India, Tamil Nadu state, Tirunelveli district people groups

Country: State: District:

Major People Groups *

110

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

1,892,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

14.2 %

Hindu

76.6 %

Muslim

9.2 %

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
Adi Dravida	41,000	8,995,000	0.4558 0.5%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Adi Dravida Christian	14,000	689,000	2.0319 2.0%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	18,000	695,000	2.5899 2.6%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Agamudaiyan unspecified	23,000	935,000	2.4599 2.5%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Aiyanavar	400	5,700	7.0175 7.0%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	1
Aiyanavar Christian	2,400	18,000	13.3333 13.3%	Telugu	Christian	OBC	3
Alavan	500	8,200	6.0976 6.1%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Ambalavasi	1,300	167,000	0.7784 0.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	100	12,000	0.8333 0.8%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	1
Ambattan Christian	100	4,700	2.1277 2.1%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Anuppan	20	1,100	1.8182 1.8%	Kannada	Hindu	OBC	0
Arasar	1,200	18,000	6.6667 6.7%	Malayalam	Hindu	OBC	1
Arasar Christian	8,200	60,000	13.6667 13.7%	Malayalam	Christian	OBC	3
Arunthathiyar	21,000	1,074,000	1.9553 2.0%	Tamil	Hindu	SC	0
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	5,800	3,781,000	0.1534 0.2%	Bengali	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania Chetti	2,700	772,000	0.3497 0.3%	Tamil	Hindu	OBC	0
Bania unspecified	6,700	30,963,000	0.0216 0.0%	Hindi	Hindu	OBC	0
Boya	54,000	4,213,000	1.2817 1.3%	Telugu	Hindu	OBC	0
Brahmin Ashtashasram	400	38,000	1.0526 1.1%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Christian	200	5,100	3.9216 3.9%	Tamil	Christian	OBC	3
Brahmin Dravida	4,400	130,000	3.3846 3.4%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Iyer	5,400	302,000	1.7881 1.8%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	2,900	152,000	1.9079 1.9%	Malayalam	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Potti	800	29,000	2.7586 2.8%	Malayalam	Hindu	FC	0
Brahmin Sholiar	1,200	50,000	2.4000 2.4%	Tamil	Hindu	FC	0
Major Groups (displayed): 110	1,870,000						88 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 248	1,892,000						215 ●

* 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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