India, Karnataka state, Udupi district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Karnataka
District:	Udupi

Major People Groups

107

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,418,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

4.7 %

Hindu

87.6 %

Muslim

7.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.6 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	40,000	Tamil	0	40,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	1,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	1,100	Kannada	1	1,100	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	1,600	Malayalam	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anduran	1,000	Konkani	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	50	Kannada	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arab	30	Arabic, Mesopotamian	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	3,100	Tamil	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Bania unspecified	9,200	Hindi	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,500
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Lambadi	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bathada	2,400	Kannada	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Mith Gauda	200	Konkani, Goan	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bellara	700	Kannada	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Chitpavan	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	4,600	Hindi	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Havik	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	4,600	Kannada	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	4,200	Marathi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Marathi	1,100	Marathi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sanadhya	6,400	Hindi	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	102,000	Hindi	0	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Byari (Beary)	48,000	Konkani	0	-1 -	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaliyan	2,200	Tulu	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chaptegar	2,300	Konkani, Goan	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Charodi	3,700	Konkani, Goan	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	2,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Tulu	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadiga Kalavant	800	Konkani	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	7,700	Kannada	1	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	80
Gandla	4,400	Telugu	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	6,500	Kannada	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gatti	2,300	Tulu	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghadi	200	Konkani, Goan	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Goanese	1,900	Konkani, Goan	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gudigar	100	Konkani	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwakki Wakkal	2,500	Kannada	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Hanabar	26,000	Tulu	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Harkantra	1,100	Konkani, Goan	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	6,200	Malayalam	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	241,000	Telugu	0	241,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	189,000	Telugu	0	189,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavuthiyan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koracha, tribal	9,100	Tulu	1	9,100	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Kotegar	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	18,000	Tamil	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,500	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500
Mahratta unspecified	34,000	Marathi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	23,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malaikudi	1,700	Tulu	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malava	7,200	Tulu	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	20	Malayalam	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	7,700	Malayalam	0	-1 -	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marata	35,000	Tulu	0	34,000	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Moger Moyon	900	Kannada	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Moger unspecified	6,700	Kannada	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	30	Malayalam	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukri	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mundala	5,200	Kannada	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Tamil	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Hindi	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naikda	4,900	Kannada	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	38,000	Malayalam	1	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalakeyava	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalkadaya	300	Tulu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	1,100	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	80	Tamil	2	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Malayalam	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patramela	1,800	Konkani	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	4,000	Malayalam	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajpur	20,000	Konkani, Goan	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raneyar	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	7,600	Kannada	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samagara	2,100	Kannada	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	6,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	30,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	4,700	Marathi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Sudra	400	Marathi	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sudri	400	Tulu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	34,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	34,000	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toda	100	Toda	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urali	22,000	Malayalam	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	75,000	Kannada	1	75,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	3,800	Malayalam	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,300	Malayalam	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	48,000	Tamil	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 107	1,393,000		98 ●	1,223,000	98,000	100	64,000	0	7,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 282	1,418,000		258 ●	1,242,000	101,000	200	67,000	200	8,000

* 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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