India, Tamil Nadu state, Ramanathapuram district people groups

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

Major People Groups

117

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,430,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

6.5 %

Hindu

78.0 %

Muslim

15.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	34,000	Tamil	0	34,000	-1 -	40	30	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	1,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	6,100	Tamil	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	1,000	Tamil	2	600	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	9,100	Tamil	1	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Aiyanavar	300	Telugu	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aiyanavar Christian	1,100	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -
Alavan	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	50	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar	1,000	Malayalam	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Arasar Christian	3,700	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	9,600	Tamil	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,700	Hindi	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Kannada	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Hindi	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	63,000	Telugu	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	5,700	Tamil	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	3,500	Tamil	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	4,400	Malayalam	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	700	Malayalam	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	9,900	Tamil	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	38,000	Hindi	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Velanadu	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chackaravar Christian	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Tamil	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran Christian	100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	2,600	Tamil	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	54,000	Malayalam	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadaiyar	9,000	Tamil	1	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	13,000	Tamil	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Telugu	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	3,500	Telugu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	47,000	Tamil	1	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	10,000	Telugu	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavathi	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavathi Christian	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Keralamuthali	800	Malayalam	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Keralamuthali Christian	100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Malayalam	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	1,100	Kannada	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	5,500	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,500
Malai Pandaram	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayekandi	40	Malayalam	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	4,300	Telugu	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	2,300	Malayalam	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	122,000	Tamil	1	119,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	1,200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Malayalam	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	27,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	57,000	Tamil	0	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	48,000	Malayalam	1	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	700	Konkani	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	9,100	Tamil	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pagadai	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	34,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	34,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	154,000	Tamil	1	153,000	-1 -	20	200	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	2,100	Tamil	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	500	Malayalam	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	11,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	16,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	200	Malayalam	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	1,500	Tamil	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Hindi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	4,600	Telugu	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	3,200	Kannada	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali Pattariyan	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	20,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	60,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	109,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Hindi	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Telugu	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan	600	Kannada	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	6,000	Kannada	1	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	6,100	Tamil	2	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	3,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Tamil	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	2,600	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	7,000	Malayalam	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanjanad	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Pattanavan	1,300	Tamil	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	21,000	Tamil	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Christian traditions)	90	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	5,300	Tamil	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,300	Malayalam	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	3,800	Malayalam	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	53,000	Tamil	1	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	82,000	Hindi	0	82,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	3,000	Hindi	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	9,400	Telugu	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 117	1,404,000		99 ●	1,094,000	212,000	60	90,000	10	5,600
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 244	1,430,000		212 ●	1,116,000	215,000	80	93,000	100	5,600

* 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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