Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tiruvannamalai

Major People Groups

206

Major Unreached People Groups

183

Total Population

2,905,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.6 %

Hindu

93.5 %

Muslim

3.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.4 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
Adi Andhra Christian 6,100 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 6,100 - -
 Adi Dravida 566,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 566,000 - 100 300 40 -
Adi Dravida Christian 26,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 26,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Adiyan 70 Malayalam Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 6,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,500 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
Ajila 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Anglo 200 English Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
 Ansari 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Aray Mala 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 41,000 - - - - -
 Arwa Mala 8,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 8,300 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Bagata Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 60 Kannada Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 400 - - - - 100
 Bania Chetti 4,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,700 - - - - 700
 Bania Oswal 400 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - 300
 Bania unspecified 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 6,400
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 18,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 18,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 700 Lambadi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
Bariki Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Bhil unspecified Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 2,900 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,900 - - - - -
 Bohra 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 20 - - - -
 Bondili 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Boya 20,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 20,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 3,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 3,300 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,000 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 1,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 2,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 11,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 2,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 4,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 58,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 56,000 - - - - 1,200
 Brahmin Velanadu 1,100 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 400 Telugu Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Byagara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Chenchu 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Christian 5,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 5,200 - -
 Dakkal 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dandasi 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dhor Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 400 Odia Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Ellamalawar Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gandla 1,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,000 - - - - -
 Gangakula Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ghasiya (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gond unspecified 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Hajam 400 Urdu Progress Gauge - 400 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 100 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Holar 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Irular 27,000 Irula Progress Gauge 27,000 30 - - - 100
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 30 Hindi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 90 -
Jatapu 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Kadaiyar 20 Tamil Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 99,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 99,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 4,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,400 - - - - -
Kanakkan 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 2,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 74,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 74,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,700 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 50 Gujarati Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 100 Gujarati Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Kolupulvandlu 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Koracha, tribal Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 90 Telugu Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 80 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
 Kui Khond Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 40,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 3,200 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 3,200 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 3,200 - - - - -
 Kuruman 4,900 Kurumba, Betta Progress Gauge 4,900 - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,600 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,600
 Lohana 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
 Madasi Kuruva 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Madiga Dasu 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 20 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 90 Gujarati Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 3,900 Marathi Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - 100
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Mala Dasari 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Mala Dasu 60 Telugu Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Mala Jangam Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Malai Pandaram 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 4,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
Malasar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malayali 61,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 60,000 80 20 20 - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mangala 47,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - -
Maniyattikkaran 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Manna Dhora Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mappila 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
Masthi 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 80 Marathi Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Matangi Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Memon 30 Gujarati Progress Gauge - 30 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Bengali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Moger unspecified 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Munnur 5,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 5,600 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 7,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 4,500 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 4,500 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 22,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 47,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - -
 Navithan 23,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 23,000 - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pambada 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Pannadi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Panniandi 1,200 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 1,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,000 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Pardhan Unknown Pardhan Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 600 Urdu Progress Gauge - 600 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 3,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Qassab 90 Hindi Progress Gauge - 90 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 72,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 72,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 3,300 - - - - 100
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 100 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Relli 50 Telugu Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Rona 20 Odia Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Sali 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) Unknown Santhali Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Saora unspecified Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sayyid 3,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 3,100 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 1,800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 1,800 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 12,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 12,000 - - - -
Silpi 4,500 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,500 - - - - -
 Somvanshi Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 29,000 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 700 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - 70
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 81,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 81,000 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Urali 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 40,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 40,000 - - 50 - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 4,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 4,700 - - - - -
 Valluvan 5,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 46,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 35,000 - - 11,000 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 15,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 24,000 - - 30 - -
 Vanniyan 831,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 830,000 - - 900 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 41,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 41,000 - - 50 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Velama 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 80 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Sozhia 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 50 Tamil Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 48,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 48,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 133,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 133,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 129,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 129,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 4,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 4,600 - - - - -
 Yerukula 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
  Totals:  206 2,905,000   183 2,716,000 103,000 200 76,000 200 11,000
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