Bangladesh, Sylhet state, Sunamganj district people groups

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Major People Groups *

Major Unreached People Groups *

Total Population

3,138,000

Buddhism

0.0 %

Christianity

0.3 %

Hinduism

14.6 %

Islam

85.0 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group	Population in District	Population in Country	% Country Popl in District	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale
Koch (Hindu traditions)	800	36,000	2.2222 2.2%	Koch	Hinduism	1
Kori	600	13,000	4.6154 4.6%	Bengali	Hinduism	1
Korku	1,200	6,300	19.0476 19.0%	Sylheti	Hinduism	0
Korwa	1,400	4,200	33.3333 33.3%	Sylheti	Hinduism	0
Kui, Kuvi Khond	2,600	8,200	31.7073 31.7%	Kuvi	Hinduism	1
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	2,600	72,000	3.6111 3.6%	Bengali	Hinduism	0
Kusiari	1,700	7,500	22.6667 22.7%	Sylheti	Hinduism	0
Lohait Kuri	400	2,100	19.0476 19.0%	Sylheti	Hinduism	0
Lohara	9,100	31,000	29.3548 29.4%	Sylheti	Hinduism	1
Mahara	3,800	17,000	22.3529 22.4%	Sylheti	Hinduism	0
Mahli	6,400	43,000	14.8837 14.9%	Mahali	Hinduism	1
Maimal	38,000	154,000	24.6753 24.7%	Sylheti	Islam	0
Mali (Hindu traditions)	25,000	180,000	13.8889 13.9%	Sylheti	Hinduism	0
Mallik (Muslim traditions)	700	65,000	1.0769 1.1%	Bengali	Islam	0
Malto	2,800	36,000	7.7778 7.8%	Bengali	Hinduism	1
Meitei	3,100	30,000	10.3333 10.3%	Meitei	Hinduism	1
Mirzakhani	800	14,000	5.7143 5.7%	Bengali	Islam	0
Mizo Bawm	90	2,600	3.4615 3.5%	Chin, Bawm	Christianity	3
Mochi (Hindu traditions)	2,100	242,000	0.8678 0.9%	Bengali	Hinduism	0
Munda	2,300	55,000	4.1818 4.2%	Mundari	Hinduism	4
Nagarchi (Hindu traditions)	500	18,000	2.7778 2.8%	Bengali	Hinduism	0
Nai Nabasakh	200	6,800	2.9412 2.9%	Bengali	Hinduism	0
Namassej (Hindu traditions)	68,000	2,839,000	2.3952 2.4%	Bengali	Hinduism	1
Namassej Chandel	43,000	2,189,000	1.9644 2.0%	Bengali	Hinduism	1
Parhaiya	1,800	6,500	27.6923 27.7%	Sylheti	Hinduism	1
Major Groups (displayed): 93	3,127,000					86 ●
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 137	3,138,000					127 ●

* 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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Prayer Cards

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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