Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tiruchirappalli

Number of People Groups

281

Unreached People Groups

248

Total Population

3,296,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

8.5 %

Hindu

84.7 %

Muslim

6.7 %

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 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 51,000 Tamil ☀︎ 51,000 - 70 60 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 7,600 Tamil - - - 7,600 - -
 Adi Karnataka 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Adiyan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 116,000 Tamil 116,000 - - 300 - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 2,700 Tamil 2,300 - - 500 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 143,000 Tamil 142,000 - - 900 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya - - - - - -
 Alavan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 2,200 Malayalam 2,200 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
Anglo 500 English - - - 500 - -
Anuppan 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arasar Christian 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Arayan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 17,000 Tamil ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Baira 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bakuda Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - 30
 Bania Chetti 12,000 Tamil ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - 300
 Bania Komti 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Bania Mahajan 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 30
 Bania Porwal 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 50 Gujarati ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 21,000 Hindi ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - 400
 Banijiga 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 200 Lambadi 200 - - - - -
 Basor 21,000 Hindi ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
Bathada 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 70 Urdu ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 900 Tamil ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Boya 16,000 Telugu ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 9,000 Tamil ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 70 Gujarati ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,400 Tamil ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 3,500 Hindi ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 19,000 Tamil ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 8,600 Kannada ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 5,500 Marathi ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 2,600 Hindi ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 6,800 Tamil ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 2,700 Telugu ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 102,000 Hindi ☀︎ 102,000 - - - - 200
 Brahmin Velanadu 4,900 Telugu ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
 Burmese 30 Burmese - - 30 - - -
Chackaravar 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 6,600 Tamil - - - 6,600 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 47,000 Tamil ☀︎ 47,000 - - 30 - -
 Chalvadi Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
Chandala Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Chayakkaran 4,200 Tamil ☀︎ 4,200 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Christian 20,000 Hindi - - - 20,000 - -
 Devanga 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 4,300 Tamil ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Hindi ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Odia 2,000 - - - - -
 Gamit Unknown Gamit - - - - - -
 Gandla 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Gangakula 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Gavara 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Godda 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Ilavan 204,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 204,000 - - 90 - -
Ilavan Christian 9,300 Tamil - - - 9,300 - -
Ilavaniyan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ilavathi 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Irular 900 Irula 900 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 76,000 Tamil 76,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Kalladi 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 53,000 Tamil 53,000 - - - - -
Kammara 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
Kanakkan 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 13,000 Telugu ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Kavara 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 80 Gujarati 80 - - - - -
Koliyan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 1,600 Telugu 1,600 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kori 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Koshti 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kudumban 20 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Kudumi 5,600 Tamil ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 500 Gujarati ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 7,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,100 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kuruba 700 Kannada 700 - - - - -
 Kuruman 600 Kurumba, Betta 600 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 1,700
 Lohana 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 70 Marathi 70 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 80 Gujarati 80 - - - - -
Maila 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 100 Telugu - - - 100 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 14,000 Telugu ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 1,000 Malayalam - - - 1,000 - -
Malai Arayan 20 Malayalam - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malakkuravan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Malakuravan 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Malasar 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Malayali 16,000 Tamil 16,000 20 - 30 - -
Malayan, tribe 3,700 Tamil 3,700 - - - - -
Malayekandi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mangala 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 5,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mappila 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
 Maravan 214,000 Tamil 205,000 - - 8,300 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mavilan 700 Tulu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Memon 60 Gujarati ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Moger unspecified Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Momna 20 Gujarati ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 60 Malayalam - - - 60 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,300 Telugu ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Mutali 5,500 Tamil 5,500 - - 70 - -
 Mutrasi 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 30,000 Tamil - - - 30,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Tamil ☀︎ 44,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Nair 52,000 Malayalam 52,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Navait 1,800 Konkani ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Navithan 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pagadai 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 55,000 Tamil - - - 55,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 246,000 Tamil 246,000 - 30 500 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan 20 Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Pambada 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Panan 2,800 Tamil ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Panikkan 3,400 Tamil ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Paniyan 30 Paniya 30 - - - - -
 Pannadi 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Panniandi 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 106,000 Tamil - - - 106,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 136,000 Tamil 135,000 - 20 500 20 -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 600 Hindi ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 7,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,600 - - - -
 Pathiyan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Perumannan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Hindi ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - 50
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Razu 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Sali 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Samban 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,600 - - - -
Semman Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 27,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 27,000 - - - -
Silpi 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 100 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 100 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 2,000 Malayalam - - - 2,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 164,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 164,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 1,300 Telugu ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda - - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Urali 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Telugu ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Vadugan 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 1,500 Kannada 1,500 - - - - -
 Valan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Valluvan 3,800 Tamil ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vaniyan 16,000 Tamil 15,000 - - 300 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 6,500 Tamil - - - 6,500 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Tamil ☀︎ 34,000 - - 30 - -
 Vanniyan 405,000 Tamil 394,000 - - 11,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 31,000 Tamil 30,000 - - 700 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 1,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Velama 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Velan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 14,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 27,000 Tamil 26,000 - - 800 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 500 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 231,000 Tamil 222,000 - - 8,300 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 500 - -
Veluthadanayar 7,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,100 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 900 Tamil ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Vettuvan 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 89,000 Tamil 89,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 71,000 Hindi ☀︎ 71,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 6,800 Telugu ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Yenadi 12,000 Telugu 12,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  281 3,296,000   248 2,792,000 220,000 300 280,000 300 2,700
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