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QUICK FACTS:
People groups: 3
Population: 1,467,500
Unreached people groups: 3
UPG population: 1,467,500
Unengaged UPGs: 1
UUPG population: 4,500
Number of countries: 1
Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples
Overview: The Vanniyan claim to be descendants of the fire races (agnikula) and the name derives from the Sanskrit word meaning fire. Vanniyan communities are distributed in the states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and the union territory of Pondicherry. Agriculture is their traditional occupation.
-- K. S. Singh, People of India, Volume VI. India's Communities N-Z. Delhi: Oxford University Press (1998), pp. 3599-3603
Peoples within this cluster: Jati Pillai; Thigala; Vanniyan
Countries where they are found: India
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