Bangladesh, Sylhet state, Moulvibazar district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Sylhet
District:	Moulvibazar

Major People Groups

Major Unreached People Groups

Total Population

2,386,000

Buddhist

0.1 %

Christian

0.8 %

Hindu

26.0 %

Muslim

72.7 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.3 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Arleng	400	Karbi	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	400	Sylheti	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	1,200	Sylheti	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	7,400	Bengali	1	6,600	30	-1 -	40	-1 -	700
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	900	Bengali	0	-1 -	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	600	Bengali	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	23,000	Bengali	1	-1 -	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	400	Bengali	0	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	1,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	3,000	Bengali	0	-1 -	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	7,400	Sylheti	1	7,200	20	20	70	-1 -	100
Binjhia	500	Sylheti	1	500	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Birhor	300	Sylheti	1	300	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	7,200	Bishnupuriya	1	7,200	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,500	Bengali	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,700	Bengali	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Sakaldwipi	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Saraswat	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	300	Bengali	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	3,400	Chakma	2	200	-1 -	2,800	400	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	2,600	Sylheti	1	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Chik Baraik	2,000	Sylheti	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Bengali	0	7,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	6,600	Sylheti	0	-1 -	6,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	60	Bengali	0	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gain	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandpal	800	Sylheti	0	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond	2,400	Gondi, Northern	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Hajam	6,300	Bengali	0	-1 -	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajong	1,300	Hajong	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	0	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	23,000	Sylheti	1	22,000	60	-1 -	300	-1 -	500
Jamatia	900	War-Jaintia	2	800	20	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	7,900	Bengali	0	7,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	59,000	Bengali	0	59,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	8,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	8,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	28,000	Bengali	0	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	1,900	Sylheti	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	78,000	Bengali	0	78,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	7,400	Bengali	0	7,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	1,400	Sylheti	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	6,900	Sylheti	1	6,800	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Kharwar	7,600	Sylheti	1	7,500	-1 -	-1 -	70	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	11,000	War-Jaintia	3	60	30	20	11,000	-1 -	100
Kisan	2,200	Sylheti	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	700	Koch	1	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	1,100	Bengali	1	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	3,000	Sylheti	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	1,000	Sylheti	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kui, Kuvi Khond	1,700	Kuvi	1	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	20
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	3,500	Bengali	0	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kusiari	2,300	Sylheti	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laleng (Patra)	1,000	Tiwa	2	900	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	600	Sylheti	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	8,800	Sylheti	1	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	5,000	Sylheti	0	5,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	4,500	Mahali	1	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	50
Maimal	27,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	27,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	32,000	Sylheti	0	32,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	1,300	Bengali	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei	10,000	Meitei	1	10,000	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	500	Bengali	0	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	60	Chin, Bawm	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	3,000	Bengali	0	3,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	7,500	Mundari	4	5,500	20	-1 -	300	-1 -	1,700
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	700	Bengali	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	400	Bengali	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	200	Bengali	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	116,000	Bengali	1	116,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	37,000	Bengali	1	37,000	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	7,900	Kurux	2	5,400	20	20	1,300	-1 -	1,200
Parhaiya	2,600	Sylheti	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	36,000	Sylheti	0	36,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	5,200	Pnar	3	50	20	-1 -	3,800	-1 -	1,300
Poundra	3,300	Bengali	0	3,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	1	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	70	Bengali	0	70	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	300	Sadri, Oraon	0	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	7,700	Bengali	2	6,300	300	-1 -	600	-1 -	500
Sauria Paharia	2,100	Sylheti	1	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	12,000	Bengali	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sylheti (Muslim traditions)	1,650,000	Sylheti	0	-1 -	1,650,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Bengali	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tipera	1,200	Kok Borok	1	1,100	20	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	3,600	Bengali	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 91	2,375,000		82 ●	618,000	1,729,000	2,900	19,000	0	6,200
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 137	2,386,000		125 ●	621,000	1,735,000	3,300	20,000	0	6,300

* 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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