India, Tamil Nadu state, Krishnagiri district people groups

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

Major People Groups

116

Major Unreached People Groups

106

Total Population

2,004,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

91.9 %

Muslim

6.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	223,000	Tamil	0	222,000	-1 -	60	300	20	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	5,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Karnataka	4,400	Kannada	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	13,000	Tamil	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	15,000	Tamil	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Alambadi Kurichchan	3,400	Kurichiya	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Arasu	1,700	Kannada	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	20,000	Tamil	0	20,000	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balagai	1,300	Kannada	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	55,000	Kannada	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bogam	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Bolla	5,200	Telugu	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija Dasari	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	6,300	Tamil	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	900	Telugu	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Komti	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	11,000	Hindi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Lambadi	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Kannada	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Kannada	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Toreya	300	Kannada	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Hindi	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	55,000	Telugu	0	55,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	60	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	2,500	Tamil	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	2,600	Kannada	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	4,000	Tamil	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Christian	11,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	11,000	Kannada	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	900	Telugu	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	22,000	Kannada	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hande Jogi	700	Kannada	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	6,100	Malayalam	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	16,000	Irula	1	16,000	20	-1 -	90	-1 -	20
Jaggali	400	Telugu	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	6,000	Bengali	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikadi	5,700	Kannada	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	62,000	Tamil	1	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Telugu	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	4,300	Telugu	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	4,100	Telugu	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	24,000	Telugu	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koshti	17,000	Marathi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Gujarati	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	12,000	Kannada	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Malayalam	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Hindi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	74,000	Kannada	1	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	1,500	Kurumba, Betta	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	3,700	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700
Madiga (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Telugu	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	25,000	Marathi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Christian traditions)	1,000	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Telugu	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	200	Malayalam	1	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	3,500	Telugu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	39,000	Tamil	1	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	2,900	Telugu	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	8,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	8,600	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Tamil	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagartha	3,500	Kannada	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	7,700	Tamil	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panniandi	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	1,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	3,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Hindi	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	18,000	Kannada	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Satani	5,700	Telugu	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	5,500	Urdu	0	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	41,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	2,400	Telugu	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Somvanshi	11,000	Marathi	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Hindi	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	62,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	62,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Hindi	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toda	30	Toda	2	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Telugu	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Gangadikara	2,400	Kannada	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	2,400	Kannada	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	19,000	Kannada	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,700	Tamil	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	4,700	Tamil	2	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Tamil	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	553,000	Tamil	1	552,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	24,000	Tamil	1	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	3,000	Malayalam	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	3,100	Tamil	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	3,100	Tamil	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	3,700	Tamil	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	7,300	Tamil	1	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	36,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	2,400	Tamil	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	5,300	Malayalam	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	34,000	Tamil	1	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Hindi	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	9,700	Telugu	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,100	Telugu	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 116	1,981,000		106 ●	1,825,000	116,000	100	35,000	20	4,100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 265	2,004,000		241 ●	1,842,000	120,000	100	37,000	500	4,100

* 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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