Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Ramanathapuram

Major People Groups

244

Major Unreached People Groups

212

Total Population

1,541,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

6.7 %

Hindu

78.0 %

Muslim

14.9 %

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 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 38,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - 50 30 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 6,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - 500 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 9,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,900 - - 1,200 - -
Aiyanavar 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Aiyanavar Christian 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
 Alavan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Anglo 50 English Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Anuppan Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Arasar 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 50 - -
Arasar Christian 4,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 4,100 - -
Arayan 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Bengali Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - 20
 Banijiga 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Boya 70,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 70,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 90 Gujarati Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 6,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 3,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 700 Marathi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 80 Gujarati Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 4,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 38,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Chackaravar 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Chayakkaran 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Christian 700 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 700 - -
 Devanga 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Divehi Unknown Maldivian Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gamit 50 Gamit Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Gandla 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Gangakula 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Idayan 2,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Ilavan 60,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Ilavaniyan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Ilavathi 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Ilayathu 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Irular 50 Irula Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,500 - - 500 - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 3,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - 500 - -
 Kallan unspecified 47,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 46,000 - - 400 - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kanakkan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 2,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Kavara 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kavathi 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Keralamuthali 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - 20 - -
Keralamuthali Christian 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 80 Gujarati Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 300 Gujarati Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Koliyan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Koshti 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kudumban 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Kudumi 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kuruba 1,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 6,100 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 6,100
 Lohana 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Malai Pandaram 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Malakuravan 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Malayekandi 40 Malayalam Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Mangala 4,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,800 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 2,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Mappila 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Maravan 135,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 132,000 - - 3,000 - -
 Meitei unspecified Unknown Meitei Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Memon 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Momna 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 1,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,300 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Munnur 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Mutali 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - 50 - -
 Muthan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mutrasi 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 30,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 63,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 63,000 - - - - -
 Nair 53,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - -
Navait 700 Konkani Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Navithan 10,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Paliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 38,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 38,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 170,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 170,000 - 20 200 - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyar 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Panan 2,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Pandaram 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Panikkan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 13,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - 70 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 16,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 16,000 - - - -
 Pathiyan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Perumannan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 20 - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Rathawa 20 Rathawi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Razu 5,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,100 - - - - -
 Sali 3,600 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Samanthan Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Samban 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Sayyid 22,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 22,000 - - - -
Semman 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,600 Bengali Progress Gauge - 1,600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 60,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 60,000 - - - -
Silpi 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 30 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 30 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 121,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 121,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 6,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Vaniyan 6,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,500 - - 300 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 3,300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 3,300 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,800 - - 20 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Varli 40 Varli Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 7,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,700 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Pattanavan 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Vettuvan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 20,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 4,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 53,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 53,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 82,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 82,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 10,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 10,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Yerukula 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
  Totals:  244 1,541,000   212 1,203,000 230,000 100 103,000 100 6,200
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