Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Viluppuram

Major People Groups

240

Major Unreached People Groups

214

Total Population

2,635,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

3.7 %

Hindu

92.1 %

Muslim

3.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 500 Telugu Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 687,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 686,000 - 100 300 50 -
Adi Dravida Christian 31,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 31,000 - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Adiyan 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 28,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 28,000 - - 200 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 33,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 33,000 - - 200 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan Unknown Kurichiya Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
Anglo 100 English Progress Gauge - - - 100 - -
 Ansari 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Aray Mala 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Arayan 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Arunthathiyar 19,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Arwa Mala 6,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 6,100 - - - - -
 Bagata Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 100 Kannada Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Balija Dasari 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - 50
 Bania Chetti 15,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - 2,800
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - 100
 Bania Oswal 60 Hindi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - 30
 Bania unspecified 21,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 17,000 - - - - 3,400
 Banijiga 70 Kannada Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Lambadi Progress Gauge 13,000 - - - - -
 Banjara Rathod (Hindu traditions) 600 Lambadi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Bariki Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Basor 2,100 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,100 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 200 Kannada Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 300 - - - -
 Bhil unspecified Unknown Gujarati Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 800 Hindi Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Bondili 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Boya 16,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 16,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Christian 50 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Brahmin Deshastha Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,500 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Gujar Gaur 70 Hindi Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin Iyer 4,100 Tamil Progress Gauge 4,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 100 Hindi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 3,400 Kannada Progress Gauge 3,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 100 Marathi Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kosala Nadu 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,100 Marathi Progress Gauge 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 50 Marathi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Brahmin Mukkaniyar 400 Tamil Progress Gauge 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 500 Hindi Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 9,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 9,500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 700 Telugu Progress Gauge 700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 47,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 46,000 - - - - 400
Brahmin Vadama 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 300 Telugu Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
Byagara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 400 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Chayakkaran 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Chenchu 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
 Christian 6,200 Hindi Progress Gauge - - - 6,200 - -
 Dakkal 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Dandasi Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Darzi (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 4,000 - - - - -
 Devanga 30 Kannada Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Dhor Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Odia Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
Ellamalawar 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Eravallan Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Gandla 800 Telugu Progress Gauge 800 - - - - -
 Gangakula 300 Kannada Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Goanese 200 Konkani, Goan Progress Gauge - - - 200 - -
Godda Unknown Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Hajam 800 Urdu Progress Gauge - 800 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 900 Vaagri Booli Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
 Ilavan 600 Malayalam Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 30 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Irular 13,000 Irula Progress Gauge 13,000 - - 20 - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 300 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 50 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 50 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 55,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 55,000 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Telugu Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
Kalladi 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 3,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 3,900 - - - - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Kanakkan 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 600 Telugu Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 7,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 7,300 - - - - -
Karimpalan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 1,900 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,900 - - - - -
Kepmaris 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Khatri (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 40 Hindi Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Kori 50 Hindi Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
 Koya unspecified 80 Telugu Progress Gauge 80 - - - - -
Kuda Korava 30 Tamil Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Kudumban Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kudumi 5,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,000 - - - - -
 Kuli Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 30,000 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 600 Gujarati Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 20 Kannada Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 700 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 700 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 600 Hindi Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Kuruba 1,700 Kannada Progress Gauge 1,700 - - - - -
 Labana (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Lingayat 1,900 Kannada Progress Gauge - - - - - 1,900
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 8,800 Hindi Progress Gauge 8,800 - - - - -
 Madasi Kuruva 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Madiga Dasu 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) Unknown Marathi Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 20 Gujarati Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 200 Marathi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 50 Telugu Progress Gauge - - - 50 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mala Dasari 70 Telugu Progress Gauge 70 - - - - -
 Mala Dasu Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Mala Jangam Unknown Telugu Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 300 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 300 - -
Malai Pandaram 100 Malayalam Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 1,300 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - -
 Malayali 33,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 33,000 70 - 20 - 30
Malayekandi 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mangala 26,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 26,000 - - - - -
Maniyattikkaran 500 Tamil Progress Gauge 500 - - - - -
 Mappila 200 Malayalam Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Maravan 94,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 93,000 - - 600 - -
Masthi 20 Telugu Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 20 Marathi Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Mudugar Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Munnur 2,300 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,300 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 2,200 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,200 - - 30 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 24,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 24,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 58,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 58,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 33,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 33,000 - - - - -
 Nair 9,700 Malayalam Progress Gauge 9,700 - - - - -
 Navithan 14,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 14,000 - - - - -
Pagadai Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Panniandi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 1,800 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) Unknown Tamil Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 90 Malayalam Progress Gauge 90 - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 200 Hindi Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 200 Urdu Progress Gauge - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 700 Urdu Progress Gauge - 700 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 4,100 Urdu Progress Gauge - 4,100 - - - -
Perumal Makkukkaran 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 40 Tamil Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Qassab 80 Hindi Progress Gauge - 80 - - - -
 Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 62,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Hindi Progress Gauge 1,300 - - - - 40
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 30 -
 Rajput Surajbansi 200 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Ramdasia (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Rangrez (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
 Razu 200 Telugu Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
 Saini (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sali 40 Kannada Progress Gauge 40 - - - - -
 Saora unspecified Unknown Odia Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) Unknown Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sayyid 5,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 5,300 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 900 Urdu Progress Gauge - 900 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 6,300 Urdu Progress Gauge - 6,300 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 4,100 Bengali Progress Gauge - 4,100 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 20,000 Urdu Progress Gauge - 20,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 500 Urdu Progress Gauge - 500 - - - -
Silpi 2,600 Telugu Progress Gauge 2,600 - - - - -
 Sinhalese Unknown Sinhala Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 19,000 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 500 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 500 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi Progress Gauge 200 - - - - 30
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 54,000 Tamil Progress Gauge - 54,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern Progress Gauge - - - - 20 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 12,000 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - 30 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 50 Malayalam Progress Gauge 50 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 60 Tamil Progress Gauge 60 - - - - -
 Toda 20 Toda Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Urali Unknown Malayalam Progress Gauge - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 30,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 30,000 - - 50 - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 600 Kannada Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
 Valluvan 2,500 Tamil Progress Gauge 2,500 - - - - -
Vaniyan 25,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 19,000 - - 6,000 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 8,400 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 8,400 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 20,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 20,000 - - 50 - -
 Vanniyan 667,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 653,000 - - 14,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 30,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 29,000 - - 700 - -
Vanniyan Kamakshiamma 18,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 18,000 - - 300 - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 20 Tamil Progress Gauge - - - 20 - -
Velakkithalanayan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Velama 30 Telugu Progress Gauge 30 - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 600 Tamil Progress Gauge 600 - - - - -
Vellalan Mudaliar 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 700 Tamil Progress Gauge 700 - - 20 - -
Vellalan Pattanavan 100 Tamil Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 1,800 Tamil Progress Gauge 1,800 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 6,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 5,700 - - 300 - -
Vellalan Vipravindolu 100 Telugu Progress Gauge 100 - - - - -
Vellalan Virakodi 200 Tamil Progress Gauge 200 - - - - -
Vettuvan 20 Malayalam Progress Gauge 20 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 11,000 Malayalam Progress Gauge 11,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 1,400 Malayalam Progress Gauge 1,400 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 47,000 Tamil Progress Gauge 47,000 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 86,000 Hindi Progress Gauge 86,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 2,700 Hindi Progress Gauge 2,700 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 68,000 Telugu Progress Gauge 68,000 - - - - -
 Yenadi 3,800 Telugu Progress Gauge 3,800 - - - - -
 Yerukula 900 Telugu Progress Gauge 900 - - - - -
  Totals:  240 2,635,000   214 2,428,000 101,000 200 96,000 200 8,800
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