Country: |
Sri Lanka |
| Province / State: | Sabaragamuwa |
| District: | All |
Number of People Groups
132
Unreached People Groups
58
Total Population
2,030,000
Buddhist
85.5 %
Christian
1.7 %
Hindu
8.3 %
Muslim
4.6 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.0 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 30 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 6,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,800 | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 200 | Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 13,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 12,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 70 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 70 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 1,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Batgama | 90,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 90,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Berava | 42,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 41,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | 20 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | -1 Unknown | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 1,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 80 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 3,800 | Tamil | 1 ● | 3,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 6,400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 6,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 900 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | 800 | -1 - | 30 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 1,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 700 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Couratto | 3,500 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,400 | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 1,300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Dodda-Weddah | 6,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,700 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Durava | 6,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,800 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gahala | 2,800 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,800 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gattara | 88,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 87,000 | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Gauraykwallu | 2,700 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,700 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 63,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 62,000 | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Patti | 3,300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,300 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 3,300 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,300 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hakki Pikki | 100 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Handi | 800 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 38,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 38,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hanomoreyo | 2,000 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Heeri | 10,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 10,000 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Henawalayo | 2,700 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,700 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 28,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 27,000 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hunna | 10,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 10,000 | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 7,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 7,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 1,000 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 100 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 40 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 8,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 7,200 | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kallan | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu | 90 | Telugu | 0 ☀ | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 8,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 8,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karava | 74,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 73,000 | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kiddea | 1,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kinnara | 6,800 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 6,700 | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Konta Durayi | 1,900 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Koviar | 1,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Kustarogiyo | 1,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mahishya | 30 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 500 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 100 | Malayalam | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 11,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 9,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Maravar | 4,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 50 | Gujarati | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nadar (Christian traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 1,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 2,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Namassej (Hindu traditions) | 20 | Bengali | 0 ☀ | 20 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navait | 1,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Navandanna | 136,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 134,000 | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 2,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Oli | 3,500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,500 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Osta (Nasuva) | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Palla | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 5,300 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 5,300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallar | 2,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palliwilli | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Pamunu | 3,500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 3,500 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Panna | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pannikki | 28,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 27,000 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 1,100 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 12,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 12,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Paraiyar | 3,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,800 | -1 - | 400 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 2,200 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pidayne Danno | 1,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Porowakara | 400 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 2,600 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Radava | 44,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 44,000 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Radayo | 400 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rajaka | 17,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 17,000 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Hindi | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 30 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Rodiya | 6,800 | Sinhala | 0 ☀ | -1 - | -1 - | 6,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 2,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Semman | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 14,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 14,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Silpi | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sinhalese | 21,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 21,000 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 1,100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 100 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 13,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 13,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 58,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | -1 - | 58,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thanakavar | 400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thimilar | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vaniyan | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Vannan (Christian traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 2,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀ | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 4,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vanniyar | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vellalan | 4,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 3,900 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vellalar | 53,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 53,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Viswakarma | 1,100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 972,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 959,000 | 14,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 1 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Yamannu | 12,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 12,000 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 132 | 2,030,000 | 58 ● | 168,000 | 92,000 | 1,736,000 | 35,000 | 0 | 50 |
