India, Tamil Nadu state, Thanjavur district people groups

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

Major People Groups

108

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,573,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.4 %

Hindu

86.7 %

Muslim

7.7 %

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	107,000	Tamil	0	106,000	-1 -	300	100	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	1,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	25,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	1,100	Tamil	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	29,000	Tamil	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	1,500	Malayalam	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Tamil	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	70	Kannada	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	22,000	Tamil	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Bania unspecified	51,000	Hindi	0	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Basor	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bathada	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	10,000	Telugu	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,000	Kannada	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,600	Marathi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	22,000	Tamil	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	108,000	Hindi	0	107,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	400
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	5,900	Tamil	0	5,900	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	2,900	Tamil	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	3,100	Tamil	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	129,000	Malayalam	0	129,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	9,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,200	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadaiyar	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	30,000	Tamil	1	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	100,000	Tamil	1	100,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	214,000	Tamil	1	214,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,600	Tamil	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koli (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koliyan	1,600	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	5,800	Malayalam	0	5,700	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	9,900	Marathi	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	5,700	Tamil	1	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	5,200	Tamil	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	3,900	Tamil	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	9,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,600	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Tamil	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	57,000	Malayalam	1	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	4,600	Tamil	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	32,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	32,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	135,000	Tamil	1	134,000	-1 -	200	400	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,900	Tamil	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	5,100	Tamil	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	73,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	73,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	196,000	Tamil	1	195,000	-1 -	200	400	30	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	900	Malayalam	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	4,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	400	Malayalam	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	8,400	Telugu	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	6,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	3,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	31,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	60	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	148,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	148,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	60	Kannada	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	4,000	Tamil	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	12,000	Tamil	2	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Tamil	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	220,000	Tamil	1	218,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	37,000	Tamil	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	9,400	Malayalam	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	23,000	Tamil	2	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	9,200	Tamil	1	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	46,000	Tamil	1	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	155,000	Tamil	1	154,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	7,300	Tamil	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	4,600	Malayalam	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	4,100	Malayalam	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,200	Malayalam	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	86,000	Tamil	1	86,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	80,000	Hindi	0	80,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	12,000	Telugu	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,200	Telugu	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 108	2,545,000		98 ●	2,210,000	194,000	800	136,000	50	1,700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 258	2,573,000		227 ●	2,231,000	199,000	800	138,000	200	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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