Bangladesh, Dhaka state, Madaripur district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Dhaka
District:	Madaripur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,439,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

16.9 %

Muslim

82.9 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	1,082,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	1,082,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	5,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	20,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	6,800	Bengali	0	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	4,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	11,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	4,000	Bengali	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	45,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	45,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	100	Dimasa	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	3,400	Bengali	0	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	21,000	Bengali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	4,800	Bengali	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Naliya (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	80,000	Bengali	1	80,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	68,000	Bengali	1	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	3,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	1	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbhar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	4,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Bengali	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 74	1,426,000		74 ●	235,000	1,190,000	0	1,100	0	0
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 137	1,439,000		134 ●	244,000	1,194,000	40	1,800	0	0

* 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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