Bangladesh, Sylhet state, Habiganj district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Sylhet
District:	Habiganj

Major People Groups

109

Major Unreached People Groups

101

Total Population

2,745,000

Buddhist

0.2 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

19.0 %

Muslim

80.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.5 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arleng	500	Karbi	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	400	Sylheti	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	1,100	Sylheti	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	40
Bania unspecified	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	2,300	Bengali	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	9,200	Bengali	1	-1 -	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	6,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	4,800	Sylheti	1	4,500	30	-1 -	90	-1 -	200
Binjhia	500	Sylheti	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Birhor	200	Sylheti	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	3,100	Bishnupuriya	1	2,800	100	-1 -	30	-1 -	200
Bodo (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Sylheti	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	2,100	Bengali	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	8,600	Bengali	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	5,800	Chakma	2	300	-1 -	4,700	700	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	2,800	Sylheti	1	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	50
Chik Baraik	2,100	Sylheti	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	90
Dalu	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	6,500	Bengali	0	6,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	9,700	Sylheti	0	-1 -	9,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gain	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandpal	600	Sylheti	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,600	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	100	Chittagonian	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond	2,600	Gondi, Northern	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Hajam	11,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajong	1,100	Hajong	0	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	800	Bengali	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	21,000	Sylheti	1	19,000	60	-1 -	700	-1 -	2,000
Jamatia	100	War-Jaintia	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	5,300	Bengali	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	54,000	Bengali	0	54,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	8,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	6,900	Bengali	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	1,800	Sylheti	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	51,000	Bengali	0	51,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	6,900	Bengali	0	6,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	1,200	Sylheti	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	4,300	Sylheti	1	3,900	30	-1 -	90	-1 -	300
Kharwar	6,700	Sylheti	1	6,500	30	-1 -	50	-1 -	80
Khasi	2,700	War-Jaintia	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	2,700	-1 -	20
Kisan	1,600	Sylheti	1	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	90
Koch (Hindu traditions)	600	Koch	1	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Kori	800	Bengali	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Korku	1,500	Sylheti	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	800	Sylheti	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	100
Kui, Kuvi Khond	1,500	Kuvi	1	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	40
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	4,000	Bengali	0	4,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kusiari	2,100	Sylheti	0	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	500	Sylheti	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	6,400	Sylheti	1	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	80
Mahara	4,700	Sylheti	0	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	4,200	Mahali	1	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	60
Maimal	31,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	31,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	30,000	Sylheti	0	30,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	3,100	Bengali	1	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei	9,000	Meitei	1	8,300	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	500
Mirzakhani	1,100	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	90	Chin, Bawm	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	14,000	Mundari	4	7,900	40	20	600	-1 -	5,200
Murasing	90	War-Jaintia	0	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	76,000	Bengali	1	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	61,000	Bengali	1	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	80	Bengali	0	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	2,800	Kurux	2	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	900
Parhaiya	1,100	Sylheti	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	20
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	14,000	Sylheti	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	1,500	Pnar	3	20	-1 -	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	400
Poundra	3,900	Bengali	0	3,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	3,300	Bengali	1	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	80	Bengali	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	300	Sadri, Oraon	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,200	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	8,800	Bengali	2	6,200	300	-1 -	700	-1 -	1,600
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,500	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	1,800	Sylheti	1	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	40
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	9,200	Bengali	0	9,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sylheti (Muslim traditions)	2,104,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	2,104,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	4,100	Bengali	0	4,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	2,700	Kok Borok	1	2,400	50	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 109	2,736,000		101 ●	520,000	2,191,000	4,800	8,200	0	12,000
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 138	2,745,000		127 ●	522,000	2,196,000	5,000	9,100	0	12,000

* 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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