India, Tamil Nadu state, Sivaganga district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,467,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.3 %

Hindu

91.2 %

Muslim

5.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	43,000	Tamil	0	43,000	-1 -	40	60	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	9,700	Tamil	1	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	900	Tamil	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	80	Tamil	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	100	Tamil	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	21,000	Tamil	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Basor	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,500	Kannada	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	10,000	Tamil	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telaganya	2,200	Telugu	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Tamil	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	1,600	Tamil	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	6,800	Tamil	1	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	93,000	Malayalam	0	93,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	22,000	Tamil	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	67,000	Tamil	1	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	3,700	Telugu	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	6,600	Tamil	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	6,900	Malayalam	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,700	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,700
Mala Pulayan	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	40	Malayalam	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	1,600	Tamil	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	158,000	Tamil	1	155,000	-1 -	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	2,200	Telugu	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	2,200	Tamil	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	3,400	Telugu	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	10,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	25,000	Tamil	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	55,000	Malayalam	1	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	3,200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	32,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	87,000	Tamil	1	87,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	20	Tamil	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	1,500	Tamil	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	22,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Tamil	1	73,000	-1 -	20	100	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Malayalam	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	1,000	Tamil	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	5,500	Telugu	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	12,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	57,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	3,400	Kannada	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	6,900	Kannada	1	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	7,400	Tamil	2	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	2,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Tamil	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	3,300	Tamil	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	5,200	Malayalam	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	10,000	Tamil	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	13,000	Tamil	2	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	17,000	Tamil	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	22,000	Tamil	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	120,000	Tamil	1	118,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	2,400	Malayalam	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	72,000	Tamil	1	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	113,000	Hindi	0	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	10,000	Telugu	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 86	1,447,000		77 ●	1,325,000	74,000	60	74,000	10	2,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 193	1,467,000		170 ●	1,339,000	77,000	80	78,000	100	2,800

* 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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