| Sum: | 1,801,716 | 402,171 | 22.32% | |||||
| Sub-Group | Ethnic-Group | Language | Country | Population | Churches | Evangelicals | Evang % | Major Religion |
| Pulayan | Malayali | Malayalam | India | 1,435,338 | 345,571 | 24.08% | Hinduism | |
| Pulayan | Tamil | Tamil | India | 177,820 | 56,181 | 31.59% | Hinduism | |
| Hill Pulayan | Tamil | Tamil | India | 101,141 | 419 | 0.41% | Hinduism | |
| Mala Pulayan | Telugu | Telugu | India | 80,351 | 0% | Hinduism | ||
| Thantapulayan | Malayali | Malayalam | India | 7,066 | 0% | Hinduism |