Bangladesh, Rajshahi state, Rajshahi district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Rajshahi
District:	Rajshahi

Major People Groups

125

Major Unreached People Groups

121

Total Population

3,035,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

5.2 %

Muslim

93.2 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.6 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bagdi (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-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 Bais	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Gandha Banik	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Khatri	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Subarna Banik	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Banjara (Muslim traditions)	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	2,100	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Baul	2,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	2,619,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	2,619,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	3,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	63,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,900	Bengali	1	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	700	Sylheti	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	28,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Biswas (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Maithili	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	4,900	Bengali	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Utkal	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Buna (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	3,200	Bengali	0	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Bengali	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Chasadhobi	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	26,000	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	3,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh Bahelia	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	100	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	4,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	37,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jotdar	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kadar	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalu	5,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kandu	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	4,200	Bengali	0	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Koch	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	20
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Konai	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	100	Bengali	1	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	18,000	Bengali	1	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	2,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	6,300	Bengali	1	6,000	20	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	90	Bengali	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	9,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	2,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	4,900	Mundari	4	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	2,500
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	8,900	Bengali	1	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	6,800	Bengali	1	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	9,900	Kurux	2	3,700	20	20	1,600	-1 -	4,600
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pundari	1,600	Bengali	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	1	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	600
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajwar	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	6,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	31,000	Bengali	2	18,000	1,000	-1 -	2,800	-1 -	9,100
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	8,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shanan	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	2,900	Bengali	0	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tarafdar	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiyar	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 125	3,026,000		121 ●	151,000	2,825,000	50	33,000	0	17,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 163	3,035,000		158 ●	158,000	2,827,000	100	33,000	0	17,000

* 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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