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Major People Groups *

12

Major Unreached People Groups *

12

Total Population

41,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

2.2 %

Hindu

67.5 %

Muslim

30.3 %

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
	Brahmin unspecified	1,000	48,723,000	0.0021 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	FC	0
	Divehi	20	1,300	1.5385 1.5%	Maldivian	Muslim	OBC	0
	Ilavan	2,800	5,856,000	0.0478 0.0%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
	Karimpalan	200	21,000	0.9524 1.0%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
	Maila	60	2,800	2.1429 2.1%	Tulu	Hindu	OBC	0
	Malayekandi	30	1,800	1.6667 1.7%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
	Mappila	12,000	8,824,000	0.1360 0.1%	Malayalam	Muslim	OBC	0
	Mavilan	500	36,000	1.3889 1.4%	Tulu	Hindu	OBC	0
	Nadar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	3,050,000	0.0459 0.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
	Nair	14,000	6,799,000	0.2059 0.2%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
	Nalkadaya	50	2,900	1.7241 1.7%	Tulu	Hindu	OBC	0
	Pulayan unspecified	1,600	1,551,000	0.1032 0.1%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
	Major Groups (displayed): 12	34,000						12 ●
	All Groups (including small not displayed *): 73	41,000						64 ●

* 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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The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster or country. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%