Country:

Bangladesh

Province / State: Chittagong
District: Bandarban

Number of People Groups

69

Unreached People Groups

57

Total Population

1,628,000

Buddhist

56.6 %

Christian

15.5 %

Hindu

4.4 %

Muslim

21.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.7 %
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Photo People Group Population Primary Language Progress
Scale
Hindu Muslim Buddhist Christian Sikh Other
 Abdul 700 Bengali ☀︎ - 700 - - - -
 Asho Khyang 6,200 Chin, Asho - - 1,900 4,300 - -
 Baidya (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Bairagi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Bania unspecified 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Barman 700 Bengali 700 - - - - -
 Barua 600 Chittagonian ☀︎ - - 600 - - -
 Behara 1,300 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,300 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim 38,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 38,000 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Moghal 500 Bengali ☀︎ - 500 - - - -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan 600 Bengali ☀︎ - 600 - - - -
 Bengali Muslim Sayyid 41,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 41,000 - - - -
 Brahmin unspecified 70 Bengali ☀︎ 70 - - - - -
 Bru 100 Riang 90 - - 20 - -
 Burmese 217,000 Burmese ☀︎ - - 217,000 - - -
 Chak 3,300 Chak - - 3,300 - - -
 Chakma 20,000 Chakma 1,000 30 17,000 2,600 - 20
 Christian 156,000 Bengali - - - 156,000 - -
Dai (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Darzi (Muslim traditions) 1,100 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,100 - - - -
Ghazi 800 Bengali ☀︎ - 800 - - - -
 Gurung Ghaleg 200 Gurung ☀︎ 60 - 100 - - -
 Hadi 100 Bengali 100 - - - - -
 Hajam 2,500 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,500 - - - -
 Jat (Sikh traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ - - - - 200 -
 Jogi (Hindu traditions) 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - 30 - -
 Jola 8,400 Bengali ☀︎ - 8,400 - - - -
 Kachari Dimasa 100 Dimasa 100 - - - - -
 Kaibartta Jalia 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
 Kaibartta unspecified 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kayastha (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Kayastha Karan 500 Bengali ☀︎ 500 - - - - -
Khami 7,800 Chittagonian - - 1,300 700 - 5,800
 Kuki Chin 4,600 Chittagonian - - 800 2,500 - 1,300
 Kuki Chin Chinbon 400 Chin, Uppu - - 60 300 - 60
 Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Lohar (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali ☀︎ 300 - - - - -
 Mallah (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali ☀︎ 50 - - - - -
 Mallah (Muslim traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ - 400 - - - -
 Mallik (Muslim traditions) 1,700 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,700 - - - -
Mandala (Muslim traditions) 1,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,000 - - - -
 Marma (Magh) 434,000 Marma 2,000 - 393,000 39,000 - -
 Mech 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Mizo Bawm 3,600 Chin, Bawm - - - 3,600 - -
 Mru 213,000 Mru - - 204,000 8,500 - -
 Munda 700 Mundari 60 - - 30 - 600
 Musahar (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Namassej (Hindu traditions) 50 Bengali 50 - - - - -
Nikari (Muslim traditions) 1,800 Bengali ☀︎ - 1,800 - - - -
 Oraon, Kurux 20,000 Kurux 1,500 50 50 3,200 - 15,000
 Pankhu, Panko 3,400 Pangkhua - - 2,900 500 - -
 Pasi (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Rajbansi (Hindu traditions) 300 Bengali 300 - - - - -
 Rakhine 22,000 Rakhine ☀︎ - - 22,000 - - -
 Rohingya 128,000 Rohingya - 128,000 - - - -
 Rohingya Zerbadi 77,000 Rohingya ☀︎ - 77,000 - - - -
 Santal (Sawntal) 9,200 Bengali 4,400 300 - 700 - 3,900
Sardar (Muslim traditions) 2,000 Bengali ☀︎ - 2,000 - - - -
 Sonar (Hindu traditions) 400 Bengali ☀︎ 400 - - - - -
 Sunri (Hindu traditions) 60 Bengali ☀︎ 60 - - - - -
 Sutradhar (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions) 900 Bengali ☀︎ - 900 - - - -
 Tamboli (Hindu traditions) 100 Bengali ☀︎ 100 - - - - -
 Tangchanghya 74,000 Tangchangya 200 - 57,000 17,000 - -
 Tanti (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 200 Bengali ☀︎ 200 - - - - -
 Tipera 111,000 Kok Borok 56,000 45,000 1,100 9,200 - 200
 Uchoi Tipura (Brung) 4,500 Usoi 700 - - 3,800 - -
  Totals:  69 1,628,000   57 72,000 355,000 922,000 252,000 200 27,000
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