Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Dhaka
District: All

Number of People Groups

226

Unreached People Groups

218

Total Population

34,040,000

Buddhist

0.3 %

Christian

2.9 %

Hindu

41.5 %

Muslim

55.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 69,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 69,000 - - - -
 Aguri 2,900 Bengali ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Ahmadi 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
Anglo 9,600 Bengali 700 600 - 7,800 - 500
 Ansari 30,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 30,000 - - - -
 Badhai (Muslim traditions) 16,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 16,000 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 85,000 Bengali 85,000 - - - - -
 Baha'i 33,000 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - - 33,000
 Bahelia (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 140,000 Bengali ☀︎ 139,000 - - 400 - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 116,000 Bengali ☀︎ 116,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 12,000 Bengali ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 3,600 Bengali ☀︎ 3,600 - - - - -
 Bania Bais 5,100 Bengali ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Barman 110,000 Bengali 101,000 400 - 700 - 7,900
 Barua 1,500 Chittagonian ☀︎ 1,500 - - - - -
 Bauri 3,400 Bengali ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 34,000 - - - -
Beg 6,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,600 - - - -
 Behara 32,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 32,000 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 21,000 Bengali ☀︎ 21,000 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim 754,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 754,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 67,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 67,000 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan 76,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 76,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun Lodhi (Dalazak) 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,400 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 53,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 53,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 2,514,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,514,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Shaikh Siddiqi 38,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 38,000 - - - -
Besya (Hindu traditions) 5,800 Bengali ☀︎ 5,800 - - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 28,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 28,000 - - - -
 Bhar 15,000 Bengali ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 6,700 Bengali ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 123,000 Bengali 123,000 - - 100 - -
 Bhuiya Ghatwar 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Bhumij 5,100 Sylheti 5,100 - - - - -
 Bihari (Muslim traditions) 1,806,000 Urdu ☀︎ - 1,806,000 - - - -
 Bind 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
Biswas (Hindu traditions) 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Biswas (Muslim traditions) 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,400 - - - -
 Brahmin Acharaj 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ 6,400 - - - - -
Brahmin Barna 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ 19,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Gaur 24,000 Bengali ☀︎ 24,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Joshi 2,900 Bengali ☀︎ 2,900 - - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ 2,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Radhi 96,000 Bengali ☀︎ 96,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 3,800 Bengali ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 9,300 Bengali ☀︎ 9,300 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 105,000 Bengali ☀︎ 105,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ 1,100 - - - - -
Brahmin Vaidik 18,000 Bengali ☀︎ 18,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Varendra 76,000 Bengali ☀︎ 76,000 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 39,000 Bengali ☀︎ 39,000 - - - - -
 Burmese 51,000 Burmese ☀︎ - - 51,000 - - -
 Chain 9,200 Bengali ☀︎ 9,200 - - - - -
 Chakma 39,000 Chakma 1,700 30 32,000 5,000 - 30
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 128,000 Bengali 125,000 - - 2,700 - -
 Chik Baraik 300 Sylheti 300 - - - - -
 Christian 472,000 Bengali - - - 472,000 - -
Dai (Hindu traditions) 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 276,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 276,000 - - - -
 Dalu 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 13,000 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 37,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 37,000 - - - -
 Dhanuk 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 204,000 Bengali ☀︎ 204,000 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 29,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 29,000 - - - -
Dholi (Muslim traditions) 27,000 Sylheti ☀︎ - 27,000 - - - -
Doai 4,400 Bengali ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Chittagonian ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 4,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,700 - - - -
Dulia 26,000 Bengali ☀︎ 26,000 - - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Bengali ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 3,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,000 - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 7,800 Bengali ☀︎ 7,800 - - - - -
 Faqir 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 4,400 Bengali ☀︎ 4,400 - - - - -
Ganak 19,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 19,000 - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 419,000 Garo 1,600 2,300 - 414,000 - 1,400
Ghazi 173,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 173,000 - - - -
 Ghulam 4,800 Chittagonian ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
 Gonrhi 17,000 Bengali ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
 Gosain 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 90 Gurung ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Hadi 63,000 Bengali 63,000 - - - - -
 Hajam 854,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 854,000 - - - -
 Hajang 64,000 Hajong ☀︎ 64,000 - - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 17,000 Bengali ☀︎ 17,000 - - - - -
Halwai Maira 20,000 Bengali ☀︎ 20,000 - - - - -
 Han Chinese, Mandarin 14,000 Chinese, Mandarin ☀︎ - - 8,100 - - 4,500
Jaraj (Muslim traditions) 133,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 133,000 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 4,100 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - 4,100 -
 Jhalo Malo 433,000 Bengali ☀︎ 433,000 - - 300 - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 373,000 Bengali ☀︎ 373,000 - - - - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 6,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,200 - - - -
 Jola 1,926,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,926,000 - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 12,000 Dimasa 12,000 - - 100 - -
Kadar 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Kaghazi 1,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,500 - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 116,000 Bengali ☀︎ 116,000 - - - - -
Kahar (Muslim traditions) 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 34,000 - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 318,000 Bengali ☀︎ 318,000 - - 100 - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 110,000 Bengali ☀︎ 109,000 - - 100 - -
 Kalu 334,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 334,000 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
Kalwar Sunri 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kandu 23,000 Bengali ☀︎ 23,000 - - - - -
 Kanjar (Hindu traditions) 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ 1,300 - - - - -
 Kapali 313,000 Bengali ☀︎ 313,000 - - - - -
Karadar 20,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 20,000 - - - -
Karenga 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 6,800 Bengali ☀︎ 6,800 - - - - -
 Kawar 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 420,000 Bengali ☀︎ 419,000 - - 700 - -
 Kayastha Karan 294,000 Bengali ☀︎ 293,000 - - 600 - -
 Khairwar 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Khandait 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Kharia 600 Sylheti 600 - - - - -
 Kharwar 2,500 Sylheti 2,500 - - - - -
 Khasi 22,000 War-Jaintia 30 - - 22,000 - 200
 Kisan 800 Sylheti 800 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 113,000 Koch 111,000 - - 900 - 1,200
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Kol 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Koli (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Kori 1,800 Bengali 1,800 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 359,000 Bengali ☀︎ 359,000 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 28,000 Bengali ☀︎ 28,000 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 7,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,500 - - - -
Lohait Kuri 1,400 Sylheti ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 251,000 Bengali ☀︎ 251,000 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 42,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 42,000 - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 62,000 Bengali ☀︎ 62,000 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 14,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 14,000 - - - -
 Magar 3,800 Bengali ☀︎ 3,300 - 500 - - -
 Mahanta 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Mahishya 774,000 Bengali 768,000 - - 6,400 - -
 Mahli 1,100 Mahali 1,100 - - - - -
 Majhwar 64,000 Bengali ☀︎ 51,000 12,000 - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 22,000 Bengali ☀︎ 22,000 - - - - -
Mal (Muslim traditions) 22,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 22,000 - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 155,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 155,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 9,000 Bengali ☀︎ 9,000 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,400 - - - -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions) 4,500 Bengali ☀︎ 4,500 - - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 13,000 - - - -
 Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions) 3,400 Bengali ☀︎ 3,400 - - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 93,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 93,000 - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 44,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 44,000 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 8,200 Marma - - 7,800 400 - -
Masalchi 20,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 20,000 - - - -
 Matia 8,900 Bengali ☀︎ 8,900 - - - - -
Mir 75,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 75,000 - - - -
Mishri 7,200 Bengali ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 245,000 Bengali ☀︎ 245,000 - - - - -
 Mru 8,000 Mru - - 7,700 300 - -
 Munda 12,000 Mundari 5,700 30 - 400 - 6,200
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 29,000 Bengali ☀︎ 29,000 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Muslim traditions) 38,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 38,000 - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 3,300 Bengali ☀︎ 3,300 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 7,400 Bengali ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
Naliya (Muslim traditions) 8,900 Bengali ☀︎ - 8,900 - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 944,000 Bengali 938,000 - - 6,000 - -
 Namassej Chandel 3,681,000 Bengali 3,654,000 - - 24,000 - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali 11,000 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 4,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,800 - - - -
 Newah 4,300 Nepali 4,100 - 50 200 - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 122,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 122,000 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 13,000 Kurux 5,300 - - 2,000 - 6,100
 Paliya 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Pan 5,200 Bengali ☀︎ 5,200 - - - - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 12,000 Bengali ☀︎ 12,000 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 4,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 4,000 - - - -
 Patial 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 79,000 Sylheti ☀︎ 79,000 - - - - -
Patni (Muslim traditions) 16,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 16,000 - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 10,000 - - - -
 Pinjara 83,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 83,000 - - - -
 Poundra 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Pundari 4,100 Bengali ☀︎ 4,100 - - - - -
 Qassab 65,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 65,000 - - - -
 Qazi 20,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 20,000 - - - -
 Rai 2,700 Bengali 1,000 - - 200 - 1,500
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 610,000 Bengali 597,000 - - 800 - 12,000
 Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 2,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,800 - - - -
 Rajbhar 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ 10,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 34,000 Bengali ☀︎ 34,000 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 21,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 21,000 - - - -
 Rajwar 9,100 Bengali ☀︎ 9,100 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 11,000 - - - -
 Raute 5,100 Bengali ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Rautia 1,200 Sadri, Oraon ☀︎ 1,200 - - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 127,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 127,000 - - - -
 Sahariya 6,700 Bengali ☀︎ 6,700 - - - - -
Sankara 30,000 Bengali ☀︎ 30,000 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 107,000 Bengali 80,000 3,100 - 7,700 - 15,000
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 164,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 164,000 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 13,000 - - - -
 Sindhi (Muslim traditions) 3,200 Sindhi ☀︎ - 3,200 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 207,000 Bengali ☀︎ 207,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 376,000 Bengali ☀︎ 376,000 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 316,000 Bengali ☀︎ 316,000 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 21,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 21,000 - - - -
 Sylhet (Muslim traditions) 8,125,000 Sylheti ☀︎ - 8,125,000 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 394,000 Bengali ☀︎ 394,000 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 65,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 65,000 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 186,000 Bengali ☀︎ 186,000 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 263,000 Bengali ☀︎ 263,000 - - - - -
 Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions) 7,700 Bengali ☀︎ 7,700 - - - - -
 Tili 66,000 Bengali ☀︎ 66,000 - - - - -
 Tipera 5,000 Kok Borok 4,800 - - 200 - -
 Tiyar 174,000 Bengali ☀︎ 174,000 - - - - -
 Turaiha 3,800 Bengali ☀︎ 3,800 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 2,500 Bengali ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 13,000 Bengali ☀︎ 13,000 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ 1,700 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 67,000 Bengali ☀︎ 67,000 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 173,000 Bengali ☀︎ 173,000 - - - - -
  Totals:  226 34,040,000   218 14,127,000 18,732,000 107,000 976,000 4,100 90,000



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