Country:

India

Province / State: Tamil Nadu
District: Tirupur

Number of People Groups

316

Unreached People Groups

284

Total Population

2,899,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.7 %

Hindu

92.0 %

Muslim

5.1 %

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 400 Telugu 400 - - 20 - -
 Adi Dravida 74,000 Tamil ☀︎ 74,000 - 60 50 - -
Adi Dravida Christian 2,400 Tamil - - - 2,400 - -
 Adi Karnataka 70 Kannada 70 - - - - -
 Adiyan 80 Malayalam 80 - - - - -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman 10,000 Tamil 10,000 - - - - -
 Agamudaiyan unspecified 14,000 Tamil 14,000 - - - - -
Aiyanavar 70 Telugu 70 - - - - -
Aiyanavar Christian 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
 Alambadi Kurichchan 20 Kurichiya 20 - - - - -
 Ambalavasi 15,000 Malayalam 15,000 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker 2,600 Tamil 2,600 - - - - -
 Ambattan (Hindu traditions) 200 Tamil ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Ambattan Christian 20 Tamil - - - 20 - -
 Ansari 600 Urdu ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Anuppan 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Arayan 15,000 Malayalam 15,000 - - - - -
 Arora (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Arunthathiyar 42,000 Tamil ☀︎ 42,000 - - - - -
 Ayyanavar 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Badaga 5,300 Badaga 5,300 - - - - -
 Badhai (Hindu traditions) 50 Hindi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Baira 60 Kannada ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Balija (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Kannada ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
Balija Bolla 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - 70
 Bania Chetti 14,000 Tamil ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - 200
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti 2,100 Telugu ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Bania Komti 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Mahur 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bania Oswal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 200 - - - - 100
 Bania Porwal 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Srimali 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 26,000 Hindi ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - 400
 Banijiga 1,400 Kannada 1,400 - - - - -
 Banjara (Hindu traditions) 700 Lambadi 700 - - - - -
 Baria (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Basor 1,300 Hindi ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
Bathada 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Bedar (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Kannada ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Kannada ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Beldar Kannada Balija Naicker 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Beldar Lonari (Hindu traditions) 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Beldar Toreya 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bellara Unknown Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 90 Urdu ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 4,300 Hindi ☀︎ 4,300 - - - - -
 Bohra 500 Gujarati ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Boya 217,000 Telugu ☀︎ 217,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Ashtashasram 2,300 Tamil ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin Audich 30 Gujarati ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Brahmin Chitpavan 50 Marathi ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Brahmin Deshastha 1,000 Marathi ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Dravida 12,000 Tamil ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaud Saraswat 6,800 Marathi ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 1,700 Hindi ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kannada 300 Kannada ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Brahmin Mahratta 200 Marathi ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Marathi 100 Marathi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Modh 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Brahmin Nambudiri 6,500 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,500 - - - - -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Potti 2,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sawaria 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Brahmin Sholiar 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Tamil 16,000 Tamil ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telaganya 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Brahmin Telugu 1,300 Telugu ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 90,000 Hindi ☀︎ 90,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Velanadu 500 Telugu ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Budega Jangam 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Burmese 20 Burmese - - 20 - - -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) 18,000 Tamil - - - 18,000 - -
 Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 106,000 Tamil ☀︎ 106,000 - 60 100 - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Chavalakkaran 3,500 Malayalam 3,500 - - - - -
Chavalakkaran Christian 200 Malayalam - - - 200 - -
Chayakkaran 600 Tamil ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Cheruman (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Cherumar Christian 500 Malayalam - - - 500 - -
 Christian 6,000 Hindi - - - 6,000 - -
 Devadiga (Hindu traditions) 50 Tulu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Devanga 50 Kannada 50 - - - - -
 Devendrakulathan 2,600 Tamil ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Devipujak Vaghri (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
 Dhangar Bharwad 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 23,000 Hindi ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Divehi 30 Maldivian ☀︎ - 30 - - - -
Dom (Dombara) 40 Telugu ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Odia 2,500 - - - - -
Eravallan 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
 Gamit 20 Gamit 20 - - - - -
 Gandla 1,100 Telugu ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Gangakula 2,200 Kannada ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Gavara 4,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
 Ghanchi (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Goanese 500 Konkani, Goan - - - 500 - -
 Gosangi (Hindu traditions) 300 Telugu ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Hajam 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Hasla 20 Kannada ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Holar Unknown Marathi - - - - - -
Idayan 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Ilavan 70,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 70,000 - - - - -
Ilavan Christian 600 Tamil - - - 600 - -
Ilavaniyan 300 Malayalam ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Ilavathi 5,900 Malayalam ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
Ilayathu 6,800 Malayalam ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Irular 200 Irula 200 - - - - -
Jaggali 200 Telugu 200 - - - - -
 Jat (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Kadaiyar Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
 Kadan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 20 Hindi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 20 Bengali ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Kaikolan 293,000 Tamil 292,000 - - 600 - -
 Kakkalan 100 Malayalam ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Kalal (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Telugu ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Kalal Idiga 8,600 Telugu ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
 Kallan unspecified 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
Kammara Unknown Telugu - - - - - -
Kanakkan 60 Malayalam ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Kaniyan Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
 Kapu Reddi 5,100 Telugu ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Kapu unspecified 41,000 Telugu ☀︎ 41,000 - - - - -
Karimpalan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Kashmiri (Muslim traditions) Unknown Kashmiri ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Kattunayakan 2,900 Tamil 2,900 - - - - -
Kavara 27,000 Tamil ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
 Kharva (Hindu traditions) 30 Gujarati 30 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 500 Hindi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Koli Mahadev 90 Marathi ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Koli Malhar 20 Marathi ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Koli of Gujarat 400 Gujarati 400 - - - - -
Koliyan 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Konda Dhora 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Konda Reddi 100 Telugu 100 - - - - -
Kootan 2,700 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Korama unspecified 400 Kannada ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Kori Unknown Hindi - - - - - -
Kudiya 20 Kudiya 20 - - - - -
 Kudumban 20,000 Tamil 20,000 - - 200 - -
 Kudumi 5,300 Tamil ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 1,900 Hindi ☀︎ 1,900 - - - - -
 Kunbi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Gujarati ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Kunchatiga 1,500 Kannada ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Kuravan (Christian traditions) 300 Tamil - - - 300 - -
 Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Hindi ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
 Kuruba 2,700 Kannada 2,700 - - - - -
 Kuruman 100 Kurumba, Betta 100 - - - - -
 Lingayat 2,800 Kannada ☀︎ - - - - - 2,800
 Lohana 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Madari (Hindu traditions) 176,000 Tamil ☀︎ 176,000 - - - - -
 Madiga (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
 Mahar (Buddhist traditions) 90 Marathi 90 - - - - -
 Mahar (Christian traditions) 20 Marathi - - - 20 - -
 Mahishya 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Mahratta Kunbi 100 Gujarati ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mahratta unspecified 500 Marathi ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mahtam (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern - - - - 20 -
 Mahyavanshi 100 Gujarati 100 - - - - -
Maila 50 Tulu ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mala (Christian traditions) 30 Telugu - - - 30 - -
 Mala (Hindu traditions) 20 Telugu 20 - - - - -
Mala Urali 1,500 Telugu ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Malabar Catholic 5,900 Malayalam - - - 5,900 - -
Malai Arayan 20 Malayalam - - - - - -
Malai Pandaram 100 Malayalam 100 - - - - -
 Malai Vedan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
Malakkuravan 100 Tamil 100 - - - - -
Malakuravan 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Malasar 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Malayali 900 Tamil 900 - - - - -
Malayan, caste 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Malayan, tribe 5,200 Tamil 5,200 - - - - -
Malayarayar 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Mangala 8,400 Telugu ☀︎ 8,400 - - - - -
 Mappila 12,000 Malayalam ☀︎ - 12,000 - - - -
Marakkan (Christian traditions) 30 Malayalam - - - 30 - -
Marakkan (Hindu traditions) 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Maravan 300 Tamil 300 - - - - -
 Matang (Hindu traditions) 50 Marathi 50 - - - - -
 Mavilan 100 Tulu ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Meitei unspecified Unknown Meitei - - - - - -
 Memon 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Momna 50 Gujarati ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Mudugar 400 Tamil 400 - - - - -
Mukkuvan (Christian traditions) 90 Malayalam - - - 90 - -
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) 500 Malayalam ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Munnur 1,800 Telugu ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
Mutali 30 Tamil 30 - - - - -
 Muthan 1,100 Malayalam ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
 Muthuvan 200 Malayalam 200 - - - - -
 Mutrasi 1,500 Telugu ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Nadar (Christian traditions) 2,100 Tamil - - - 2,100 - -
 Nadar (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Tamil ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 7,400 Hindi ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
 Nair 26,000 Malayalam 26,000 - - - - -
Nalkadaya 20 Tulu ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Navithan 84,000 Tamil ☀︎ 84,000 - - - - -
Pagadai Unknown Tamil ☀︎ - - - - - -
Pallan (Christian traditions) 5,500 Tamil - - - 5,500 - -
 Pallan (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Tamil 22,000 - 20 90 - -
Palliyan Unknown Tamil - - - - - -
Palliyar 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
Palluvan 30 Malayalam ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
Pambada 90 Telugu ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Panan 74,000 Tamil ☀︎ 74,000 - - - - -
Panikkan 50 Tamil ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Paniyan Unknown Paniya - - - - - -
 Pannadi 800 Tamil ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Panniandi 500 Tamil ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions) 9,900 Tamil - - - 9,900 - -
 Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Tamil 17,000 - 20 60 - -
 Paravan (Hindu traditions) 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Parsee Unknown Gujarati ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Pashtun Afridi 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Pashtun Ghilzai 100 Urdu ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Pashtun Kakar 900 Urdu ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
Pashtun Khan 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 500 Hindi ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Pashtun Mohmand 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Pashtun Yusafzai 1,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
 Pashtun, Pathan 16,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 16,000 - - - -
 Pathiyan 80 Malayalam ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Perumannan 18,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
Pulaya Vettuvan 40 Malayalam 40 - - - - -
 Pulayan unspecified 2,400 Malayalam ☀︎ 2,400 - - - - -
 Puthirai Vannan 50 Tamil 50 - - - - -
 Qassab 90 Hindi ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Rabari (Hindu traditions) 20 Gujarati ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 20 Bengali 20 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 4,800 Hindi ☀︎ 4,800 - - - - -
 Rajput (Sikh traditions) 90 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 90 -
Rajput Chandrabansi 600 Hindi ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Rajput Chauhan (Hindu traditions) 300 Hindi ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Rajput Ponwar (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Rathor (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Rajput Surajbansi 400 Hindi ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Rathawa 30 Rathawi ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Razu 1,700 Telugu ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Sali 19,000 Kannada ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Samanthan 80 Odia ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
 Samban 4,700 Tamil 4,700 - - 50 - -
 Sarera (Sikh traditions) 20 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 20 -
Sayankulam 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Sayyid 11,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
Sayyid Husaini 500 Urdu ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Semman 20 Tamil 20 - - - - -
 Shaikh Faruqi 400 Urdu ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Shaikh Qureshi 3,200 Urdu ☀︎ - 3,200 - - - -
 Shaikh Siddiqi 6,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
 Shaikh unspecified 24,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 24,000 - - - -
 Shaikh Usmani 300 Urdu ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Silpi 900 Telugu ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Sinhalese 50 Sinhala ☀︎ - - 50 - - -
 Soligar Unknown Sholaga - - - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 7,300 Hindi ☀︎ 7,300 - - - - -
 Syrian Christian 6,100 Malayalam - - - 6,100 - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 100 Hindi ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 67,000 Tamil ☀︎ - 67,000 - - - -
 Tarkhan (Sikh traditions) 30 Punjabi, Eastern ☀︎ - - - - 30 -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 6,200 Hindi ☀︎ 6,200 - - - - -
Thandan (Christian traditions) 300 Malayalam - - - 300 - -
Thandan (Hindu traditions) 800 Malayalam ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Thantapulayan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
 Tholuva Naicker 200 Tamil 200 - - - - -
 Thoti, caste 200 Telugu ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Tiruvalluvar 40 Tamil ☀︎ 40 - - - - -
 Toda 20 Toda 20 - - - - -
 Ulladan 50 Malayalam 50 - - - - -
 Urali 20 Malayalam 20 - - - - -
 Vaddar (Hindu traditions) 8,000 Telugu ☀︎ 7,900 - - 60 - -
Vadugan 6,100 Telugu ☀︎ 6,100 - - - - -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga 2,500 Kannada ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Vakkaliga unspecified 23,000 Kannada 23,000 - - - - -
 Valan 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Valluvan 5,300 Tamil ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
Vaniyan 11,000 Tamil 11,000 - - 700 - -
Vannan (Christian traditions) 14,000 Tamil - - - 14,000 - -
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 111,000 Tamil ☀︎ 111,000 - - 80 - -
 Vanniyan 357,000 Tamil 355,000 - - 2,000 - -
Vanniyan Agnikula 18,000 Tamil 18,000 - - 100 - -
Vanniyan Kotton 9,500 Tamil ☀︎ 9,500 - - - - -
 Varli 30 Varli 30 - - - - -
Vathiriyan (Christian traditions) 30 Tamil - - - 30 - -
 Vathiriyan (Hindu traditions) 20 Tamil ☀︎ 20 - - - - -
Velakkithalanayan 33,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 33,000 - - - - -
Velan Unknown Malayalam ☀︎ - - - - - -
Vellalan Isai 2,000 Tamil 2,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Kongu 2,000 Tamil ☀︎ 2,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu 3,000 Tamil 2,300 - - 700 - -
Vellalan Nanjanad 1,100 Tamil 1,100 - - - - -
Vellalan Sozhia 2,000 Tamil 2,000 - - - - -
Vellalan Tondamandalam 2,000 Tamil 2,000 - - - - -
 Vellalan unspecified 28,000 Tamil 26,000 - - 1,400 - -
Vellalan Virakodi 1,000 Tamil 1,000 - - - - -
Veluthadanayar 17,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Vetan (Christian traditions) Unknown Malayalam - - - - - -
Vetan (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Tamil ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Vettuvan 4,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
 Vettuvan Gounder 300 Tamil ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Asari 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma Kollan 14,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Viswakarma Thattan 11,000 Malayalam ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Viswakarma unspecified 106,000 Tamil 106,000 - - 20 - -
Viswakarma Vilkurup 600 Malayalam ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 48,000 Hindi ☀︎ 48,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Ghosi 900 Hindi ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Yadav Gola 2,900 Telugu ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Yenadi 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
 Yerukula 300 Telugu 300 - - - - -
  Totals:  316 2,899,000   284 2,668,000 148,000 200 80,000 400 3,500
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