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Country:

Bangladesh
Province / State: Barisal
District: All

Number of People Groups

128

Unreached People Groups

123

Total Population

9,921,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

12.6 %

Muslim

87.3 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %
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Photo People Group ▲ Population Primary Language Progress
Scale		 Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
Abdul 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ● 300 - - - - -
Baidya (Hindu traditions) 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
Bania unspecified 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Behara 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,700 - - - -
Bengali Muslim 8,208,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 8,208,000 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Moghal 8,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 8,600 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 8,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 8,500 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid 118,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 118,000 - - - -
Besya (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Bhar 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Bhuinhar 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bhuinmali 4,300 Bengali ● 4,300 - - - - -
Bhuiya unspecified 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Bihari (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Urdu ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
Bind 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Brahmin Gaur 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Kanaujia 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin Radhi 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Brahmin Saraswat 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Brahmin unspecified 21,000 Bengali ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
Brahmin Varendra 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Chain 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Chakma 200 Chakma ● - - 200 - - -
Chamar (Hindu traditions) 2,400 Bengali ● 2,400 - - - - -
Christian 3,100 Bengali ● - - - 3,100 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 2,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
Dalu 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
Darzi (Muslim traditions) 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,700 - - - -
Dhanuk 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 25,000 Bengali ☀︎ 25,000 - - - - -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 3,900 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,900 - - - -
Dom (Hindu traditions) 400 Chittagonian ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Dom (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Faqir 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Ganak 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,400 - - - -
Garo (A-chik Mande) 60 Garo ● - - - 60 - -
Ghazi 7,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,800 - - - -
Ghulam 50 Chittagonian ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
Gonrhi 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Hadi 400 Bengali ● 400 - - - - -
Hajam 68,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 68,000 - - - -
Halwai (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Jat (Sikh traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - 400 -
Jhalo Malo 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
Jogi (Hindu traditions) 27,000 Bengali ☀︎ 27,000 - - - - -
Jogi (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Jola 35,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 35,000 - - - -
Kahar (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kaibartta Jalia 17,000 Bengali ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Kaibartta unspecified 21,000 Bengali ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
Kandu 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
Kapali 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Kasar (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Kawar 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 151,000 Bengali ☀︎ 151,000 - - - - -
Kayastha Karan 14,000 Bengali ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Kharia 50 Sylheti ● 50 - - - - -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 14,000 Bengali ☀︎ 14,000 - - - - -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
Lohar (Hindu traditions) 16,000 Bengali ☀︎ 16,000 - - - - -
Lohar (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
Lunia (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Madari (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
Mahishya 34,000 Bengali ● 34,000 - - 200 - -
Mal (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Mali (Hindu traditions) 4,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 4,000 - - - - -
Mallah (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Mallah (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,100 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
Mallik (Muslim traditions) 4,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,500 - - - -
Malto 40 Bengali ● 40 - - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,200 - - - -
Marma (Magh) 300 Marma ● - - 300 - - -
Mishri 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Mochi (Hindu traditions) 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
Mochi (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Namassej (Hindu traditions) 408,000 Bengali ● 407,000 - - 1,700 - -
Namassej Chandel 363,000 Bengali ● 362,000 - - 1,600 - -
Nat (Hindu traditions) 3,800 Bengali ● 3,800 - - - - -
Nat (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,000 - - - -
Pasi (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
Patni (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Sylheti ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
Patwa (Muslim traditions) 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,400 - - - -
Pinjara 4,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,000 - - - -
Poundra 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
Qassab 1,900 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,900 - - - -
Qazi 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 2,300 Bengali ● 2,300 - - - - 20
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Rajput (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
Rakhine 2,800 Rakhine ☀︎ - - 2,800 - - -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Raute 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 6,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
Sahariya 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Sankara 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 7,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,300 - - - -
Shaikh 35,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 35,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 20 Sindhi ☀︎ - 20 - - - -
Sunri (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Bengali ☀︎ 6,600 - - - - -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 95,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 95,000 - - - -
Tangchanghya 20 Tangchangya ● - - - - - -
Tanti (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
Tanti (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
Teli (Hindu traditions) 8,500 Bengali ☀︎ 8,500 - - - - -
Tili 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
Tipera 30 Kok Borok ● 30 - - - - -
Tiyar 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Turi (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Yadav (Hindu traditions) 5,300 Bengali ☀︎ 5,300 - - - - -
Yadav Sadgope 2,500 Bengali ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
  Totals:  128 9,921,000   123 ● 1,253,000 8,658,000 3,200 6,600 400 20
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