Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Nagapattinam

Number of People Groups

223

Unreached People Groups

201

Total Population

900,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.5 %

Hindu

89.2 %

Muslim

8.2 %

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 148,000 Tamil 148,000 - 40 60 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Adiyan 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - 20
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 8,800 Tamil 8,800 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 400 Tamil 300 - - 50 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 8,500 Tamil 8,400 - - 70 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 20 Kurichiya 20 - - - - -
 Alavan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Tamil 16,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 50 Urdu - 50 - - - -
Anuppan 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
Arasar 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi 700 - - - - 20
 Bania Chetti 10,000 Tamil 10,000 - - - - 200
 Bania Komti 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 200 Hindi 100 - - - - 30
 Bania unspecified 14,000 Hindi 14,000 - - - - 200
 Banijiga 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 20 Lambadi 20 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Basor 4,700 Hindi 4,700 - - - - -
Bathada 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu - 100 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi 40 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati - 100 - - - -
 Boya 3,200 Telugu 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,700 Hindi 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 5,300 Tamil 5,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 80 Telugu 80 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 800 Marathi 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 39,000 Hindi 38,000 - - 30 - 30
 Brahmin Velanadu 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
Chackaravar 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Christian 500 Hindi - - - 500 - -
Devadasi 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Devanga 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 90 Gujarati 90 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi 300 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 100 Odia 100 - - - - -
 Gamit Unknown Gamit - - - - - -
 Gandla 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Gangakula 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Gavara 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 2,600 Tamil 2,600 - - - - -
 Holar 60 Marathi 60 - - - - -
Idayan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 47,000 Malayalam 47,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 60 Tamil - - - 60 - -
Ilavaniyan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Ilavathi 60 Malayalam 60 - - - - -
 Irular 200 Irula 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 30 -
 Kaikolan 10,000 Tamil 10,000 - - 40 - -
 Kakkalan 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 33,000 Tamil 33,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 58,000 Tamil 58,000 - - - - -
Kanakkan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 700 Tamil 700 - - - - -
Kavara 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi 400 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 40 Gujarati 40 - - - - -
Koliyan 2,300 Tamil 2,300 - - 60 - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Krishnanvak 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Kudumi 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
 Kumhar (Kusavar) (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 40 Gujarati 40 - - - - -
Kunchatiga Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 40 Tamil - - - 40 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Malayalam 1,400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
 Kuruba 90 Kannada 90 - - - - -
 Lingayat 60 Kannada - - - - - 60
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi 70 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 3,000 Marathi 3,000 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 1,700 Telugu 1,700 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malakkuravan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Malakuravan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
 Mangala 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - - - -
 Mappila 200 Malayalam - 200 - - - -
 Maravan 1,700 Tamil 1,700 - - 40 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Memon 60 Gujarati - 60 - - - -
 Momna 20 Gujarati - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Mutali 1,300 Tamil 1,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,900 Tamil - - - 1,900 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Tamil 6,400 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi 500 - - - - -
 Nair 15,000 Malayalam 15,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya Unknown Tulu - - - - - -
 Navithan 1,500 Tamil 1,500 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 2,600 Tamil - - - 2,600 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 42,000 Tamil 41,000 - - 100 - -
Palliyan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Panan 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Panikkan 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 15,000 Tamil - - - 15,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Tamil 58,000 - 20 70 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 40 Tamil - - - 40 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 40 Urdu - 40 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 40 Urdu - 40 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 70 Urdu - 70 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 200 Urdu - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,700 Urdu - 1,700 - - - -
 Patelia Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Pathiyan 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Perumannan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Rathawa Unknown Rathawi - - - - - -
 Razu 2,900 Telugu 2,900 - - - - -
 Sali 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
 Samban 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Sayyid 3,200 Urdu - 3,200 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 300 Urdu - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,400 Urdu - 1,400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 8,700 Urdu - 8,700 - - - -
Silpi 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala - - - - - -
 Somvanshi 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi 80 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 57,000 Tamil - 57,000 - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 40 Kannada 40 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Valan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Valluvan 2,700 Tamil 2,700 - - - - -
Vaniyan 3,900 Tamil 3,800 - - 60 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Tamil 4,500 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 66,000 Tamil 65,000 - - 600 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 3,300 Tamil 3,300 - - 20 - -
 Varli Unknown Varli - - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 3,100 Malayalam 3,100 - - - - -
 Velama 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 5,000 Tamil 5,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 6,500 Tamil 6,400 - - 70 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 5,500 Tamil 5,500 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 46,000 Tamil 45,000 - - 80 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 3,000 Tamil 3,000 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 1,500 Malayalam 1,500 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Vettuvan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,400 Malayalam 1,400 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 24,000 Telugu 24,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 26,000 Hindi 26,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 800 Hindi 800 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 2,500 Telugu 2,500 - - - - -
 Yenadi 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Yerukula 20 Yerukula 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  223 900,000   201 803,000 74,000 80 22,000 60 500
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