Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Kanyakumari

Major People Groups

207

Major Unreached People Groups

175

Total Population

2,194,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

45.4 %

Hindu

50.5 %

Muslim

3.9 %

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 Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 8,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,200 - 80 20 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Adiyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 15,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - 50 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 500 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Alavan 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,600 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Anglo 500 English Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
Arasar 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 80 - -
Arasar Christian 6,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 6,700 - -
Arayan 4,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 2,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,800 - - - - 70
 Bania Komti 4,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - 50
Bania Mahajan 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - 100
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 36,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 36,000 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 100 - - - -
 Boya 36,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 36,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 7,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 8,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 600 Marathi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 7,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 3,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 41,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - 40
 Brahmin Velanadu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Chackaravar 3,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,100 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 900 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,400 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - 30 - - -
Chavalakkaran 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
Chayakkaran 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 4,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 4,200 - -
 Christian 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 12,000 - -
 Devendrakulathan 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 800 Odia Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Eravallan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gavara 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Holaya Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Idayan 4,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Ilavan 99,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 99,000 - - 300 - -
Ilavan Christian 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 26,000 - -
Ilavaniyan 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Ilavathi 1,800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Ilayathu 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 40,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kalladi Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 7,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,200 - - 200 - -
 Kallan unspecified 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 21,000 - - 900 - -
Kanakkan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 3,800 Kanikkaran Progress Gauge 3,500 - - 300 - -
 Kaniyan 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - 100 - -
 Kapu Reddi 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,000 - - 20 - -
Kavara 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Kavathi 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
Kavuthiyan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Keralamuthali 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kootan 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 11,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 600 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Kuruba 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,300 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,300
 Lohana 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 200 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 187,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 187,000 - -
Malai Pandaram 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 70 Tamil Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Malakuravan 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Malayarayar 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mangala 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mappila 7,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 7,500 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Maravan 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 300 - -
 Mudugar 90 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Munnur 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Mutali 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - 400 - -
 Muthan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mutrasi 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 352,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 352,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 171,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 171,000 - - - - -
 Nair 106,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 91,000 - - 14,000 - -
Navait 700 Konkani Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Navithan 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pagadai Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 5,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - 70 - - -
Palliyar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Panan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Panikkan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 37,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 37,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 37,000 - 100 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 15,000 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,300 - 90 - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,100 - - - -
Perumannan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 1,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,800 - 30 - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 2,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
 Sali 6,200 Kannada Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Samban 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 200 - -
 Sayyid 1,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,300 - - - -
Semman 800 Tamil Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 6,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,300 - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala Progress Gauge - - 40 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 250,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 250,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 69,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 69,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Tipera Unknown Kok Borok Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Urali 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Valan 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Valluvan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - 6,200 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,300 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,800 - 40 - - -
 Vanniyan 187,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 168,000 - - 18,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 9,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,100 - - 900 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 9,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
Velan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 3,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,700 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 12,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,800 - - 5,000 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - 2,500 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,300 - - 400 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,700 - - 700 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 45,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 35,000 - - 9,600 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - 400 - -
Veluthadanayar 2,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 6,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 2,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 6,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 47,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 46,000 - - 700 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
  Totals:  207 2,194,000   175 1,107,000 86,000 500 996,000 200 1,600
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