Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Thanjavur

Number of People Groups

258

Unreached People Groups

227

Total Population

2,764,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.5 %

Hindu

86.6 %

Muslim

7.8 %

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 40 Telugu 40 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 118,000 Tamil ☀︎ 118,000 - 300 100 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,100 Tamil - - - 2,100 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Adiyan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 27,000 Tamil 27,000 - - 500 - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 1,200 Tamil 1,000 - - 200 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 29,000 Tamil 29,000 - - 500 - -
 Alavan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,700 Malayalam 1,700 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Tamil ☀︎ 58,000 - - - - -
Anglo 100 English - - - 100 - -
 Ansari 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Anuppan 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arasar Christian Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 2,200 Tamil ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - 80
 Bania Chetti 25,000 Tamil ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - 500
 Bania Komti 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 100
 Bania unspecified 51,000 Hindi ☀︎ 50,000 - - - - 800
 Banijiga 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 50 Lambadi 50 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Basor 16,000 Hindi ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
Bathada 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bhotia Unknown Nepali - - - - - -
 Bohra 300 Gujarati ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Boya 11,000 Telugu ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 19,000 Tamil ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,100 Kannada ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,800 Marathi ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 2,300 Tamil ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 25,000 Tamil ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 108,000 Hindi ☀︎ 107,000 - - 100 - 400
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Chackaravar 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,200 Tamil - - - 1,200 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Tamil ☀︎ 6,500 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Chayakkaran 3,200 Tamil ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Chenchu Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 30 Malayalam - - - 30 - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Christian 1,000 Hindi - - - 1,000 - -
Devadasi 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Devanga Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati 200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 700 Gujarati ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 500 Odia 500 - - - - -
 Gamit 90 Gamit 90 - - - - -
 Gandla 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Gangakula 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Gavara 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - - - -
 Holar 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
Idayan 3,400 Tamil ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Ilavan 143,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 143,000 - - 90 - -
Ilavan Christian 10,000 Tamil - - - 10,000 - -
Ilavaniyan 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Ilavathi 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Irular 800 Irula 800 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Kadaiyar 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Kadan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 34,000 Tamil 33,000 - - 600 - -
 Kakkalan 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 111,000 Tamil 111,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 214,000 Tamil 214,000 - - - - -
Kammara 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Kamsala 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kanakkan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,800 Tamil 1,800 - - - - -
Kavara 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 1,500 Hindi ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 500 Gujarati 500 - - - - -
Koliyan 1,700 Tamil 1,600 - - 100 - -
 Konda Reddi 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 20 Tulu 20 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kudumban 60 Tamil - - - 60 - -
 Kudumi 2,600 Tamil ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 2,700 Hindi ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 70 Gujarati ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 6,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,400 - 40 - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kuruba 500 Kannada 500 - - - - -
 Kuruman 200 Kurumba, Betta 200 - - - - -
 Lingayat 700 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 700
 Lohana 60 Gujarati ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 200 Marathi 200 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 9,900 Marathi ☀︎ 9,900 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
Mala Pulayan 6,300 Telugu ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Malai Pandaram 60 Malayalam 60 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Malakuravan 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 6,300 Tamil 6,300 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mangala 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 4,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Mappila 800 Malayalam ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Maravan 5,800 Tamil 5,700 - - 100 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 80 Marathi 80 - - - - -
 Memon 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Moger unspecified Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Momna 70 Gujarati ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Mutali 4,300 Tamil 4,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 11,000 Tamil - - - 11,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Tamil ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Nair 63,000 Malayalam 63,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Navithan 5,100 Tamil ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
Pagadai 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Paliyan 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 36,000 Tamil - - - 36,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 149,000 Tamil 149,000 - 200 500 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Panan 2,100 Tamil ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Panikkan 5,600 Tamil ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Paniyan 20 Paniya - - - - - -
 Pannadi 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Panniandi 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 80,000 Tamil - - - 80,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 217,000 Tamil 216,000 - 200 400 30 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 200 Hindi ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 4,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 4,100 - - - -
 Patelia 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Pathiyan 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Perumannan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
Rajput Chandrabansi 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Rathawa 70 Rathawi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Razu 9,300 Telugu ☀︎ 9,300 - - - - -
 Sali 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Samban Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Sayyid 7,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 7,100 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 700 Urdu ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,600 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 31,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 31,000 - - - -
Silpi 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 70 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 70 - - -
 Somvanshi Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 164,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 164,000 - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda - - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 300 Kannada 300 - - - - -
 Valan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Valluvan 4,400 Tamil ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 13,000 Tamil 12,000 - - 700 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 1,900 Tamil - - - 1,900 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 243,000 Tamil 242,000 - - 1,700 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 41,000 Tamil 40,000 - - 300 - -
 Varli 80 Varli 80 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 10,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Velama 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 25,000 Tamil 25,000 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 10,000 Tamil 10,000 - - 70 - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 51,000 Tamil 50,000 - - 600 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 155,000 Tamil 154,000 - - 1,200 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 8,100 Tamil 8,100 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 5,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Vettuvan 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 4,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 86,000 Tamil 86,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 80,000 Hindi ☀︎ 80,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 14,000 Telugu ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 1,300 Telugu 1,300 - - - - -
 Yerukula 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
  Totals:  258 2,764,000   227 2,392,000 216,000 900 153,000 200 2,600
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