India, Kerala state, Pathanamthitta district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Pathanamthitta

Major People Groups

138

Major Unreached People Groups

119

Total Population

1,362,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

37.6 %

Hindu

57.9 %

Muslim

4.5 %

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 Dravida	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	2,100	Malayalam	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	30	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	300	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar	30	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	18,000	Malayalam	1	18,000	-1 -	20	200	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Bengali	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	400	Hindi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	2,900	Tamil	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Bania unspecified	5,900	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bellara	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	70	Urdu	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	30	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bohra	300	Gujarati	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	2,500	Marathi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Hindi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	100	Kannada	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	300	Marathi	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	2,500	Malayalam	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	2,300	Malayalam	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	400	Malayalam	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	1,700	Tamil	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	47,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	47,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,800	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	4,100	Tamil	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	166,000	Malayalam	0	166,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	5,900	Malayalam	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	4,400	Malayalam	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	20	Irula	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	90	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -
Kakkalan	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	70	Tamil	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	60	Tamil	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanikkaran	40	Kanikkaran	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	7,100	Malayalam	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	200	Telugu	0	200	-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 -
Konda Reddi	20	Telugu	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Krishnanvak	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	3,100	Tamil	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	200	Gujarati	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Malayalam	0	66,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	20	Kannada	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	-1 Unknown	Kurumba, Betta	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	100	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Malabar Catholic	187,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	187,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Arayan	1,100	Malayalam	2	700	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	600	Malayalam	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	2,200	Malayalam	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	60
Malasar	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	50	Malayalam	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	60	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	55,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Christian traditions)	1,100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions)	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	6,600	Tamil	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	60	Gujarati	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	-1 Unknown	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	80	Tamil	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	3,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Tamil	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	155,000	Malayalam	1	155,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	300	Konkani	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nayadi	300	Gujarati	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pagadai	90	Tamil	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	30	Tamil	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	50	Malayalam	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paniyan	20	Paniya	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	20	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	9,600	Malayalam	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	-1 Unknown	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	8,500	Malayalam	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	61,000	Malayalam	0	60,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	-1 Unknown	Tamil	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Sikh traditions)	50	Punjabi, Eastern	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Sali	1,400	Kannada	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samanthan	100	Odia	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	300	Urdu	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	700	Urdu	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	700	Telugu	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	20	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	269,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	269,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Tamil	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Malayalam	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	2,500	Malayalam	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urali	60	Malayalam	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	6,400	Tamil	2	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	3,300	Malayalam	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	2,500	Tamil	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	7,200	Malayalam	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Christian traditions)	500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	24,000	Malayalam	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallasari	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	42,000	Tamil	1	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 138	1,362,000		119 ●	788,000	61,000	200	512,000	200	300

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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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