India, Kerala state, Ernakulam district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Kerala
District:	Ernakulam

Major People Groups

109

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,328,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

37.9 %

Hindu

46.5 %

Muslim

15.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Agamudaiyan unspecified	1,200	Tamil	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	22,000	Malayalam	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Tamil	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Ambattan Christian	1,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Anglo	1,400	English	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	16,000	Malayalam	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Bandi (Hindu traditions)	50	Tamil	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Agarwal	1,000	Hindi	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Chetti	1,300	Tamil	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Bania unspecified	13,000	Hindi	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	900
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	9,100	Marathi	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,000	Hindi	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	6,600	Tamil	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar	2,200	Tamil	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Muttad	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	2,400	Tamil	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	71,000	Hindi	0	70,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300
Byari (Beary)	1,200	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Tamil	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	3,400	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
Devadasi	800	Kannada	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Devanga	6,200	Kannada	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eluthassan	43,000	Malayalam	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	5,200	Telugu	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Idayan	900	Tamil	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	439,000	Malayalam	0	439,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan Christian	20,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jewish, South Asian	100	Marathi	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kaikolan	9,300	Tamil	1	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kakkalan	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallan unspecified	22,000	Tamil	1	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallasari	9,600	Malayalam	0	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kallattu Kurup	900	Malayalam	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanakkan	1,500	Malayalam	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaniyan	9,500	Malayalam	1	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kollakar	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	500	Tamil	2	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	37,000	Tamil	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Malayalam	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurukkal	800	Malayalam	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maila	40	Tulu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	550,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	550,000	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Arayan	2,200	Malayalam	2	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	60	Malayalam	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	500	Tamil	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	70	Malayalam	2	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	15,000	Malayalam	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, tribal	300	Malayalam	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	462,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	462,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	1,300	Tamil	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Memon	2,800	Gujarati	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkari	1,100	Malayalam	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions)	1,300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Malayalam	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	70	Malayalam	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musari	3,900	Malayalam	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthuvan	2,700	Malayalam	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	1,600	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Tamil	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	325,000	Malayalam	1	325,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	9,200	Tamil	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Padannan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	20	Tamil	2	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palluvan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	1,000	Tamil	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pandaram	12,000	Malayalam	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panditattan	7,300	Malayalam	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Tamil	1	23,000	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Christian traditions)	400	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Malayalam	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pardhi	2,300	Pardhi	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	30	Malayalam	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan Thanda	22,000	Malayalam	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	198,000	Malayalam	0	198,000	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	5,400	Hindi	0	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	1,100	Kannada	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali Pattariyan	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samanthan	1,400	Odia	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Semman	80	Tamil	1	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shabi	1,700	Malayalam	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	14,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sinhalese	50	Sinhala	0	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	674,000	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	674,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	13,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	100	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Malayalam	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ulladan	3,800	Malayalam	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	27,000	Malayalam	0	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	2,100	Tamil	2	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	8,100	Tamil	1	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	9,000	Malayalam	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velan	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	15,000	Tamil	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	9,800	Malayalam	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	12,000	Malayalam	0	12,000	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kallan Muppan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,600	Malayalam	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	2,600	Malayalam	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	10,000	Tamil	1	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 109	3,306,000		94 ●	1,530,000	514,000	600	1,260,000	10	1,600
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 270	3,328,000		245 ●	1,547,000	516,000	600	1,261,000	900	2,200

* 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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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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