Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tenkasi

Major People Groups

243

Major Unreached People Groups

211

Total Population

1,657,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.9 %

Hindu

85.0 %

Muslim

9.0 %

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 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 41,000 - 20 60 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 5,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 900 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
 Alavan 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
Anglo 100 English Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Anuppan 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Arasar 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,100 - - 20 - -
Arasar Christian 3,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 3,000 - -
Arayan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 21,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 21,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Baira 50 Kannada Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali Progress Gauge 5,800 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 2,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - 30
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 5,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,900 - - - - 40
 Banijiga 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 400 Kannada Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 90 Urdu Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bohra 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Boya 55,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 60 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 60 - -
Brahmin Dravida 4,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 5,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,300 - - - - -
 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 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Nambudiri 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 800 Malayalam Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 7,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 7,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 39,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 39,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chackaravar 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 300 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 8,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,400 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
Chayakkaran 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 13,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 13,000 - -
 Christian 2,800 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 2,800 - -
 Devanga 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 70 Gujarati Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Divehi 20 Maldivian Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 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 3,600 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Ilavan 102,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 102,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 900 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 900 - -
Ilavaniyan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Ilavathi 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Ilayathu Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 40 -
 Jenu Kuruba 400 Kurumba, Jennu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 27,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 27,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 38,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 38,000 - - - - -
Kanakkan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 200 Kanikkaran Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - 50 - -
 Kapu Reddi 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,300 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi Progress Gauge 300 - - 30 - -
 Kattunayakan 3,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,300 - - 30 - -
Kavara 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Kavathi 1,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Keralamuthali 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 90 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Koliyan 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 90 Kannada Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kudumban 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,500 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Kuruba 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,100 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,100
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 70 Marathi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 40 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 40 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
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 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Mappila 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Maravan 213,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 207,000 - - 5,600 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Memon 60 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 60 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 60 Malayalam Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Munnur 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Mutali 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - 30 - -
 Muthan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 32,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 32,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 78,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 78,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Nair 88,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 88,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
Padannan 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Pagadai 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 13,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 13,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 170,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 170,000 - 40 100 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Palliyar 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Panan 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Panikkan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pannadi Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 17,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 17,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 54,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 53,000 - - 90 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Pathiyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Perumannan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 3,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,600 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,600 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Razu 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Sali 4,100 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Samanthan Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 14,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 14,000 - - - -
Semman 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 34,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 34,000 - - - -
Silpi 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Soligar 100 Sholaga Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 1,100 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 1,100 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 100,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 100,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 80 Malayalam Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 90 Tamil Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Vadugan 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 500 Kannada Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Valan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Vaniyan 25,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 24,000 - - 600 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 5,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,200 - - 100 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 70 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 7,600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 7,600 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 25,000 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
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 23,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 2,300 Malayalam Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 6,900 Malayalam Progress Gauge 6,900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 69,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 69,000 - - 60 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 99,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 99,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 4,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Yenadi 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Yerava Unknown Ravula Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Yerukula Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
  Totals:  243 1,657,000   211 1,408,000 149,000 100 98,000 100 1,100
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