Number of People Groups
138
Unreached People Groups
55
Total Population
6,412,000
Buddhist
70.6 %
Christian
12.9 %
Hindu
4.8 %
Muslim
11.7 %
Sikh
0.0 %
Other Religions
0.1 %
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Population | Primary Language | Progress Scale |
Hindu | Muslim | Buddhist | Christian | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Adi Andhra | 80 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 80 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan Nattaman | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Agamudaiyan unspecified | 1,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 900 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ahinkuntaya | 19,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 17,000 | 2,600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ambalavasi | 900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ambattan | 3,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ansari | 200 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Arab | 1,500 | Arabic, Mesopotamian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Badahala | 38,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 32,000 | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania Chetti | 5,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 5,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bania unspecified | 5,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 5,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Batgama | 20,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 16,000 | 4,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bengali Muslim Moghal | 500 | Urdu | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Berava | 117,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 102,000 | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bharathar (Christian traditions) | 2,000 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bharathar (Hindu traditions) | 600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bintanna | 2,200 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Bodhivansha | 4,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,100 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Bohra | 800 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Boya | 1,500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Brahmin Indian Tamil | 2,400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Brahmin unspecified | 14,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 14,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Burgher | 39,000 | Sinhala | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,700 | 34,000 | -1 - | 2,900 |
|
|
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | 900 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | 2,400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Christian | 15,000 | Language unknown | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 15,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Demala Gattara | 4,800 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,400 | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 1 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Divehi | 1,800 | Maldivian | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Dodda-Weddah | 16,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 14,000 | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Durava | 422,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 368,000 | 55,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Gahala | 300 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Gattara | 240,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 209,000 | 31,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Gauraykwallu | 3,100 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,800 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Goanese | 1,700 | Konkani | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Govigama | 168,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 143,000 | 25,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Patti | 8,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,700 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Govigama Radala | 8,600 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,700 | 900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hajam | 1,200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Hakki Pikki | 100 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hannali | 107,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 93,000 | 14,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hanomoreyo | 50 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Henawalayo | 3,000 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,800 | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Hinna | 78,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 68,000 | 10,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Hunna | 29,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 26,000 | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Idayan | 1,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Ilavan | 4,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 4,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Ilavan Christian | 1,900 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Indian Tamil | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Japanese | 900 | Japanese | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | 50 | -1 - | 300 |
|
Jat (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Punjabi, Eastern | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Jat (Muslim traditions) | 400 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Javanese | 2,700 | Javanese | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kaikolan | 5,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 4,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kallan | 1,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kapu | 90 | Telugu | 0 ☀︎ | 90 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karaiyar | 17,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 13,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 3,800 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Karava | 506,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 466,000 | 41,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kasar (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Kiddea | 5,100 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,400 | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Koviar | 13,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 9,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Kuravan (Hindu traditions) | 400 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Kustarogiyo | 4,900 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 4,400 | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Malay, Javar | 35,000 | Sri Lankan Malay Creole | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 35,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Malayan, caste | 200 | Malayalam | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mappila | 6,900 | Malayalam | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 6,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Marakkalage | 6,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 6,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Maravan | 7,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Maravar | 14,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 3,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Mauritian | 1,800 | Morisyen | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Memon | 700 | Gujarati | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Mukkuvar | 8,600 | Tamil | 2 ● | 6,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Nadar (Christian traditions) | 2,400 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nadar (Hindu traditions) | 3,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 3,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Nair | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Nalavar | 7,400 | Tamil | 2 ● | 5,800 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navait | 4,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 4,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Navandanna | 367,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 313,000 | 55,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Navithan | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Oli | 9,500 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 8,500 | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Osta (Nasuva) | 3,600 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 3,600 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palla | 1,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pallan (Christian traditions) | 1,100 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pallan (Hindu traditions) | 3,700 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 3,700 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pallar | 13,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 10,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Palliwilli | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pamunu | 9,700 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 8,700 | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Panan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Panna | 1,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Pannikki | 77,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 67,000 | 9,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | 2,200 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 2,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | 6,800 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 6,800 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Paraiyar | 10,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 7,600 | -1 - | 1,500 | 1,200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Paravan (Hindu traditions) | 200 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pashtun, Pathan | 10,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 10,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Pidayne Danno | 2,800 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,700 | 200 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Porowakara | 26,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 23,000 | 2,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Primanar | 12,000 | Tamil | 1 ● | 12,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Pulayan | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Radava | 124,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 108,000 | 17,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Rajaka | 47,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 41,000 | 6,700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Hindi | 0 ☀︎ | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Rajput (Muslim traditions) | 500 | Punjabi, Western | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Rodiya | 200 | Sinhala | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | -1 - | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Salagama | 195,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 167,000 | 28,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sali, Seriyar | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 60 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Samban | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sayyid | 11,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 11,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Semman | 100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | 20 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Shaikh | 45,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 45,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Silpi | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 50 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) | 500 | Sindhi | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sinhalese | 29,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 24,000 | 5,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sonar (Hindu traditions) | 100 | Tamil | 1 ● | 100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Sri Lanka Chetti | 5,100 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 5,100 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Sri Lanka Moor | 406,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 406,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 |
|
Sri Lankan Tamil | 1,700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 600 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Tamil (Muslim traditions) | 208,000 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | -1 - | 208,000 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Tattar | 700 | Tamil | 2 ● | 700 | -1 - | -1 - | 70 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Teli (Hindu traditions) | 500 | Tamil | 2 ● | 400 | -1 - | -1 - | 90 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
|
Thacher | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Thanakavar | 300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Thimilar | 2,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 500 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Valluvan | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | 40 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vaniyan | 1,800 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,400 | -1 - | -1 - | 400 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vannan (Christian traditions) | 600 | Tamil | 3 ● | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vannan (Hindu traditions) | 1,900 | Tamil | 0 ☀︎ | 1,900 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vannar | 1,300 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - | 300 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Vanniyan | 3,200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 2,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 700 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vanniyar | 6,900 | Tamil | 2 ● | 5,600 | -1 - | -1 - | 1,300 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Vellalan | 2,100 | Tamil | 2 ● | 1,500 | -1 - | -1 - | 600 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vellalar | 164,000 | Tamil | 2 ● | 133,000 | -1 - | -1 - | 32,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Vettar | 200 | Tamil | 2 ● | 200 | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - | -1 - |
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Viswakarma | 600 | Tamil | 1 ● | 500 | -1 - | -1 - | 80 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
Wahumpura | 2,517,000 | Sinhala | 2 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 2,159,000 | 357,000 | -1 - | -1 - |
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Yadav (Hindu traditions) | 300 | Tamil | 1 ● | 300 | -1 - | -1 - | 30 | -1 - | -1 - |
|
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Yamannu | 8,100 | Sinhala | 1 ● | -1 - | -1 - | 7,000 | 1,100 | -1 - | -1 - |
| Totals: 138 | 6,412,000 | 55 ● | 311,000 | 748,000 | 4,526,000 | 825,000 | 0 | 4,200 |
