Bangladesh, Chittagong state, Comilla district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Chittagong
District:	Comilla

Major People Groups

129

Major Unreached People Groups

126

Total Population

6,709,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.1 %

Hindu

5.9 %

Muslim

93.9 %

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	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aguri	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bahelia (Hindu traditions)	40	Bengali	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baidya (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Bengali	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiti	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	5,562,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	5,562,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	4,400	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	37,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhuinmali	3,200	Bengali	1	3,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bihari (Muslim traditions)	6,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bind	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	900	Bishnupuriya	1	800	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	70
Brahmin Gaur	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	7,800	Bengali	0	7,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Utkal	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Vaidik	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	6,300	Burmese	0	-1 -	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	1	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	1,600	Bengali	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	9,400	Bengali	0	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-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 -
Dusadh Bahelia	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	4,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	100	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	27,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai Maira	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jamatia	2,700	War-Jaintia	2	1,800	200	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	37,000	Bengali	0	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kachari Dimasa	1,300	Dimasa	1	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	4,500	Bengali	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	19,000	Bengali	0	19,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapali	6,900	Bengali	0	6,900	-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	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Bengali	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Koiri (Hindu traditions)	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Bengali	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lunia (Hindu traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahanta	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahishya	26,000	Bengali	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	4,400	Mahali	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	100
Majhwar	400	Bengali	0	300	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Hindu traditions)	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	4,900	Sylheti	0	4,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	2,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Masalchi	70	Bengali	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei	600	Meitei	1	500	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Mir	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mishri	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	300	Chin, Bawm	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	3,700	Bengali	0	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Murasing	400	War-Jaintia	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	47,000	Bengali	1	47,000	-1 -	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	38,000	Bengali	1	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	1	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patial	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Sylheti	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Peshakar	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	2,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	800	Bengali	0	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	1,900	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Bengali	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbhar	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	4,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	27,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sindhi (Muslim traditions)	70	Sindhi	0	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sunri Sadhubanik	21,000	Bengali	0	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	7,900	Bengali	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sylheti (Muslim traditions)	593,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	593,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Hindu traditions)	4,700	Bengali	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tili	2,200	Bengali	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	100	Bengali	0	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valmiki Lal Begi (Hindu traditions)	50	Bengali	0	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	4,400	Bengali	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	2,600	Bengali	0	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 129	6,702,000		126 ●	390,000	6,302,000	6,300	3,800	0	200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 155	6,709,000		145 ●	394,000	6,302,000	8,200	4,300	0	500

* 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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