Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Ariyalur

Number of People Groups

216

Unreached People Groups

191

Total Population

901,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

4.7 %

Hindu

94.3 %

Muslim

0.9 %

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 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 66,000 Tamil ☀︎ 66,000 - 50 70 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,800 Tamil - - - 2,800 - -
 Adiyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 31,000 Tamil 31,000 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 800 Tamil 600 - - 100 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 37,000 Tamil 36,000 - - 200 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 50 Kurichiya 50 - - - - -
 Alavan 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 700 Malayalam 700 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Arasar 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Arasar Christian Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arayan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 7,200 Tamil ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 3,500 Tamil ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 5,700 Hindi ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - 60
 Banijiga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Basor 5,800 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
Bathada 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 50 Urdu ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bohra 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Boya 4,000 Telugu ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 2,500 Tamil ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 4,600 Tamil ☀︎ 4,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 2,000 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 1,500 Tamil ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 30,000 Hindi ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Chackaravar 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,500 Tamil - - - 1,500 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Tamil ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Christian 600 Hindi - - - 600 - -
 Devanga 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 70 Gujarati ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Odia 1,000 - - - - -
 Gandla 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Gangakula 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Gavara 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 2,200 Tamil 2,200 - - - - -
 Ilavan 60,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 60,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
Ilavaniyan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Ilavathi 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Irular 11,000 Irula 11,000 - - - - 20
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Kadan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 4,500 Tamil 4,500 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
Kammara 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
Kanakkan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 2,900 Telugu ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Kavara 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Koshti 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Kudumi 1,500 Tamil ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kuruba 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta - - - - - -
 Lingayat 600 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 600
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu - - - 50 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Mahyavanshi 70 Gujarati 70 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
Mala Pulayan 4,000 Telugu ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
Malai Arayan 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
Malai Pandaram 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Malakuravan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Malayali 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,300 Tamil 1,300 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mangala 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 1,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Mappila 100 Malayalam ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Maravan 57,000 Tamil 57,000 - - 500 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Memon 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Momna 20 Gujarati ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mutali 1,600 Tamil 1,600 - - 20 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 5,500 Tamil - - - 5,500 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Nair 11,000 Malayalam 11,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Navait 200 Konkani ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Navithan 4,500 Tamil ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Paliyan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 7,400 Tamil - - - 7,400 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Tamil 2,100 - - - - -
 Panan 800 Tamil ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Pandaram 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Panikkan 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 20,000 Tamil - - - 20,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Tamil 113,000 - 50 100 20 -
 Pashtun, Pathan 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pathiyan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Perumannan 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rathawa 20 Rathawi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Razu 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Sayyid 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
Silpi 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 6,300 Tamil ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Thandan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Urali 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Urikkara Naicker 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Vadugan 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 400 Kannada 400 - - - - -
 Valan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Valluvan 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Vaniyan 4,400 Tamil 4,400 - - 80 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil - - - 1,800 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 8,300 Tamil ☀︎ 8,300 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 118,000 Tamil 118,000 - - 200 - -
 Varli 20 Varli 20 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
Velakkithalanayan 3,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
 Velama 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 5,600 Tamil 5,600 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 4,700 Tamil ☀︎ 4,700 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 9,500 Tamil 9,400 - - 80 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 7,300 Tamil 7,300 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 63,000 Tamil 63,000 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 7,300 Tamil 7,300 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 1,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vettuvan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 28,000 Tamil 28,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Yenadi 7,400 Telugu 7,400 - - - - -
  Totals:  216 901,000   191 850,000 8,500 100 42,000 100 700
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