India, Puducherry state, Karaikal district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Puducherry
District:	Karaikal

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

230,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

8.1 %

Hindu

79.1 %

Muslim

12.6 %

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	4,100	Tamil	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	2,200	Tamil	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	3,500	Tamil	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	4,600	Tamil	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vadama	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,700	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	4,300	Tamil	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	34,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koliyan	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	700	Tamil	3	700	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,800	Kannada	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	1,300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Tamil	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	11,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	27,000	Tamil	1	26,000	-1 -	50	60	-1 -	-1 -
Patnulkaran	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	5,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	22,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Malayalam	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	1,500	Tamil	2	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Tamil	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	36,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Pattanavan	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	5,000	Tamil	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	8,000	Tamil	1	8,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	9,600	Hindi	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,400	Telugu	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 34	218,000		29 ●	172,000	28,000	70	17,000	0	0
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 100	230,000		85 ●	182,000	29,000	70	19,000	40	90

* 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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