Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Madurai

Number of People Groups

279

Unreached People Groups

250

Total Population

3,442,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.2 %

Hindu

90.8 %

Muslim

5.6 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 46,000 Tamil ☀︎ 46,000 - 60 90 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,700 Tamil - - - 1,700 - -
 Adiyan 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 500 Tamil 500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 800 Tamil 800 - - - - -
 Alavan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 2,200 Malayalam 2,200 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Anglo 200 English - - - 200 - -
Anuppan 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arasar Christian 30 Malayalam - - - 30 - -
Arayan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 9,700 Tamil ☀︎ 9,700 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Baira Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - 100
 Bania Chetti 49,000 Tamil ☀︎ 49,000 - - - - 600
 Bania Komti 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 700 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - 100
 Bania Srimali 300 Gujarati ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 72,000 Hindi ☀︎ 71,000 - - - - 1,000
 Banijiga 2,200 Kannada 2,200 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Basor 22,000 Hindi ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
Bathada 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 7,800 Kannada ☀︎ 7,800 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 800 Kannada ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 40 Urdu ☀︎ - 40 - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Hindi ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Bohra 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Boya 15,000 Telugu ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Anavala 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 800 Gujarati ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
Brahmin Dravida 2,500 Tamil ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 7,600 Hindi ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 20,000 Tamil ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 3,600 Kannada ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 60 Marathi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 2,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 3,600 Tamil ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 37,000 Tamil ☀︎ 37,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 9,000 Telugu ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 161,000 Hindi ☀︎ 161,000 - - 30 - 400
 Brahmin Velanadu 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 500 Konkani ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Chackaravar 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 2,800 Tamil - - - 2,800 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Tamil ☀︎ 74,000 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Chandala 40 Odia ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 4,500 Tamil ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 1,300 Malayalam - - - 1,300 - -
 Christian 4,100 Hindi - - - 4,100 - -
 Devanga 1,700 Kannada 1,600 - - 50 - -
 Devendrakulathan 3,200 Tamil ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 2,100 Gujarati ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 800 Odia 800 - - - - -
 Gamit 300 Gamit 300 - - - - -
 Gandla 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Gangakula 4,800 Kannada ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
 Gavara 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Hajam 1,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin Unknown Chinese, Mandarin - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
Idayan 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 230,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 230,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 800 Tamil - - - 800 - -
Ilavaniyan 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Ilavathi 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Irular 20 Irula 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jhinwar (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 50 -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 81,000 Tamil 81,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 1,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Telugu ☀︎ 8,700 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 7,900 Telugu ☀︎ 7,900 - - - - -
Kalladi 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 10,000 Tamil 10,000 - - 200 - -
 Kallan unspecified 26,000 Tamil 26,000 - - 200 - -
Kammara 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
Kanakkan 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 14,000 Telugu ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 5,400 Tamil 5,300 - - 60 - 40
Kavara 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Hindi ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 2,100 Gujarati 2,100 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 60 Telugu 60 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kori 200 Hindi 200 - - - - -
 Koshti 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Krishnanvak 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 90 Tamil ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Kudiya Unknown Kudiya - - - - - -
 Kudumban 400 Tamil 100 - - 300 - -
 Kudumi 8,000 Tamil ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 1,500 Kannada ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 7,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Hindi ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
 Kuruba 700 Kannada 700 - - - - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta 20 - - - - -
 Lingayat 9,800 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 9,800
 Lohana 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 600 Gujarati 600 - - - - -
Maila 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Mala Pulayan 16,000 Telugu ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 800 Malayalam - - - 800 - -
Malai Pandaram 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 5,100 Malayalam 5,100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Malakuravan 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Malasar 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
Malayarayar 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Mangala 6,200 Telugu ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 5,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Mappila 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Maravan 279,000 Tamil 277,000 - - 1,900 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Memon 200 Gujarati ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Momna 60 Gujarati ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam - - - 20 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Mutali 5,800 Tamil 5,800 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 800 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - 100 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 21,000 Tamil - - - 21,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Tamil ☀︎ 106,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Nair 101,000 Malayalam 101,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Navait 2,500 Konkani ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Navithan 83,000 Tamil ☀︎ 83,000 - - - - -
 Nayadi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pagadai 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Paliyan 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 47,000 Tamil - - - 47,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 150,000 Tamil 150,000 - 30 700 - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyar 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Panan 3,000 Tamil ☀︎ 3,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 9,300 Tamil ☀︎ 9,300 - - - - -
 Paniyan 30 Paniya 30 - - - - -
 Pannadi 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 17,000 Tamil - - - 17,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 157,000 Tamil 157,000 - 30 200 20 -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 1,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 600 Hindi ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 14,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Patelia 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Pathiyan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Patnulkaran 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Perumannan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 2,200 Tamil 2,100 - - 60 - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Raddi 70 Kannada ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Hindi ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - 80
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Solanki 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 6,100 Hindi ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
 Rathawa 200 Rathawi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ravalia 50 Gujarati 50 - - - - -
 Razu 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Sali 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Samban 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Sayankulam 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Sayyid 6,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 6,600 - - - -
Semman 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 2,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 39,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 39,000 - - - -
Silpi 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 40 - - -
 Soligar 20 Sholaga 20 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - 50
 Syrian Christian 1,200 Malayalam - - - 1,200 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 116,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 116,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda - - - - - -
 Urali Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 6,300 Telugu ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - -
Vadugan 4,300 Telugu ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 2,300 Kannada ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 2,300 Kannada ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 21,000 Kannada 21,000 - - - - -
 Valan 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,500 Tamil ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 37,000 Tamil 37,000 - - 500 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Tamil ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 148,000 Tamil 147,000 - - 1,100 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 7,200 Tamil 7,200 - - 60 - -
 Varli 200 Varli 200 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 9,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 9,100 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 1,700 Tamil ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 16,000 Tamil 15,000 - - 800 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 8,600 Tamil 8,600 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 13,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 300 - -
 Vellalan unspecified 111,000 Tamil 106,000 - - 4,500 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 8,600 Tamil 8,600 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 7,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 800 Tamil ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Vettuvan 1,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 5,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 374,000 Tamil 373,000 - - 300 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 234,000 Hindi ☀︎ 234,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 6,800 Hindi ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 18,000 Telugu ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 600 Telugu 600 - - - - -
 Yerukula 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  279 3,442,000   250 3,127,000 191,000 200 111,000 500 12,000
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