Bangladesh, Dhaka state, Tangail district people groups

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Major People Groups

134

Major Unreached People Groups

132

Total Population

4,203,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

8.0 %

Muslim

91.5 %

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	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahmadi	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Bengali	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	6,200	Bengali	1	5,600	30	-1 -	30	-1 -	600
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beg	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	3,668,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	3,668,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	3,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	49,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Hindu traditions)	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,200	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Biswas (Hindu traditions)	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	400	Bengali	0	400	-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	8,900	Bengali	0	8,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	9,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Sylheti	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Doai	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	16,000	Garo	3	60	90	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	50
Ghazi	5,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	90	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	3,600	Bengali	1	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	15,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajong	3,700	Hajong	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaraj (Muslim traditions)	8,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	8,300	Bengali	0	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	20,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	19,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	3,800	Bengali	0	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karenga	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Bengali	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	3,500	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Koch	1	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	60
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Bengali	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	26,000	Bengali	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	3,400	Bengali	0	2,800	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Sylheti	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Chain (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Kewat (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	3,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Bengali	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Bengali	1	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	30,000	Bengali	1	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Sylheti	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	3,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Rajbhar	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	3,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahariya	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	2,800	Bengali	2	2,100	90	-1 -	100	-1 -	500
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	5,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	9,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	11,000	Bengali	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Bengali	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Bengali	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	3,600	Bengali	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-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): 134	4,196,000		132 ●	334,000	3,844,000	0	16,000	0	1,600
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 176	4,203,000		170 ●	338,000	3,847,000	100	16,000	0	1,600

* 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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