Country:

India

Province / State: Kerala
District: Kannur

Number of People Groups

227

Unreached People Groups

210

Total Population

2,978,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

10.0 %

Hindu

61.9 %

Muslim

27.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.2 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Adi Andhra 90 Telugu 90 - - - - -
 Adi Dravida 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Adi Karnataka Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Adiyan 400 Malayalam 400 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Mukkulattar 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 70 Tamil 70 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 80 Tamil 80 - - - - -
Ajila Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 9,800 Kurichiya 9,500 - - 200 - -
 Ambalavasi 2,500 Malayalam 2,500 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 30 Tamil ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Andh 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Arayan 3,000 Malayalam 3,000 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Bagata Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Baira 30 Kannada ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Bakuda 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 800 Kannada ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Bandi (Hindu traditions) Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bania Chetti 8,000 Tamil ☀︎ 8,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 11,000 Hindi ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - 200
 Banijiga 900 Kannada 900 - - - - -
Bariki 60 Odia 60 - - - - -
Bavuri 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Kannada ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Bellara 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Bhansala 80 Marathi ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Bharathar (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Bhottada Unknown Kuvi - - - - - -
 Bohra 90 Gujarati ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Boya 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 2,400 Hindi ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Havik 2,000 Kannada ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 1,800 Kannada ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Brahmin Karhada 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 1,900 Marathi ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Brahmin Muttad 7,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 8,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 8,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 90 Hindi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 400 Tamil ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 86,000 Hindi ☀︎ 86,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Byagara 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Byari (Beary) 5,400 Konkani ☀︎ - 5,400 - - - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Tamil ☀︎ 2,400 - 30 - - -
 Chalvadi 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
 Chenchu 30 Telugu 30 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Cheruman (Muslim traditions) 800 Malayalam ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Christian 800 Hindi - - - 800 - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 100 Tulu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Devanga 200 Kannada 200 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 60 Gujarati ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Dhor 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Divehi 400 Maldivian ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Gangakula 1,000 Kannada ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Gavara 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Goanese 900 Konkani, Goan - - - 900 - -
Godda 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Hasla Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Hill Pulayan 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Holar 2,000 Marathi 2,000 - - - - -
 Holaya Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Ilayathu 70 Malayalam ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Irular 20 Irula 20 - - - - -
Jambuvulu 20 Telugu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kaikolan 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - - - -
 Kakkalan 40 Malayalam ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Telugu ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 1,200 Telugu ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
Kalladi 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Kamathi 50 Telugu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Kammara 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Kanakkan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kanikkaran 20 Kanikkaran 20 - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Karimpalan 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - 200 - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 30 Marathi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kattunayakan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Kavara 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kavuthiyan 10,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 300 Gujarati 300 - - - - -
Kitaran 2,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 70 Hindi ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Koli Dhor 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 300 Marathi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kollakar 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Konda Kapu 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Koracha, caste Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
Koracha, tribal 30 Tulu 30 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kori 20 Hindi 20 - - - - -
Kotegar 600 Kannada ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kudumban 60 Tamil 60 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Kuruba Unknown Kannada - - - - - -
 Kuruman 60 Kurumba, Betta 60 - - - - -
 Lingayat 6,700 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 6,700
Madari (Hindu traditions) 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Madiga (Christian traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 1,100 Marathi 1,100 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 100 Marathi - - - 100 - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 1,000 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 5,800 Marathi ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Mahyavanshi Unknown Gujarati - - - - - -
Maila Unknown Tulu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Mala Vettuvan 1,200 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 122,000 Malayalam - - - 122,000 - -
Malai Arayan 50 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
Malakuravan 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
Malayan, caste 6,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,600 - - - - -
Malayarayar Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Malayekandi 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Mali Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
 Mangala Unknown Telugu ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Mannan, caste 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - 60 - - -
Mannan, tribal 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Mappila 816,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 816,000 - - - -
 Maravan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Matang (Christian traditions) 30 Marathi - - - 30 - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 400 Marathi 400 - - - - -
 Mavilan 5,200 Tulu ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Memon 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Moger unspecified 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Mukkari 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 50 Malayalam - - - 50 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Muslim traditions) 60 Malayalam ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
Mukri 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Muthuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 26,000 Tamil - - - 26,000 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 143,000 Tamil ☀︎ 143,000 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 200 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Nai (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
 Nair 1,046,000 Malayalam 1,046,000 - - - - -
Nair Anthur 108,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 108,000 - - - - -
Navait 600 Konkani ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Navithan 2,300 Tamil ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
Padannan 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Paliya Unknown Bengali ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
Palleyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palluvan 1,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Panan 100 Tamil ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pandaram 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Panditattan 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Panika 50 Chhattisgarhi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Paniyan 13,000 Paniya 13,000 - 100 20 - 30
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Tamil 2,300 - 20 - - -
Paravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 3,200 Malayalam 3,100 - 30 70 - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pathiyan 90 Malayalam ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Persian Unknown Dari ☀︎ - - - - - -
Perumannan 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Prabhu Kayastha 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Pulayan Thanda 6,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 44,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 44,000 - 500 - - -
 Puthirai Vannan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Rajpur 2,200 Konkani, Goan ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 100 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 100 -
 Sali 100 Kannada ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Samanthan 100 Odia ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Samban 40 Tamil 40 - - - - -
 Sayyid 800 Urdu ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
Semman Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 2,100 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,100 - - - -
Silpi 2,500 Telugu ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 146,000 Malayalam - - - 146,000 - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 600 Tamil ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Hindi ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Thakkar 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,500 - 70 - - -
 Thoti, caste 60 Telugu ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Ulladan 30 Malayalam 30 - - - - -
 Urali Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 30 Telugu ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 11,000 Kannada 11,000 - - - - -
 Valan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Valanchian 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 3,900 Tamil ☀︎ 3,900 - 50 - - -
Vaniyan 44,000 Tamil 44,000 - - - - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - 100 - - -
 Vanniyan 1,900 Tamil 1,900 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 2,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
Velan 2,300 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 10,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Vettakkaran 60 Tamil ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
Vettuvan 200 Malayalam ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 31,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 31,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Kallasari 2,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 9,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 9,500 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 62,000 Tamil 62,000 - - 200 - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Yenadi 50 Telugu 50 - - - - -
  Totals:  227 2,978,000   210 1,844,000 828,000 1,200 298,000 400 6,900
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