India, Tamil Nadu state, Vellore district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Vellore

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,766,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.5 %

Hindu

86.0 %

Muslim

10.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	308,000	Tamil	0	308,000	-1 -	200	100	20	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	29,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	3,100	Tamil	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	3,400	Tamil	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	34,000	Tamil	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arwa Mala	3,500	Tamil	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baira	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	1,500	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Bania Komti	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	5,100	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Lambadi	1	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bondili	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	9,900	Telugu	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	24,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Christian	3,400	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	7,400	Irula	1	7,300	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Kaikolan	46,000	Tamil	1	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Telugu	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	2,200	Telugu	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	5,600	Telugu	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	21,000	Telugu	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	4,400	Tamil	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Gujarati	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Malayalam	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,200	Kannada	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	2,300	Kurumba, Betta	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,300	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,300
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	1,300	Marathi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Mala Dasari	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	17,000	Tamil	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	22,000	Telugu	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maniyattikkaran	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	78,000	Tamil	1	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -
Masthi	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	3,000	Telugu	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	3,000	Telugu	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	11,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Tamil	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	46,000	Malayalam	1	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	9,500	Tamil	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	90	Telugu	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Hindi	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	7,100	Hindi	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Rajput Surajbansi	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	9,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	3,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	53,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	76,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urikkara Naicker	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Telugu	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	2,100	Kannada	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	3,500	Tamil	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	21,000	Tamil	2	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	7,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	9,100	Tamil	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	424,000	Tamil	1	424,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	6,300	Tamil	1	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma	20,000	Tamil	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Vipravindolu	60	Telugu	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	10,000	Malayalam	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	29,000	Tamil	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	75,000	Hindi	0	75,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	57,000	Telugu	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,800	Telugu	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerukula	1,400	Telugu	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 98	1,744,000		91 ●	1,504,000	178,000	200	58,000	20	4,700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 280	1,766,000		253 ●	1,518,000	181,000	300	61,000	300	4,800

* 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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