Bangladesh, Khulna state, Jessore district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Khulna
District:	Jessore

Major People Groups

111

Major Unreached People Groups

108

Total Population

3,273,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

14.0 %

Muslim

85.8 %

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	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	10,000	Bengali	1	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	9,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	3,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	2,632,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	2,632,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	2,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	50,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	900	Sylheti	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	10,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	6,000	Bengali	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Chasadhobi	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,300	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,300	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	500	Chittagonian	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dulia	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	9,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	14,000	Bengali	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	50,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	50,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	19,000	Bengali	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	9,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaora	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	9,100	Bengali	0	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	29,000	Bengali	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	7,000	Bengali	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khairwar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Bengali	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	8,400	Bengali	0	8,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	32,000	Bengali	1	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	700	Mahali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-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)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	1,900	Bengali	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	8,600	Bengali	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	1,200	Mundari	4	600	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	500
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	101,000	Bengali	1	101,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	67,000	Bengali	1	67,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Sylheti	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Peshakar	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Poundra	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Bengali	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	1,500	Bengali	2	1,000	50	-1 -	100	-1 -	300
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	12,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	19,000	Bengali	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	9,900	Bengali	0	9,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	6,300	Bengali	0	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	7,800	Bengali	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	5,600	Bengali	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 111	3,266,000		108 ●	454,000	2,805,000	0	6,600	0	800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 134	3,273,000		128 ●	458,000	2,808,000	200	6,800	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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