India, Tamil Nadu state, Virudhunagar district people groups

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

Major People Groups

109

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,172,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.2 %

Hindu

94.4 %

Muslim

2.3 %

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	36,000	Tamil	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	19,000	Tamil	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	21,000	Tamil	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aiyanavar	700	Telugu	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Aiyanavar Christian	700	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	2,200	Malayalam	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar	3,400	Malayalam	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar Christian	1,500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	6,900	Malayalam	1	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	15,000	Tamil	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Bengali	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bakuda	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	6,600	Tamil	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Bania unspecified	10,000	Hindi	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Brahmin Ashtashasram	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	18,000	Tamil	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	6,600	Tamil	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu	600	Telugu	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	8,600	Malayalam	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	6,200	Tamil	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	71,000	Hindi	0	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar	4,300	Tamil	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar Christian	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	40,000	Tamil	0	40,000	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	800	Malayalam	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran Christian	80	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	4,800	Tamil	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	6,200	Tamil	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	191,000	Malayalam	0	191,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	32,000	Tamil	1	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	34,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	106,000	Tamil	1	106,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,400	Tamil	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavathi	2,900	Tamil	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavathi Christian	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Keralamuthali	70	Malayalam	1	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	600	Tamil	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Malayalam	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	3,700	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700
Malakuravan	100	Tamil	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	40	Malayalam	2	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	5,400	Malayalam	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	295,000	Tamil	1	293,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	800	Tamil	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	7,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,700	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Tamil	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	113,000	Malayalam	1	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	800	Konkani	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	21,000	Tamil	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pagadai	4,600	Tamil	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	28,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	209,000	Tamil	1	209,000	-1 -	40	200	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	400	Tamil	2	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	5,100	Tamil	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	20,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	79,000	Tamil	1	78,000	-1 -	20	200	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	4,600	Tamil	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Hindi	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	9,300	Telugu	0	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	7,700	Kannada	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	5,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	37,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tholuva Naicker	20	Tamil	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urikkara Naicker	90	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	2,200	Kannada	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	14,000	Tamil	2	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	3,300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,300	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Tamil	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	5,300	Tamil	1	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	15,000	Malayalam	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	4,500	Tamil	1	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	1,100	Tamil	2	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	38,000	Tamil	1	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	1,100	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	54,000	Tamil	1	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	3,900	Malayalam	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Christian traditions)	60	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Tamil	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	28,000	Malayalam	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	3,700	Malayalam	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	12,000	Malayalam	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	102,000	Tamil	1	102,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	206,000	Hindi	0	206,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	17,000	Telugu	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 109	2,152,000		93 ●	2,035,000	49,000	90	66,000	10	3,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 212	2,172,000		182 ●	2,050,000	50,000	90	69,000	200	3,900

* 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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