India, Kerala state, Alappuzha district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Alappuzha

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,218,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

19.9 %

Hindu

69.8 %

Muslim

10.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ambalavasi	4,700	Malayalam	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	50	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	28,000	Malayalam	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Chetti	3,400	Tamil	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bohra	1,000	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	5,300	Tamil	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	2,400	Marathi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	2,800	Malayalam	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	6,100	Malayalam	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	4,100	Malayalam	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Chavalakkaran	2,800	Malayalam	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	2,700	Tamil	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	49,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,400	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	8,400	Tamil	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	425,000	Malayalam	0	425,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	9,500	Malayalam	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	6,900	Malayalam	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	800	Malayalam	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	800	Malayalam	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	11,000	Malayalam	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	400	Tamil	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	4,300	Tamil	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	150,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	150,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	200	Malayalam	1	100	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	22,000	Malayalam	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	209,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	209,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Christian traditions)	1,500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions)	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	13,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Malayalam	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	700	Malayalam	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	1,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Tamil	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	448,000	Malayalam	1	448,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	12,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Tamil	1	9,000	-1 -	40	40	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Malayalam	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	5,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	112,000	Malayalam	0	112,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali Pattariyan	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	210,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	210,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	7,500	Tamil	0	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	1,100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	33,000	Malayalam	0	32,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	2,600	Malayalam	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	9,500	Tamil	2	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	3,800	Tamil	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	17,000	Malayalam	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	20,000	Malayalam	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	3,600	Tamil	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	33,000	Malayalam	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	4,900	Malayalam	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	15,000	Malayalam	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	81,000	Tamil	1	81,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 85	2,207,000		72 ●	1,540,000	225,000	100	442,000	10	100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 173	2,218,000		153 ●	1,548,000	226,000	200	442,000	300	1,000

* 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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