300

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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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