Country:

Sri Lanka

Province / State: Western
District: All

Number of People Groups

138

Unreached People Groups

55

Total Population

6,412,000

Buddhist

70.6 %

Christian

12.9 %

Hindu

4.8 %

Muslim

11.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 80 Telugu ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 700 Tamil 500 - - 200 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 1,200 Tamil 900 - - 400 - -
Ahinkuntaya 19,000 Sinhala - - 17,000 2,600 - -
 Ambalavasi 900 Tamil 700 - - 300 - -
Ambattan 3,500 Tamil 2,700 - - 800 - -
 Ansari 200 Urdu ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Arab 1,500 Arabic, Mesopotamian ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
Badahala 38,000 Sinhala - - 32,000 5,800 - -
 Bania Chetti 5,700 Tamil ☀︎ 5,700 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 5,900 Tamil ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Batgama 20,000 Sinhala - - 16,000 4,000 - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Berava 117,000 Sinhala - - 102,000 15,000 - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 2,000 Tamil - - - 2,000 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Bintanna 2,200 Sinhala - - 1,900 300 - -
Bodhivansha 4,700 Sinhala - - 4,100 600 - -
 Bohra 800 Gujarati ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Boya 1,500 Tamil 1,100 - - 400 - -
Brahmin Indian Tamil 2,400 Tamil 2,400 - - 50 - -
 Brahmin unspecified 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - 100 - -
 Burgher 39,000 Sinhala - - 2,700 34,000 - 2,900
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 900 Tamil - - - 900 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Tamil 2,400 - - - - -
 Christian 15,000 Language unknown - - - 15,000 - -
Demala Gattara 4,800 Sinhala - - 4,400 400 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Divehi 1,800 Maldivian ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Dodda-Weddah 16,000 Sinhala - - 14,000 2,000 - -
Durava 422,000 Sinhala - - 368,000 55,000 - -
Gahala 300 Sinhala - - 300 20 - -
Gattara 240,000 Sinhala - - 209,000 31,000 - -
Gauraykwallu 3,100 Sinhala - - 2,800 300 - -
 Goanese 1,700 Konkani - - - 1,700 - -
 Govigama 168,000 Sinhala - - 143,000 25,000 - -
Govigama Patti 8,600 Sinhala - - 7,700 900 - -
Govigama Radala 8,600 Sinhala - - 7,700 900 - -
 Hajam 1,200 Tamil ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
 Hakki Pikki 100 Telugu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Hannali 107,000 Sinhala - - 93,000 14,000 - -
Hanomoreyo 50 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
Henawalayo 3,000 Sinhala - - 2,800 300 - -
Hinna 78,000 Sinhala - - 68,000 10,000 - -
Hunna 29,000 Sinhala - - 26,000 3,700 - -
Idayan 1,000 Tamil 700 - - 300 - -
 Ilavan 4,700 Tamil ☀︎ 4,700 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 1,900 Tamil - - - 1,900 - -
Indian Tamil 1,400 Tamil 200 - - 1,200 - -
 Japanese 900 Japanese - - 600 50 - 300
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Muslim traditions) 400 Punjabi, Western ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Javanese 2,700 Javanese ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
 Kaikolan 5,700 Tamil 4,400 - - 1,300 - -
 Kallan 1,400 Tamil 1,000 - - 400 - -
 Kapu 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Karaiyar 17,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 3,800 - -
Karava 506,000 Sinhala - - 466,000 41,000 - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 200 - - 50 - -
Kiddea 5,100 Sinhala - - 4,400 600 - -
Koviar 13,000 Tamil 9,800 - - 2,900 - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 700 Tamil 600 - - 100 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Kustarogiyo 4,900 Sinhala - - 4,400 500 - -
 Malay, Javar 35,000 Sri Lankan Malay Creole ☀︎ - 35,000 - - - -
Malayan, caste 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Mappila 6,900 Malayalam ☀︎ - 6,900 - - - -
Marakkalage 6,700 Tamil ☀︎ - 6,700 - - - -
 Maravan 7,800 Tamil 5,800 - - 2,000 - -
Maravar 14,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 3,000 - -
 Mauritian 1,800 Morisyen 700 - - 1,100 - -
 Memon 700 Gujarati ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Mukkuvar 8,600 Tamil 6,800 - - 1,900 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 2,400 Tamil - - - 2,400 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Tamil ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Nair 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Nalavar 7,400 Tamil 5,800 - - 1,500 - -
Navait 4,900 Tamil ☀︎ - 4,900 - - - -
Navandanna 367,000 Sinhala - - 313,000 55,000 - -
 Navithan 1,800 Tamil 1,400 - - 500 - -
Oli 9,500 Sinhala - - 8,500 1,000 - -
Osta (Nasuva) 3,600 Tamil ☀︎ - 3,600 - - - -
Palla 1,900 Tamil 1,500 - - 400 - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 1,100 Tamil - - - 1,100 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 3,700 Tamil ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
Pallar 13,000 Tamil 10,000 - - 2,700 - -
Palliwilli 300 Tamil 200 - - 30 - -
Pamunu 9,700 Sinhala - - 8,700 1,000 - -
 Panan 500 Tamil 300 - - 100 - -
Panna 1,300 Tamil 1,000 - - 300 - -
Pannikki 77,000 Sinhala - - 67,000 9,700 - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 2,200 Tamil - - - 2,200 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Tamil ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
Paraiyar 10,000 Tamil 7,600 - 1,500 1,200 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 10,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 10,000 - - - -
Pidayne Danno 2,800 Sinhala - - 2,700 200 - -
Porowakara 26,000 Sinhala - - 23,000 2,700 - -
 Primanar 12,000 Tamil 12,000 - - - - -
 Pulayan 500 Tamil 400 - - 90 - -
Radava 124,000 Sinhala - - 108,000 17,000 - -
Rajaka 47,000 Sinhala - - 41,000 6,700 - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 500 Punjabi, Western ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Rodiya 200 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 200 - - -
Salagama 195,000 Sinhala - - 167,000 28,000 - -
 Sali, Seriyar 300 Tamil 300 - - 60 - -
 Samban 100 Tamil 100 - - 20 - -
 Sayyid 11,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
Semman 100 Tamil 100 - - 20 - -
 Shaikh 45,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 45,000 - - - -
Silpi 300 Tamil 300 - - 50 - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 500 Sindhi ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Sinhalese 29,000 Sinhala - - 24,000 5,000 - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Sri Lanka Chetti 5,100 Tamil ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Sri Lanka Moor 406,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 406,000 - - - 1,100
 Sri Lankan Tamil 1,700 Tamil 600 - - 1,100 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 208,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 208,000 - - - -
Tattar 700 Tamil 700 - - 70 - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 500 Tamil 400 - - 90 - -
Thacher 300 Tamil 200 - - 30 - -
Thanakavar 300 Tamil 200 - - 40 - -
Thimilar 2,900 Tamil 2,400 - - 500 - -
 Valluvan 200 Tamil 200 - - 40 - -
Vaniyan 1,800 Tamil 1,400 - - 400 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Tamil ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Vannar 1,300 Tamil 1,100 - - 300 - -
 Vanniyan 3,200 Tamil 2,500 - - 700 - -
Vanniyar 6,900 Tamil 5,600 - - 1,300 - -
 Vellalan 2,100 Tamil 1,500 - - 600 - -
Vellalar 164,000 Tamil 133,000 - - 32,000 - -
Vettar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma 600 Tamil 500 - - 80 - -
 Wahumpura 2,517,000 Sinhala - - 2,159,000 357,000 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 300 - - 30 - -
Yamannu 8,100 Sinhala - - 7,000 1,100 - -
  Totals:  138 6,412,000   55 311,000 748,000 4,526,000 825,000 0 4,200
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