India, Tamil Nadu state, Chengalpattu district people groups

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

Major People Groups

121

Major Unreached People Groups

105

Total Population

2,827,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.5 %

Hindu

90.2 %

Muslim

2.3 %

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 Andhra	2,300	Telugu	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Andhra Christian	500	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida	618,000	Tamil	0	617,000	-1 -	400	900	20	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	70,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	21,000	Tamil	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	1,100	Malayalam	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	80	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aray Mala	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	8,500	Tamil	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arwa Mala	7,000	Tamil	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	700	Hindi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Baira	500	Kannada	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,000	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Chetti	1,100	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	600	Telugu	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	7,500	Hindi	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Hindi	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bondili	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	109,000	Telugu	0	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Christian	500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	4,600	Tamil	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,800	Kannada	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mahratta	1,200	Marathi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	8,700	Tamil	0	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telaganya	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	60,000	Hindi	0	60,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Brahmin Vadama	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	14,000	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Hindi	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Godda	40	Kannada	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hakki Pikki	300	Vaagri Booli	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	19,000	Irula	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	20
Kaikolan	83,000	Tamil	1	83,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Telugu	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	1,700	Telugu	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	3,300	Telugu	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	33,000	Telugu	0	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kolupulvandlu	40	Telugu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	3,700	Tamil	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Gujarati	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	600	Kurumba, Betta	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,500	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madasi Kuruva	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala (Christian traditions)	1,400	Telugu	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Dasari	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	4,200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	50	Malayalam	1	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	44,000	Telugu	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maniyattikkaran	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	71,000	Tamil	1	71,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Masthi	30	Telugu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	9,200	Telugu	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	6,300	Telugu	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	32,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	73,000	Tamil	0	73,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Hindi	0	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	54,000	Malayalam	1	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	1,100	Konkani	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	25,000	Tamil	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	7,400	Tamil	1	7,400	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pannadi	90	Tamil	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	1,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	3,400	Tamil	1	3,400	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	94,000	Hindi	0	94,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Hindi	0	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Rajput Surajbansi	1,800	Hindi	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	4,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,300	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	23,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	3,400	Telugu	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90
Syrian Christian	6,300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	77,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	17,000	Hindi	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Toda	50	Toda	2	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urikkara Naicker	300	Telugu	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	44,000	Telugu	0	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	1,100	Kannada	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	15,000	Tamil	2	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	2,100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Tamil	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	597,000	Tamil	1	585,000	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	14,000	Tamil	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kalingi	4,300	Tamil	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Pala Ekiri	400	Telugu	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions)	80	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	1,200	Tamil	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vettakkaran	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	7,200	Malayalam	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	56,000	Tamil	1	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	150,000	Hindi	0	150,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	2,900	Hindi	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	72,000	Telugu	0	72,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	4,300	Telugu	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerukula	1,200	Telugu	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 121	2,796,000		105 ●	2,529,000	64,000	400	96,000	20	4,400
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 349	2,827,000		313 ●	2,550,000	66,000	500	98,000	600	4,700

* 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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