Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Cuddalore

Number of People Groups

254

Unreached People Groups

228

Total Population

2,982,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.2 %

Hindu

91.9 %

Muslim

4.8 %

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 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 789,000 Tamil ☀︎ 789,000 - 200 200 60 -
Adi Dravida Christian 29,000 Tamil - - - 29,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Adiyan 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 29,000 Tamil 29,000 - - 300 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 34,000 Tamil 34,000 - - 300 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya - - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Anglo 60 English - - - 60 - -
 Ansari 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Aray Mala 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Arayan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Arunthathiyar 19,000 Tamil ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Arwa Mala 5,900 Tamil ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Bagata Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - 50
 Bania Chetti 15,000 Tamil ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - 700
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 19,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - 900
 Banijiga 90 Kannada 90 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Lambadi 13,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 600 Lambadi 600 - - - - -
Bariki 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Basor 2,000 Hindi ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bhil unspecified Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bondili 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Boya 15,000 Telugu ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 4,500 Tamil ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 2,400 Kannada ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 12,000 Tamil ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 47,000 Hindi ☀︎ 47,000 - - 50 - 300
Brahmin Vadama 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Byagara 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Chalvadi Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Chenchu 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
 Christian 600 Hindi - - - 600 - -
 Dakkal Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Dandasi 30 Odia 30 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Hindi ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Devanga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 68,000 Hindi ☀︎ 68,000 - - - - -
 Dhor 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Odia 1,500 - - - - -
Ellamalawar Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Gandla 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Gangakula 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Goanese 100 Konkani, Goan - - - 100 - -
Godda 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 30 Hindi 30 - - - - -
 Hajam 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 1,800 Vaagri Booli 1,800 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Ilavan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Irular 10,000 Irula 10,000 - - 30 - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 57,000 Tamil 57,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 3,800 Tamil 3,800 - - - - -
 Kamboh (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Kammara Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kanakkan 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 40 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 9,600 Telugu ☀︎ 9,600 - - - - -
Karimpalan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 2,900 Tamil 2,900 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kepmaris 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
Koliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Kori 60 Hindi 60 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kudumban Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kudumi 4,900 Tamil ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
 Kui Khond Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Kuli 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 800 Tamil - - - 800 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kuruba 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Kuruman 40 Kurumba, Betta 40 - - - - -
 Lingayat 700 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 700
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Hindi ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
 Madasi Kuruva 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Madiga Dasu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Mahishya 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 60 Gujarati ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 90 Telugu - - - 90 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mala Dasu 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Malai Arayan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
Malai Pandaram 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malakkuravan 1,700 Tamil 1,700 - - - - -
Malasar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Malayali 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mangala 32,000 Telugu ☀︎ 32,000 - - - - -
Maniyattikkaran 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Manna Dhora Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mappila 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Maravan 88,000 Tamil 88,000 - - 600 - -
Masthi 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Bengali - - - - - -
 Mudugar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 34,000 Tamil - - - 34,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Tamil ☀︎ 74,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Hindi ☀︎ 35,000 - - - - -
 Nair 15,000 Malayalam 15,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 14,000 Tamil ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Pagadai Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Tamil 1,700 - 30 - - -
Pambada Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
Panniandi Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 2,000 Tamil - - - 2,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Tamil 3,100 - 30 - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 70 Urdu ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 300 Hindi ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 7,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,600 - - - -
 Persian Unknown Dari ☀︎ - - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Qassab 70 Hindi ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Razu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Sali 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Saora unspecified Unknown Odia - - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,700 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,700 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Semman Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 5,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 5,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 900 Bengali ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 29,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 29,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Silpi 3,400 Telugu ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 50 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 20
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 85,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 85,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda - - - - - -
 Urali Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Telugu ☀︎ 31,000 - - 50 - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 500 Kannada 500 - - - - -
 Valluvan 5,000 Tamil ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Vaniyan 25,000 Tamil 16,000 - - 8,500 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 9,300 Tamil - - - 9,300 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Tamil ☀︎ 20,000 - - 60 - -
 Vanniyan 885,000 Tamil 878,000 - - 6,700 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 41,000 Tamil 40,000 - - 400 - -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - 100 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Velama 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 800 Tamil 600 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Pattanavan 80 Tamil ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 1,700 Tamil 1,700 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 5,900 Tamil 5,600 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Vettuvan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 53,000 Tamil 53,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 101,000 Hindi ☀︎ 101,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,800 Hindi ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 9,000 Telugu ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 4,100 Telugu 4,100 - - - - -
 Yerukula 1,200 Telugu 1,100 - - - - -
  Totals:  254 2,982,000   228 2,741,000 142,000 300 95,000 500 2,700
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