India, Tamil Nadu state, Cuddalore district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,735,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.1 %

Hindu

91.9 %

Muslim

4.8 %

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	713,000	Tamil	0	712,000	-1 -	100	200	50	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	27,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	26,000	Tamil	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	34,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arwa Mala	5,300	Tamil	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	14,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	900	Telugu	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	19,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Lambadi	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bondili	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	14,000	Telugu	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	4,100	Tamil	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	2,100	Kannada	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telaganya	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	300
Brahmin Vadama	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Odia	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	1,600	Vaagri Booli	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	9,300	Irula	1	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	52,000	Tamil	1	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Telugu	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	3,800	Tamil	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	9,600	Telugu	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	90	Tamil	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	4,400	Tamil	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Hindi	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madasi Kuruva	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Dasari	500	Telugu	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	29,000	Telugu	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maniyattikkaran	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	1,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	80,000	Tamil	1	79,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	31,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	31,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	67,000	Tamil	0	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Hindi	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	13,000	Malayalam	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	1,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Tamil	1	2,800	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	7,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	90	Telugu	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Hindi	0	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	7,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	4,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	29,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	76,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Telugu	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	4,500	Tamil	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	23,000	Tamil	2	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	7,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	8,400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,400	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Tamil	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	799,000	Tamil	1	793,000	-1 -	-1 -	6,100	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	37,000	Tamil	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	1,600	Tamil	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	5,900	Tamil	1	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Vipravindolu	70	Telugu	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	53,000	Tamil	1	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	101,000	Hindi	0	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,600	Hindi	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	8,200	Telugu	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	3,700	Telugu	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerukula	1,000	Telugu	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 86	2,709,000		80 ●	2,496,000	126,000	200	84,000	50	1,900
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 254	2,735,000		228 ●	2,513,000	132,000	200	86,000	400	2,600

* 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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