India, Puducherry state, Pondicherry district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Puducherry
District:	Pondicherry

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

996,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.7 %

Hindu

91.5 %

Muslim

2.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	142,000	Tamil	0	141,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	9,900	Tamil	1	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	5,900	Tamil	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,700	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Chetti	2,100	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	600	Telugu	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	10,000	Hindi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000
Boya	7,500	Telugu	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	6,100	Tamil	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	2,300	Tamil	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	22,000	Hindi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	3,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	3,700	Irula	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	31,000	Tamil	1	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	3,000	Tamil	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,000	Tamil	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Reddi	1,100	Telugu	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Tamil	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	5,300	Tamil	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	30	Malayalam	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	2,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Tamil	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	6,600	Malayalam	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	5,600	Tamil	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panchama	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	3,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patnulkaran	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pondicherry Catholic	44,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	44,000	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	3,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	20,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	3,900	Tamil	0	3,900	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	4,300	Tamil	2	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Tamil	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	477,000	Tamil	1	477,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Pattanavan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	1,000	Tamil	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	2,200	Tamil	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	13,000	Tamil	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	2,900	Malayalam	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 51	979,000		45 ●	898,000	24,000	300	55,000	0	1,500
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 165	996,000		144 ●	911,000	26,000	300	56,000	100	1,700

* 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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Prayer Cards

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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