India, Tamil Nadu state, Coimbatore district people groups

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

Major People Groups

169

Major Unreached People Groups

145

Total Population

3,737,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.2 %

Hindu

88.0 %

Muslim

6.5 %

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	86,000	Tamil	0	86,000	-1 -	200	100	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	12,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	20,000	Tamil	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	20,000	Malayalam	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu	1,400	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	3,700	Tamil	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	20,000	Malayalam	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	82,000	Tamil	0	82,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	20	-1 -
Badaga	7,300	Badaga	1	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	1,700	Tamil	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Kannada	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,200	Hindi	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bania Chetti	24,000	Tamil	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	40,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400
Banijiga	1,500	Kannada	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Kannada	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Kannada	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Kannada Balija Naicker	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Toreya	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Hindi	0	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	276,000	Telugu	0	276,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Deshastha	1,500	Marathi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	14,000	Tamil	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	8,200	Marathi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	9,800	Malayalam	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	3,100	Malayalam	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	16,000	Tamil	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	2,100	Telugu	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	114,000	Hindi	0	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Byari (Beary)	4,300	Konkani	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	47,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	47,000	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	72,000	Tamil	0	72,000	-1 -	70	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	4,100	Malayalam	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran Christian	500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	700	Tamil	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Cherumar Christian	1,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	6,900	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	35,000	Tamil	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	20	Maldivian	0	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Odia	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eravallan	2,400	Tamil	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	2,800	Kannada	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	6,200	Malayalam	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	112,000	Malayalam	0	112,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	1,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	7,700	Malayalam	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	8,900	Malayalam	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	15,000	Irula	1	15,000	30	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kadan	500	Malayalam	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	359,000	Tamil	1	358,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Telugu	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	11,000	Telugu	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	4,800	Telugu	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	64,000	Telugu	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavara	37,000	Tamil	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	4,400	Tamil	2	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	6,600	Tamil	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Gujarati	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Malayalam	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Hindi	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	3,700	Kannada	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	3,000	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,000
Madari (Hindu traditions)	65,000	Tamil	0	65,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maila	60	Tulu	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Urali	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	20,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	100	Malayalam	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malasar	5,900	Tamil	1	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, caste	15,000	Malayalam	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	6,500	Tamil	1	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	200	Malayalam	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	11,000	Telugu	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	10,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Christian traditions)	80	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions)	100	Malayalam	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	4,500	Telugu	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	3,400	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	5,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	9,500	Hindi	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	35,000	Malayalam	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	111,000	Tamil	0	111,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	11,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Tamil	1	31,000	-1 -	50	100	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	89,000	Tamil	0	89,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pannadi	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panniandi	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	17,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	31,000	Tamil	1	31,000	-1 -	40	80	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	4,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	4,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak)	2,400	Hindi	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Mohmand	2,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	6,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	27,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	25,000	Malayalam	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Hindi	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Hindi	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	20,000	Kannada	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayankulam	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	4,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	8,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	47,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	20,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	103,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	103,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Hindi	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Tholuva Naicker	700	Tamil	3	200	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toda	60	Toda	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Telugu	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vadugan	6,500	Telugu	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	3,100	Kannada	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	35,000	Kannada	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	20,000	Malayalam	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	4,100	Tamil	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	16,000	Tamil	2	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	36,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	36,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	151,000	Tamil	0	151,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	440,000	Tamil	1	434,000	-1 -	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	5,700	Tamil	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kotton	7,800	Tamil	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	44,000	Malayalam	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	2,600	Tamil	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	4,400	Tamil	2	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	42,000	Tamil	1	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	23,000	Malayalam	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Christian traditions)	40	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Tamil	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	5,100	Malayalam	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan Gounder	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	14,000	Malayalam	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	152,000	Tamil	1	152,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	70,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	3,500	Telugu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 169	3,711,000		145 ●	3,269,000	240,000	400	194,000	30	7,600
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 317	3,737,000		283 ●	3,288,000	244,000	500	195,000	1,100	7,900

* 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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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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