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| People Group | Primary Language | Population | Hindu | Muslim | Christian | Buddhist | Sikh | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil (Muslim traditions) | Tamil | 24,000 | - | 24000 | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Andhra | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida | Tamil | 4,480 | 4470 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan unspecified | Tamil | 3,520 | 3520 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 9,640 | 9640 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ambattan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 510 | 510 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arunthathiyar | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania unspecified | Tamil | 630 | 580 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Boya | Tamil | 3,670 | 3670 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin unspecified | Tamil | 15,200 | 15200 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 700 | 650 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Devendrakulathan | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dom (Dombara) | Tamil | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Holar | Kannada | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christian | Tamil | 1,910 | - | - | 1910 | - | - | - |
| Ilavan | Tamil | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Irular | Irula | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jaggali | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kallan unspecified | Tamil | 34,300 | 34300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kaikolan | Tamil | 4,740 | 4740 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalal (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Koliyan | Tamil | 730 | 730 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Konda Reddi | Telugu | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kattunayakan | Kannada | 250 | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumban | Tamil | 320 | 320 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kudumi | Tamil | 450 | 450 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 140 | 140 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alambadi Kurichchan | Kannada | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruba | Tamil | 1,970 | 1970 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kuruman | Kannada | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lingayat | Telugu | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | 50 |
| Mala (Hindu traditions) | Telugu | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malakkuravan | Malayalam | 60 | 60 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marakkan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maravan | Tamil | 610 | 610 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malabar Catholic | Malayalam | 50 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Mahratta unspecified | Marathi | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malai Vedan | Malayalam | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 1,970 | 1970 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nair | Malayalam | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navithan | Tamil | 520 | 520 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pagadai | Telugu | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pandaram | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 29,300 | 29200 | - | 70 | 50 | - | - |
| Paravan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 3,190 | 3180 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Pulayan unspecified | Tamil | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puthirai Vannan | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qassab | Tamil | 50 | - | 50 | - | - | - | - |
| Samban | Tamil | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sayyid | Tamil | 1,220 | - | 1220 | - | - | - | - |
| Semman | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaikh unspecified | Urdu | 5,200 | - | 5200 | - | - | - | - |
| Syrian Christian | Malayalam | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 1,400 | 1400 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thoti, caste | Telugu | 170 | 170 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tiruvalluvar | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulladan | Malayalam | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vakkaliga unspecified | Kannada | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Velan | Malayalam | 20 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma unspecified | Tamil | 7,960 | 7960 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan unspecified | Tamil | 4,980 | 4780 | - | 200 | - | - | - |
| Valluvan | Tamil | 940 | 940 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vannan (Hindu traditions) | Tamil | 1,480 | 1480 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vanniyan | Tamil | 40,200 | 37300 | - | 2820 | - | - | - |
| Yenadi | Telugu | 1,510 | 1510 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jat (Sikh traditions) | Punjabi, Eastern | 40 | - | - | - | - | 40 | - |
| Patnulkaran | Sourashtra | 150 | 150 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kapu unspecified | Telugu | 240 | 240 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bania Chetti | Tamil | 30 | 30 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Kannada | Kannada | 340 | 340 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Tamil | Tamil | 4,110 | 4110 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Telugu | Telugu | 100 | 100 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Iyer | Tamil | 5,080 | 5080 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Sholiar | Tamil | 250 | 250 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Vadama | Tamil | 620 | 620 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaniyan | Tamil | 1,660 | 1600 | - | 60 | - | - | - |
| Shaikh Qureshi | Urdu | 370 | - | 370 | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Isai | Tamil | 640 | 620 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Pattanavan | Tamil | 620 | 620 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Sozhia | Tamil | 620 | 620 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vellalan Tondamandalam | Tamil | 500 | 500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viswakarma Asari | Tamil | 900 | 900 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yadav Gola | Tamil | 790 | 790 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agamudaiyan Nattaman | Tamil | 2,480 | 2480 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pashtun, Pathan | Urdu | 740 | - | 740 | - | - | - | - |
| Nadar (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 790 | - | - | 790 | - | - | - |
| Thandan (Christian traditions) | Malayalam | 30 | - | - | 30 | - | - | - |
| Adi Dravida Christian | Tamil | 140 | - | - | 140 | - | - | - |
| Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions) | Telugu | 50 | - | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Kuravan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 780 | 730 | - | 50 | - | - | - |
| Paraiyan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 12,700 | - | - | 12700 | - | - | - |
| Paravan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
| Pallan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 1,400 | - | - | 1400 | - | - | - |
| Vannan (Christian traditions) | Tamil | 410 | - | - | 410 | - | - | - |
| Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti | Telugu | 70 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brahmin Mukkaniyar | Tamil | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - | - |
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