Bangladesh, Chittagong state, Bandarban district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Chittagong
District:	Bandarban

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

515,000

Buddhist

39.2 %

Christian

10.7 %

Hindu

3.1 %

Muslim

45.8 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

1.2 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Asho Khyang	1,400	Chin, Asho	2	-1 -	-1 -	400	900	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	157,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	157,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	9,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	48,000	Burmese	0	-1 -	-1 -	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chak	700	Chak	1	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	4,400	Chakma	2	200	-1 -	3,600	600	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	34,000	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	34,000	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khami	1,700	Chittagonian	1	-1 -	-1 -	300	200	-1 -	1,300
Kuki Chin	1,000	Chittagonian	2	-1 -	-1 -	200	500	-1 -	300
Kuki Chin Chinbon	90	Chin, Uppu	2	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marma (Magh)	95,000	Marma	2	400	-1 -	86,000	8,500	-1 -	-1 -
Mech	30	Bengali	0	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	800	Chin, Bawm	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Mru	47,000	Mru	4	-1 -	-1 -	45,000	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	4,400	Kurux	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	3,400
Pankhu, Panko	700	Pangkhua	1	-1 -	-1 -	600	100	-1 -	-1 -
Rakhine	4,800	Rakhine	0	-1 -	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rohingya	28,000	Rohingya	1	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rohingya Zerbadi	17,000	Rohingya	0	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	2,000	Bengali	2	1,000	60	-1 -	200	-1 -	900
Shaikh	8,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tangchanghya	16,000	Tangchangya	2	40	-1 -	13,000	3,700	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	24,000	Kok Borok	1	12,000	9,700	300	2,000	-1 -	40
Uchoi Tipura (Brung)	1,000	Usoi	3	200	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 27	508,000		15 ●	14,000	231,000	202,000	55,000	0	5,800
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 68	515,000		54 ●	16,000	236,000	202,000	55,000	0	5,900

* 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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