India, Tamil Nadu state, Tirupattu district people groups

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

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,218,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.8 %

Hindu

82.3 %

Muslim

15.7 %

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	183,000	Tamil	0	183,000	-1 -	60	40	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	10,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	2,100	Tamil	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	2,400	Tamil	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	23,000	Tamil	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arwa Mala	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baira	400	Kannada	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	1,100	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Komti	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	3,700	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Lambadi	1	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Hindi	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bondili	100	Telugu	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	6,800	Telugu	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	1,400	Tamil	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	1,200	Kannada	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	16,000	Hindi	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Darzi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Hindi	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Irular	5,200	Irula	1	5,100	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Kaikolan	28,000	Tamil	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Telugu	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	3,900	Telugu	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	12,000	Telugu	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kepmaris	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	30	Tamil	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	3,000	Tamil	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Hindi	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruman	1,600	Kurumba, Betta	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Hindi	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakkuravan	500	Tamil	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayali	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	15,000	Telugu	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maniyattikkaran	300	Tamil	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	54,000	Tamil	1	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	2,000	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	2,100	Telugu	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	3,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Tamil	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Hindi	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	28,000	Malayalam	1	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	6,500	Tamil	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Kakar	1,100	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumal Makkukkaran	60	Telugu	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Hindi	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Hindi	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Sayyid	15,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Faruqi	1,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	3,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	56,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	56,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Usmani	1,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	1,100	Telugu	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	9,800	Hindi	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	80,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	80,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Hindi	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Urikkara Naicker	70	Telugu	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Telugu	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	1,400	Kannada	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	16,000	Tamil	2	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Tamil	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	293,000	Tamil	1	292,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	4,300	Tamil	1	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma	14,000	Tamil	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Vipravindolu	50	Telugu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	6,800	Malayalam	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	18,000	Tamil	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Hindi	0	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	1,400	Hindi	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	35,000	Telugu	0	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yenadi	1,200	Telugu	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yerukula	1,000	Telugu	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 83	1,194,000		79 ●	985,000	189,000	60	19,000	10	800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 262	1,218,000		236 ●	1,002,000	192,000	60	22,000	100	1,600

* 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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