Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tiruvarur

Number of People Groups

234

Unreached People Groups

205

Total Population

1,616,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.4 %

Hindu

91.2 %

Muslim

6.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 117,000 Tamil ☀︎ 117,000 - - 50 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
 Adiyan 700 Malayalam 700 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 600 Tamil 500 - - 90 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - 100 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya - - - - - -
 Alavan 80 Tamil ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 900 Malayalam 900 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Tamil ☀︎ 29,000 - - - - -
Anglo 20 English - - - 20 - -
 Ansari 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Anuppan 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 2,300 Tamil ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 90 Malayalam 90 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bakuda 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - 30
 Bania Chetti 15,000 Tamil ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - 100
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 26,000 Hindi ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - 200
 Banijiga 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 60 Lambadi 60 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Basor 8,100 Hindi ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
Bathada 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bohra 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Boya 5,600 Telugu ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 9,900 Tamil ☀︎ 9,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,400 Marathi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 18,000 Tamil ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 82,000 Hindi ☀︎ 82,000 - - 50 - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Chackaravar 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 1,700 Tamil ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Chenchu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Christian 1,100 Hindi - - - 1,100 - -
Devadasi 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Devanga 60 Kannada 60 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 90 Gujarati ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
Eravallan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Gandla 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Gangakula 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Gavara 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Goanese 30 Konkani, Goan - - - 30 - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 3,900 Tamil 3,900 - - - - -
 Holar 100 Marathi 100 - - - - -
Idayan 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Ilavan 82,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 82,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
Ilavaniyan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ilavathi 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Irular 200 Irula 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 60 - -
 Kakkalan 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 54,000 Tamil 54,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 114,000 Tamil 114,000 - - - - -
Kamsala Unknown Odia ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kanakkan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 2,600 Telugu ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 2,000 Tamil 2,000 - - - - -
Kavara 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
Koliyan 1,700 Tamil 1,600 - - 100 - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Koshti Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Krishnanvak 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kudumban 500 Tamil 500 - - 30 - -
 Kudumi 1,600 Tamil ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kuruba 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta - - - - - -
 Lingayat 300 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 300
 Lohana 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 90 Marathi 90 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 5,400 Marathi ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
Mala Pulayan 3,700 Telugu ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
Malai Arayan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram 70 Malayalam 70 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
Malakuravan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mangala 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 2,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Mappila 300 Malayalam ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Maravan 3,100 Tamil 3,100 - - 60 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Memon 80 Gujarati ☀︎ - 80 - - - -
 Momna 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Mutali 2,300 Tamil 2,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 2,600 Tamil - - - 2,600 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Nair 21,000 Malayalam 21,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Navithan 2,700 Tamil ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Pagadai Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Paliyan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 7,100 Tamil - - - 7,100 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 182,000 Tamil 182,000 - - 90 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Panan 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Panikkan 2,400 Tamil ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 24,000 Tamil - - - 24,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 168,000 Tamil 168,000 - - 100 20 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 2,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
 Pathiyan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Perumannan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Razu 4,700 Telugu ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Sali Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Samban 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Sayyid 3,900 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,900 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 17,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 17,000 - - - -
Silpi 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Somvanshi 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 75,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 75,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Toda 20 Toda 20 - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Valan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Valluvan 2,200 Tamil ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Vaniyan 6,500 Tamil 6,300 - - 100 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil - - - 1,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Tamil ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 129,000 Tamil 128,000 - - 1,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 6,300 Tamil 6,300 - - 60 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 3,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Velama 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 6,800 Tamil 6,800 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 12,000 Tamil 12,000 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 8,100 Tamil 8,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 28,000 Tamil 28,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 83,000 Tamil 82,000 - - 200 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 5,100 Tamil 5,100 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Vettuvan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 2,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 40,000 Tamil 40,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 52,000 Hindi ☀︎ 52,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 4,100 Telugu ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
 Yenadi 700 Telugu 700 - - - - -
 Yerukula 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
  Totals:  234 1,616,000   205 1,473,000 103,000 30 40,000 60 700
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