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Ethnolinguistic groups of Tamil Nadu are as follows:
| Ethnolinguistic group | Percentage |
| Tamil | 89.43% |
| Telugu | 5.65% |
| Kannada | 2.8% |
| Malayalam | 0.89% |
| Badaga | 0.003% |
| Marathi | 0.1% |
| Tuluvas, Marwaris, Gujaratis, Sindhis, Punjabis, and Biharis. Sikhs, Jains, Saurashtra | 1.13% |
Tribal Population in the state (2011 census)
| District | % Of District |
| Chennai | 0.22 |
| Kancheepuram | 1.03 |
| Tiruvallur | 1.27 |
| Cuddalore | 0.60 |
| Villupuram | 2.16 |
| Vellore | 1.85 |
| Tiruvannamalai | 3.69 |
| Salem | 3.43 |
| Namakkal | 3.30 |
| Dharmapuri | 4.18 |
| Erode | 0.97 |
| Coimbatore | 0.82 |
| The Nilgiris | 4.46 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 0.67 |
| Karur | 0.05 |
| Perambalur | 0.46 |
| Ariyalur | 1.42 |
| Pudukottai | 0.08 |
| Thanjavur | 0.15 |
| Nagapattinam | 0.23 |
| Tiruvarur | 0.24 |
| Madurai | 0.37 |
| Theni | 0.15 |
| Dindigul | 0.37 |
| Ramanathapuram | 0.08 |
| Virudhunagar | 0.12 |
| Sivagangai | 0.06 |
| Tirunelveli | 0.33 |
| Thoothukudi | 0.28 |
| Kanyakumari | 0.39 |
| Krishnagiri | 1.19 |
| Tirupur | 0.22 |
| STATE | 1.10 |
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Telugu ethnicity is the second largest group in Tamil Nadu
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Karur district has the lowest Scheduled Tribe population in Tamil Nadu
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