India, Tamil Nadu state, Dharmapuri district people groups

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

Major People Groups

101

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,651,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.9 %

Hindu

96.5 %

Muslim

2.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	192,000	Tamil	0	192,000	-1 -	20	80	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	4,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	14,000	Tamil	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	2,600	Kurichiya	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arasu	1,600	Kannada	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	41,000	Tamil	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balagai	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Kannada	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bolla	4,500	Telugu	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Dasari	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	7,100	Tamil	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	700	Telugu	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Lambadi	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Kannada	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Kannada	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Toreya	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	45,000	Telugu	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	2,000	Kannada	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	3,400	Tamil	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	26,000	Hindi	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	9,300	Hindi	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	9,300	Kannada	1	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	800	Telugu	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	17,000	Kannada	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godari	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gosangi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	4,900	Malayalam	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	8,300	Irula	1	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Bengali	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	4,500	Kannada	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	50,000	Tamil	1	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Telugu	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	3,700	Telugu	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	18,000	Telugu	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	13,000	Marathi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Gujarati	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	9,600	Kannada	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Malayalam	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	60,000	Kannada	1	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	13,000	Kurumba, Betta	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,200	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Mahratta unspecified	22,000	Marathi	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malasar	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	39,000	Tamil	1	39,000	30	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	60	Malayalam	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	35,000	Tamil	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	4,500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Tamil	0	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagartha	2,800	Kannada	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	6,200	Tamil	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panniandi	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Tamil	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	14,000	Kannada	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	5,000	Telugu	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	9,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Soligar	100	Sholaga	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	9,600	Marathi	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Hindi	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	23,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	45,000	Telugu	0	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara	1,900	Kannada	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	1,900	Kannada	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	15,000	Kannada	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	3,800	Tamil	2	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	443,000	Tamil	1	443,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	21,000	Tamil	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	2,400	Tamil	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	3,000	Tamil	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	5,900	Tamil	1	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	30,000	Tamil	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	4,100	Malayalam	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	28,000	Tamil	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	7,600	Telugu	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 101	1,626,000		98 ●	1,578,000	36,000	20	11,000	10	1,300
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 230	1,651,000		208 ●	1,594,000	42,000	40	14,000	200	1,300

* 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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