Bangladesh, Dhaka state, Gopalganj district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Dhaka
District:	Gopalganj

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,492,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

38.9 %

Muslim

59.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ansari	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	1	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	800	Bengali	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	777,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	777,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	15,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	2,600	Bengali	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	7,400	Bengali	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	13,000	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,100	Bengali	0	5,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	30	Bengali	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	6,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	48,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	200	Dimasa	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	5,500	Bengali	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	8,400	Bengali	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	53,000	Bengali	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	6,600	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	8,300	Bengali	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	14,000	Bengali	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	200	Bengali	0	200	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naliya (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	188,000	Bengali	1	186,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	164,000	Bengali	1	163,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	7,600	Bengali	1	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbhar	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	33,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Bengali	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Bengali	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Bengali	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Bengali	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	7,700	Bengali	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	3,800	Bengali	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 84	1,481,000		83 ●	576,000	888,000	0	16,000	0	70
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 141	1,492,000		135 ●	581,000	894,000	200	16,000	0	400

* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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