Country:

India

Province / State: Puducherry
District: Karaikal

Major People Groups

100

Major Unreached People Groups

85

Total Population

246,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

8.5 %

Hindu

78.6 %

Muslim

12.8 %

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 Andhra 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Adi Dravida Christian 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 3,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 50 Kurichiya Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 50
 Boya 3,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 15,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Vadama 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - 50 - -
 Christian 1,900 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,900 - -
 Devendrakulathan 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 100 Odia Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Holar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Ilavan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Jaggali Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Kaikolan 4,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 34,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 34,000 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Koliyan 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kudumban 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kudumi 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - 50 - -
 Kuruba 2,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Kuruman 50 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Lingayat 50 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 50
 Mahratta unspecified 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Malai Vedan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Maravan 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Nair 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Navithan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Pagadai 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,400 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Pandaram 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 13,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 29,000 - 50 70 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
Patnulkaran 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Qassab 50 Hindi Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sayyid 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
Semman 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 5,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,200 - - - -
 Syrian Christian 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 24,000 - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Ulladan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Valluvan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Vaniyan 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - 60 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 40,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - - 2,800 - -
Velan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Pattanavan 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,800 - - 200 - -
 Viswakarma Asari 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 8,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 9,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 9,600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
  Totals:  100 246,000   85 193,000 32,000 70 21,000 40 100
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