Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Virudhunagar

Major People Groups

212

Major Unreached People Groups

182

Total Population

2,340,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.3 %

Hindu

94.2 %

Muslim

2.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 40,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 40,000 - - 20 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - 30 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 800 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
 Alavan 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 2,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Arasar 3,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,700 - - 20 - -
Arasar Christian 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
Arayan 7,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 16,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Baira 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
Bakuda 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 30
 Bania Chetti 7,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - 30
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 10,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - 90
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 60 Urdu Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Bohra 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Boya 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 7,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 9,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 1,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 6,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 71,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 71,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Chackaravar 4,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 44,000 - 20 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
Chayakkaran 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Christian 600 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
 Devendrakulathan 5,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Divehi Unknown Maldivian Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 400 Odia Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Gandla 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Gangakula 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Holar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Idayan 6,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Ilavan 211,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 211,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Ilavaniyan 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Ilavathi 2,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Ilayathu 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Jaggali 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 200 -
 Kaikolan 35,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 35,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - - 200 - -
 Kallan unspecified 106,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 106,000 - - 300 - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kanakkan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Kavara 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kavathi 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Keralamuthali 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kori 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kudumban 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - 400 - -
 Kudumi 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 90 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Lingayat 4,100 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 4,100
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Malai Pandaram 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Malakuravan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Malayarayar 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 6,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mappila 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Maravan 327,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 324,000 - - 3,200 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Munnur 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Mutali 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 800 - - 30 - -
 Muthan 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 8,600 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Nair 126,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 126,000 - - - - -
Navait 900 Konkani Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Navithan 23,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 31,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 31,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 232,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 231,000 - 50 200 - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Panan 5,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Panikkan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pannadi 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Panniandi Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 22,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 87,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 87,000 - 20 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,500 - - - -
 Pathiyan 2,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Perumannan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 70 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Razu 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Sali 8,500 Kannada Progress Gauge 8,500 - - - - -
 Samagara Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Samanthan 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Samban 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 2,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 2,600 - - - -
Semman 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 300 Bengali Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 5,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,600 - - - -
Silpi 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 41,000 - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Urikkara Naicker 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Vadugan 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 2,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Valluvan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 15,000 - - 200 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 3,700 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 3,700 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 35,000 - - 30 - -
 Vanniyan 5,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,800 - - 50 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 17,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 42,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 42,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 54,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 54,000 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 4,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 70 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Vettuvan 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 31,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 31,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 4,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 13,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 102,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 102,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 206,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 206,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 6,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 18,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  212 2,340,000   182 2,204,000 55,000 100 76,000 200 4,300
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