Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Kollam

Major People Groups

207

Major Unreached People Groups

174

Total Population

3,031,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

15.6 %

Hindu

65.6 %

Muslim

18.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Aiyanavar Christian 4,400 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 4,400 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Alavan 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 3,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
Ambattan Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Anglo 200 English Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Arasar 3,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,500 - - 100 - -
Arasar Christian 16,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 16,000 - -
Arayan 9,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 9,400 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 8,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - 20
 Bania unspecified 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 50
Bellara 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 90 Urdu Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Boya 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 6,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 3,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 12,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 45,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 45,000 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 500 Konkani Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Chackaravar 6,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,900 - 20 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chandala 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - 20 - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
Chayakkaran 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 59,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 59,000 - -
 Christian 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,500 - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Goanese 200 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Godagali 50 Odia Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Godda Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Holar 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Idayan 8,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
 Ilavan 314,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 314,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 900 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
Ilavaniyan 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Ilavathi 3,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
Ilayathu 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Irular 80 Irula Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Kaikolan 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Kanakkan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 2,600 Kanikkaran Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 4,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kavara 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Kavathi 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
Keralamuthali 2,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 40 Telugu Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 30 Tulu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 19,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Kudumban 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kudumi 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 126,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 126,000 - 40 - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kurukkal 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kuruman 30 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Lingayat 30 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 30
Madari (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Mahishya Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 40 Marathi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 122,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 122,000 - -
Malai Arayan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - 20 - -
Malai Pandaram 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 2,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - 20
Malakuravan 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Malasar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Malayekandi Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mangala 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 14,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 14,000 - 20 - - -
Mannan, tribal 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Mappila 542,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 542,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Maravan 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Mavilan 20 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Memon 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 6,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 6,600 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 28,000 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
Mutali 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 200 - -
 Muthan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 59,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 59,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 420,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 420,000 - - - - -
 Nair 303,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 303,000 - - - - -
Navait 8,800 Konkani Progress Gauge - 8,800 - - - -
 Navithan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Nayadi 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Padannan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 4,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,600 - 20 - - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - 50 - -
Palliyar 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - 30 - -
Palluvan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Panan 3,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,900 - 20 - - -
 Panchama Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pandaram 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Paniyan 20 Paniya Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 35,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 35,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 28,000 - 40 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 5,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,400 - - - -
 Pathiyan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Perumannan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 12,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 94,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 94,000 - 40 - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50 -
 Sali 11,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Samanthan 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
Semman 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 2,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,000 - - - -
Silpi 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 30 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 30 - - -
 Syrian Christian 157,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 157,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 6,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 6,000 - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 3,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 3,600 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 68,000 - 50 - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ulladan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Urali 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Valan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Valluvan 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Vaniyan 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 26,000 - - 500 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,800 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 7,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,400 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 18,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
Velan 3,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 62,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 62,000 - - 600 - -
Veluthadanayar 5,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Vettuvan 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 58,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 57,000 - - 100 - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 4,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 14,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 87,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 87,000 - - 200 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Yenadi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Yerukula 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  207 3,031,000   174 1,990,000 568,000 300 473,000 200 100
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