Bangladesh, Dhaka state, Munshiganj district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Dhaka
District:	Munshiganj

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,721,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

10.3 %

Muslim

89.5 %

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	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahmadi	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Subarna Banik	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	1,473,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	1,473,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	2,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	18,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Barna	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	4,400	Bengali	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,900	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Doai	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	90	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	13,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	16,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	200	Dimasa	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	4,000	Bengali	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kanjar (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karenga	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	30	Sylheti	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	4,200	Bengali	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Sylheti	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	35,000	Bengali	1	35,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	30,000	Bengali	1	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Bengali	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50
Rajbhar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	20	Sadri, Oraon	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	3,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	9,500	Bengali	0	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Bengali	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli Gangauta (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 88	1,706,000		87 ●	170,000	1,532,000	0	2,800	0	800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 157	1,721,000		154 ●	178,000	1,540,000	70	2,800	0	800

* 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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