Bangladesh, Dhaka state, Sherpur district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Dhaka
District:	Sherpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

1,626,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

3.1 %

Muslim

96.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Ahmadi	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	3,500	Bengali	1	3,100	20	-1 -	20	-1 -	300
Beg	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	1,494,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	1,494,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	2,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	22,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	10,000	Garo	3	40	50	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	30
Ghazi	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	100	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	4,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajong	700	Hajong	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaraj (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	9,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	5,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	1,400	War-Jaintia	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Koch	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	20
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	3,400	Bengali	1	3,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	500	Bengali	0	300	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Bengali	1	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	3,900	Bengali	1	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	300
Rajbhar	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	2,400	Bengali	2	1,900	70	-1 -	200	-1 -	300
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,500	-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)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 63	1,606,000		60 ●	36,000	1,558,000	0	12,000	0	900
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 131	1,626,000		125 ●	50,000	1,563,000	300	12,000	0	1,000

* 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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