Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

99

Major Unreached People Groups *

83

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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Photo People Group Population
in District
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in District
Primary Language Primary Religion Community
Category
Progress
Scale
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,100 429,000 0.7% Malayalam Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Malakkuravan 500 20,000 2.5% Tamil Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Mangala 1,000 1,966,000 0.1% Telugu Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Maravan 189,000 3,246,000 5.8% Tamil Hindu FC Progress Gauge
Nadar (Christian traditions) 28,000 1,305,000 2.1% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 69,000 3,050,000 2.3% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Nair 79,000 6,799,000 1.2% Malayalam Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Navithan 18,000 819,000 2.2% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Pagadai 200 8,400 2.4% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Pallan (Christian traditions) 12,000 464,000 2.6% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 151,000 2,471,000 6.1% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Panan 1,000 237,000 0.4% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 15,000 790,000 1.9% Tamil Christian OBC Progress Gauge
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 48,000 2,215,000 2.2% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Puthirai Vannan 3,300 30,000 11.0% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 3,600 17,054,000 0.0% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,500 38,905,000 0.0% Hindi Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Sali 3,600 1,064,000 0.3% Kannada Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
Sali Pattariyan 300 3,400 8.8% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
 Sayyid 13,000 8,061,000 0.2% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
Semman 300 5,000 6.0% Tamil Hindu SC Progress Gauge
 Shaikh unspecified 34,000 100,866,000 0.0% Urdu Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Soligar 100 6,400 1.6% Sholaga Hindu ST Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 89,000 3,235,000 2.8% Tamil Muslim OBC Progress Gauge
 Tholuva Naicker 20 900 2.2% Tamil Hindu OBC Progress Gauge
  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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