Country:

Sri Lanka

Province / State: Northern
District: All

Number of People Groups

91

Unreached People Groups

36

Total Population

1,148,000

Buddhist

2.8 %

Christian

19.3 %

Hindu

74.9 %

Muslim

3.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 100 Tamil 100 - - 20 - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 300 Tamil 300 - - 40 - -
Ahinkuntaya 90 Sinhala - - 90 - - -
Ambattan 5,400 Tamil 4,300 - - 1,100 - -
 Arab 60 Arabic, Mesopotamian ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
Badahala 200 Sinhala - - 200 - - -
 Bania unspecified 800 Tamil ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Berava 800 Sinhala - - 800 20 - -
Brahmin Indian Tamil 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 31,000 Tamil 31,000 - - - - -
 Burgher 200 Sinhala - - - 200 - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 80 Tamil - - - 80 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Christian 2,100 Language unknown - - - 2,100 - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Gahala 20 Sinhala - - 20 - - -
Gattara 1,800 Sinhala - - 1,600 100 - -
Gauraykwallu 30 Sinhala - - 30 - - -
 Govigama 2,900 Sinhala - - 2,800 100 - -
 Hajam 100 Tamil ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Hannali 800 Sinhala - - 700 20 - -
Henawalayo 30 Sinhala - - 30 - - -
Hinna 500 Sinhala - - 500 - - -
Hunna 100 Sinhala - - 100 - - -
 Ilavan 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 200 Tamil - - - 200 - -
Indian Tamil 300 Tamil 100 - - 200 - -
 Japanese 80 Japanese - - 60 - - 30
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 80 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Javanese 200 Javanese ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Kaikolan 800 Tamil 600 - - 200 - -
 Kallan 100 Tamil 100 - - 30 - -
Karaiyar 98,000 Tamil 77,000 - - 21,000 - -
Karava 800 Sinhala - - 700 20 - -
Koviar 131,000 Tamil 103,000 - - 28,000 - -
Koviyar 1,200 Tamil 1,000 - - 200 - -
 Malay, Javar 50 Sri Lankan Malay Creole ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Mappila 70 Malayalam ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
Marakkalage 40 Tamil ☀︎ - 40 - - - -
 Maravan 1,000 Tamil 800 - - 200 - -
Maravar 39,000 Tamil 31,000 - - 8,700 - -
 Memon 20 Gujarati ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
Mukkuvar 20,000 Tamil 16,000 - - 4,400 - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 400 Tamil - - - 400 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Tamil ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Nair 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Nalavar 19,000 Tamil 15,000 - - 4,100 - -
Navait 400 Tamil ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Navandanna 2,800 Sinhala - - 2,700 100 - -
 Navithan 100 Tamil 100 - - 30 - -
Oli 80 Sinhala - - 80 - - -
Osta (Nasuva) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Palla 16,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 3,000 - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 100 Tamil - - - 100 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Pallar 25,000 Tamil 20,000 - - 5,500 - -
Pamunu 100 Sinhala - - 100 - - -
Panna 16,000 Tamil 13,000 - - 3,100 - -
Pannikki 500 Sinhala - - 500 - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Paraiyar 31,000 Tamil 24,000 - 500 7,200 - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 1,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Primanar 33,000 Tamil 31,000 - - 2,000 - -
Radava 900 Sinhala - - 800 40 - -
Rajaka 400 Sinhala - - 400 - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 1,300 Tamil ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
 Shaikh 4,700 Tamil ☀︎ - 4,700 - - - -
Sinhalese 900 Sinhala - - 700 200 - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 90 Tamil 90 - - - - -
Sri Lanka Chetti 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Sri Lanka Moor 1,700 Tamil ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
 Sri Lankan Tamil 3,800 Tamil 1,800 - - 2,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 25,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 25,000 - - - -
Tattar 2,400 Tamil 2,100 - - 400 - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
Thacher 1,000 Tamil 800 - - 100 - -
Thimilar 9,700 Tamil 7,600 - - 2,000 - -
Vaniyan 100 Tamil 100 - - 20 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 50 Tamil - - - 50 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Vannar 8,000 Tamil 6,700 - - 1,400 - -
 Vanniyan 400 Tamil 400 - - 80 - -
Vanniyar 42,000 Tamil 34,000 - - 8,300 - -
 Vellalan 600 Tamil 500 - - 50 - -
Vellalar 530,000 Tamil 417,000 - - 113,000 - -
Vettar 1,000 Tamil 900 - - 100 - -
 Viswakarma 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Wahumpura 19,000 Sinhala - - 18,000 1,100 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
  Totals:  91 1,148,000   36 860,000 35,000 32,000 222,000 0 40
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