Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tirunelveli

Major People Groups

248

Major Unreached People Groups

215

Total Population

1,982,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

14.5 %

Hindu

76.2 %

Muslim

9.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 44,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 44,000 - 50 200 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 15,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - 50 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 2,600 - -
 Alavan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Anglo 400 English Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Arasar 1,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,200 - - 70 - -
Arasar Christian 8,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 8,800 - -
Arayan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 23,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Baira 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Bengali Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 90 Kannada Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 20
 Bania Chetti 2,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - 90
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 6,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - 100
 Banijiga 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bohra 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Boya 58,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 58,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Brahmin Dravida 4,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 5,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 500 Marathi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 3,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 7,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 42,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 42,000 - - 30 - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese Progress Gauge - - 20 - - -
Chackaravar 2,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 800 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,000 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Chayakkaran 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 39,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 39,000 - -
 Christian 8,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 8,200 - -
 Devanga 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 5,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,400 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Divehi 50 Maldivian Progress Gauge - 50 - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Gandla 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Gangakula 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Idayan 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Ilavan 117,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 117,000 - - 30 - -
Ilavan Christian 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 2,500 - -
Ilavaniyan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Ilavathi 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Ilayathu Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 60 -
 Jenu Kuruba 400 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 29,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
Kanakkan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 300 Kanikkaran Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - 200 - -
 Kapu Reddi 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - 100 - -
 Kattunayakan 3,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,500 - - 100 - -
Kavara 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kavathi 1,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
Keralamuthali 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Koliyan 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kudumban 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Kuruba 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,700
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 70 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 70 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 100 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 2,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 2,800 - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Malakuravan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mangala 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Mappila 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Maravan 238,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 222,000 - - 16,000 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Memon 90 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Munnur 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Mutali 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - 100 - -
 Muthan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 93,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 93,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 83,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Nair 94,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 94,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
Padannan 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Pagadai 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 38,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 38,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 182,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 181,000 - 100 300 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyan 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Palliyar 80 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 80 - -
 Panan 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Panikkan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pannadi Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 50,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 57,000 - 40 300 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Parsee Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pathiyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Perumannan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Razu 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sali 4,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Samanthan 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 18,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 18,000 - - - -
Semman 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 39,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 39,000 - - - -
Silpi 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 40 - - -
 Soligar 100 Sholaga Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 3,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 3,100 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 122,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 122,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Tipera Unknown Kok Borok Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Vadugan 1,400 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 90 Kannada Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Valan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 26,000 - - 1,800 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 5,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,500 - - 400 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - 20 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 8,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 8,100 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 27,000 - - 1,000 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Vettuvan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 24,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 24,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 2,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 7,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 74,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 74,000 - - 200 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 106,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,200 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 5,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Yerava Unknown Ravula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Yerukula Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
  Totals:  248 1,982,000   215 1,511,000 181,000 300 287,000 200 1,900
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