India, Kerala state, Alappuzha district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Alappuzha

Major People Groups

173

Major Unreached People Groups

153

Total Population

2,426,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

20.2 %

Hindu

69.5 %

Muslim

10.3 %

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 Dravida	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	-1 Unknown	Kannada	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ajila	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	5,200	Malayalam	1	5,200	-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	60	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	31,000	Malayalam	1	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ayyanavar	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania Chetti	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bellara	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	50	Urdu	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	1,100	Gujarati	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin (Sikh traditions)	30	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	5,900	Tamil	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	2,700	Marathi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	600	Hindi	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	90	Tamil	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	3,100	Malayalam	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	4,000	Malayalam	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	6,800	Malayalam	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	4,500	Malayalam	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Chackaravar	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Tamil	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	3,100	Malayalam	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	3,000	Tamil	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	20	Malayalam	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions)	40	Malayalam	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	54,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	54,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,500	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	20	Hindi	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eravallan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	9,300	Tamil	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	471,000	Malayalam	0	471,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	7,700	Malayalam	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	200	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -
Kadan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	-1 Unknown	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	800	Malayalam	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	-1 Unknown	Kanikkaran	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	12,000	Malayalam	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli of Gujarat	30	Gujarati	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Reddi	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Krishnanvak	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	400	Tamil	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	4,700	Tamil	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	300	Gujarati	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	20	Kurumba, Betta	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
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)	60	Telugu	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahar (Buddhist traditions)	-1 Unknown	Marathi	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta Kunbi	50	Gujarati	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	50	Marathi	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahyavanshi	-1 Unknown	Gujarati	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	30	Telugu	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	166,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	166,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Arayan	200	Malayalam	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	200	Malayalam	1	200	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	70	Malayalam	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	20	Malayalam	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	-1 Unknown	Telugu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	25,000	Malayalam	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	80	Malayalam	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	231,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	231,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Christian traditions)	1,700	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions)	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	500	Gujarati	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	15,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Malayalam	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	800	Malayalam	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	70	Tamil	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	1,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Tamil	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	300	Hindi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	496,000	Malayalam	1	496,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nayadi	60	Gujarati	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	20	Tamil	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	700	Tamil	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	-1 Unknown	Paniya	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	13,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Tamil	1	9,900	-1 -	40	50	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Malayalam	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	5,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	112,000	Malayalam	0	112,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	80	Hindi	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Hindi	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	60	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -
Sali	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali Pattariyan	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samanthan	90	Odia	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	600	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-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	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	20	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	233,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	233,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	8,400	Tamil	0	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	1,200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Malayalam	0	36,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	2,800	Malayalam	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	-1 Unknown	Telugu	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	40	Kannada	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	11,000	Tamil	2	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	50	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	4,200	Tamil	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	19,000	Malayalam	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	22,000	Malayalam	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	4,000	Tamil	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	36,000	Malayalam	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	5,400	Malayalam	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	17,000	Malayalam	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	81,000	Tamil	1	81,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 173	2,426,000		153 ●	1,686,000	249,000	200	490,000	300	1,100

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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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