Bangladesh, Khulna state, Bagerhat district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Khulna
District:	Bagerhat

Major People Groups

116

Major Unreached People Groups

115

Total Population

1,802,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

0.4 %

Hindu

24.4 %

Muslim

75.0 %

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	3,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ahmadi	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Bengali	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Subarna Banik	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	800	Bengali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Barua	3,100	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	4,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	21,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	1,139,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	1,139,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	31,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Besya (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Biswas (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Biswas (Muslim traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	100	Bengali	0	100	-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	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,800	Bengali	1	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	7,000	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	7,000	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	4,100	Sylheti	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gain	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	90	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	12,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hazra	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat Atra	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	5,200	Bengali	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Bengali	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	18,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jotdar	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	8,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	8,600	Bengali	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	24,000	Bengali	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	7,800	Bengali	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	6,200	Bengali	0	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	18,000	Bengali	1	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	400	Bengali	0	90	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	4,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mandala (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	27,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	9,700	Bengali	0	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	6,600	Bengali	0	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	132,000	Bengali	1	132,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	113,000	Bengali	1	113,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	14,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	1	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rasua	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	12,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shanan	6,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	200	Sindhi	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	7,500	Bengali	0	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	5,500	Bengali	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	7,400	Bengali	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarafdar	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	5,000	Bengali	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 116	1,792,000		115 ●	434,000	1,348,000	3,100	7,000	0	70
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 152	1,802,000		144 ●	439,000	1,351,000	4,200	7,000	0	400

* 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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