Bangladesh, Sylhet state, Sunamganj district people groups

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Country:	Bangladesh
Province / State:	Sylhet
District:	Sunamganj

Number of People Groups

145

Unreached People Groups

134

Total Population

3,178,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

0.3 %

Hindu

14.6 %

Muslim

85.0 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
☀︎
= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Abdul	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ansari	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arleng	300	Karbi	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Asur	500	Sylheti	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Baiga	1,900	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bairagi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Barman	1,800	Bengali	1 ●	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bedia (Hindu traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedia (Muslim traditions)	2,300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Behara	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim	126,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	126,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Moghal	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun Khan	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Pashtun, Pathan	600	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bengali Muslim Sayyid	4,600	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhumij	4,000	Sylheti	1 ●	3,800	30	-1 -	80	-1 -	20
Binjhia	800	Sylheti	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Birhor	400	Sylheti	1 ●	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bishnupriya Manipuri	2,100	Bishnupuriya	1 ●	2,000	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	20
Brahmin Gaur	1,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Joshi	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Kanaujia	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Radhi	1,500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	1,500	-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	15,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Varendra	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Burmese	300	Burmese	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakma	1,000	Chakma	2 ●	50	-1 -	800	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chamar (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	1 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chero	3,700	Sylheti	1 ●	3,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chik Baraik	2,600	Sylheti	1 ●	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	400	Bengali	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -
Dai (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dalu	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Darzi (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dhobi (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dholi (Muslim traditions)	12,000	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	-1 -	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Muslim traditions)	30	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dusadh (Muslim traditions)	30	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Faqir	80	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gadaria (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gain	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ganak	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandpal	400	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Garo (A-chik Mande)	3,400	Garo	3 ●	-1 -	20	-1 -	3,400	-1 -	-1 -
Ghazi	1,300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ghulam	30	Chittagonian	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gond	3,600	Gondi, Northern	1 ●	3,500	-1 -	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -
Gurung Ghaleg	30	Gurung	0 ☀︎	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajam	8,800	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	8,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hajang	900	Hajong	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Halwai (Hindu traditions)	900	Bengali	0 ☀︎	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	20	Chinese, Mandarin	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ho	35,000	Sylheti	1 ●	34,000	100	40	700	-1 -	200
Jat (Sikh traditions)	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -
Jhalo Malo	6,300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Hindu traditions)	42,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	42,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jogi (Muslim traditions)	40	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jola	9,500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	9,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaghazi	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta Jalia	4,200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaibartta unspecified	21,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	21,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Karmali	300	Sylheti	1 ●	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha (Hindu traditions)	46,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	46,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kayastha Karan	10,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Khadala	1,000	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kharia	2,100	Sylheti	1 ●	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Kharwar	2,500	Sylheti	1 ●	2,400	20	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Khasi	2,400	War-Jaintia	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,400	-1 -	20
Kisan	1,900	Sylheti	1 ●	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Koch (Hindu traditions)	800	Koch	1 ●	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kori	600	Bengali	1 ●	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korku	1,200	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Korwa	1,400	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kui, Kuvi Khond	2,600	Kuvi	1 ●	2,500	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Kuki Chin	300	Chittagonian	2 ●	50	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	0 ☀︎	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kusiari	1,700	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Laheri (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohait Kuri	400	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohar (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lohara	9,200	Sylheti	1 ●	9,100	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Madari (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Magar	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahara	3,800	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	3,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mahli	6,500	Mahali	1 ●	6,300	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	80
Maimal	39,000	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	-1 -	39,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mal (Muslim traditions)	60	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mali (Hindu traditions)	26,000	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallah Dhawa (Muslim traditions)	80	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	700	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malto	2,800	Bengali	1 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Mandala (Muslim traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Meitei	3,100	Meitei	1 ●	2,900	200	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Mirzakhani	800	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mizo Bawm	90	Chin, Bawm	3 ●	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	-1 -
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munda	2,300	Mundari	4 ●	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	90	-1 -	700
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	300	Bengali	0 ☀︎	300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai Nabasakh	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	68,000	Bengali	1 ●	68,000	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Namassej Chandel	44,000	Bengali	1 ●	44,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Nat (Muslim traditions)	30	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nikari (Muslim traditions)	400	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Oraon, Kurux	800	Kurux	2 ●	500	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	200
Parhaiya	1,800	Sylheti	1 ●	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	60	-1 -	-1 -
Pasi (Muslim traditions)	30	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patni (Hindu traditions)	28,000	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	28,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Patwa (Muslim traditions)	80	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pinjara	600	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pnar	2,300	Pnar	3 ●	30	-1 -	-1 -	1,700	-1 -	600
Poundra	2,800	Bengali	0 ☀︎	2,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qassab	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Qazi	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rai	40	Bengali	5 ●	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	30
Rajbansi (Hindu traditions)	2,700	Bengali	1 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajbansi (Muslim traditions)	50	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Muslim traditions)	600	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rangrez (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Raute	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rautia	200	Sadri, Oraon	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rayeen (Muslim traditions)	1,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sankara	80	Bengali	0 ☀︎	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Santal (Sawntal)	1,500	Bengali	2 ●	1,100	50	-1 -	100	-1 -	200
Saora	700	Sora	1 ●	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sardar (Muslim traditions)	1,100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	1,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sauria Paharia	2,800	Sylheti	1 ●	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh	500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sikligar (Muslim traditions)	100	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Hindu traditions)	9,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	9,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sutradhar (Muslim traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sylhet (Muslim traditions)	2,487,000	Sylheti	0 ☀︎	-1 -	2,487,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tamboli (Muslim traditions)	500	Bengali	0 ☀︎	-1 -	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tanti (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turaiha	80	Bengali	0 ☀︎	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Turi (Hindu traditions)	200	Bengali	0 ☀︎	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Bengali	0 ☀︎	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Sadgope	800	Bengali	0 ☀︎	800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Totals: 145	3,178,000		134 ●	463,000	2,701,000	1,400	10,000	50	2,300

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