Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Virudhunagar

Number of People Groups

212

Unreached People Groups

182

Total Population

2,340,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.3 %

Hindu

94.2 %

Muslim

2.4 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Dravida 40,000 Tamil ☀︎ 40,000 - - 20 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 1,000 Tamil - - - 1,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 21,000 Tamil 21,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 700 Telugu 700 - - 30 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 800 Telugu - - - 800 - -
 Alavan 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 2,500 Malayalam 2,500 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Arasar 3,800 Malayalam 3,700 - - 20 - -
Arasar Christian 1,700 Malayalam - - - 1,700 - -
Arayan 7,600 Malayalam 7,600 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Baira 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 5,000 Bengali ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
Bakuda 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 700 Hindi ☀︎ 700 - - - - 30
 Bania Chetti 7,300 Tamil ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - 30
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 10,000 Hindi ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - 90
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 60 Urdu ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Bohra 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
 Boya 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 20,000 Tamil ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 400 Marathi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 7,300 Tamil ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,500 Kannada ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 600 Marathi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 9,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 9,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 6,900 Tamil ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,000 Telugu ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 71,000 Hindi ☀︎ 71,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Chackaravar 4,800 Tamil ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 44,000 Tamil ☀︎ 44,000 - 20 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 900 Malayalam 900 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
Chayakkaran 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Christian 600 Hindi - - - 600 - -
 Devendrakulathan 5,300 Tamil ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 50 Gujarati ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Divehi Unknown Maldivian ☀︎ - - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 400 Odia 400 - - - - -
 Gandla 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Gangakula 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Holar 20 Marathi 20 - - - - -
Idayan 6,900 Tamil ☀︎ 6,900 - - - - -
 Ilavan 211,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 211,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Ilavaniyan 1,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Ilavathi 2,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Ilayathu 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Irular Unknown Irula - - - - - -
Jaggali 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Kaikolan 35,000 Tamil 35,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 1,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 37,000 Tamil 37,000 - - 200 - -
 Kallan unspecified 106,000 Tamil 106,000 - - 300 - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kanakkan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,600 Tamil 1,600 - - - - -
Kavara 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kavathi 3,200 Tamil ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Keralamuthali 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 60 Gujarati 60 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Kori 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kudumban 600 Tamil 300 - - 400 - -
 Kudumi 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Hindi ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 200 Gujarati ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Lingayat 4,100 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 4,100
 Lohana Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Malai Pandaram 30 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Malakuravan 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Malayarayar 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 6,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,000 - - - - -
Mannan, tribal Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Mappila 500 Malayalam ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Maravan 327,000 Tamil 324,000 - - 3,200 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Munnur 800 Telugu ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Mutali 800 Tamil 800 - - 30 - -
 Muthan 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 8,600 Tamil - - - 8,600 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Tamil ☀︎ 39,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Nair 126,000 Malayalam 126,000 - - - - -
Navait 900 Konkani ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Navithan 23,000 Tamil ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
Pagadai 5,100 Tamil ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 31,000 Tamil - - - 31,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 232,000 Tamil 231,000 - 50 200 - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyar 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Panan 5,600 Tamil ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Panikkan 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
 Pannadi 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Panniandi Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 22,000 Tamil - - - 22,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 87,000 Tamil 87,000 - 20 200 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,500 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Pathiyan 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Perumannan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 5,100 Tamil 5,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Hindi ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 70 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 70 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Razu 10,000 Telugu ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Sali 8,500 Kannada ☀︎ 8,500 - - - - -
 Samagara Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Samanthan 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Samban 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 2,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,600 - - - -
Semman 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 5,600 Urdu ☀︎ - 5,600 - - - -
Silpi 700 Telugu ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 41,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 41,000 - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Toda Unknown Toda - - - - - -
Urikkara Naicker 100 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Vadugan 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 2,200 Kannada 2,200 - - - - -
 Valluvan 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 15,000 Tamil 15,000 - - 200 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 3,700 Tamil - - - 3,700 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 35,000 Tamil ☀︎ 35,000 - - 30 - -
 Vanniyan 5,900 Tamil 5,800 - - 50 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 17,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 5,000 Tamil 5,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 1,200 Tamil 1,100 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 42,000 Tamil 42,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 1,200 Tamil 1,200 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 54,000 Tamil 54,000 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 4,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) 70 Malayalam - - - 70 - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Tamil ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Vettuvan 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 31,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 4,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 13,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 102,000 Tamil 102,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 206,000 Hindi ☀︎ 206,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 6,000 Hindi ☀︎ 6,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 18,000 Telugu ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  212 2,340,000   182 2,204,000 55,000 100 76,000 200 4,300
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