Bangladesh, Chittagong state, Chandpur district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Chittagong
District:	Chandpur

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

3,010,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

7.6 %

Muslim

92.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.0 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	2,697,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	2,697,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	2,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	26,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	1,500	Bengali	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	3,900	Burmese	0	-1 -	-1 -	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	2,100	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-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	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	100	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	11,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	600	Dimasa	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	10,000	Bengali	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	60	Bengali	0	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Bengali	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	14,000	Bengali	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	2,200	Mahali	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	60
Mal (Hindu traditions)	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Sylheti	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	38,000	Bengali	1	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	34,000	Bengali	1	33,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Sylheti	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Peshakar	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbhar	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	14,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	40	Sindhi	0	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Bengali	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 94	2,999,000		93 ●	222,000	2,768,000	3,900	3,400	0	60
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 141	3,010,000		134 ●	230,000	2,772,000	4,500	3,500	0	100

* 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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