India, Tamil Nadu state, Tiruchirappalli district people groups

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

Major People Groups

125

Major Unreached People Groups

110

Total Population

3,054,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

8.3 %

Hindu

85.0 %

Muslim

6.6 %

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	46,000	Tamil	0	46,000	-1 -	60	50	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	6,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	500	Malayalam	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	105,000	Tamil	1	105,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	2,400	Tamil	2	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	143,000	Tamil	1	142,000	-1 -	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	2,000	Malayalam	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	100	Tamil	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	80	Kannada	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	15,000	Tamil	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ayyanavar	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania unspecified	21,000	Hindi	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Basor	19,000	Hindi	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bathada	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Christian traditions)	800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	14,000	Telugu	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	8,200	Tamil	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	3,200	Hindi	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	7,700	Kannada	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	4,900	Marathi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	2,400	Malayalam	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	6,100	Tamil	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	2,400	Telugu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	102,000	Hindi	0	102,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Brahmin Velanadu	4,400	Telugu	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	6,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,000	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	43,000	Tamil	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	3,800	Tamil	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	18,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	3,900	Tamil	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Odia	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	184,000	Malayalam	0	184,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	8,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	69,000	Tamil	1	69,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Telugu	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	53,000	Tamil	1	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	13,000	Telugu	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konda Reddi	1,300	Telugu	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	5,000	Tamil	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Malayalam	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	1,600	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600
Mala Pulayan	13,000	Telugu	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	70	Malayalam	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	20	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	3,400	Tamil	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	4,800	Malayalam	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	193,000	Tamil	1	185,000	-1 -	-1 -	7,500	-1 -	-1 -
Mavilan	600	Tulu	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	5,000	Tamil	1	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	27,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Tamil	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	47,000	Malayalam	1	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	1,600	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	15,000	Tamil	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pagadai	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	49,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	222,000	Tamil	1	222,000	-1 -	20	400	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	2,600	Tamil	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	3,000	Tamil	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	96,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	96,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	123,000	Tamil	1	122,000	-1 -	20	500	20	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	7,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	70	Telugu	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	700	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Hindi	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Sayyid	6,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	27,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	100	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	1,800	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	148,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	148,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vadugan	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	1,500	Kannada	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	3,400	Tamil	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	14,000	Tamil	2	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	5,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,900	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Tamil	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	366,000	Tamil	1	356,000	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	28,000	Tamil	1	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	60	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	24,000	Tamil	2	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	231,000	Tamil	1	222,000	-1 -	-1 -	8,300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Vipravindolu	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	6,400	Malayalam	0	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan Gounder	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	5,100	Malayalam	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,300	Malayalam	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	89,000	Tamil	1	89,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	71,000	Hindi	0	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	6,100	Telugu	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	11,000	Telugu	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 125	3,026,000		110 ●	2,573,000	198,000	200	252,000	50	2,500
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 281	3,054,000		248 ●	2,595,000	201,000	300	254,000	300	2,500

* 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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