India, Tamil Nadu state, Mayiladuthurai district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,064,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.8 %

Hindu

90.6 %

Muslim

6.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	170,000	Tamil	0	169,000	-1 -	200	70	-1 -	-1 -
Adiyan	500	Malayalam	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	9,600	Tamil	1	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Udayar	400	Tamil	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	11,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Tamil	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	30	Kannada	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Bania unspecified	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	600
Basor	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	3,800	Telugu	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	6,300	Tamil	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sholiar	800	Tamil	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	19,000	Tamil	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	54,000	Hindi	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	90
Chayakkaran	1,100	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	3,000	Tamil	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	56,000	Malayalam	0	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	13,000	Tamil	1	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan Tondaman	37,000	Tamil	1	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	79,000	Tamil	1	79,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	800	Tamil	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koliyan	2,700	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	80	Tamil	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahratta unspecified	3,900	Marathi	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	1,900	Telugu	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	300	Tamil	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	1,400	Malayalam	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	1,900	Tamil	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	1,400	Tamil	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	1,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Tamil	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	19,000	Malayalam	1	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nalkadaya	30	Tulu	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	4,500	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,500	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Tamil	1	46,000	-1 -	70	200	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	100	Tamil	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	19,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	66,000	Tamil	1	66,000	-1 -	90	90	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	1,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	20	Telugu	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Hindi	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	2,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	8,800	Urdu	0	-1 -	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	53,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	3,100	Tamil	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	4,200	Tamil	2	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	5,700	Tamil	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	74,000	Tamil	1	74,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	4,600	Tamil	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	3,300	Malayalam	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	5,100	Tamil	1	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	6,700	Tamil	2	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	6,100	Tamil	1	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	58,000	Tamil	1	58,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	3,300	Tamil	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	29,000	Tamil	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	34,000	Hindi	0	34,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	2,800	Telugu	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 75	1,040,000		69 ●	944,000	67,000	400	27,000	10	1,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 235	1,064,000		211 ●	964,000	68,000	400	29,000	100	1,500

* 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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