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People Groups (click people name for profile)	Population	Indig	% Evangel	% Adherent	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	Primary Language	Pho	Map	Txt
Adi Andhra	800	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Telugu	0P Adi Andhra	0M Adi Andhra of Sri Lanka	0T
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	8,900	Y●		14.65 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Agamudaiyan Nattaman of Sri Lanka	1
Agamudaiyan unspecified	9,400	Y●		13.59 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Agamudaiyan unspecified	0M Agamudaiyan unspecified of Sri Lanka	0T
Ahinkuntaya	62,000	Y●		6.52 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Ahinkuntaya of Sri Lanka	1
Ambalavasi	16,000	Y●		14.98 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Ambalavasi	0M Ambalavasi of Sri Lanka	0T
Ambattan	16,000	Y●		14.49 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Ambattan of Sri Lanka	1
Ansari	1,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Urdu	0P Ansari	0M Ansari of Sri Lanka	0T
Arab	5,300		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	0P Arab	0M Arab of Sri Lanka	0T
Arain (Muslim traditions)	600	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Punjabi, Western	0P Arain (Muslim traditions)	0M Arain (Muslim traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Badahala	117,000	Y●		7.52 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Badahala of Sri Lanka	1
Baloch	900	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Urdu	0P Baloch	0M Baloch of Sri Lanka	0T
Bania Chetti	6,500	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Bania Chetti	0M Bania Chetti of Sri Lanka	0T
Bania unspecified	9,700	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Bania unspecified	0M Bania unspecified of Sri Lanka	0T
Banjara (Hindu traditions)	800	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Hindi	0P Banjara (Hindu traditions)	0M Banjara (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Batgama	389,000	Y●		1.48 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	0P Batgama	0M Batgama of Sri Lanka	0T
Berava	381,000	Y●		6.56 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Berava of Sri Lanka	1
Bharathar (Christian traditi	1,400	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Bharathar (Christian traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	400	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Bharathar (Hindu traditions)	0M Bharathar (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Bintanna	7,000	Y●		5.05 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Bintanna of Sri Lanka	1
Bodhivansha	15,000	Y●		6.02 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Bodhivansha of Sri Lanka	1
Bohra	2,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Gujarati	0P Bohra	0M Bohra of Sri Lanka	0T
Boya	17,000	Y●		14.00 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Boya	0M Boya of Sri Lanka	1
Brahmin Indian Tamil	32,000	Y●		0.45 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Brahmin Indian Tamil of Sri Lanka	0T
Brahmin unspecified	4,400	Y●		0.22 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Brahmin unspecified	0M Brahmin unspecified of Sri Lanka	0T
Burgher	47,000	Y●		87.06 %	3	Christianity	Sinhala	0P Burgher	0M Burgher of Sri Lanka	1
Chakkiliyan (Christian tradi	4,900	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Chakkiliyan (Hindu tradition	28,000	Y●		0.12 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	0M Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Christian	28,000	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Language unknown	0P Christian	0M Christian of Sri Lanka	1
Couratto	7,100	Y●		1.72 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Couratto of Sri Lanka	1
Deaf	109,000	Y●		8.38 %	2	Buddhism	Sri Lankan Sign Language	0P Deaf	1	0T
Demala Gattara	8,300	Y●		7.52 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Demala Gattara of Sri Lanka	1
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Y●		1.22 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	0M Dhobi (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Divehi	2,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Maldivian	0P Divehi	0M Divehi of Sri Lanka	0T
Dodda-Weddah	39,000	Y●		6.50 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Dodda-Weddah of Sri Lanka	1
Durava	747,000	Y●		8.12 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Durava of Sri Lanka	1
Gahala	11,000	Y●		0.78 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Gahala of Sri Lanka	1
Gattara	783,000	Y●		6.74 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Gattara of Sri Lanka	1
Gauraykwallu	20,000	Y●		3.88 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Gauraykwallu of Sri Lanka	1
Goanese	2,300	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Konkani	0P Goanese	0M Goanese of Sri Lanka	1
Govigama	574,000	Y●		6.90 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	0P Govigama	0M Govigama of Sri Lanka	1
Govigama Patti	28,000	Y●		5.28 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Govigama Patti of Sri Lanka	1
Govigama Radala	28,000	Y●		5.27 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Govigama Radala of Sri Lanka	1
Hajam	5,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	0P Hajam	0M Hajam of Sri Lanka	0T
Hakki Pikki	1,200	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Telugu	0P Hakki Pikki	0M Hakki Pikki of Sri Lanka	0T
Handi	1,800	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Handi of Sri Lanka	1
Hannali	344,000	Y●		6.85 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Hannali of Sri Lanka	1
Hanomoreyo	5,500	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Hanomoreyo of Sri Lanka	1
Heeri	17,000	Y●		1.59 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Heeri of Sri Lanka	1
Henawalayo	20,000	Y●		3.71 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Henawalayo of Sri Lanka	0T
Hinna	250,000	Y●		6.70 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Hinna of Sri Lanka	1
Hunna	93,000	Y●		6.49 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Hunna of Sri Lanka	1
Idayan	9,500	Y●		12.72 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Idayan of Sri Lanka	0T
Ilavan	71,000	Y●		0.09 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Ilavan	0M Ilavan of Sri Lanka	0T
Ilavan Christian	11,000	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Ilavan Christian of Sri Lanka	1
Indian Tamil	10,000	Y●		36.16 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Indian Tamil of Sri Lanka	1
Japanese	2,400			2.87 %	1	Buddhism	Japanese	0P Japanese	0M Japanese of Sri Lanka	0T
Jat (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Punjabi, Eastern	0P Jat (Hindu traditions)	0M Jat (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Jat (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Punjabi, Western	0P Jat (Muslim traditions)	0M Jat (Muslim traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Javanese	8,800		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Javanese	0P Javanese	0M Javanese of Sri Lanka	0T
Kaikolan	81,000	Y●		12.52 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Kaikolan	0M Kaikolan of Sri Lanka	1
Kallan	18,000	Y●		9.12 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Kallan of Sri Lanka	1
Kapu	1,400	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Telugu	0P Kapu	0M Kapu of Sri Lanka	0T
Karaiyar	201,000	Y●		15.81 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Karaiyar of Sri Lanka	0T
Karava	1,108,000	Y●		7.40 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Karava of Sri Lanka	0T
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Y●		7.95 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Kasar (Hindu traditions)	0M Kasar (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Kiddea	16,000	Y●		6.10 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Kiddea of Sri Lanka	1
Kinnara	29,000	Y●		0.46 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	0P Kinnara	0M Kinnara of Sri Lanka	0T
Konta Durayi	2,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Konta Durayi of Sri Lanka	1
Koviar	217,000	Y●		17.02 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Koviar of Sri Lanka	1
Koviyar	1,200	Y●		15.77 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Koviyar of Sri Lanka	1
Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Y●		9.55 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Kumhar (Hindu traditions)	0M Kumhar (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	0M Kuravan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Kustarogiyo	15,000	Y●		5.31 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Kustarogiyo of Sri Lanka	1
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	900	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Hindi	0P Lohar (Hindu traditions)	0M Lohar (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Madari (Muslim traditions)	500	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Urdu	0P Madari (Muslim traditions)	0M Madari (Muslim traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Mahishya	600	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Bengali	0P Mahishya	0M Mahishya of Sri Lanka	0T
Malay, Javar	44,000		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Sri Lankan Malay Creole	0P Malay, Javar	0M Malay, Javar of Sri Lanka	0T
Malayali	800	Y●		11.02 %	2	Hinduism	Malayalam	0P Malayali	0M Malayali of Sri Lanka	0T
Malayan, caste	1,600	Y●		12.08 %	2	Hinduism	Malayalam	1	0M Malayan, caste of Sri Lanka	1
Mangala	700	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Telugu	0P Mangala	0M Mangala of Sri Lanka	0T
Mappila	11,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Malayalam	0P Mappila	0M Mappila of Sri Lanka	0T
Marakkalage	9,100	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	1	0M Marakkalage of Sri Lanka	0T
Maravan	103,000	Y●		13.51 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Maravan	0M Maravan of Sri Lanka	0T
Maravar	89,000	Y●		16.49 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Maravar of Sri Lanka	1
Mauritian	3,900			45.11 %	2	Hinduism	Morisyen	0P Mauritian	0M Mauritian of Sri Lanka	1
Memon	2,100	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Gujarati	0P Memon	0M Memon of Sri Lanka	0T
Moghal	1,200	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Urdu	0P Moghal	0M Moghal of Sri Lanka	0T
Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Y●		2.78 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Mukkuvan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Mukkuvar	43,000	Y●		18.51 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Mukkuvar of Sri Lanka	1
Nadar (Christian traditions)	9,300	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Nadar (Christian traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Nadar (Hindu traditions)	0M Nadar (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Nair	4,200	Y●		0.51 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Nair	0M Nair of Sri Lanka	0T
Nalavar	46,000	Y●		15.42 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Nalavar of Sri Lanka	1
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	600	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Bengali	0P Namassej (Hindu traditions)	0M Namassej (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Navait	18,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	1	0M Navait of Sri Lanka	0T
Navandanna	1,194,000	Y●		7.28 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Navandanna of Sri Lanka	1
Navithan	22,000	Y●		13.76 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Navithan	0M Navithan of Sri Lanka	1
Oli	31,000	Y●		5.20 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Oli of Sri Lanka	1
Osta (Nasuva)	8,400	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	1	0M Osta (Nasuva) of Sri Lanka	1
Palla	33,000	Y●		15.91 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Palla of Sri Lanka	1
Pallan (Christian traditions	7,000	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Pallan (Christian traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Pallan (Hindu traditions)	0M Pallan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Pallar	71,000	Y●		16.04 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Pallar of Sri Lanka	1
Palliwilli	2,300	Y●		15.08 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Palliwilli of Sri Lanka	1
Pamunu	31,000	Y●		5.38 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Pamunu of Sri Lanka	1
Panan	5,200	Y●		11.96 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Panan	0M Panan of Sri Lanka	1
Panna	33,000	Y●		16.38 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Panna of Sri Lanka	1
Pannikki	251,000	Y●		6.62 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Pannikki of Sri Lanka	1
Paraiyan (Christian traditio	16,000	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Paraiyan (Christian traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	105,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	0M Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Paraiyar	72,000	Y●		15.03 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Paraiyar of Sri Lanka	1
Paravan (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Paravan (Hindu traditions)	0M Paravan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Parsee	700		0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Other / Small	Gujarati	0P Parsee	0M Parsee of Sri Lanka	0T
Pashtun, Pathan	42,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	0P Pashtun, Pathan	0M Pashtun, Pathan of Sri Lanka	0T
Pidayne Danno	9,100	Y●		3.51 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Pidayne Danno of Sri Lanka	1
Porowakara	61,000	Y●		5.08 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Porowakara of Sri Lanka	1
Primanar	74,000	Y●		3.07 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Primanar	0M Primanar of Sri Lanka	0T
Pulayan	4,700	Y●		11.79 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Pulayan	0M Pulayan of Sri Lanka	1
Radava	375,000	Y●		7.36 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Radava of Sri Lanka	1
Radayo	1,800	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Radayo of Sri Lanka	1
Rajaka	154,000	Y●		7.03 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Rajaka of Sri Lanka	1
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Hindi	0P Rajput (Hindu traditions)	0M Rajput (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Punjabi, Western	0P Rajput (Muslim traditions)	0M Rajput (Muslim traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Rodiya	18,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Rodiya of Sri Lanka	0T
Salagama	321,000	Y●		12.16 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Salagama of Sri Lanka	1
Sali, Seriyar	3,500	Y●		10.94 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Sali, Seriyar	0M Sali, Seriyar of Sri Lanka	1
Samban	1,400	Y●		8.03 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Samban	0M Samban of Sri Lanka	1
Sayyid	51,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	0P Sayyid	0M Sayyid of Sri Lanka	0T
Semman	1,200	Y●		6.25 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Semman of Sri Lanka	1
Shaikh	207,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	0P Shaikh	0M Shaikh of Sri Lanka	0T
Silpi	3,500	Y●		10.80 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Silpi of Sri Lanka	1
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Sindhi	0P Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	0M Sindhi (Muslim traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Sinhalese	190,000	Y●		6.81 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Sinhalese of Sri Lanka	1
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	6,400	Y●		1.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Sonar (Hindu traditions)	0M Sonar (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Sri Lanka Chetti	6,500	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Sri Lanka Chetti of Sri Lanka	0T
Sri Lanka Moor	493,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	0P Sri Lanka Moor	0M Sri Lanka Moor of Sri Lanka	0T
Sri Lankan Tamil	9,600	Y●		37.72 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Sri Lankan Tamil	0M Sri Lankan Tamil of Sri Lanka	1
Syrian Christian	700	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Malayalam	0P Syrian Christian	0M Syrian Christian of Sri Lanka	1
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	1,174,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Islam	Tamil	0P Tamil (Muslim traditions)	0M Tamil (Muslim traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Tattar	6,100	Y●		12.06 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Tattar of Sri Lanka	1
Teli (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Y●		6.93 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Teli (Hindu traditions)	0M Teli (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Thacher	3,200	Y●		9.83 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Thacher of Sri Lanka	1
Thanakavar	2,500	Y●		9.53 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Thanakavar of Sri Lanka	1
Thimilar	22,000	Y●		15.42 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Thimilar of Sri Lanka	1
Tondagattan	1,500	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Tondagattan of Sri Lanka	0T
Valluvan	3,100	Y●		9.86 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Valluvan	0M Valluvan of Sri Lanka	1
Vaniyan	18,000	Y●		12.77 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Vaniyan of Sri Lanka	1
Vannan (Christian traditions	3,800	Y●		100.00 %	3	Christianity	Tamil	1	0M Vannan (Christian traditions) of Sri Lanka	1
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Vannan (Hindu traditions)	0M Vannan (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Vannar	17,000	Y●		14.49 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Vannar of Sri Lanka	1
Vanniyan	37,000	Y●		12.06 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Vanniyan	0M Vanniyan of Sri Lanka	1
Vanniyar	104,000	Y●		15.46 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Vanniyar of Sri Lanka	1
Vedda	300	Y●		50.00 %	2	Christianity	Sinhala	0P Vedda	0M Vedda of Sri Lanka	0T
Vellalan	31,000	Y●		12.47 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Vellalan	0M Vellalan of Sri Lanka	0T
Vellalar	1,208,000	Y●		14.80 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Vellalar of Sri Lanka	1
Vellidura	1,300	Y●	0.00 %	0.00 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Vellidura of Sri Lanka	0T
Vettar	3,100	Y●		8.86 %	2	Hinduism	Tamil	1	0M Vettar of Sri Lanka	1
Viswakarma	7,400	Y●		2.80 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Viswakarma	0M Viswakarma of Sri Lanka	0T
Wahumpura	8,446,000	Y●		7.01 %	2	Buddhism	Sinhala	0P Wahumpura	0M Wahumpura of Sri Lanka	0T
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Y●		0.85 %	1	Hinduism	Tamil	0P Yadav (Hindu traditions)	0M Yadav (Hindu traditions) of Sri Lanka	0T
Yamannu	80,000	Y●		3.68 %	1	Buddhism	Sinhala	1	0M Yamannu of Sri Lanka	1
Total People Groups: 161	21,734,000	155			73			80	160	74
Unclassified / Other Individuals	160,000
UN Country Population (2023)	21,894,000
Other reported groups: 36

Sri Lanka –

% of People Groups ^[1]

% of Population in People Group ^{[1] [2]}

Progress Level		Peoples	% of Peoples	Population	% of Population ^[2]
	1 - Unreached	73	45.3 %	3,199,000	14.7 %
	2 - Minimally reached	77	47.8 %	18,403,000	84.7 %
	3 - Superficially reached	11	6.8 %	131,000	0.6 %
	4 - Partially reached	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %
	5 - Significantly reached	0	0.0 %	0	0.0 %
Totals		161		21,734,000

NOTES:

Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% of Population in People Group: The percentage of the population that lives in a people group at each progress level. Not every person living in an unreached people group is necessarily unreached.

Sri Lanka – People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

© Copyrighted Photo Adi Andhra 800	Agamudaiyan unspecified 9,400	Ambalavasi 16,000	Ansari 1,000	Arab 5,300	Arain (Muslim traditions) 600
Baloch 900	© Copyrighted Photo Bania Chetti 6,500	Bania unspecified 9,700	Banjara (Hindu traditions) 800	© Copyrighted Photo Batgama 389,000	Bharathar (Hindu traditions) 400
Bohra 2,000	Boya 17,000	Brahmin unspecified 4,400	Burgher 47,000	Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) 28,000	Christian 28,000
Deaf 109,000	Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 11,000	Divehi 2,000	Goanese 2,300	Govigama 574,000	Hajam 5,000
© Copyrighted Photo Hakki Pikki 1,200	Ilavan 71,000	Japanese 2,400	Jat (Hindu traditions) 1,700	Jat (Muslim traditions) 1,800	Javanese 8,800
© Copyrighted Photo Kaikolan 81,000	Kapu 1,400	Kasar (Hindu traditions) 3,500	© Copyrighted Photo Kinnara 29,000	Kumhar (Hindu traditions) 6,500	Kuravan (Hindu traditions) 4,100
© Copyrighted Photo Lohar (Hindu traditions) 900	Madari (Muslim traditions) 500	Mahishya 600	© Copyrighted Photo Malay, Javar 44,000	Malayali 800	Mangala 700
Mappila 11,000	© Copyrighted Photo Maravan 103,000	Mauritian 3,900	© Copyrighted Photo Memon 2,100	Moghal 1,200	Nadar (Hindu traditions) 26,000
Nair 4,200	© Copyrighted Photo Namassej (Hindu traditions) 600	Navithan 22,000	Pallan (Hindu traditions) 47,000	Panan 5,200	Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) 105,000
Paravan (Hindu traditions) 1,800	© Copyrighted Photo Parsee 700	Pashtun, Pathan 42,000	Primanar 74,000	Pulayan 4,700	Rajput (Hindu traditions) 2,300
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,500	Sali, Seriyar 3,500	Samban 1,400	Sayyid 51,000	Shaikh 207,000	Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 1,000
Sonar (Hindu traditions) 6,400	Sri Lanka Moor 493,000	Sri Lankan Tamil 9,600	Syrian Christian 700	Tamil (Muslim traditions) 1,174,000	Teli (Hindu traditions) 4,800
Valluvan 3,100	Vannan (Hindu traditions) 26,000	Vanniyan 37,000	Vedda 300	Vellalan 31,000	Viswakarma 7,400
Wahumpura 8,446,000	Yadav (Hindu traditions) 7,500
Sri Lanka People Photos * Note: Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.*

Sri Lanka – Languages

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Language (click Language name for details)	Language Code	# Peoples Primary Language	# Unreached Primary Language	Bible Status	Bible Locator	Audio NT Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken	acm	1	1	NT	0	1	0	0	0
Bengali	ben	2	2	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Gujarati	guj	3	3	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Hindi	hin	3	3	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese	jpn	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Javanese	jav	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Konkani	knn	1	0	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Language unknown	xxx	1	0	Unspecified	1	1	1	1	1
Malayalam	mal	4	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Maldivian	div	1	1	Portions	0	0	0	0	1
Morisyen	mfe	1	0	NT	0	0	0	0	1
Punjabi, Eastern	pan	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Punjabi, Western	pnb	3	3	NT	0	1	0	0	0
Sindhi	snd	1	1	Complete	0	0	0	0	1
Sinhala	sin	46	16	Complete	0	1	0	0	0
Sri Lankan Malay Creole	sci	1	1	Trans Needed	1	1	1	1	1
Sri Lankan Sign Language	sqs	1	0	Portions	0	1	1	1	1
Tamil	tam	81	30	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Telugu	tel	4	4	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Urdu	urd	4	4	Complete	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:	20	161	73		18	13	17	17	14

Sri Lanka –

Major Religions ^{[1] [3]}

Evangelicals: 0.0 %
(subset of Christianity)

% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends ^[4]

NOTES:

Major Religions: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
Christianity Segments: Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. Results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
Small Values: Values less than .3% are not shown on pie charts for labeling clarity.
% Evangelical and % Professing Christian Trends: Source Operation World Editions 1986, 1993, 2001, 2010.
Zero percent data values may mean unknown or unavailable.

Sri Lanka – Possible Ministry Involvement

Below are lists of ministries that may work in Sri Lanka. Ministries in the Sri Lanka section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the Asia, South section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.

Ministries in Sri Lanka

Ministries in Asia, South

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Sri Lanka – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links


Statistics

Population	21,734,000
Percent Urbanization	19 %
Total People Groups	161
Unreached People Groups	73
Region	Asia, South
10/40 Window	Yes
Official National Language	Sinhala
Secondary National Language	English
Primary Religion	Buddhism
Percent Professing Christian	7.7% ^[1]
Percent Evangelical	Unknown ^[2]
Country Progress Level	2
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index	0.766 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links

State Department Religious Freedom Report

World Factbook

Notes

[1] Calculated by summing the major religion data for the people groups in the country.

[2] Calculated by summing the Evangelical data for the people groups in the country.


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