India, Tamil Nadu state, Dindigul district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Dindigul

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,290,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

7.5 %

Hindu

87.4 %

Muslim

4.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	38,000	Tamil	0	38,000	-1 -	60	80	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	2,800	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	1,500	Malayalam	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	4,500	Tamil	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Bania unspecified	18,000	Hindi	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Basor	15,000	Hindi	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	8,500	Telugu	0	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Iyer	5,700	Tamil	0	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kannada	2,100	Kannada	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	2,000	Malayalam	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	25,000	Tamil	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	102,000	Hindi	0	102,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	9,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,900	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	123,000	Tamil	0	122,000	-1 -	60	60	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	3,000	Tamil	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,600	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	1,200	Tamil	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Odia	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hill Pulayan	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	18,000	Malayalam	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavaniyan	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	42,000	Tamil	1	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	3,700	Telugu	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	2,100	Tamil	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuda Korava	60	Tamil	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	600	Tamil	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	300	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Malayalam	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	4,600	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	4,600
Madari (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Tamil	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maila	50	Tulu	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Pulayan	9,800	Telugu	0	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	1,300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	900	Malayalam	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	80	Tamil	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	7,100	Tamil	1	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mannan, caste	4,100	Malayalam	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	3,700	Malayalam	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maravan	137,000	Tamil	1	137,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	30	Tamil	1	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions)	30	Malayalam	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutali	4,100	Tamil	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	70,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70,000	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	231,000	Tamil	0	231,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	85,000	Malayalam	1	85,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navait	1,700	Konkani	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	43,000	Tamil	0	43,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	29,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	165,000	Tamil	1	164,000	-1 -	40	400	-1 -	-1 -
Palleyan	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyan	3,200	Tamil	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	3,200	Tamil	2	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panikkan	4,200	Tamil	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	43,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	43,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	93,000	Tamil	1	92,000	-1 -	30	200	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	2,400	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pathiyan	300	Malayalam	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patnulkaran	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	20	Malayalam	1	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	3,100	Malayalam	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Puthirai Vannan	1,000	Tamil	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Hindi	0	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput Surajbansi	1,600	Hindi	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	3,700	Urdu	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	17,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Silpi	2,200	Telugu	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	2,700	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	75,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	75,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	21,000	Kannada	1	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	2,500	Tamil	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	25,000	Tamil	2	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	1,700	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Tamil	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	58,000	Tamil	1	57,000	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	2,800	Tamil	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	9,500	Malayalam	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	12,000	Tamil	2	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	139,000	Tamil	1	139,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Virakodi	12,000	Tamil	1	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	4,700	Malayalam	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	600	Tamil	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	4,600	Malayalam	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	1,300	Malayalam	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	186,000	Tamil	1	186,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	136,000	Hindi	0	136,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Ghosi	3,300	Hindi	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	10,000	Telugu	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 97	2,263,000		82 ●	1,981,000	105,000	200	171,000	20	4,700
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 221	2,290,000		193 ●	2,002,000	110,000	300	172,000	300	4,700

* 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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