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Country:

India
Province / State: Kerala
District: Kasaragod

Number of People Groups

172

Unreached People Groups

160

Total Population

1,474,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

6.7 %

Hindu

56.3 %

Muslim

36.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Adi Dravida 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada ● - - - - - -
Adiyan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan unspecified 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Ajila 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Alambadi Kurichchan 40 Kurichiya ● 40 - - - - -
Ambalavasi 2,300 Malayalam ● 2,300 - - - - -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Arunthathiyar 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Baira 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Bakad 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Bakuda 4,400 Tamil ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Balija (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Bania Chetti 3,700 Tamil ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - 100
Bania unspecified 6,100 Hindi ☀︎ 6,000 - - - - 100
Banjara (Hindu traditions) 70 Lambadi ● 70 - - - - -
Bathada Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Bedar (Hindu traditions) 900 Kannada ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Beldar (Hindu traditions) 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bellara 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Bhandari 300 Odia ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil ● - - - 20 - -
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Bohra 60 Gujarati ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
Boya 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Havik 3,700 Kannada ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 5,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 5,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Tamil 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Brahmin Telugu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 7,700 Konkani ☀︎ - 7,700 - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Tamil ☀︎ 3,800 - 50 - - -
Chalvadi 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ● - - - - - -
Chandala Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Chaptegar 500 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Chenchu 30 Telugu ● 30 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) 400 Malayalam ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Christian 400 Hindi ● - - - 400 - -
Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 60 Tulu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Divehi 90 Maldivian ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Gangakula 500 Kannada ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Gatti 600 Tulu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Gavara Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Goanese 800 Konkani, Goan ● - - - 800 - -
Godagali Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Gondhali 70 Marathi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Halwakki Wakkal 3,500 Kannada ● 3,500 - - - - -
Hasla 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Hill Pulayan 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Holar 1,000 Marathi ● 1,000 - - - - -
Holaya 1,200 Kannada ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Ilavan 10,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 90 Tamil ● - - - 90 - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 80 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kaikolan 7,200 Tamil ● 7,200 - - - - -
Kakkalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kalal (Hindu traditions) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kallan unspecified 20 Tamil ● 20 - - - - -
Kanakkan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kattunayakan 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Kavara Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kavuthiyan 4,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
Kitaran 1,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 1,600 Tulu ● 1,400 - - 200 - -
Kotegar 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Kudiya 900 Kudiya ● 900 - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Kuruba Unknown Kannada ● - - - - - -
Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta ● 20 - - - - -
Lingayat 2,500 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 2,500
Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu ● 20 - - - - -
Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mahratta unspecified 34,000 Marathi ☀︎ 34,000 - 200 20 - 50
Maila 100 Tulu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mala Vettuvan 19,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Malabar Catholic 39,000 Malayalam ● - - - 39,000 - -
Malai Arayan 100 Malayalam ● 80 - - 60 - -
Malai Vedan 300 Malayalam ● 300 - - - - -
Malakuravan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Malayan, caste 1,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Malayekandi 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Mali 20 Telugu ● 20 - - - - -
Mangala Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mannan, caste 3,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal 20 Malayalam ● 20 - - - - -
Mappila 529,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 529,000 - - - -
Maravan 100 Tamil ● 100 - - - - -
Matang (Hindu traditions) 80 Marathi ● 80 - - - - -
Mavilan 30,000 Tulu ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
Memon 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Moger unspecified 24,000 Kannada ☀︎ 24,000 - 50 - - -
Mukkari 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam ● - - - 20 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mukri Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mundala 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 5,000 Tamil ● - - - 5,000 - -
Nadar (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Tamil ☀︎ 40,000 - - - - -
Nair 429,000 Malayalam ● 429,000 - - - - -
Nalakeyava 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 2,100 Tulu ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Navait 300 Konkani ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Navithan 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Padannan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Paliya Unknown Bengali ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pallan (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil ● 60 - - - - -
Palluvan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Panan 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Pandaram 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Panditattan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ● 300 - - - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil ● - - - 70 - -
Paravan (Hindu traditions) 200 Malayalam ● 200 - - - - -
Pashtun, Pathan 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Pathiyan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Perumannan 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 100 Malayalam ● 100 - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 1,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Pulayan unspecified 9,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 9,200 - 60 - - -
Puthirai Vannan Unknown Tamil ● - - - - - -
Rajpur 5,000 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Rajput (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
Sali 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Samagara 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Sayyid 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Shaikh unspecified 3,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,600 - - - -
Silpi 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Syrian Christian 53,000 Malayalam ● - - - 53,000 - -
Tamil (Muslim traditions) 500 Tamil ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 60 Malayalam ● - - - 60 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Thoti, caste 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ulladan 20 Malayalam ● 20 - - - - -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Vakkaliga unspecified 17,000 Kannada ● 17,000 - - - - -
Valanchian 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Valluvan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Vaniyan 17,000 Tamil ● 17,000 - - - - -
Vannan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Tamil ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Velan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Vellalan unspecified 200 Tamil ● 200 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 4,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vettakkaran 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Vettuvan 16,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 16,000 - 50 - - -
Viswakarma Asari 7,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kollan 2,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 2,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Viswakarma unspecified 33,000 Tamil ● 33,000 - - 30 - -
Yenadi 20 Telugu ● 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  172 1,474,000   160 ● 829,000 543,000 400 99,000 200 2,800
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