Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Thoothukudi

Major People Groups

197

Major Unreached People Groups

168

Total Population

1,998,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

16.0 %

Hindu

79.4 %

Muslim

4.4 %

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 Andhra 40 Telugu Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 64,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 64,000 - 100 50 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 4,600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 4,600 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Adiyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 33,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - 50 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 1,700 - -
 Alavan 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 90 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
Anglo 300 English Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Arasar 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Arasar Christian 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,200 - -
Arayan 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 3,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - 50
 Banijiga 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 50 Urdu Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Boya 48,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 6,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,800 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 9,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 78,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 78,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 2,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese Progress Gauge - - 20 - - -
Chackaravar 2,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,500 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 17,000 - 40 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chayakkaran 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 27,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 27,000 - -
 Christian 7,100 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 7,100 - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Devanga 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 3,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 200 Gujarati Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Divehi Unknown Maldivian Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 90 Odia Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Gandla 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gangakula 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Idayan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Ilavaniyan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Ilavathi 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Irular 20 Irula Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Jaggali 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 70 -
 Jenu Kuruba 700 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 30,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kaniyan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - 30 - -
 Kapu unspecified 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 4,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,600 - - 30 - -
Kavathi 1,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Keralamuthali 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Koliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Kudumban 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - 300 - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Kuruba 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 3,400 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 3,400
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Malabar Catholic 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Malai Arayan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Malakuravan 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Malayali 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Mangala 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 3,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Maravan 281,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 262,000 - - 19,000 - -
 Memon 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
Mutali 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - 80 - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 62,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 62,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 84,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 84,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Nair 49,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 49,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 119,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 119,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 216,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 215,000 - 90 500 - -
Palliyar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Panan 3,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pannadi Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 51,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 51,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 75,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 75,000 - 50 500 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 11,000 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 30 Urdu Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Pathiyan 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 5,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,200 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Razu 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sali 5,000 Kannada Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Samban 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 4,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,100 - - - -
Semman 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 18,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
Silpi 9,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 9,000 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 20 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 20 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 65,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 65,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Vadugan 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Valluvan 900 Tamil Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Vaniyan 42,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - - 5,400 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 700 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 4,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,300 - - 30 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,700 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 11,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 3,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,700 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 65,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 61,000 - - 3,600 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Vettuvan 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Panchal 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 105,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 105,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 113,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 11,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Yerukula 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  197 1,998,000   168 1,586,000 87,000 300 320,000 100 3,400
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