Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Thanjavur

Major People Groups

258

Major Unreached People Groups

227

Total Population

2,764,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.5 %

Hindu

86.6 %

Muslim

7.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 40 Telugu Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 118,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 118,000 - 300 100 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 2,100 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Adiyan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 27,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 27,000 - - 500 - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 200 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 29,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 29,000 - - 500 - -
 Alavan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 58,000 - - - - -
Anglo 100 English Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Ansari 90 Urdu Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
Anuppan 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Arasar Christian Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 80
 Bania Chetti 25,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - 500
 Bania Komti 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 100
 Bania unspecified 51,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 50,000 - - - - 800
 Banijiga 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 50 Lambadi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Basor 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
Bathada 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bhotia Unknown Nepali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Boya 11,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 2,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 25,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 25,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 108,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 107,000 - - 100 - 400
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese Progress Gauge - - 20 - - -
Chackaravar 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,500 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chayakkaran 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Chenchu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 60 Marathi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Christian 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
Devadasi 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Devanga Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 700 Gujarati Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 500 Odia Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Gamit 90 Gamit Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Gandla 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Gangakula 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Gavara 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Holar 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Idayan 3,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Ilavan 143,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 143,000 - - 90 - -
Ilavan Christian 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 10,000 - -
Ilavaniyan 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Ilavathi 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Irular 800 Irula Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kadan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 34,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 33,000 - - 600 - -
 Kakkalan 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 111,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 111,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 214,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 214,000 - - - - -
Kammara 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kamsala 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kanakkan 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Kavara 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Koliyan 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - 100 - -
 Konda Reddi 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 20 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kudumban 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
 Kudumi 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,400 - 40 - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kuruba 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kuruman 200 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Lingayat 700 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 700
 Lohana 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 9,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 9,900 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Mala Pulayan 6,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Malai Pandaram 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Malakuravan 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 6,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mangala 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 4,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Mappila 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Maravan 5,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,700 - - 100 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Memon 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Moger unspecified Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Momna 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 70 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Mutali 4,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 11,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Nair 63,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Navithan 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
Pagadai 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Paliyan 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 36,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 149,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 149,000 - 200 500 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Panan 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Panikkan 5,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Paniyan 20 Paniya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pannadi 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Panniandi 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 80,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 80,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 217,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 216,000 - 200 400 30 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 4,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,100 - - - -
 Patelia 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pathiyan 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Perumannan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Chandrabansi 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Rathawa 70 Rathawi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Razu 9,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 9,300 - - - - -
 Sali 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 7,100 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 31,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 31,000 - - - -
Silpi 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 70 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 70 - - -
 Somvanshi Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 164,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 164,000 - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Valan 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Valluvan 4,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 12,000 - - 700 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,900 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,900 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 243,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 242,000 - - 1,700 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 40,000 - - 300 - -
 Varli 80 Varli Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 10,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Velama 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 17,000 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 25,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 25,000 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 70 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 51,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 50,000 - - 600 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 155,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 154,000 - - 1,200 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 8,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 5,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Vettuvan 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 4,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 86,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 86,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 80,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 80,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Yerukula 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
  Totals:  258 2,764,000   227 2,392,000 216,000 900 153,000 200 2,600
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