Bangladesh, Chittagong state, Chittagong district people groups

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Major People Groups

143

Major Unreached People Groups

131

Total Population

9,348,000

Buddhist

1.4 %

Christian

0.2 %

Hindu

12.1 %

Muslim

86.2 %

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	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baha'i	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	42,000	Bengali	0	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Bengali	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barua	12,000	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bauri	6,000	Bengali	0	6,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	7,568,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	7,568,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	4,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	109,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	109,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya Ghatwar	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuiya unspecified	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	100,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	100,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	2,800	Bengali	0	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,800	Bengali	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	49,000	Bengali	0	49,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Utkal	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bru	300	Riang	2	300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	5,200	Burmese	0	-1 -	-1 -	5,100	70	-1 -	-1 -
Chak	500	Chak	1	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	8,600	Chakma	2	400	-1 -	7,000	1,200	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	9,700	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,700	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Chittagonian	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghasiya (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	4,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	3,800	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gonrhi	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hadi	17,000	Bengali	1	16,000	-1 -	20	300	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	23,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	104,000	Bengali	0	103,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	20,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	20,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	800	Dimasa	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kahar (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	53,000	Bengali	0	53,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	99,000	Bengali	0	99,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karadar	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karenga	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kasar (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kawar	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	448,000	Bengali	0	448,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	40,000	Bengali	0	40,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	4,000	Sylheti	1	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	400	War-Jaintia	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Kisan	200	Sylheti	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	300	Bengali	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	88,000	Chittagonian	2	-1 -	-1 -	84,000	3,500	-1 -	300
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	22,000	Bengali	0	22,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,400	Bengali	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	13,000	Bengali	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	5,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	5,500	Bengali	1	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Sylheti	0	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	1,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Marma (Magh)	6,100	Marma	2	30	-1 -	5,500	600	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mir	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	800	Chin, Bawm	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,500	Bengali	0	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mru	5,500	Mru	4	40	-1 -	5,300	200	-1 -	-1 -
Murasing	900	War-Jaintia	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Musahar (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Bengali	1	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	11,000	Bengali	1	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Bengali	1	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	1,000	Kurux	2	90	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	800
Pankhu, Panko	300	Pangkhua	1	-1 -	-1 -	300	20	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Peshakar	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,800	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	6,100	Bengali	1	6,000	-1 -	40	80	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rakhine	1,700	Rakhine	0	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rohingya	101,000	Rohingya	1	1,900	99,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rohingya Zerbadi	52,000	Rohingya	0	-1 -	52,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sahariya	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	3,800	Bengali	2	1,800	100	-1 -	300	-1 -	1,600
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	5,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	28,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	200	Sindhi	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	1,400	Bengali	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	41,000	Bengali	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	18,000	Bengali	0	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	4,600	Bengali	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tangchanghya	13,000	Tangchangya	2	-1 -	-1 -	10,000	3,000	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Bengali	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	13,000	Kok Borok	1	12,000	-1 -	100	1,000	-1 -	20
Turi (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Uchoi Tipura (Brung)	800	Usoi	3	100	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	1,300	Bengali	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 143	9,342,000		131 ●	1,132,000	8,053,000	132,000	23,000	0	2,900
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 164	9,348,000		150 ●	1,136,000	8,054,000	132,000	23,000	0	3,200

* 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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