Bangladesh, Rajshahi state, Rajshahi district people groups

South Asia Peoples website

Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Rajshahi
District:	Rajshahi

Number of People Groups

173

Unreached People Groups

168

Total Population

3,024,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

1.1 %

Hindu

5.2 %

Muslim

93.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.6 %

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
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= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
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 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0 ☀︎	700	-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 Agarwal	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 -
Bauri	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-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 -
Behara	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	60	Bengali	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	2,609,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	2,609,000	-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 -
Bhar	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhat (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-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 Radhi	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	400	-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 -
Burmese	50	Burmese	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chain	3,200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	1 ●	2,000	-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 -
Dai (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhanuk	40	Bengali	0 ☀︎	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	3,700	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	100	Chittagonian	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-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 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	200	Garo	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-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 -
Gosain	20	Bengali	0 ☀︎	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	800	Bengali	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	4,200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	70	Bengali	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	20	Chinese, Mandarin	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jat (Sikh traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-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 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	36,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	36,000	-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 -
Kalwar (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalwar Sunri	60	Bengali	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-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 -
Kawar	20	Bengali	0 ☀︎	20	-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 -
Khandait	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	40	Sylheti	1 ●	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharwar	60	Sylheti	1 ●	60	-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 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	17,000	Bengali	1 ●	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	300	Mahali	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Majhwar	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	400	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-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 -
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Matia	3,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	3,000	-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
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	90	Bengali	0 ☀︎	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	8,900	Bengali	1 ●	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	6,700	Bengali	1 ●	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	70	Bengali	1 ●	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	9,800	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 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	400	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-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 -
Poundra	70	Bengali	0 ☀︎	70	-1 -	-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)	10,000	Bengali	1 ●	9,100	-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	600	Bengali	0 ☀︎	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	6,500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahariya	60	Bengali	0 ☀︎	60	-1 -	-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 -	9,000
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 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-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 (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-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 -
Totals: 173	3,024,000		168 ●	158,000	2,816,000	100	33,000	90	17,000

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