Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Madurai

Major People Groups

279

Major Unreached People Groups

250

Total Population

3,442,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.2 %

Hindu

90.8 %

Muslim

5.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 46,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 46,000 - 60 90 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
 Adiyan 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Alavan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 2,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Anglo 200 English Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Anuppan 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Arasar Christian 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Arayan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 9,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - 100
 Bania Chetti 49,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - 600
 Bania Komti 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - 100
 Bania Srimali 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 72,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 71,000 - - - - 1,000
 Banijiga 2,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Basor 22,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Bathada 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 7,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 7,800 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 800 Kannada Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 40 Urdu Progress Gauge - 40 - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Bohra 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Boya 15,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 800 Gujarati Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 7,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 3,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 60 Marathi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 3,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 9,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 161,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 161,000 - - 30 - 400
 Brahmin Velanadu 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 500 Konkani Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Chackaravar 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 2,800 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 74,000 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Chandala 40 Odia Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,300 - -
 Christian 4,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 4,100 - -
 Devanga 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,600 - - 50 - -
 Devendrakulathan 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 2,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 800 Odia Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Gamit 300 Gamit Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Gandla 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Gangakula 4,800 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Gavara 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Hajam 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Idayan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 230,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 230,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
Ilavaniyan 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Ilavathi 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Irular 20 Irula Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50 -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 81,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 81,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 8,700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 7,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Kalladi 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 10,000 - - 200 - -
 Kallan unspecified 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 26,000 - - 200 - -
Kammara 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kanakkan 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 14,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 5,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,300 - - 60 - 40
Kavara 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 2,100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Kori 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koshti 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Kudiya Unknown Kudiya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kudumban 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - 300 - -
 Kudumi 8,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Gujarati Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,200 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Kuruba 700 Kannada Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 9,800 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 9,800
 Lohana 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Maila 20 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 16,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
Malai Pandaram 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 5,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Malakuravan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Malasar 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Malayarayar 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mangala 6,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 5,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Mappila 1,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Maravan 279,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 277,000 - - 1,900 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Memon 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Momna 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Mutali 5,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - 100 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 21,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 106,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Nair 101,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 101,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Navait 2,500 Konkani Progress Gauge - 2,500 - - - -
 Navithan 83,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 83,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pagadai 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Paliyan 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 47,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 47,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 150,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 150,000 - 30 700 - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Panan 3,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 9,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,300 - - - - -
 Paniyan 30 Paniya Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pannadi 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 17,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 157,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 157,000 - 30 200 20 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
 Patelia 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Pathiyan 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Patnulkaran 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Perumannan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - 60 - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Raddi 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - 80
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 6,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Rathawa 200 Rathawi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Ravalia 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Razu 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Sali 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Samban 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Sayankulam 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Sayyid 6,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,600 - - - -
Semman 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,800 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 39,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 39,000 - - - -
Silpi 1,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 40 - - -
 Soligar 20 Sholaga Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - 50
 Syrian Christian 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 116,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 116,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 90 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Urali Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
Vadugan 4,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 2,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 2,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 21,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Valan 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - - 500 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 148,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 147,000 - - 1,100 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 7,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,200 - - 60 - -
 Varli 200 Varli Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 9,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 9,100 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 15,000 - - 800 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - 300 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 111,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 106,000 - - 4,500 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 7,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Vettuvan 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 374,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 373,000 - - 300 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 234,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 234,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 6,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 18,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Yerukula 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  279 3,442,000   250 3,127,000 191,000 200 111,000 500 12,000
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