India, Tamil Nadu state, Karur district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,070,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.4 %

Hindu

93.1 %

Muslim

5.3 %

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	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	36,000	Tamil	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	900	Tamil	2	800	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	46,000	Tamil	1	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	80	Tamil	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	1,300	Malayalam	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	7,300	Tamil	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	7,700	Hindi	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	5,400	Telugu	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	2,900	Tamil	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	5,100	Tamil	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	2,800	Kannada	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	2,600	Tamil	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	67,000	Tamil	0	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	2,600	Tamil	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	6,400	Tamil	1	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	71,000	Malayalam	0	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	25,000	Tamil	1	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	7,000	Tamil	1	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	3,600	Telugu	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Malayalam	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	3,600	Telugu	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	1,000	Tamil	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	1,900	Malayalam	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	64,000	Tamil	1	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	1,800	Tulu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	2,100	Tamil	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	2,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Tamil	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	21,000	Malayalam	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	700	Konkani	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	6,100	Tamil	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	1,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	77,000	Tamil	1	77,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	4,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	50,000	Tamil	1	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	9,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	37,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vadugan	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	3,100	Tamil	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	5,700	Tamil	2	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	127,000	Tamil	1	126,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	6,600	Tamil	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	3,900	Malayalam	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	6,100	Tamil	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	10,000	Tamil	2	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	8,200	Tamil	1	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	80,000	Tamil	1	80,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Vipravindolu	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	8,200	Tamil	1	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	2,400	Malayalam	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan Gounder	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	36,000	Tamil	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	2,300	Telugu	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	4,700	Telugu	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 82	1,044,000		74 ●	978,000	53,000	20	12,000	10	20
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 238	1,070,000		209 ●	997,000	57,000	30	15,000	60	700

* 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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