India, Tamil Nadu state, Tenkasi district people groups

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Major People Groups *

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

1,512,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

5.8 %

Hindu

85.1 %

Muslim

9.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Community Category	Progress Scale
Brahmin Velanadu	1,000	124,000	0.8065 0.8%	Telugu	Hindu	FC	0
Chackaravar	2,200	34,000	6.4706 6.5%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Chackaravar Christian	300	5,000	6.0000 6.0%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	7,500	868,000	0.8641 0.9%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Chavalakkaran	400	21,000	1.9048 1.9%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Chavalakkaran Christian	90	4,000	2.2500 2.3%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Chayakkaran	400	42,000	0.9524 1.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Cherumar Christian	12,000	465,000	2.5806 2.6%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Christian	2,500	1,412,000	0.1771 0.2%	Hindi	Christian	OBC	3
Devendrakulathan	4,400	88,000	5.0000 5.0%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Divehi	20	1,300	1.5385 1.5%	Maldivian	Muslim	OBC	0
Idayan	3,200	72,000	4.4444 4.4%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Ilavan	91,000	5,856,000	1.5540 1.6%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	0
Kaikolan	24,000	2,501,000	0.9596 1.0%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	1,700	3,660,000	0.0464 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kallan Tondaman	16,000	459,000	3.4858 3.5%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kallan unspecified	38,000	1,367,000	2.7798 2.8%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Kapu unspecified	4,300	19,621,000	0.0219 0.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Kattunayakan	2,900	67,000	4.3284 4.3%	Tamil	Hindu	ST	1
Kavathi	1,300	21,000	6.1905 6.2%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Kavathi Christian	200	4,100	4.8780 4.9%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Keralamuthali	900	6,100	14.7541 14.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Keralamuthali Christian	80	3,200	2.5000 2.5%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Kuda Korava	50	1,900	2.6316 2.6%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	16,133,000	0.0068 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
Major Groups (displayed): 99	1,489,000						83 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 243	1,512,000						211 ●

* 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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Prayer Cards

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%

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