India, Tamil Nadu state, Theni district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,406,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.8 %

Hindu

92.8 %

Muslim

4.3 %

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	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	90	Tamil	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu	90	Tamil	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	19,000	Tamil	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	27,000	Hindi	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Basor	8,200	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Kannada	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	70	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	7,800	Tamil	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	1,300	Tamil	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	14,000	Tamil	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	64,000	Hindi	0	64,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	1,100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	52,000	Tamil	0	52,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	1,700	Tamil	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	2,300	Tamil	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	6,500	Tamil	1	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	84,000	Malayalam	0	84,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	29,000	Tamil	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Telugu	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	3,100	Telugu	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	4,000	Tamil	1	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	10,000	Tamil	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	10,000	Telugu	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	3,100	Tamil	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,100	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100
Madari (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	5,500	Telugu	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	3,700	Tamil	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	2,600	Telugu	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	110,000	Tamil	1	110,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	2,100	Tamil	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	7,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,800	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Tamil	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Hindi	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	44,000	Malayalam	1	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	800	Konkani	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	30,000	Tamil	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	15,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	106,000	Tamil	1	106,000	-1 -	20	200	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	60	Tamil	2	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	700	Tamil	2	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	3,300	Tamil	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	6,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	63,000	Tamil	1	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	8,500	Hindi	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayankulam	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	11,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	40,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Telugu	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vadugan	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	9,000	Kannada	1	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	14,000	Tamil	2	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Tamil	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	62,000	Tamil	1	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	3,100	Tamil	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	5,000	Malayalam	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	4,400	Tamil	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	700	Tamil	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	6,100	Tamil	2	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	3,300	Tamil	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	4,900	Tamil	1	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	44,000	Tamil	1	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	3,300	Tamil	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	2,500	Malayalam	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	2,100	Malayalam	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	116,000	Tamil	1	116,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	110,000	Hindi	0	110,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	7,600	Telugu	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 96	1,371,000		87 ●	1,276,000	57,000	60	36,000	10	2,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 242	1,406,000		217 ●	1,305,000	60,000	90	40,000	100	2,200

* 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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