Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Mayiladuthurai

Number of People Groups

235

Unreached People Groups

211

Total Population

1,146,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.8 %

Hindu

90.5 %

Muslim

6.5 %

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 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 188,000 Tamil ☀︎ 188,000 - 200 80 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Adiyan 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Udayar 400 Tamil 300 - - 70 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 100 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 20 Kurichiya 20 - - - - -
 Alavan 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 600 Malayalam 600 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Tamil ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Ansari 70 Urdu ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Anuppan 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Arasar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Arasar Christian Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 60 Malayalam 60 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 80 Kannada ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 900 Hindi ☀︎ 800 - - - - 60
 Bania Chetti 14,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - 500
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahesri 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 90
 Bania unspecified 18,000 Hindi ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - 600
 Banijiga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 40 Lambadi 40 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Basor 6,200 Hindi ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
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) 90 Tamil - - - 90 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bohra 100 Gujarati ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Boya 4,200 Telugu ☀︎ 4,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,300 Hindi ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 7,000 Tamil ☀︎ 7,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,000 Marathi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 700 Malayalam ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 900 Tamil ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 21,000 Tamil ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 54,000 Hindi ☀︎ 54,000 - - 40 - 90
 Brahmin Velanadu 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Burmese Unknown Burmese - - - - - -
Chackaravar 80 Tamil ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 500 Tamil - - - 500 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Chitrakar (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Christian 600 Hindi - - - 600 - -
Devadasi 200 Kannada ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Devanga 20 Kannada 20 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 700 Tamil ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 200 Odia 200 - - - - -
 Gamit 20 Gamit 20 - - - - -
 Gandla 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Gangakula 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Gavara 50 Malayalam ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 3,300 Tamil 3,300 - - - - -
 Holar 80 Marathi 80 - - - - -
Idayan 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Ilavan 62,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 62,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
Ilavaniyan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ilavathi 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Irular 300 Irula 300 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 60 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Kaikolan 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - 60 - -
 Kakkalan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kallan Tondaman 41,000 Tamil 41,000 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 79,000 Tamil 79,000 - - - - -
Kanakkan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Karimpalan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Kavara 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 60 Gujarati 60 - - - - -
Koliyan 3,000 Tamil 2,900 - - 70 - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Koracha, caste 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Krishnanvak 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 90 Tamil ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kudumi 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Kunchatiga Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Kuruba 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Kuruman Unknown Kurumba, Betta - - - - - -
 Lingayat 200 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 200
 Lohana 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu - - - 20 - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 3,900 Marathi ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi 20 Gujarati 20 - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
Mala Pulayan 2,100 Telugu ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Malai Arayan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malakkuravan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Malakuravan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 1,400 Tamil 1,400 - - - - -
Malayekandi Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mangala 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 1,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Mappila 200 Malayalam ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Maravan 2,100 Tamil 2,100 - - 60 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi 30 - - - - -
 Memon 60 Gujarati ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Momna 30 Gujarati ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Mutali 1,600 Tamil 1,600 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil - - - 1,800 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 8,100 Tamil ☀︎ 8,100 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Nair 21,000 Malayalam 21,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 30 Tulu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Navithan 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Paliyan 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 5,000 Tamil - - - 5,000 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 51,000 Tamil 51,000 - 80 200 - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
 Panan 800 Tamil ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Panikkan 1,400 Tamil ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
Panniandi Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 21,000 Tamil - - - 21,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 74,000 Tamil 73,000 - 100 100 - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 70 Tamil - - - 70 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 20 Urdu ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 20 Bengali ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 70 Hindi ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 70 Urdu ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Patelia Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
 Pathiyan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Perumannan 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Hindi ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 40 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 40 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rathawa Unknown Rathawi ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Razu 2,300 Telugu ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Sali 50 Kannada ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Samban 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Sayyid 2,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 8,800 Urdu ☀︎ - 8,800 - - - -
Silpi 400 Telugu ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 30 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 30 - - -
 Somvanshi 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 80 Hindi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 100 Malayalam - - - 100 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 58,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 58,000 - - - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 400 Malayalam ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 70 Telugu ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Ulladan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 600 Telugu ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kappiliyan 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 100 Kannada 100 - - - - -
 Valan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Valluvan 3,500 Tamil ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 4,600 Tamil 4,500 - - 90 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 5,700 Tamil ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
 Vanniyan 82,000 Tamil 82,000 - - 800 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 5,100 Tamil 5,100 - - 20 - -
 Varli Unknown Varli - - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 3,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Velama 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 5,600 Tamil 5,600 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 7,400 Tamil 7,300 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 6,800 Tamil 6,800 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 58,000 Tamil 58,000 - - 100 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 3,600 Tamil 3,600 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 1,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Vettuvan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 1,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 29,000 Tamil 29,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Hindi ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 1,000 Hindi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 3,100 Telugu ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Yenadi 500 Telugu 500 - - - - -
 Yerukula 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
  Totals:  235 1,146,000   211 1,037,000 75,000 400 33,000 100 1,600
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