Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Rajshahi
District: Naogaon

Number of People Groups

171

Unreached People Groups

166

Total Population

3,024,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.7 %

Hindu

12.1 %

Muslim

85.5 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.6 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Aguri 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Ansari 500 Bengali ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Bagdi (Hindu traditions) 3,000 Bengali 3,000 - - - - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ 1,800 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 15,000 Bengali ☀︎ 15,000 - - - - -
 Baiti 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Agarwal 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania Gandha Banik 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Bania Khatri 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bania Subarna Banik 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Banjara (Muslim traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Barman 17,000 Bengali 15,000 90 - 90 - 1,700
 Bauri 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bedia (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bedia (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Behara 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Beldar (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Bengali Muslim 2,451,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,451,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 5,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,500 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 33,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 33,000 - - - -
Besya (Muslim traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Bhar 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bhat (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bhoi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bhuinhar 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Bhuinmali 4,300 Bengali 4,300 - - - - -
 Bhuiya unspecified 2,500 Bengali ☀︎ 2,500 - - - - -
 Bhumij 1,500 Sylheti 1,500 - - - - -
 Bind 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Biswas (Muslim traditions) 900 Bengali ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Brahmin Kanaujia 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Brahmin Maithili 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Sakaldwipi 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Brahmin Saraswat 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 6,400 Bengali ☀︎ 6,400 - - - - -
 Brahmin Utkal 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
Buna (Hindu traditions) 8,700 Bengali ☀︎ 8,700 - - - - -
 Chain 8,800 Bengali ☀︎ 8,800 - - - - -
 Chamar (Hindu traditions) 5,200 Bengali 5,100 - - 80 - -
Chasadhobi 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Christian 11,000 Bengali - - - 11,000 - -
Dai (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Dalu 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Dhanuk 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Dhobi (Muslim traditions) 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,600 - - - -
 Dom (Hindu traditions) 300 Chittagonian ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Dom (Muslim traditions) 70 Bengali ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Dusadh (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions) 60 Bengali ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Dusadh Bahelia 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Faqir 60 Bengali ☀︎ - 60 - - - -
 Gadaria (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Ganak 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Garo (A-chik Mande) 90 Garo - - - 90 - -
Ghazi 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,100 - - - -
 Ghulam 50 Chittagonian ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Gonrhi 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Gosain 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Hadi 1,800 Bengali 1,800 - - - - -
 Hajam 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 3,700 - - - -
 Halwai (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Halwai Maira 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 60 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - 60 -
 Jhalo Malo 5,100 Bengali ☀︎ 5,100 - - - - -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 3,900 Bengali ☀︎ 3,900 - - - - -
 Jogi (Muslim traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Jola 28,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 28,000 - - - -
Jotdar 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Kadar 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
Kaghazi 50 Bengali ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Kahar (Hindu traditions) 2,600 Bengali ☀︎ 2,600 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 3,100 Bengali ☀︎ 3,100 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 3,700 Bengali ☀︎ 3,700 - - - - -
 Kalu 5,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 5,600 - - - -
 Kalwar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Kandu 2,200 Bengali ☀︎ 2,200 - - - - -
 Kapali 2,700 Bengali ☀︎ 2,700 - - - - -
 Kasar (Hindu traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kawar 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 8,600 Bengali ☀︎ 8,600 - - - - -
 Khandait 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Kharwar 70 Sylheti 70 - - - - -
 Koch (Hindu traditions) 500 Koch 500 - - - - -
 Koiri (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Konai 600 Bengali ☀︎ 600 - - - - -
 Kori 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 6,600 Bengali ☀︎ 6,600 - - - - -
 Kurmi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Bengali ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
Laheri (Muslim traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 5,900 Bengali ☀︎ 5,900 - - - - -
 Lohar (Muslim traditions) 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Lunia (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Madari (Muslim traditions) 50 Bengali ☀︎ - 50 - - - -
 Mahanta 30 Bengali ☀︎ 30 - - - - -
 Mahishya 57,000 Bengali 57,000 - - 400 - -
 Mahli 700 Mahali 600 - - 20 - -
 Majhwar 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Mal (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Mali (Hindu traditions) 800 Sylheti ☀︎ 800 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ 700 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 2,900 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,900 - - - -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions) 2,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Malto 6,500 Bengali 6,200 20 - 300 - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Masalchi 100 Bengali ☀︎ - 100 - - - -
 Matia 7,200 Bengali ☀︎ 7,200 - - - - -
 Mech 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
Mir 10,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 10,000 - - - -
Mirzakhani 2,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,400 - - - -
 Mochi (Hindu traditions) 5,600 Bengali ☀︎ 5,600 - - - - -
 Mochi (Muslim traditions) 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Munda 5,700 Mundari 600 - - 200 - 4,800
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Nagarchi (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Nai (Hindu traditions) 80 Bengali ☀︎ 80 - - - - -
Nai Nabasakh 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 24,000 Bengali 24,000 - - 200 - -
 Namassej Chandel 18,000 Bengali 17,000 - - 200 - -
 Nat (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Nat (Muslim traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ - 90 - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 40,000 Kurux 4,100 80 50 6,400 - 30,000
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 90 Bengali ☀︎ 90 - - - - -
 Pasi (Muslim traditions) 70 Bengali ☀︎ - 70 - - - -
 Patni (Hindu traditions) 900 Sylheti ☀︎ 900 - - - - -
 Patwa (Muslim traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - 200 - - - -
 Pinjara 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,300 - - - -
 Poundra 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Pundari 3,500 Bengali ☀︎ 3,500 - - - - -
 Qassab 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Qazi 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 31,000 Bengali 28,000 - - 500 - 2,300
 Rajbansi (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Rajbhar 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Rajput (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Rajput (Muslim traditions) 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Rajwar 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ 1,600 - - - - -
 Rangrez (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Rayeen (Muslim traditions) 7,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 7,800 - - - -
 Sahariya 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
Sankara 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 28,000 Bengali 14,000 900 - 2,200 - 11,000
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,100 - - - -
 Shaikh 6,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 6,300 - - - -
Shanan 1,200 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,200 - - - -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 11,000 Bengali ☀︎ 11,000 - - - - -
 Sunri Sadhubanik 7,400 Bengali ☀︎ 7,400 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 4,900 Bengali ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Tamboli (Muslim traditions) 1,600 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,600 - - - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 2,100 Bengali ☀︎ 2,100 - - - - -
 Tarafdar 300 Bengali ☀︎ - 300 - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 1,400 Bengali ☀︎ 1,400 - - - - -
 Tili 4,900 Bengali ☀︎ 4,900 - - - - -
 Tiyar 2,300 Bengali ☀︎ 2,300 - - - - -
 Turaiha 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Turi (Hindu traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ 1,000 - - - - -
 Valmiki (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 5,500 Bengali ☀︎ 5,500 - - - - -
 Yadav Sadgope 4,200 Bengali ☀︎ 4,200 - - - - -
  Totals:  171 3,024,000   166 366,000 2,587,000 70 22,000 60 49,000
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