Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

66

Major Unreached People Groups *

60

Total Population

4,203,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.9 %

Hindu

29.1 %

Muslim

68.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population
in District
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in District
Primary Language Primary Religion Community
Category
Progress
Scale
 Malabar Catholic 18,000 2,705,000 0.7% Malayalam Christian OBC Progress Gauge
Mali 900 6,700 13.4% Telugu Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Mannan, caste 37,000 283,000 13.1% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Mannan, tribal 200 10,000 2.0% Malayalam Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Mappila 2,872,000 8,824,000 32.5% Malayalam Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 400 2,700 14.8% Malayalam Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Muthuvan 2,800 25,000 11.2% Malayalam Hindu ST Progress Gauge
Nadar (Christian traditions) 17,000 1,305,000 1.3% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 90,000 3,050,000 3.0% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Nair 292,000 6,799,000 4.3% Malayalam Hindu FC Progress Gauge
Navait 900 58,000 1.6% Konkani Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Padannan 3,100 8,600 36.0% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Palluvan 200 6,700 3.0% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Panan 5,200 237,000 2.2% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Pandaram 600 28,000 2.1% Malayalam Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Panditattan 400 11,000 3.6% Malayalam Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Paniyan 7,400 101,000 7.3% Paniya Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 10,000 2,215,000 0.5% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Perumannan 19,000 89,000 21.3% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Pulaya Vettuvan 200 1,100 18.2% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Pulayan Thanda 1,600 127,000 1.3% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Pulayan unspecified 13,000 1,551,000 0.8% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Sayyid 1,300 8,061,000 0.0% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified 2,800 100,866,000 0.0% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Silpi 4,500 212,000 2.1% Telugu Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  66 4,191,000           60
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  162 4,203,000           145
* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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