Bangladesh, Dhaka state, Shariatpur district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Dhaka
District:	Shariatpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,376,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.0 %

Hindu

5.3 %

Muslim

94.7 %

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	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badhai (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	1,208,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	1,208,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	16,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	4,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	10,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	37,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	5,500	Bengali	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-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)	26,000	Bengali	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	20,000	Bengali	1	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	3,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	4,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 39	1,358,000		39 ●	59,000	1,299,000	0	0	0	0
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 120	1,376,000		115 ●	72,000	1,303,000	10	100	0	60

* 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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Prayer Cards

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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