Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tirunelveli

Number of People Groups

248

Unreached People Groups

215

Total Population

1,982,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

14.5 %

Hindu

76.2 %

Muslim

9.1 %

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 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 44,000 Tamil ☀︎ 44,000 - 50 200 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 15,000 Tamil - - - 15,000 - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 19,000 Tamil 19,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 22,000 Tamil 22,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 500 Telugu 400 - - 50 - -
Aiyanavar Christian 2,600 Telugu - - - 2,600 - -
 Alavan 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 1,400 Malayalam 1,400 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
Anglo 400 English - - - 400 - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Arasar 1,200 Malayalam 1,200 - - 70 - -
Arasar Christian 8,800 Malayalam - - - 8,800 - -
Arayan 300 Malayalam 300 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Arunthathiyar 23,000 Tamil ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Baira 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Bengali ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - 20
 Bania Chetti 2,900 Tamil ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - 90
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 60 Hindi ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bania Porwal 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 6,400 Hindi ☀︎ 6,300 - - - - 100
 Banijiga 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Bohra 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Boya 58,000 Telugu ☀︎ 58,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Brahmin Dravida 4,700 Tamil ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 5,800 Tamil ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi Unknown Marathi ☀︎ - - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 3,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 900 Malayalam ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 7,600 Tamil ☀︎ 7,600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 42,000 Hindi ☀︎ 42,000 - - 30 - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Chackaravar 2,700 Tamil ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
Chackaravar Christian 800 Tamil - - - 800 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,100 Tamil - - - 1,100 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 9,100 Tamil ☀︎ 9,000 - 30 - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 500 Malayalam 500 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Chayakkaran 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 39,000 Malayalam - - - 39,000 - -
 Christian 8,200 Hindi - - - 8,200 - -
 Devanga 30 Kannada 30 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 5,400 Tamil ☀︎ 5,400 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 70 Gujarati ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Hindi ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Divehi 50 Maldivian ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 20 Odia 20 - - - - -
 Gandla 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Gangakula 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
Idayan 4,000 Tamil ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Ilavan 117,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 117,000 - - 30 - -
Ilavan Christian 2,500 Tamil - - - 2,500 - -
Ilavaniyan 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Ilavathi 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Ilayathu Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Jenu Kuruba 400 Kurumba, Jennu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 29,000 Tamil 29,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Telugu ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 19,000 Tamil 19,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 41,000 Tamil 41,000 - - - - -
Kanakkan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 300 Kanikkaran 300 - - - - -
 Kaniyan 500 Malayalam 400 - - 200 - -
 Kapu Reddi 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 4,500 Telugu ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - 100 - -
 Kattunayakan 3,600 Tamil 3,500 - - 100 - -
Kavara 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kavathi 1,600 Tamil ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Kavathi Christian 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
Keralamuthali 1,000 Malayalam 1,000 - - - - -
Keralamuthali Christian 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
Koliyan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 400 Telugu 400 - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Koshti 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 70 Tamil ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Kudumban 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Kudumi 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 400 Gujarati ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Kuruba 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Kuruman 20 Kurumba, Betta - - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 1,700
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 70 Telugu - - - 70 - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 80 Marathi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 100 Telugu - - - 100 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 2,800 Malayalam - - - 2,800 - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 600 Tamil 600 - - - - -
Malakuravan Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mangala 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Mappila 300 Malayalam ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Maravan 238,000 Tamil 222,000 - - 16,000 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
 Memon 90 Gujarati ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 60 Malayalam - - - 60 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Munnur 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Mutali 500 Tamil 400 - - 100 - -
 Muthan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 93,000 Tamil - - - 93,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 83,000 Tamil ☀︎ 83,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Nair 94,000 Malayalam 94,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 21,000 Tamil ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
Padannan 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Pagadai 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Paliyan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 38,000 Tamil - - - 38,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 182,000 Tamil 181,000 - 100 300 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
Palliyar 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Panan 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Pandaram 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Panikkan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Pannadi Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 50,000 Tamil - - - 50,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Tamil 57,000 - 40 300 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Parsee Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pathiyan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
Perumannan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 4,000 Tamil 4,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,600 Hindi ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Razu 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Sali 4,400 Kannada ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Sali Pattariyan 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Samanthan 20 Odia ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 18,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 18,000 - - - -
Semman 400 Tamil 400 - - 20 - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 39,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 39,000 - - - -
Silpi 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 40 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 40 - - -
 Soligar 100 Sholaga 100 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 3,100 Malayalam - - - 3,100 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 122,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 122,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Tipera Unknown Kok Borok - - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 90 Tamil ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Vadugan 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 90 Kannada ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 500 Kannada 500 - - - - -
 Valan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Valluvan 1,400 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Vaniyan 28,000 Tamil 26,000 - - 1,800 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 5,900 Tamil 5,500 - - 400 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 300 Tamil 200 - - 20 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 8,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 1,800 Tamil 1,800 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 28,000 Tamil 27,000 - - 1,000 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 2,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vettuvan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 24,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 2,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 7,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 74,000 Tamil 74,000 - - 200 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Hindi ☀︎ 106,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 3,200 Hindi ☀︎ 3,200 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 5,000 Telugu ☀︎ 5,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
Yerava Unknown Ravula - - - - - -
 Yerukula Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
  Totals:  248 1,982,000   215 1,511,000 181,000 300 287,000 200 1,900
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